Ninjitsu

The collection of survivalist techniques in war town feudal Japan, Ninjutsu is practiced by the shinobi (known as ninjas outside Japan). Part martial art, part trickery, Ninjitsu and its practitioners frequently were employed as assassins or spies. Master of stealth, the shinobi were also skilled archers and runners. Though they could fight hand to hand, these dangerous warriors often employed weapons such as shurikens and the katana.