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Ninja Swords

Japanese Ninja Swords

Ninja Swords have straight blades, and the Ninja warrior would stab their victims with it, almost as if it was a spear. Their straight blade feature made it weaker and less formidable than the Samurai Sword.

Ninjutsu is the art of stealth. The Japanese character, "nin" (also translated as "shinobi") has many meanings, such as perseverance, endurance, and sufferance. Ninjitsu took many generations to become the deadly art form it became during Japan's medieval days.

Ninjutsu was created on the largest of the Japanese islands, about eleven hundred years ago. It was developed by mountain people, who were very superstitious and earthly. They connected with the earth and considered the Earth to be their creator and mother.

The Shinto religion played a big part in their lives. They considered the entire earth, the water, the rivers, and the mountains to be extensions of themselves and their God.

Mikkyo, or the method of enhancing one's personal power was a strong influence on the Ninja. They used secret words and mental intentions to focus power and energy.

It is generally accepted that the methods found in Ninjutsu originated outside of Japan. After the fall of the T'ang dynasty in China, many outcast warriors, philosophers, and military strategists escaped to Japan to avoid punishment by the new Chinese rulers. It is believed that Ninja families were exposed to many of these exiled people's sophisticated warrior strategies and philosophies over the centuries, helping to influence and shape what became Ninjutsu.

A group of people called the "Shugenja" who roamed the same mountain regions were also a big influence. They believed in receiving strength and power from nature and the earth. They would walk through fire, stand beneath freezing waterfalls, and hang over the edges of cliffs in an effort to overcome fear and assume the powers of nature.

Ninjitsu is in many ways a fusion of these philosophies to become it's own distinct flavor.

The ninja clan was harassed and complicated by the ruling sovereignty of Japan. The government of Japan considered them to be a threat, and rumors flew of their amazing powers. This made the Ninja clan particularly feared among the Shoguns and Samurai.

There were as many as seventy or eighty Ninja clans operating in the Koga and Iga regions of Japan during their height. Most of these Ninjas were the children of Ninja forefathers, or Samurais who were outcast from main society. They operated on the margin of government activity. Sometimes a Ninja family would use its military or information-gathering resources to protect its members from becoming victims in a power play between competing samurai clans. Occasionally, a Ninja family would support one faction over another, if they felt it to be to their advantage.

As with any group, there were renegades who misused the training they received. Occasionally, a Ninja trained warrior(s) would rent themselves out for espionage or assassination work. Unfortunately these outcasts have become the stereotype of the vagabond killer ninja that we are aware of today in popular culture.

The Ninja worked primarily as farmers and studied Ninjitsu as a means of defense and protection. Many were trained from childhood.

The Roots of Ninjutsu

Ninjas were not part of mainstream Japan. They lived on the margin of Japanese society, usually in the mountains.

Ninjas were not wizards or witch doctors. They did not cast spells or use magic of any kind. These stories were spread because of the dark and unknown nature of their clan. Fantastic stories were even passed on by the Ninja's themselves in order to create, confusion and diversion.

Ninja warriors were usually outnumbered. Hence they perfected the use of guerilla warfare to an art form. Samurai warriors would sometimes kill off an entire clan of Ninjas, by instruction of the government.

Ninjitsu is the ancient Japanese Art of the Ninja. It is the martial art of choice for the night vagabonds and killers. Ninjitsu unlike it's social counterpart, the Samurai, is an underground class of warriors trained to quickly gain entrance to hire security areas and achieve it's mission. Ninjitsu began more than 800 years ago. Ninja means "stealers - in".

Their forte is espionage and assassination, by any means possible. Ninjas were usually trained from childhood and continued learning the art of Ninjitsu from birth. Soon, even the elite Samurai class began to fear the Ninja for their notorious skills. Ninjitsu was practiced in great secrecy. Upon the arrival of Modern Japan, the Ninjitsu class was absorbed into Japan's Secret Service arm of the government. The art of Ninjitsu was later brought to the western world during the 1970's because of the work of Doron Navon and Stephen Hayes. They found a Ninjitsu headmaster living in Japan who was willing to train them.

The art of Ninjitsu is also known as "ninpo". Ninpo is a traditional Japanese bujutsu martial art that goes back for tens of centuries. It was developed as a counter culture art to the Samurai Warrior Class and was considered to be anti-government and illegal. Ninpo continues to be practiced today under the tutelage of Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, 34th Grandmaster of the Togakure Ryu Ninjitsu Tradition. Dr. Hatsumi is considered to be the last variable true Ninja Grandmaster having a direct line of decent going back to Feudal Japan.

The art of Ninjitsu has no bounds. Their direct aim is assassination and espionage. They use many stealth and killer tactics including ninja stars, throwing knives, smoke bombs, poisons, darts, bow and arrows, karate, wrestling and guerilla warfare tactics. Ninjitsu is best known for their black uniforms and shurikens.

The Ninja specialized in espionage and assassinations. They were killers and vagabonds trained and bred to kill.

Ninjitsu originated in the ninth century and continued throughout the history of Japan. The art of the Ninja had much influence from Chinese Martial Arts, especially Chinese martial arts that dealt with killing, stealth espionage, murder and assassinations. In many ways, the Ninja is a direct contradiction and an opposite to the Samurai. Samurais lived by a code of honour. The Ninja had no such rule, where anything was permissible to accomplish their mission including, arson, sabotage, assassinations, poisons and secret murders. The art was banned in 17th Century Japan.

The Ninja sword was inferior in quality to the Samurai. Another reason for the poor quality of the swords is that since the ninja was mostly mountain people and outlaws, they could not afford to hire expert sword smiths like the samurai class. Also their own sword smiths did not have access to the right resources to be able to make curved edge swords with well constructed blades. If a Ninja could overcome a samurai he would take his swords, simply because they are better.

Although the ninja sword was smaller and poorer quality, it had many uses. The scabbard for instance was made longer than the sword, about 3 to 4 inches longer. At the end of the scabbard there was a hidden compartment that was used to hide small weapons such as spikes, daggers or small amounts of poisons.

Another use the sword had was that it could act as a small step by jamming the blade into the ground, the ninja could use the hand-guard as a step to get that extra height needed to scale a wall. Because the blade was not very sharp, the ninja could also use it as a hammer by holding onto the blade (carefully) and hitting with the handle. Also it was common to have the tip of the scabbard come off so it could be used as a snorkel