Ninjutsu
忍術, literally: "perseverance techniques".
Kacem Zoughari defines ninjutsu as:
a collection of adaptable survival techniques that allows one to face the uncertainties of life and to respond to dangerous situations, through physical and psychological discipline, where one uses orthodox weapons in unorthodox ways.1
According to Takamatsu Toshitsugu,
People
Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu lineage
Other characters
Hattori family
- Hattori Yasukiyoshi
- Hattori Masanari
- Hattori Yanosuke
- Hattori Kama
- Hattori Hanzo
Ryū
Koizumi Shizuo wrote that people know of as many as 73 Ryū in ancient times, based on a conversation with Takamatsu Toshitsugu.2
- Hakuun-ryū (白雲流)
- Kirigakure-ryū (霧隠流)
- Shirai-ryū (白井流)
- Shintō-ryū (神道流)
- Hachiryū-ryū (八竜流)
- Kasumi-ryū (霞流)
- Kurama-ryū (鞍馬流)
- Negishi-ryū (根岸流)
- Kōga-ryū (甲賀流)
- Kotō-ryū
- Togakure-ryū
- Iga-ryū