Product Description: A Ninja was someone whose very existence expressed the spirit of Budo. He would protect himself with techniques not of assassination but rather of sensation and an acute awareness of his natural surroundings. He would avoid unnecessary conflict, and even if armed with a blade, would find a way to win without staining it...read more

Product Description: This masterfully crafted guide to ninjitsu or budo explore in depth the history, culture and philosophy of this fascinating and enduring Japanese martial art.Budo is one of the least understood forms of art in the world. Even more than skills or techniques, the teachings of budo require faith to learn and courage to understand...read more

Product Description: Secrets of the Ninja Grandmaster is a collection of heart-to-heart lessons from ninja grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi to his senior student and first American disciple, Stephen K. Hayes. When this book was first published in 1987, it gave Western martial artists their first chance to learn what the grandmaster himself had to say about the essence of warrior training that emphasized real-world battlefield fighting methods (jissen-gata) - from the use of weapons to ninja invisibility to kuji warrior spirituality - as opposed to art or sport...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Looks at the history of the ninja and their martial arts, demonstrates the use of various weapons, and clears up misconceptions about the ninja

An expert in ninja training answers questions about nutrition, fitness, spiritual aspects of the martial arts, weapons, and unarmed combat

Discusses the basics of the ninja tradition and explains how to perform the ninja fighting techniques

Product Description: Dr. Hatsumi master text

Product Description: By Masaaki Hatsumi. #105. 6 X 9, 246 pages, paperback. ISBN #0-86568-027-2. This is the only book on the art of ninjutsu written by Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, the 34th-generation leader of the togakure-ryu ninjutsu tradition. This best-seller contains training and fighting secrets known only to the ninja of ancient Japan...read more

Explains the techniques of Kukishin Ryu in illustrated step-by-step instructions