Ninja clan

[paolo]

if someone wants to join ninja clan what does he have to do? and where do you find a clan like this? In my school theres a tai chi group is that it?


thanks

[Darin Rosewood]

Umm... there are probably not even a hundred real ninja left in the entire world, just so you know. Most of them died about 200 years ago. A few of them teach ninjutsu to students, but there are no "clans" left. And also... wtf mate? Tai chi is chinese, ninjutsu is Japanese. Just knowing a random martial art doesn't make you a ninja, you have to have 1st Dan in a certain school of ninjutsu to be considered a ninja of that school.

[paolo]

ok man dont get aggresive about it afterall it was just a question. thanks anw though

[meep]

darin said:

Umm... there are probably not even a hundred real ninja left in the entire world, just so you know. Most of them died about 200 years ago. A few of them teach ninjutsu to students, but there are no "clans" left. And also... wtf mate? Tai chi is chinese, ninjutsu is Japanese. Just knowing a random martial art doesn't make you a ninja, you have to have 1st Dan in a certain school of ninjutsu to be considered a ninja of that school.

Yah huh.

Ninjas died AAAAGES ago, even before WW2! (i think!)

[Mr.Experiment]

You only need a 1st Dan?
I thought it was atleast 3rd.

It might have been different back in the day, as in 100s of years ago.

~Jano

[Darin Rosewood]

No, a 1st Dan means that you've mastered the basics and would be considered a ninja. You wouldn't be a high-ranking ninja, of course, but you'd have the name. ^_^ Consider that in most martial arts, a 5th Dan is master status, and ninja were/are very hierarchal in their authority structure. If you had to be 3rd Dan to even be called a ninja, you'd only have one rank between base ninja and master. That wouldn't sit too well with 'em. XD And the ninja aren't all dead, but their status as a social class was broken up a little after that of the samurai. There are still some ninjutsu masters around (an 8th Dan is semi-openly teaching in Japan, for example), but they're mostly all gone.

[psyked]

bounty hunters and hitmans replaced ninjas lol

[Shariadarow]

Ninjas do exist, but as was previously mentioned, their are very few, and the fewer still are masters able to teach. I know only of two dojos that teach ninjutsu, those being in Japan and California(I think). Myself, I self teach myself based off of this site: www.ninjutsu.co.il/wiki/index.php/Portal:Budo_Ninjutsu

Edit: It looks like my link is broken, you'll have to copy the whole thing and paste it to use it, sorry.

[The Adfeng]

Ah, well I've never heard of a ninja clan. Sounds interesting, but I know no such martial arts, but only a little. I guess good luck finding one, and I would love to hear about it if you join.