Ninjutsu History

Figures who wear black-clads, cover their faces, move over the walls like spiders, flew through the sky like Superman, and run fast as cheetahs. This is a mistaken image of the Ninjas given by movies and comic books.

The real Ninjas or Shinobi was originally descended from a demon which was half man and half crow. In Japan they called a person who uses Ninjutsu a ‘ninja’ .Ninjutsu is an independent art of warfare that evolved mainly in the lands of Iga in Mie Prefecture, and Koka in Shiga Prefecture (Cities located in Japan).

Previously, in the age of samurai a ninja was an agent who worked as a professional spy. During the 14th century, when the fighting scale increased in Japan, charging an undercover agent became necessary in
In the Indian culture that was passed through the Chinese mainland, the Korean peninsula and crossed over to Japan. At that time, a man called Otomono Sahito, who was used by the emperor Shotoku Taishi, is said to be the foundation of the Ninjas. Ninjas in the movies wear all black clothing with only eyes showing which came from the Kabuki theatre, while Actual ninjas wore navy blue for midnight operations. Which was harder for the enemies to see at dark. Usually, however, they dressed to blend with their targets. Depending on their intention, for example, as farmers, peddlers, foot soldiers, or actors. Ninja tools and weapons involved: shinobigatana; the bo and naginata, and martial arts like karate. Ninja also developed their own special equipment which was the shuko, an iron hand-crampon used for climbing, and the tessen, a sharpened metal fan.
Ninjas included Eight divergent Methods such as Body skills, karate, spear fighting, staff fighting, blade-throwing, use of fire and water, fortification and strategy. Among these ninjas there were skillful poisoners. this Poison was added to food, or applied with a knife to kill the
This was known as the Nanbukucho Wars. The Northern Court was controlled by the shoguns. The Southern Court of the Emperor Go-Daigo, who wanted to rule in his own right.
Ninja played an important role on both sides in this struggle, penetrating castles as spies, and even burning down the South's acropolis. Later on The Northern Court won.
About 70 years later. The onion war began as a fight within the ruling Ashikaga tribe, but soon passed into a nation-wide civil war. Although the War ended after 10 years, it led in a century called the Sengoku Jidai. Ninja served there as spies,fighters, detectives, and surprise attackers. They were a very important unit during the war time, but a minimizing influence.
When lord Oda Nobunaga appeared as the strongest ruler and began to rejoin Japan, he saw the ninja as a threat so he decided to defeat them but he had troubles with iga. Nobunaga attacked the ninja of Iga with a huge force of more than 40,000 men. ninjas were defeated and distributed to the mountains of