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An animated film, entitled Shuriken School: The Ninja's Secret (also known as The Ninja's Secret: A Shuriken School Adventure), has been produced by Xilam. It aired on 21 December 2007 on Disney Channel Asia. In the US, it was released onto DVD on April 15, 2014, from Cinedigm.
[1] [2] In this work, he set down his thoughts on the role and techniques of the ninja, and the teachings of his family's military arts, focusing primarily on moral character. [ 3 ] Natori went by a number of names during his life, including Natori Masazumi, Fujinosshuishi Masatake and Fujibayashi Masatake.
Kanji for "disappearing technique") is the ninja art of "disappearing" and has many walking and stealth techniques. [1] It also comprises wilderness survival, fieldcraft, and Shinobi-aruki (silent movement steps and leaps). [2] [3] [4] [5]
The show's name Sasuke is named after Sarutobi Sasuke, a fictitious ninja character in Japanese traditional storytelling. [2] Each three-hour special (with the exceptions of Sasuke 24 and 36 which lasted 5 1 ⁄ 2 hours and 6 hours respectively) covers an entire competition; there are normally 100 participants. There have been 40 specials ...
Ninjutsu (忍術), sometimes used interchangeably with the modern term ninpō (忍法), [1] is the martial art strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, insurgency tactics and espionage purportedly practised by the ninja. [2] [3] Ninjutsu was a separate discipline in some traditional Japanese schools, which integrated ...
In 1972, Masaaki Hatsumi founded the Bujinkan organization. It uses the concepts of Ninjutsu in three of its nine schools [3] though they have since steered away from the "Ninjutsu" moniker in order to avoid stereotypes and since the art, which contains 9 ryūha (or schools), only has 3 schools based on the ninja while the other 6 are based on samurai tactics.
The ninja of the Iga-ryū was also divided into different "classes" and ranks, based solely on the ninja's skill level. This hierarchy was simplified in the writings of the mid-20th-century author Heishichiro Okuse, who labeled them into three general categories: "jonin (upper ninja)", "chūnin (middle ninja)", and "genin (lower ninja)".
A ninja (Japanese: 忍者; [ɲiꜜɲdʑa]) or shinobi (Japanese: 忍び; ) was a covert agent, mercenary, or guerrilla warfare expert in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included siege and infiltration, ambush, reconnaissance, espionage, deception, and later bodyguarding. [1] Antecedents may have existed as early as the 12th century. [2] [3]