Posters for Bujinkan Hellas Ninjutsu Seminars

Ninjutsu’s tradition has its roots 2.000 years before our time. It is described as the art of the “secret penetration” or as the art of being invisible, act invisibly.

The Ninjas acted as secret agents during the Japanese Medieval Times (13th – 17th century). Their bases were the Iga and Koga counties. They belonged to the equivalent “gangs” of those two counties and to the schools that bloomed in the golden age of ninjutsu (1.192 – 1.333) which were 25. Their action ended round 1.550, when Japan was united under Hydejoshi Tojutori. The “gangs” were persecuted; many leaders and teachers were exterminated, while others were forced to flee.

Ninjas were specialized –just like today agents- in sabotage, spying, arson, kidnap and blackmailing methods. At the same time, they had developed a respectable philosophy for life, approaching more and more the knowledge of the universe. Their “culture” bloomed during the restless years of the Japanese civil war, by serving various feudal lords who sought influence and power…