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Originally Posted by sirdarksol 
I would like to point out that the "Kata Dante" is a recent development of a rogue student of Sensei Robert Trias. Sensei Trias was a karate-ka, and did not practice any form of ninjitsu.
We have a discussion on the "Kata Dante" somewhere around here.
Ninjitsu stretches back for centuries, and something that was created thirty to forty years ago by a karateka has little to do with such a rich history.
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Actually, the KAta Dante is a modification of an older kata known as "The Rain-Water Slough"....in rough translation off the top of my head. It's a distillation of many of ninjitsu's core techniques, as taught to children. Despite the Kata Dante's "spurious" origins, it is a useful tool for tots.
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Originally Posted by sirdarksol
Also, rather than just posting a negative, please post what you think is the right anwer.
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I don't think either one of them was right. Ninjas were ninjas, samurai were samurai, and ronin were ronin. Ronin were masterless samurai; samurai had masters; ninjas were masters. It's really a simple hierarchy.