Ninja and Their Secret Fighting Art - Hardcover

Hayes, Stephen K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0739410148 ISBN 13: 9780739410141

Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1981

Synopsis

In feudal Japan, ninja warriors were credited with supernatural powers of invisibility and ways of learning any secret. They also were feared for their skill in espionage and assassination. Behind these legends is the reality of an ancient, sophisticated, highly systematic martial art: ninjutsu. Perhaps the least understood martial art of Japan, ninjutsu emphasizes naturalness of movement, responsiveness to one's adversary, and total practicality. Women as well as men were trained in this obscure deadly art. As its form crystallized, practitioners established an organized system for maintaining absolute secrecy. Now, all aspects of ninjutsu are revealed in this remarkable book written by the first American trained as a ninja.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen K. Hayes has spent over one-third of his life practicing and teaching the Oriental fighting arts. He is the first American ever accepted as a personal student by the master of the last historically unbroken ninjutsu tradition in Japan. Stephen K. Hayes, called the "Father of American Ninjutsu" by Inside Kung Fu wrote this classic.

About the Author:

Stephen K. Hayes was the ?rst American to be accepted as a personal student by Masaaki Hatsumi, the thirty-fourth master of the Togakure-ryu ninjutsu tradition. A member of the Black Belt Hall of Fame and the founder of To-Shin Do, a mind and body self-protection system, he lives in Dayton, Ohio.

About this edition

• Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0739410148
• ISBN 13: 9780739410141
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156