and other martial arts into their repertoire. Ninjutsu continues to fascinate
audiences worldwide, and modern warfare still allows considerable room
for employment of commando forces, so the fascination with mastery of
ninja skills of espionage provides a welcome marketing device for teachers.
Yet there are no ninja today, only practitioners of some of the techniques
and students of the tradition. Achievement of some rank within a school
teaching ninjutsu cannot make one a ninja, any more than learning tech-
niques with the sword can qualify one as a samurai.
G. Cameron Hurst III
See alsoJapan; Meditation
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