Crossword clues for ninjutsu
Wiktionary
n. (context martial arts English) The Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).
WordNet
n. the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage [syn: ninjitsu]
Wikipedia
, sometimes used interchangeably with the modern term , is the strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare and espionage purportedly practiced by the shinobi (commonly known outside Japan as ninja). Ninjutsu was a separate discipline in some traditional Japanese schools, which integrated study of more conventional martial arts (taijutsu) along with shurikenjutsu, kenjutsu, sojutsu, bōjutsu and others.
While there is a international martial arts organization representing several styles of modern ninjutsu, the historical lineage of these styles is disputed. Some schools claim to be the only legitimate heir of the art, but ninjutsu is not centralized like modernized martial arts such as judo or karate. Togakure-ryū claims to be the oldest recorded form of ninjutsu, and claims to have survived past the 16th century.
Usage examples of "ninjutsu".
This was one of the elements of ninjutsu, the art of being in full view yet not drawing the eye of an observer.
She might have learned Kan-aku na ninjutsu with Nicholas's cousin Saigo, at the ryu in Kumamoto, but it was here in the Asama kogen that she had learned jaho, the magic of the miko.
Yet ninjutsu was more complex than that and, as in bujutsu itself, there were many types propounded and taught.