The straight Ninjato was meant to be a tool, not a stylised Sword the way the Katana was
It was a straight, folded and sharpened tool, it did not go through the Katana curve procedure
The Tsuba was a square slab
It was blackened and was disposable and easily replaceable
These swords were made with the 22 sun blade and the longer Saya
As well as the Deception, the end of the Saya could be used for storage
Metsubishi stored in the end, with a cap, used in SANTO applications
The cord would also be longer, and untied, to be used as a climbing tool and weaponm as in HoJo
Curved Ninjato were made later
Some did have the matching correct size Saya
The original Ninja Sword was a standard Katana that broke at the tip
After filing and resharpening the blade we had he first 22 SUN NINJA sword in the long Katana Saya
The weapon had to exist first before the methods to use it could be developed
These methods were developed by the IGA and KOGA Ninja before they were organised into the GATA that became the DENSHO for the Togakure scrolls
The first generation of an organised Ryuha, in this case Togakure, was set up by gata and scrolls passed down by their teachers - the first SOKE, formal Grandmaster of a Ryuha, was about the Third generation from the warriors who founded the teachings
There is a saying in Greece,
THE FIRST TEACHER NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL
however he did have to learn what he knew before he set up the first classroom and taught his first generation of students
Before Aristotle set up The Lyceum he had to learn the teachings passed down from Socrates and Plato
And we know nothing about Socrates apart from what Plato passed down to us, as Socrates never wrote down or recorded anything
(Where would JESUS be if nobody had written the Gospels)
So the SOKE, the Grandmasters, had to learn and catalogue the GATA before they could set up a school and pass them on
From the thread:
“Violence is to be avoided, and Ninpo is Bujutsu”.
“Use the sword to be peaceful, and protect country, family, and nature”.
‘Kajo waraku’ which means “The enjoyment of peaceful harmony with the same effortless compassion as that of the wildflowers.”
Ninja Bikenjutsu - Methods of using the Ninja sword, which is shorter and straighter than the Katana
•Kurai Dori - Sword Kamae
•Iaijutsu - Sword drawing
•Biken Kata - Ninja Sword forms
NINPO BIKEN Sword
Nuki - Drawing
Iai Maai - Sword draw distance
Kage no Itto - Shadow Sword
8 Kamae -
Ichi
Seigan
Chudan
Gedan
Tosui
Hasso
Kasumi
Totoku Hyoshi
additional Traditional Kamae
Ryusui
Waki
Daijodan
Happo Giri - 8 directions cut
Hi Ryu No Ken - Flying Dragon Sword
Kasumi No Ken - Mist Sword
Muso Ken no Kame UraName - No Thought Sword In Waves
Da To no Ken - Striking and Felling
Issen Ken - One Flash Sword
Itto Giri - One Sword Cut
Kiri Kaeshi - Cut Destruction
Rai Ko No Ken - Thunder Light Sword
Itto Nage - Sword Throwing
Ninja To
Shinobi Gatana
Ninja Sword
A Katana handle with a Wakizashi blade
This is the most simplified explanation of this unique weapon
And also inaccurate as the Weapon has a 22 SUN blade
- a length between that of the Katana and Wakizashi, the Daito and Shoto, the Tacho and Kodachi
- a weapon unique to the NINJA of IGA and KOGA
The thread on Togakure Ninjutu includes all Ninja Biken information
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1530/togakure-ryu-ninjutsu
NINPO BIKEN - The Secret Sword of the NINJA
