Ninjutsu has always been a secretive martial art clouded in mystery. Its history is not well documented, as most of what is known about this martial art has been passed down through time from generation to generation, adding to its air of secrecy and mystery. There are some historical records that suggest families from the Koga region of Japan were the creators of this secretive style. There have been over 70 different Ninjutsu Ryu (school/style) discovered and identified across the years, although most have now died out.
It appears as though most of them were created around specific skills and techniques, and once their specialist skills were no longer required the Ryu seems to have died out and slipped away from existence, or more likely incorporated into other Ryu. The art of Ninjutsu is the fighting style of the ninja's from ancient Japan. The ninja's are well known around the world these days for their stealth and secretive life, often portrayed in films as lethal covert assassins.
They were in fact the Special Forces or Black Ops of their day. Ninja's are known to have gone through extremely tough and demanding physical and mental training, however no one really knows much about the actual training regime. Those who were actual true ninja's are either dead or sworn by oath to secrecy about there true identities. A ninja trend that hit the U.S.A. in the 1980's saw many instructors of Ninjutsu appear all over the place almost overnight, making the wearing of black ninja outfits very popular.
As trends do, this one also passed and seems to have died out and it now appears that there are not as many people interested in learning the art. The name Ninjutsu does not actually refer to any one style, but rather to a group of martial arts with each Ryu following its own branch of expertise. Within all the Ryu, Ninjutsu involved both unarmed and armed fighting skills, together with a knowledge of philosophy, strategy, and history. There are a few dojos' (training schools) that teach this martial art, many are quite comprehensive in what they offer.
In combat, Ninjutsu techniques focus on distance, timing, posture and flow. Students are taught to react to every movement, and to respond in such a way as to put themselves into a superior position. This way the student can change the final outcome of any encounter from a negative to a positive. Practitioners of Ninjutsu are taught and trained to use their entire body to generate leverage and power in both defense and attack.
Ninjutsu is well known in its homeland of Japan as a very secretive, yet very powerful martial art.
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