Tenmon – Meteorology Within the ancient Ninja skill sets was that of Tenmon or weather forecasting. In the early days there was no “weather channel” to turn to see what tomorrow’s weather would bring you as such early Ninja developed several clues based upon their observation of nature that helped them prepare for the day. […]

What made Soke Hatsumi, Takamatsu, Ueshiba, Takeda, and a long list of samurai, ninja, and martial artist able to reach a pinnacle in the arts? Well as the title states, it was and is hard core training. Many people do not know that Ueshiba’s early dojo was also nicknamed Jigoku dojo or Hell dojo. Sokaku […]

Hello Ninjutsu Fans! I had a few emails shot my way over the last couple of days where a few NITs(Ninja’s in Training), after reading my  first Ninja Lifestyle post ( A Ninja Lifestyle)  wanted to learn more about how to cultivate or enhance their training into their everyday life. Well here is #2 in a […]

“The essence of all Martial Arts and military strategies is self protection and the prevention of danger. Ninjutsu epitomizes the fullest concept of self-protection through martial training in that the Ninja art deals with the protection of not only the physical body, but the mind and spirit as well. The way of the Ninja is […]

The key to success in Ninjutsu’s Budo Taijutsu is consistent practice of the thirteen basic techniques contained in Sanshin no kata and the Kihon happo. It is from this basis that all of our Budo techniques start and end.               In the beginning, it is easy to overlook this part of our training and underestimate […]

Hello Ninjutsu Fans and Practitioners! Whoo hoo, lots of emails from both the podcast and the last blog post! Thanks for the inputs ninjas!! To answer your questions: 1) A new Podcast is in the works and will be up by next week if not earlier. 2) Yes, longer blog posts are coming, just like […]

Recently I have been asked, does Budo Taijutsu/Ninjutsu or would you use Budo Taijutsu in a real fight? Well this is a very easy question to answer, YES!! This is a good question, especially for lower ranked students, who are still trying to understand the fundamental techniques. At times new students feel that the techniques […]

Hello Ninjutsu Fans! Here is another great clip of Soke Hatsumi! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postPrint for later

Hello Ninjutsu World, I have been tied up lately and not tracking the on goings of the Bujinkan Shihan, I was very saddened to hear that Oguri Sensei has just recently passed away. Having met and trained with Sensei Oguri I am saddened of his passing but knowing that he has left his mark on […]