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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.
[4] [5] His first trip to the United States was in 1982 and he has since continued to participate in yearly ninjutsu taikai (gatherings) around the world. [ 6 ] Hatsumi also worked as a seikotsu-in (整骨院) bonesetter after his graduation, and was chairman of the Writers Guild of Japan at one point in time. [ 7 ]
An example is the Togakure-ryū, which claims to have been developed after a defeated samurai warrior called Daisuke Togakure escaped to the region of Iga. He later came in contact with the warrior-monk Kain Doshi, who taught him a new way of viewing life and the means of survival (ninjutsu). [2]: 18–21
War of the Ninja Master: The Shibo Discipline (1988) War of the Ninja Master: The Himitsu Attack (1988) War of the Ninja Master: The Zakka Slaughter (1988) Tulku, a Tale of Modern Ninja (1985) by American ninjutsu practitioner Stephen K. Hayes. [95] Shimabara (1986) by Douglass Bailey [96] Vineland (1990) by Thomas Pynchon. [97]
Jürgen Bieber: Ninja-to: The sword of the ninja, Verlag Autorenschmie.de, Wangen 2009, ISBN 978-3-940404-12-1 A Glossary of Arms and Armor, ed. George C. Stone, Southworth Press, 1961, p. 469 Secret Guide to Making Ninja Weapons, by Yamashiro Toshitora, Butokukai Press, 1986, ISBN 978-99942-913-1-1
Togakure-ryū (戸隠流) is a historical tradition of ninjutsu known as the "School of the Hidden Door", allegedly founded during the Oho period (1161–1162) by Daisuke Nishina (仁科大助) (a.k.a. Daisuke Togakure (戸隠大助)), who learned his original fighting techniques from a Chinese monk named Kain Dōshi. [1]
The Ninpiden (a.k.a. Shinobi Hiden, or Legends of Ninja Secrets) is an authentic ninjutsu manual written by Hattori Hanzō in 1560. [1] It is regarded as one of the three key historical texts of ninjutsu, along with the Shōninki and the Bansenshukai.
A copy of the legendary 40-page book called Kanrinseiyo made in 1748. Between 1960 and 2010 artifacts dating to the Siege of Odawara (1590) were uncovered which experts say are ninja weapons. [51] Ninja were spies and saboteurs and likely participated in the siege. [51] The Hojo clan failed to save the castle from Toyotomi Hideyoshi forces. [51]