Ninjutsu, like many other martial arts, was created from a need for it – in this case, villagers living in the mountains of Japan needed a set of survival skills, from which Ninjutsu was born. Most people have heard of the term “ninja” but few people know that the term “Ninjutsu” refers to the art itself and that a “ninja” is a student of “Ninjutsu.” Ninjutsu is mainly a form of martial arts that was designed to help a person hunt by means of stealth, and this is what ninjas have become so famous for. Ninjas are very well known for their amazing ability to kill, maim and get around basically undetected. Ninjas are also excellent at just about any form of espionage, including spying and escaping. For these reasons, many ninjas were hired by criminal cartels to be assassins, therefore giving Ninjutsu and ninjas a bad reputation.

Ninjutsu teaches many things and if a student wishes to become a ninja master, he or she will be studying the art form for many years. Among the things one must learn when he or she takes up Ninjutsu include geography, meteorology and astral projection, espionage and spying, escaping and concealment, water preparation, military stratagem, stealth and entering methods, horsemanship, disguise, chain weapons, explosives, hand to hand combat, spear and blade throwing, staff fighting, sword fighting, and most importantly, spiritual refinement. With so many different aspects of Ninjutsu to learn and master, it is no surprise that ninjas spend many, many years focusing on each and every technique.

Other forms of martial arts “borrow” from Ninjutsu and incorporate some of the techniques into their own forms of a martial art; however, Ninjutsu is the one and only art that encompasses such a well-rounded curriculum. Many people feel that Ninjutsu is the most practical martial arts available today.