What's the likelyhood of finding a real ninjutsu school?

[patusai]

In answer to the question I would think not verly likely. I know a lot of people say they were taught outside the country and I am not questioning that they were. I too get an uneasy feeling about such claims. Maybe it's just me.

[Scotty]

I saw a video advert for one a while back actually. It was this guy doing flips off of rocks and keep running, rolling to pick up guns and such.

Sure - it WAS impressive, but anyone who does urban-freeflow (parkour) could probably do that anyways. It seemed more like a multisports camp than a martial arts school. Did look like good fun!#

Then I saw the price tag - $1600 for a 2 week course. Makes me think it's a bit of a scam passed off a ninjitsu soley for the money

[parkerlineage]

Sure - it WAS impressive, but anyone who does urban-freeflow (parkour) could probably do that anyways.

I love that...and that's actually what got me started thinking about this whole ninjutsu bit. I mean, I can jump off of a twenty foot roof, so I do ninjutsu, right?...

[Scotty]

Well besides MA, parkour is my next favorite activity. It's just so cool!!!

And when you combine the two... whoppah! Neo-ninjitsu

Well... not really... in fact not at all but I think that's the general impression with a lot of people I've asked about this.

[alsey]

Neo-ninjitsu

heh, i like that.

[Shotokan-kez]

We dont hear a lot really about ninjitsu here, mainly ju-jitsu, that seems quite popular, are there any similarities?

[parkerlineage]

We could call it neojutsu, except people would assume that we could stop bullets with our minds, bend completely backward, and move between the Matrix and the real world.

Between jujitsu and ninjutsu, I believe the biggest simliarities are:

-They are both Japanese

-They rhyme

Other than that - no.

[alsey]

yeah, the similarities are few. jujitsu is a samurai combat art designed mostly for the battlefield. ninjitsu involves a lot of things besides combat; espionage, stealth, disguise, even meteorology. the ninja and samurai were almost complete opposites in philosophy and practice.

[Zorbasan]

speaking of which, american ninja was on tv here last night. what a terrible movie. (i taped it anyway, it was followed by delta force)

[HG]

This is reminds me of the ninja craze of the 80's. All the MA magazines were filled with ads of ninja gear. There was even a NINJA magazine as well. Stephen Hayes was pumping out ninja books every month it seemed.