| I think that, on some level, every martial artist who has been training for 10 years or fewer at one point was really interested in ninja movies where ninjas are the nigh invincible demon assassins of the night. Most martial artists mature past this stage, but plenty of people in general don't manage to move on. It gets further fueled by the fact that the general romanticizing and secrecy surrounding the art makes it much less out in the open.
TKD on the other hand gets ripped to shreds by the common person because everyone knows someone who knows someone who bought their black belt.
If there were more schools out there for Ninjitsu, people would simply be less interested in it because it would be less unique. |