What is "jutsu"

In the manga and anime series Naruto, by Masashi Kishimoto, a refers to the abilities that a ninja can use. The series occurs in a fictional universe in which different countries fight for power using ninja soldiers. The Naruto storyline follows a group of young ninja from the village of Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village). In this series, ninja use jutsu by manipulating a form of energy known as chakra, a combination of the physical and mental energies into either of the other two main jutsus.

Series creator Masashi Kishimoto developed the concept of jutsu to explain the supernatural feats ninja perform in the series, and also to provide an original image of ninja in manga. The incorporation of jutsu into the series has received both praise and criticism from several anime and manga publications. T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews asserted that jutsu were the primary focus of Naruto and the source of its "highest accolades," but criticized the overly repetitive use of certain jutsu in fight scenes. Anime News Network agreed with this sentiment, calling the fights "repetitive to a fault," but praised the visual presentation of jutsu in both the anime and manga.

—meaning technique, method, spell, skill or trick—is a bound morpheme of the Sino-Japanese lexical stratum of the Japanese language.

• Jutsu (Naruto)
• Martial arts (Self-defense, physical health)
• Bajutsu (the skills of horse riding)
• Bōjutsu (Fighting with a staff or elongated blunt object)
• Iaijutsu (the sword technique of a sudden mortal draw attack)
• Kamajutsu (defense and combat with metal sickles)
• Kenjutsu (the art of sword fighting)
• kodachijutsu (the art of the small sword)
• Kusarigamajutsu (fighting with kusarigama)
• Kyujutsu (the art of bow)
• Naginatajutsu (the art of using a Naginata)
• Ninjutsu (Shinobi combat techniques and practices)
• Ryoto jutsu (the fencin of small and long sword, Daisho, Daito and Shoto )
• Saijutsu (釵術 Fighting with Sai daggers)
• Shurikenjutsu (The practice of throwing blades)
• Tessenjutsu (Fighting with the deceptive metal fan)
• Taijutsu (Unarmed fighting style)
• Tonfajutsu (Fighting with blunt tonfa weapons)