- Neo-ninja
Neo-ninja, sometimes used in conjunction with the term "Gendai Ninpo", refers to modern
martial arts schools which claim to teach elements of the historicninja ofJapan , or base their school's philosophy upon traits attributed to the historic ninja of Japan.Among Neo-ninja schools there is a lot of variety, some attempt to obscure the sources of their teachings with an aura of mysticism, while others state that they teach eclectic an curriculum from a variety of other "non ninja" arts. Many neo-ninja schools came into being in the 1980s during the "
ninja boom ".Fact|date=September 2008The topic of modern ninjutsu is oftern of debate in martial arts forums [ [http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22169&page=5 Martial talk disscusion] ] and there are some that believe that modern
Ninjutsu practicioners were in fact the first neo-ninjas. Some articles also question the background ofMasaaki Hatsumi head of theBujinkan organization [http://kenjutsu-ryu.livejournal.com/tag/bujinkan] one of the better known organizations that describe there curriclum as ninjutsu, thought there are several.The term American Ninjutsu [http://www.american-ninjutsu.com/history.shtml] also is used commonly with neo-ninja, as the term neo-ninja is used mostly in a negative manner. http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22169&page=5Fact|date=September 2008
See also
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Schools of Ninjutsu
*Ashida Kim
*Frank Dux
*Rick Tew
*Glen Levy References
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