lovebird21cNhật Bản thiếu ninja trầm trọng khi du lịch ngày càng tăng, ----- Japan's legendary ninjas are famous for their stealth and were said to possess a supernatural gift for invisibility.
But now martial arts experts are concerned they might be disappearing in real life, as practitioners of the ancient "ninjutsu" say there is a major talent shortage.
...they were traditionally skilled in using weapons such as shuriken (phi tiêu), known as throwing stars in the West, and the fukiya blowpipe (thổi tiêu) which was usually filled with a poisoned dart.
They first emerged as mercenaries in the 15th century during an era of civil war known as the Warring States period and were recruited to act as spies, raiders, assassins or even terrorists.
Disdained by general society, which was based on a strict hierarchy with the elite samurai class at the top, they soon formed into guilds with their own sets of rules and ranks.
These guilds had different types of ninjas, or shinobi, assigned to specific tasks and they often controlled their own individual territories.
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Japan's legendary ninjas are famous for their stealth and were said to possess a supernatural gift for invisibility.
But now martial arts experts are concerned they might be disappearing in real life, as practitioners of the ancient "ninjutsu" say there is a major talent shortage.
...they were traditionally skilled in using weapons such as shuriken (phi tiêu), known as throwing stars in the West, and the fukiya blowpipe (thổi tiêu) which was usually filled with a poisoned dart.
They first emerged as mercenaries in the 15th century during an era of civil war known as the Warring States period and were recruited to act as spies, raiders, assassins or even terrorists.
Disdained by general society, which was based on a strict hierarchy with the elite samurai class at the top, they soon formed into guilds with their own sets of rules and ranks.
These guilds had different types of ninjas, or shinobi, assigned to specific tasks and they often controlled their own individual territories.