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    You Don’t Know the Ninja: 8 New Revelations About the Shadow Warrior

    Ninja are everywhere in popular culture. But who were they, really? That’s what John Man, a British travel writer and historian, set out to explore in his new book

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    Ninja History 101

    By Ishaan TharoorFeb. 04, 20130
    Library of Congress
    Library of Congress

    An 1853 print by Japanese artist Toyokuni Utagawa shows a ninja sneaking up behind a musician.

    Ninja are everywhere in popular culture — they slice up mobsters in movies and fruit on your iPhone. We seem to think it makes sense to compare them to pirates and then think of them fondly as adolescent mutant turtles living in a New York City sewer with a kimono-clad rat.

    But who were the ninja, really? That’s what John Man, a British travel writer and historian, set out to explore in his new book, Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior. He spoke to TIME about the fighters behind the legend.

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      Fahdieee
      Fahdieee 5pts

      Pakistan we dont see in the news 

      http://tamak-toyian.pk/2013/02/06/the-pakistan-you-dont-see-in-the-news/

      CristianSepulveda
      CristianSepulveda 5pts

      5. There Were Ninja Families … That is true, the Ninja families are Samurai families too...

      CristianSepulveda
      CristianSepulveda 5pts

      4. Ninja Trained by Sitting Under Waterfalls ... Not only have this custom the Ninjas, the Samurais and Shintoists and Buddhists monks do too, as a ceremony to renew energy and as debugging on the bad things.

      CristianSepulveda
      CristianSepulveda 5pts

      3. Yes, Some Ninja Were Samurai ... All Shinobi belonged to one way or another to the Samurai class.

      CristianSepulveda
      CristianSepulveda 5pts

      2. Iga and Koka, Where Ninja Were Born ... Really no one knows for sure how and where he was born Ninjutsu as such; are said by some that comes from china or that certain techniques were used by pirates, but no palpable historical references concerning these such. The truth is that the provinces of Iga and Koka, refined the techniques and lent to various warlords of the time.


      CristianSepulveda
      CristianSepulveda 5pts

      1. The Smartest Ninja Didn’t Wear Black???...in the SHONINKI says the color of a SHINOBI costume was black;
      this was one of those used, could also be blue or dark purple ( like Soke Jinichi Kawakami says and the writings of the historian Gingetsu Ito), but the historical reference INDICATES IF A COLOR BLACK AS USED BY THE NINJA

      MourningCalm
      MourningCalm 5pts

      While he was running around in the boondocks, Hiroo Onoda killed a lot of innocent dirt-poor farmers and gatherers who were just trying to survive in post WWII Philippines. Even if he thought that the war was still on, his actions could have been considered as war crimes. The only reason why he's now living a bucolic life in South America is that then-Philippine Pres. Marcos made a deal with the Japanese government not to pursue his prosecution. That's the last ninja for you.

      lonapinto26
      lonapinto26 5pts

      but what if what Ray implied I am impressed that some people able to earn $9727 in one month on the internet. did you read this page, Run70.ℂOℳ

      lonapinto26
      lonapinto26 5pts

      what Ray implied I am impressed that some people able to earn $9727 in one month on the internet. did you read this page, Run70.ℂOℳ

      breindrein
      breindrein 5pts

      Dunno. I've seen American Ninja and this doesn't sound the same as that documentary.

      PhilipPWaress
      PhilipPWaress 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

      this article was written by a ninja , thats why you cant see it

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