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I have so many questions: - Ninja student? Is there a ninja school?? - How do I go to ninja school?! - Is ninja school considered elite, and if so has there

I have so many questions: - Ninja student? Is there a ninja school?? - How do I go to ninja school?! - Is ninja school considered elite, and if so has there ever been an Operation Varsity Blues type admissions scandal? - What is the post-ninja school career path? I mean obviously you're going to be a ninja, but who are the dominant employers in that field? Does it make sense to join a ninjitsu startup and get more experience but lower pay? This article really feels like it's burying the lede...

wodenokoto 7y ago
The answer to most of your questions are found in the first sentence of the article > A Japanese student of ninja history Later it is revealed that she is studying at Mie University. Yes, it is a shitty headline.
- dang 7y ago
  Ok, we've squeezed some history into the title above.
chaostheory 7y ago
The student in question isn’t a ninja student, she’s just taking a ninja history class. > What is the post-ninja school career path? In the modern era, we just call them special forces or intelligence officers
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social_quotient 7y ago
The first rule of ninja school...
catalogia 7y ago
As I understand it, it's somewhere between a martial arts discipline and historical reenacting[or larping?] It seems pretty fun tbh. I suspect graduates might find work as instructors.
yorwba 7y ago
The "ninja student" in the article is studying ninja, not studying to become a ninja. Yamada Yuji, her professor, does not look especially dangerous in the "Ninja Truth" series by NHK [1]. I suppose that may be a ruse. [1] https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/tag/ninja/?type=tvEpisode& https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/tag/ninja/?type=...
- awillen 7y ago
  Damn, I guess I got too excited and skip the subhead that calls her a student of ninja history. I do think it's wildly misleading to call her a ninja student in the headline, though... Dreams: crushed :(
  - kevinmchugh 7y ago
    it's ambiguous, but no more so than "Japanese student", which could mean someone studying Japanese or a Japanese person who's in school
    - OJFord 7y ago
      Japanese (resp. Ninja) person who is in school is actually a third option!
- krapp 7y ago
  Antony Cummins' channel[0] is also a good source for "real" ninja history. [0]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRwb4iXDfw-6FEgqkCQqUQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRwb4iXDfw-6FEgqkCQqUQ
  - varjolintu 7y ago
    I wouldn't use him as a reliable source.
    - krapp 7y ago
      Why not, and what sources would you recommend?
ChuckMcM 7y ago
Apparently there are some bogus requirements like you have to be dropped off at one of the particular orphanages where they drop off future ninjas, and apparently it helps if you have a birthmark that resembles a symbol that is associated with fighting ability.
- Joe-Z 7y ago
  Alternatively, if you aren't an orphan, you can produce an antique weapon emanating a faint humming noise which your father never allowed you to hold, but when you did sneakily one time its blade started to glow!
  - LanceH 7y ago
    Don't rush your child into ninja school like I did. We got my son's prophecy mixed up, he's 6.5 feet tall and blond, and ninja credits don't transfer to viking school.
    - zrobotics 7y ago
      I wouldn't imagine the skillet transfers very well between sneaky assassinations and pillaging. Are ninjas noted seafarers?
      - krapp 7y ago
        The thing is, a notable ninja seafarer would only be notable as a seafarer, that's kind of the point. There probably were ninja who specialized in that. Sailors who took up the profession or were recruited to turn against their crew or captain, or regular ninja who did it the old fashioned way.
      - pilsetnieks 7y ago
        The skillet is really only good for blunt force trauma and it attracts a lot of attention.
      - gpderetta 7y ago
luckydata 7y ago
You apply for the CIA/Navy Seals or your local equivalent and do VERY well in the admission test.
- goatinaboat 7y ago
  It's not as easy as that unfortunately. You would apply to the SEALs and get in and be a SEAL for a few years. Then you would apply to SEAL Team 6 and get in there and do that for a few years. And then, finally you would get a tap on the shoulder and be invited to apply to the CIA Special Activities Division, and if you get in there, congratulations, you've made it!
Razengan 7y ago
> I have so many questions You should ask a ninja! https://www.youtube.com/user/digitalfilmmaker https://www.youtube.com/user/digitalfilmmaker
garmaine 7y ago
This is not what TFA is about, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan In terms of career options, I know there is at least one group within the US Marine Corps, and a private military contractor in San Francisco which recruits from their own dojo.
ErotemeObelus 7y ago
You may not know it, but every public school in Japan is a ninja school situated in hidden secret villages in between the mountains. Shinobi & kunoichi are graded as jounin, chuunin, genin, and ninja-in-training.
DennisP 7y ago
If ninja school doesn't work out, you could go to MIT and get your pirate certificate: https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/ https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-ce...
elhombretto 7y ago
(In case anyone actually wants to know the answers to the above) The legit organisation is the Bujinkan[1] run by grandmaster Hatsumi [2] (although some other guy claims to hold the lineage apparently Hatsumi has "the scrolls" that get passed from grandmaster to grandmaster). There are Bujinkan schools all round the world. Make sure you find a teacher who regularly goes to Japan. If you're interested, check it out. Ninjutsu isn't like other martial arts because it's a combat art, it hasn't been diluted to be a sport. In my experience (former black belt but haven't trained in years) training is fun and generally safe (unlike say Krav Maga where every time I've been to watch a class someone's been hurt). > What is the post-ninja school career path? I mean obviously you're going to be a ninja, but who are the dominant employers in that field? Samaurai used to be the main employers, but now it's mainly large, sewer-dwelling rats... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Hatsumi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Hatsumi

wodenokoto 7y ago

The answer to most of your questions are found in the first sentence of the article > A Japanese student of ninja history Later it is revealed that she is studying at Mie University. Yes, it is a shitty headline.

dang 7y ago
Ok, we've squeezed some history into the title above.

chaostheory 7y ago

The student in question isn’t a ninja student, she’s just taking a ninja history class. > What is the post-ninja school career path? In the modern era, we just call them special forces or intelligence officers

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social_quotient 7y ago

The first rule of ninja school...

catalogia 7y ago

As I understand it, it's somewhere between a martial arts discipline and historical reenacting[or larping?] It seems pretty fun tbh. I suspect graduates might find work as instructors.

yorwba 7y ago

The "ninja student" in the article is studying ninja, not studying to become a ninja. Yamada Yuji, her professor, does not look especially dangerous in the "Ninja Truth" series by NHK [1]. I suppose that may be a ruse. [1] https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/tag/ninja/?type=tvEpisode& https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/tag/ninja/?type=...

awillen 7y ago
Damn, I guess I got too excited and skip the subhead that calls her a student of ninja history. I do think it's wildly misleading to call her a ninja student in the headline, though... Dreams: crushed :(
- kevinmchugh 7y ago
  it's ambiguous, but no more so than "Japanese student", which could mean someone studying Japanese or a Japanese person who's in school
  - OJFord 7y ago
    Japanese (resp. Ninja) person who is in school is actually a third option!
krapp 7y ago
Antony Cummins' channel[0] is also a good source for "real" ninja history. [0]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRwb4iXDfw-6FEgqkCQqUQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRwb4iXDfw-6FEgqkCQqUQ
- varjolintu 7y ago
  I wouldn't use him as a reliable source.
  - krapp 7y ago
    Why not, and what sources would you recommend?

ChuckMcM 7y ago

Apparently there are some bogus requirements like you have to be dropped off at one of the particular orphanages where they drop off future ninjas, and apparently it helps if you have a birthmark that resembles a symbol that is associated with fighting ability.

Joe-Z 7y ago
Alternatively, if you aren't an orphan, you can produce an antique weapon emanating a faint humming noise which your father never allowed you to hold, but when you did sneakily one time its blade started to glow!
- LanceH 7y ago
  Don't rush your child into ninja school like I did. We got my son's prophecy mixed up, he's 6.5 feet tall and blond, and ninja credits don't transfer to viking school.
  - zrobotics 7y ago
    I wouldn't imagine the skillet transfers very well between sneaky assassinations and pillaging. Are ninjas noted seafarers?
    - krapp 7y ago
      The thing is, a notable ninja seafarer would only be notable as a seafarer, that's kind of the point. There probably were ninja who specialized in that. Sailors who took up the profession or were recruited to turn against their crew or captain, or regular ninja who did it the old fashioned way.
    - pilsetnieks 7y ago
      The skillet is really only good for blunt force trauma and it attracts a lot of attention.
    - gpderetta 7y ago

luckydata 7y ago

You apply for the CIA/Navy Seals or your local equivalent and do VERY well in the admission test.

goatinaboat 7y ago
It's not as easy as that unfortunately. You would apply to the SEALs and get in and be a SEAL for a few years. Then you would apply to SEAL Team 6 and get in there and do that for a few years. And then, finally you would get a tap on the shoulder and be invited to apply to the CIA Special Activities Division, and if you get in there, congratulations, you've made it!

Razengan 7y ago

> I have so many questions You should ask a ninja! https://www.youtube.com/user/digitalfilmmaker https://www.youtube.com/user/digitalfilmmaker

garmaine 7y ago

This is not what TFA is about, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan In terms of career options, I know there is at least one group within the US Marine Corps, and a private military contractor in San Francisco which recruits from their own dojo.

ErotemeObelus 7y ago

You may not know it, but every public school in Japan is a ninja school situated in hidden secret villages in between the mountains. Shinobi & kunoichi are graded as jounin, chuunin, genin, and ninja-in-training.

DennisP 7y ago

If ninja school doesn't work out, you could go to MIT and get your pirate certificate: https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/ https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-ce...

elhombretto 7y ago

(In case anyone actually wants to know the answers to the above) The legit organisation is the Bujinkan[1] run by grandmaster Hatsumi [2] (although some other guy claims to hold the lineage apparently Hatsumi has "the scrolls" that get passed from grandmaster to grandmaster). There are Bujinkan schools all round the world. Make sure you find a teacher who regularly goes to Japan. If you're interested, check it out. Ninjutsu isn't like other martial arts because it's a combat art, it hasn't been diluted to be a sport. In my experience (former black belt but haven't trained in years) training is fun and generally safe (unlike say Krav Maga where every time I've been to watch a class someone's been hurt). > What is the post-ninja school career path? I mean obviously you're going to be a ninja, but who are the dominant employers in that field? Samaurai used to be the main employers, but now it's mainly large, sewer-dwelling rats... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujinkan [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Hatsumi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Hatsumi