In Search of the Ninja
eBook - ePub

In Search of the Ninja

The Historical Truth of Ninjutsu

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

In Search of the Ninja

The Historical Truth of Ninjutsu

About this book

Lost in modern myth, false history and general misinterpretation, the Ninja have been misrepresented for many years. More recently, a desire for a more historical view of the ninja has become a popular theme in the history/martial arts community and Antony Cummins is the primary driving force behind that movement.

In Search of the Ninja is based upon the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team's translations of the major ninja manuals and consists of genuinely new material. Little historical research has been done on the Ninja of Japan. Here for the first time the connection of the famous Hattori family warriors with the Ninja is explained. The Samurai versus Ninja myth is dispelled. The realities of Ninja skills are analysed. How did a Ninja work underwater when mining castle walls? How can a bird be used to set fire to the enemy's camp? The book explores newly discovered connections to ancient Chinese manuals, lost skills and the 'hidden' Zen philosophy that the Ninja followed. In Search of the Ninja is the first and only historical look at the shinobi of ancient Japan.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contents
  6. Quote
  7. Introduction
  8. Notes on the Text
  9. 1 What Is a Ninja?
  10. 2 The Origin of the Ninja
  11. 3 Naming the Ninja
  12. 4 Putting the ? in Ninja
  13. 5 The Samurai v. Ninja Myth
  14. 6 Medieval Japanese Scouting
  15. 7 Bandits, Thieves and Criminals
  16. 8 The Chinese Connection
  17. 9 Unknown Ninja Skills
  18. 10 Similar yet Dissimilar
  19. 11 Ninja Magic
  20. 12 Oral Traditions – The Ninja Way of Kuden
  21. 13 The Famous Ninja Families of Hattori and Natori
  22. 14 The Prowess of the Men of Iga and Koka
  23. 15 The Female Ninja
  24. 16 The Gateless Gate
  25. 17 The Fringes of Ninjutsu
  26. 18 The Death of the Ninja
  27. 19 The Ninja Found
  28. 20 Historical Ninja Manuals
  29. Bibliography
  30. Copyright