The Complete Ninja: The Secret World Revealed

Books by Hatsumi Sensei are replete with the abstract imaging and are profusely laced with the photographs which he has successfully used as an important teaching device. Although you may not be familiar with the Japanese language - sometimes a picture does "tell a story".As a practitioner of the Koryu and one of the most important gatherers of this knowledge in our era Hatsumi Sensei brings his immense experience and imagination to the table, and has never run out of stuff to share with his sometimes distant students.....but as a ninja, he is a very natural person who has a high appreciation for this very elusive art and shares many ninja techniques of survival and their basic modalities of thinking. We find out who the ninja really were and what was the stuff that made them effective on and off the battlefield. Hatsumi Sensei uses the words "ninja" and the "shinobi" interchangeably and has granted this title to some very important Japanese statesmen of the Meiji era.To conclude, although we may never be able to grasp the scope of Dr. Hatsumi's knowledge and of the skills that he has been a practitioner of in the past 50 or 60 years, it is good to be able to dive into this ever-elusive world of the shinobi and their enduring ways, and perhaps even discover this time-honored way within yourself as a source of inspiration and never-ending quest for reaching the sublime states of communication between the inner and the outer, and gracing this world by seeing only the beauty with your eyes.

The book was done well with a touch of Soke’s humor that gave it flavor. Nice book for the price it was well made and looks like a great addition to a Martial arts library

The masters explanations in this book are, like in almost all of his books, extremely filled with wisdom.Great book to read. An absolute must have.

Hatsumi sensei is a very especial warrior and human being. This book is one part of BUDO history and everybody must have it.

It's hard to beat a book by the ultimate Master of our profession. Magnificent book!

Great book

All the writings of Hatsumi are excellent, takes a bit to understand for some but very satisfying when understood

Thank you Hatsuumi Sensei for writing down and passing along your secret skills. Many thanks indeed

Great book from great master. Excellent quality.

Das Buch löste Begeisterung aus!

Es un buen libro como todos los del maestro Hatsumi, pero esta vez me faltaron los textos originales japoneses que Kodansha siempre publica al final de cada libro del Soke y esta vez no lo hizo, por lo que me esta vez también tendré que comprar la versión japonesa e invertir más dinero.

Livro rico em ilustrações. Não é um livro de descrição de técnicas, mas ótima fonte de cultura e história das artes marciais japoneses.

Ennesimo capitolo sulla ormai famose arte del Ninjutsu. Scritto in maniera impeccabile è, come al solito, pieno di immagini di alto livello.