Ninjutsu The Art of Invisibility: Facts, Legends, and Techniques (Tuttle Martial Arts) by Donn F. Draeger

Author:Donn F. Draeger [Draeger, Donn F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2011-12-20T04:30:00+00:00

THE KEY PRINCIPLES OF NINJUTSU

Deception and surprise were two key principles of the ninja. He attempted to lure the enemy into making false estimates and judgments that would lead to erroneous military actions. Always the ninja worked to deprive the foe of his superiority and initiative. When the enemy was united, the ninja divided him; where the enemy was unprepared, the ninja attacked him. The ninja knew how to keep the enemy under constant strain to wear him down.

With the enemy at ease, the ninja worked to weary him; with the enemy well provisioned, the ninja moved to starve him; when the enemy was at rest, the ninja attempted to rouse him into movement.

The ninja's sense of the timing of his probes against the enemy were acute. He appeared briefly at certain places and brought the enemy hurrying to combat him; then he moved swiftly out of sight and left a confused foe. At other times he struck in subtle ways that left no trace. He was inaudible, unseen, and mysterious, thereby greatly agitating the enemy who could not ascertain his pattern of movement. But he could be counted on to put the enemy in a desperate situation.

Some of the ninja's ruses were simple in nature, others more complicated, but all had their appropriate place in his bag of tricks. The ninja classified everything he did as either conforming to “yo” or positive techniques, that is, ones in which he would conceal himself by use of camouflage, or conforming to “in” or negative techniques in which he appeared in clear sight but in disguised form so that his true identity could not be discovered. He preferred to work alone, but under certain circumstances this was impractical and he became a member of a team.

Three major categories of ruses made his feats possible: (1) ruses for infiltration, (2) ruses for becoming “invisible,” and (3) ruses for escaping.

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