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Traditional Ninja Weapons (Unique Literary Books of the World)

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What I was looking for was a summary of traditional weapons historically by Japanese warriors- you know, like these are the types of weapons, they were used by this group of people, during this era, ect. Instead, what arrived in the mail was a rather tabloid-y book with a loud cover of some Hollywood "Ninjas" in fighter stance and the banner "secrets revealed!" streaming across the top. The inside consisted of a bunch of fuzzy photographs obviously taken in someone's backyard of a couple of ordinary looking white guys play fighting. This is the bulk of the book. Few words, and fuzzy photographs. If I picked this off of a shelf in a conventional bookstore, I never would have bought it. The few paragraphs worth of information it does give in the entire book are interesting (and are the reason I'll give this book two stars as opposed to the one star I really think it's worth), but sadly not enough to make the purchase of this book worthwhile. Choose a different title. You'll be happier.

This is a very interesting book about the Japanese Ninja but it is also not a very good book. The photos are blurry at the best of times making instruction hard to follow. Also some of the topics covered are scantly reviewed. But the good point is that there is a lot of interesting reading here and for traditional ninjutsu fans it would be a good buy. Everybody else avoid it. This was one of the first books that I ever bought at a very tender age of 10. At the time I was going through Ninja madness. A martial artist of Charles Daniel's ability and knowledge can do better.

charles daniels has always been the "underdog" of th bujinkan he got his rank back when it meant something and then stopped and pursued other warroir intrests..very good book very straight forward...good book on bujinkan style ninjutsu weapons...i only have 2 problems...1 yes the photos are a little dark but this publisher unique whever thats just how they have done ALL there ninjutsu titles cant blame mr daniels really...

biggest problem!!!

where is the sectrets?? there is not enuff here on the kusari kama and the kyoketsu shoge and you dam sure could have thrown in the shuriken...i know charles system of ninjutsu was all about the sword and the staff and taijutsu man..but he was dam good and very underrated in the art as a whole ...he didnt dress in black all the time he didnt care he did what he did and was dam good...thats why theres "hollywood" ninjas on the front charles didnt like wearing that crap...i dont either but i do love the art of ninjutsu...screw these so called samurai bujinkan people and these other guys who play ninja ..dont you guys know the true japanese shihan along with true warriors are laughing at your 15dan ranked [...]??? we do!!!!good job mr daniels...and these comments are my own thank you.heres hoping to the bujinkan getting strainghtened back out..its goona happen sooner or later.. a 15th dan in ninjutsu never thought i would see the day..no dissing to any of you that have im glad you got them...buti know a few 5-8th degrees that know way more....share dont be greedy!

This is a great book on the little known art of ninjutsu/ninpo. The photographs could have been clearer, but the content was wonderful. I cannot say too much about it because the principles are the greatest. they are very easy to learn and apply, and most of the same principles apply to all weapons in general.

Flexiable Weapons, Surprise Weapons, Battlefield Weapons, Blade and Chain Weapons, Impact Weapons... this book gives the reader a sense of the depth that a modern day ninja's weapons training curriculum can provide. Martial Artists and ninja students, how else can we hope to defend our-selves against weapons without first having an accurate knowledge of how they are applied. This book is excellent!