What is Ninja?

A ninja (忍者, ninja?) is a highly skilled operator, specially trained in the art and science of assassination, espionage, guerilla warfare, covert killing, and combative Martial Arts. In Japanese culture, they are usually trained for dangerous and high-risk stealth clandestine missions very similar to those of the modern day Special Forces like the US Navy Seals, Taiwan Thunder Squad, US Delta Force, British SAS, Polish Grom, FBI Hostage Rescue Team, and Police SWAT Team units. Although their exact origins are still unknown, we do know that they appeared in fourteenth century feudal Japan, and remained active from the Kamakura to the Edo period. Their roles may have included sabotage, espionage, scouting, and assassination missions as a way to destabilize and cause social chaos in an enemy country or to an opposing ruler, perhaps in the service of their feudal rulers (daimyo,shogun), or an underground Ninja organization waging guerilla warfare.




Urban Ninja Clip