Do ninja still exist

Answer 1

Practically, no, though, there are descendants who teach ninja martial art.

However, on holidays, you can see ninjas all around at centre of Iga city as some shops rent ninja cloths.

I once have seen, on television news, all the member of Iga city council wore ninja clothing in their regular city assembly meeting.Ninjas are dead but still are cool.

Answer 2

The term nin in nin-jutsu (not jitsu) simply means person or, totaling nothing. In other words the term ninja makes no sense. Some of the records often find civilians and samurai dating so far back as the Edo Meiji restoration period, using the term: ninja, a type of curse word, or form of spitting on someone in the times. Shinobi, meaning one of darkness, or deception, were spies, and they pretty much operated as most modern day spy's do, there wasn't any wushu moves, or fancy swords or cool claw killings, mostly because they carried small firearms, or were used as diplomats. Well trained samurai would very easily beat them; most peasants would probably fair well, especially farmers as they had to learn to fight to protect their crops against ronin... let alone a daimyo or taicho.

Most were very skilled doctors, and herbalists, often disguising themselves as doctors or house servants; they would then seek to be employed at their targets house. it is rare that they were asked to kill, simply because it was unlikely that they would come back alive with the valuable information they carried.

As with a lot of Japanese historians, I agree, completely that the curse word was adopted by foreigners, like the Spanish and the Americans, who came to visit Japan for diplomatic trade.

The last final reference for any shinobi in Japan was Hanzo Hattori, it was rumoured he was a famous sword smith as well, and may well have contained information about some of the greatest generals in the area, being so close to Edo at the time. legend has it that he came across a sword of either muramasa or masamune make, this holy or unholy blade , gave him great inspiration to forge his own set of blades and armor, although judging by the history books he wasn't that successful.

Ninjutsu is a Dark Art, meaning it teaches the 'hidden' arts both physical and mental used to gain advantage in warfare. Strategy as well as tactics. There are few genuine Ninjutsu masters teaching today. One in the USA is Stephen Hayes of the Togakure-ryu, a student of master Masaaki Hatsumi. Though few, there are female Ninja, such as Hayes' wife. The art is comprehensive, involving many different arts of stealth, and a lifetime of learning is required. Commercial schools teaching the art are often teaching watered-down versions. Some techniques are common to other arts and are still taught to specialists who have a genuine need of them such as Special Forces and Intelligence agents. Although assassination arts are incorporated, the main function of a Ninja was the collection of secret information and to avoid fighting and thus detection wherever possible.

Yes Ninjas do still exist but they are still sometimes used for assassins in Japan. I take Ninjutsu classes from the shidoshi who is the grand master of the style. He is a 9th degree black belt. There can only be one shidoshi at a time until he dies or retires. There are only 14 actual ninjas left in the world. He is one of them. You have to make mastery (3rd degree black belt) and take your ninja test before you can be considered a ninja. You also have to come to the shidoshi to take your mastery test. There are many people who claim to be a ninja but the shidoshi lives in Arkansas so unless they have come here to become a ninja their not what they claim to be. But to answer your quest in completion, yes ninjas do still exist and are still used today.

Answer 3

There are schools that teach ninjitsu. Some have legitimate backgrounds and can trace their art back to the main schools in Japan. Unfortunately, there are martial art schools that use the word ninja to attract customers. And others that have nothing to do with real ninjitsu, but take what they have learned in other Martial Arts schools and turn it into a 'new' art.

Do your homework carefully before signing any contracts!

Answer 4

Ancestors of shinobi do exist today that still have the knowledge of certain shinobi skills such as shuriken throwing.

Answer 5

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exist as fictional characters. They are in shows, movies, books, and merchandise. However, they are not "real life" characters.