| In ready this there are several facts that need to be addressed. I teach ninjitsu, myself, my reasoning is that it works and running away to hide works best is most real world situations.
Anyway, samurai and ninja history is widely known. However, the ashigarusha were largely over looked. Ashigaru were literally foot soldiers and conscripted peasants during times of war. So even the common peasant had some fundamental combat skills. Sad but true, now that means almost anyone could be a ninja, samurai, peasant, criminals.
This blurs the historic lineage/historic record arguement greatly. Now factor in that Hatsumi (the legitimate ninja-master hasn't allowed his "ninja scrolls" to be varified), that allot of historic records went by-by with the A-bomb, and that ninjitsu/ninjutsu can be traced to three seperate (2 major)sources. Its one big cluster ****, in trying to track things down.
Bujutsu (War or Martial Arts) is one source of ninjitsu taken from dishonorible methods taught to samurai of high rank who inturn would teach certain others to create their own spy/assassin cells.
Yamabusi-Ryu was the methods of warrior monks, who in turn taught their methods to peasants. As such both the Chinese culture (Sun Tsu) that influenced the Bujutsu Ryus also is the source of the Yamabushi-Rhu styles.
The thrid source I mention earilier goes along with the rebel-peasant-living-the-mountains idea. But is mixed source of defectors from the Bujutsu schools and Yamabushi clans.
As for Kata Dante, to my knowledge Ashida Kim studied Karate and Judo and then learned Ninjutsu. Mixing Karate & Judo and various Kung-fu forms into that Ninjitsu style. Of which he also learned the Kata Dante and added it. |