Apparently there's no historical proof they did.
2007-01-04 10:54:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Oh dear. People- think it through. Just because the ninjas themselves did not leave evidence they existed does not mean other proof would not exist. Here is one way proof could exist: Daimyo X writes in his diary that he suspects Daimyo Y of hiring a ninja to kill Daimyo Q. But sources like this just don't exist. Ninjas don't even get mentioned in contemporary accounts. Wake up!
2007-01-04 11:01:57 · update #1
Thought ninjas are called SAMAURI WARRIORS or are they called RONNIN
2007-01-04 11:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by colin050659 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes Ninjas exist.
The martial art Ninjitsu is real and has a real history dating back hundreds or thousands or years.
The man Frank Dux was trained by a Ninja in the U.S. You can find out a lot more about this incredible man by watching the movie "Bloodsport" with Jean Claude Van Damme. The movie was based on the life of Mr. Dux. Or even better; read his autobiography "The Secret man"
Mr. Dux started a school where he taught people to be ninjas. the name of the school was Ninjitsu Dux Ryu.
Mr. Dux is also famous for breaking bullet proof glass with a punch, wine bottles with a punch, the dim mak. and the most impressive to me is a ki or ch'i demonstration where he was kneeling on a mat on the floor, and there was a line of 26 men trying to pull him from his place.
there are photos of all of these in the book "The Secret Man", and there used to be a video of one of his demonstrations in Paris where he set the one man tug or war record (with the line of 26 men trying to pull him from his spot, breaking the bullet proof glass, and lots more.
Before Ninjitsu they were samurai.
My avatar is wearing the outfit of a Samurai.
I never learned Ninjitsu; but I DID study and practise lots of asian disciplines.
2007-01-04 23:12:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's because they were too sneaky to be caught by historians.
Why wouldn't they exist? It makes sense that people could learn martial arts and use them for crime. I mean, it's not like they're mythological beings...they're just people.
I wasn't aware that there was no historical proof about them. Maybe historians just aren't looking in the right places.
2007-01-04 10:58:24 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, they're not like Naruto though. Japan had ninjas, silent, deadly assassins, who used explosive powders, and ninja stars as distractions more than weapons.
2007-01-04 10:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan K.S. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes they did but there was no actual fighting style or dicipline in which ninjas came from. They were X-fighters who were expelled from their dicipline for certain reasons and became what we now know today as Mercenaries or Mercs.
2007-01-04 10:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by manc1999 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes there is. The fact that Ninjutsu has been around as a martial art for years is historical proof in its self.
2007-01-04 10:58:29 · answer #6 · answered by clusp 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes
Here is undisputable proof.
http://en.uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ninja
2007-01-04 11:23:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well there wouldn't be now would there.
Think to what a ninja IS.
The Ninja's wanted people to believe they weren't around, they STILL want us to believe, because if we knew, then they wouldn't be NINJA anymore.
2007-01-04 10:58:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I`m behind your door just now, with a HP iPAQ using your `open` wireless router ;)
question and answer now are the same!
2007-01-04 10:59:10 · answer #9 · answered by fluxpattern® 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Proof what do u mean proof.
how about the whole ninjitsu religion?
2007-01-04 12:52:14 · answer #10 · answered by junglist_masiv2000 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋