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18 Disciplines of Ninjutsu
18 Disciplines of Ninjutsu
The 18 disciplines were first stated in the scrolls of Togakure Ryu, and they became a definitive pattern for all Ninjutsu schools, providing a complete training of the warrior in various fighting arts and complementary disciplines.
However, Ninja Juhakkei (18 Ninjutsu skills) was often studied along with Bugei Juhappan (the 18 samurai fighting art skills). Though some of them are the same, the techniques of each discipline were used with different approaches by both samurai and ninja 1. Seishin teki kyoyo (spiritual refinement) 2. Taijutsu (unarmed combat) 3. Ninja ken (ninja sword) 4. Bojutsu (stick and staff fighting) 5. Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades) 6. Yarijutsu (spear fighting) 7. Naginatajutsu (halberd fighting) 8. Kusarigama (chain and sickle weapon) 9. Kayakujutsu (fire arts) 10. Hensojutsu (disguise and impersonation) 11. Shinobi iri (stealth and entering methods) 12. Bajutsu (horsemanship) 13. Sui ren (water training) 14. Bo-ryaku (strategy) 15. Cho ho (espionage) 16. Intonjutsu (escape and concealment) 17. Ten-mon (meteorology) 18. Chi-mon (geography)