Kasumi Kem No Jitsu: The fist of mist technique One of the recent additions to the Komuso ryu like many of the ryu’s initiates is a fan of the Anime and Manga known as Naruto which is focused on a fictive ninja society. One of the concepts in this mythos that stands out is the...
Candle work Everything that is found in Ninjitsu has multiple uses. There is no reason for the ninja to possess any object, or technique, that can’t be used for more than one purpose. Even ordinary items found around the average home can be turned into training tools. One such object is an ordinary candle. It...
Ku Sorcery In China there are from ancient times many schools of occultism just as there are of martial arts. The I Ching gave birth to many schools of thought both mystical and martial as it did with more practical, some would say darker, schools of occultism or sorcery. The lore in the article below...
Ninja Magick roots: Mahozukai rituals and the rituals of Shugendo Ninja of the Komuso Ryu are trained in Kuji Kiri or Ninja Magick, many of the rituals and ceremonies of Kuji Kiri stem from the lore of Shugendo (The way of preternatural power) as practiced by the Yamabushi or mountain ascetics of Japan. Those trained...
The shadow has always been an icon of the other in human consciousness and often has a sinister attachment when it is used in language. The Ninja is a shadow thus rather than being the other the shadow of the Ninja is his true self and that on the stage of the world is but...
