Masaaki Hatsumi and Shoto Tanemura are the two most widely known and respected sources for instruction on the art of Ninjutsu.
Masaaki Hatsumi is soke, or lineage head of 9 martial art traditions, Hatsumi combined the essence of these teachings and established the Bujinkan (Divine Warrior) Dojo to teach the importance of 'total awareness' through the martial arts. Hatsumi is a large following outside of Japan.
Shoto Tanemura is soke of Takagi Yoshin ryu, Bokuden ryu, Gikan ryu, and Kukishin ryu. Tanemura spreads his teaching under the name of Genbukan Ninpo Bugei and has dojos worldwide.
"Nihon no Budo" is a 16 part hardcover large format book series published in Japan in 1983. The books have a cloth cover with gold letters on front. Each volume features many full color photos as well as black and white photos of techniques, history of the art, etc. This series is very rare and c...
This book covers the most important techniques of the Takagi Yôshin Ryû, particular the part of jûtaijutsu:
Shoden no Kata Otomo Waza,
Shoden no Kata Ura Waza,
Shoden no Eri Jime Gata,
Chûden no Sabaki Gata,
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In The Ninja Defense, the classic art of the ninja is updated for maximum effectiveness in modern day situations. Stephen K. Hayes is a Black Belt Hall of Fame member and acknowledged "Father of American Ninjutsu."
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The nine different schools (ryu) of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu represent with their techniques a centuries old Japanese warrior tradition. This book (densho) describes one of these schools, the Shinden Fudo Ryu.
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The shinobi, or ninja, is one of the most widely recognized figures in the world of espionage—and also one of the most misrepresented. What do we really know about the historical shinobi, his tactics, and his role in medieval Japanese society?
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Daniel Fletcher and Sleiman Azizi studied ninjutsu under the tutelage of the venerable Masaaki Hatsumi of the Bujinkan Dojo and in The Art of Life and Death, they pay homage to their Sensei by revealing a host of insightful discoveries.
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Japanese Throwing Weapons is a detailed instruction manual for learning authentic shuriken throwing techniques as practiced in Japan. Daniel Fletcher studied under Japan's most notable shuriken sensei, Yasuyuki Otsuka, of the Meifu Shinkage Ryu and in this book he reveals the secrets learned in
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True Path of the Ninja is the first authoritative translation in English of the Shoninki—the famous 17th century ninja training manual. Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami worked closely with Dr. Nakashima Atsumi, author of the most comprehensive modern Japanese version of the Shoninki,
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The book is devoted to most ancient documentary confirmed style of bujutsu and ninjutsu of district Iga, which has more than thousand year old history, and which formed a basis for many styles of martial arts generally, and several styles of ninja taijutsu in particular (Iga ryu, Hakuun ryu,
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Budo is the spiritual way of the martial arts that all practitioners must follow if they are to be true martial artists. In this book, Masaaki Hatsumi explores the very essence of Budo, and demonstrates an array of important techniques relating to this essence, explaining how the concept of Budo
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This “modern” Densho should primarily be regarded as basic manual for daily training. The feature of this book is that the individual motion sequences are shown by means of illustrations in order to focus on the performance of the individual techniques and Kata. Concise explanations are
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This “modern” Densho should primarily be regarded as basic manual for daily training. The feature of this book is that the individual motion sequences are shown by means of illustrations in order to focus on the performance of the individual techniques and Kata.
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