Where are all the Ninjas coming from?

[KempoTiger]

They're that rare? I have one right near me on the island. Regular karate school to the best of my knowledge but they teach Ninjitsu.

[thesasafras]

theres none near me either.

[Anbu Alex]

OK this is getting heated people fail to realize that 90% of the people who supposely teach ninjitsu are fake cause 1 they just saw some of the techs and see that they have similar techs and add in stealth most of the time you are learning karate not ninjutsu 2 notice i have 2 ways of spelling ninjutsu ninjutsu is the way japanese say it ninjitsu god only knows where that came from

[ps1]

I don't know where they're coming from. But I think one may be watching me as I ARRRRG...

[Vector]

I don't know where they're coming from. But I think one may be watching me as I ARRRRG...

[White Warlock]

I studied togakure ryu ninjutsu before Masaaki Hatsumi flipped out the ninjutsu and inserted taijutsu, which refers only to the 'unarmed combat' aspect of the physical aspects of ninpo. As to the fakers, yes there are plenty. There are so many because they capitalized on the popularity of the topic matter that hit during the 70's. The two better known are Frank Dux and Ashida Kim (aka Chris Hunter, real name of Radford W. Davis).

For more about one of these 'pretenders,' and their motives as a whole, click here.

Opportunists abound, as do false practitioners. It is not merely with ninjutsu, but with any art form, any study. Only through government intervention or strong private organizations that the riff-raff is kept to a minimum or more readily exposed. Unfortunately, neither of these two interveners are likely to present themselves on these topics, for there are no viable means to 'define' art. And that is the crux of the issue here, isn't it?

I agree with the other posters about 'modern-day' ninjas. Anyone who claims to have studied ninjutsu and also claims to be a ninja is as much in delusion as he who studies kendo and claims to be a samurai. There are none, they no longer exist. It is a foreign word associated with a practice that has essentially been extinct for hundreds of years.

What is practiced in systems like tokagure ryu 'taijutsu' are the traditional studies. Mostly they present the historical material, with a mild presentation of 'modern-day' application. In truth, in order to be the equivalent of a modern-day ninja, one would have to 'work in the field' performing and utilizing today's technological advances to counter today's technological advances.

Hokey mama topic, i must say.

[y2_sub]

I don't know where they're coming from. But I think one may be watching me as I ARRRRG...

They will cut your head off and you won't even notice

[y2_sub]

in order to be the equivalent of a modern-day ninja, one would have to 'work in the field' performing and utilizing today's technological advances to counter today's technological advances.

So basicly you are saying that modern days ninjas are CIA/KGB operatives

[White Warlock]

Essentially, yes. they function in the same or similar manner.

[Chaz]

I'm a "Shirt Ninja!"