Art Ninja - Netflix

Mon 22 April 2019

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Following Ricky the Art Ninja, on his animated adventures.

Art Ninja - Netflix

Type: Variety

Languages: English

Status: Running

Runtime: 35 minutes

Premier: 2015-01-17

Art Ninja - Ninjatō - Netflix

The ninjatō (忍者刀), ninjaken (忍者剣), or shinobigatana (忍刀) , are allegedly the preferred weapon that the Shinobi of feudal Japan carried. It is portrayed by modern ninjutsu practitioners (including Masaaki Hatsumi and Stephen K. Hayes) as the weapon of the ninja, and is prominently featured in popular culture. Replicas of this sword have also been prominently on display at the Ninja Museum of Igaryu located in Iga, Mie Prefecture, Japan, since it was established in the mid 1960s. The honorary director of the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum is Jinichi Kawakami. The swords are also prominently on display at the Koka Ninja Village Museum in Kōka, Shiga and at the Gifu Castle Archives Museum in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan Historically, there is no physical evidence for the existence of this “katana-like short sword legendarily used by ninja” before the 20th century, though it is believed that the designs demonstrated by alleged replicas are based on the design of the wakizashi or chokutō swords or the swords associated with Ashigaru.

Art Ninja - Usage - Netflix

Due to the lack of historical evidence regarding the existence of the ninjatō, techniques for usage in a martial context are largely speculative. When used in film and stage, ninjatō are depicted as being shorter than a katana with a straight blade but they are utilized in a “nearly identical” manner as the katana. Books and other written materials have described a number of possible ways to use the sword including “fast draw techniques centered around drawing the sword and cutting as a simultaneous defensive or attacking action”, with “a thrust fencing technique”, and with a “reverse grip”. The scabbards were often said to have been used for various purposes such as a respiration pipe (snorkel) in underwater activities or for secretly overhearing conversations. The scabbard is also said to have been longer than the blade of the ninjatō in order to hide various objects such as chemicals used to blind pursuers. The tsuba (hand guard) of the ninjato is often described as being larger than average and square instead of the much more common round tsuba. One theory on the ninjatō tsuba size and shape is that it was used as a tool, the sword would be leaned against a wall and ninja would use the tsuba as a step to extend his normal reach, the sword would then be retrieved by pulling it up by the sageo (saya cord).

Art Ninja - References - Netflix


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