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Russian military deception, generally known as Maskirovka, is a centuries-old military concept that began to take on added importance at the start of the twentieth century. Now formally developed and practiced, the concept of Maskirovka encompasses a broad range of tactics, from the use of camouflage to the practice of denial and deception-all having applications in the military, intelligence, and political arenas. Maskirovka's arsenal of dece...

Since the time of the "Second Ninja Boom" of the 1980s, the "ninja experts" have led novices to believe by that Taijutsu is Ninjutsu. Ranked instructors, who one assumes would know otherwise, have also perpetuated this erroneous notion among their student followers. Thus, the actual elements of Ninjutsu-intelligence-gathering, strategy, invisibility, among many others-are disregarded and omitted from contemporary training. The purpose of th...

In the final chapter to The Art of War, Sun Tzu writes, "There are five classes of spies-Local spies, Internal spies, Turned spies, Expendable spies, and Surviving spies. When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover their secret system. This system is called The Divine Threads, and it is the sovereign's most precious faculty." Sun Tzu chose this metaphor to convey how a variety of spies, who deceptively appear to be unrel...

The core of this book examines the organizational structure of Japanese intelligence during WWII, and how Japan's various military branches employed individuals who could duplicate the broad clandestine functions of the historical ninja. Their ninjutsu-based activities came under the purview of the Army Intelligence Service and a special branch known as the Tokumu Kikan. Like the ninja operatives of Japan's feudal past, Tokumu Kikan agents wer...

When traveling without weapons that may be illegal, incriminating or disclose one's true identity and motivations, Intelligence operatives habitually carry non-weapons on their person-that is, defensive tools capable of thwarting or negating a life-threatening assault in a definitive manner. This volume of the Intelligence Tradecraft Series addresses how an Intelligence operative's attire can be used in combative engagement scenarios where ...

Japan's last formal use of shinobi took place in the years before and during the Second World War, and it is only because they existed in recent history, and because their deeds were vile and atrocious, that the Japanese spies of WWII are not yet graced with the appellation "ninja." Their many covert actions are recounted here. The objective of this book is not to glorify or validate their abhorrent actions, but merely to ensure we keep an ac...

This book, part of the Shinrigaku series, is an abridged version of A Legacy of Lost Arts. It is designed to serve as a quick reference on the basic mental skills of the shinobi, but excludes the historical context found in Legacy. In its current form, it can be used as a checklist for the development and continued maintenance of the disciplines described, which are a defining component of ninjutsu. If these mind disciplines are ignored, the p...

The tragic situation that we-along with the rest of the world-find ourselves in has forced us to make sweeping adjustments to our routine activities and interactions. Safety protocols involving masks, gloves, and proper coughing and sneezing must be practiced prescribed distances must be adhered to, and rigorous measures of hygiene must be implemented and maintained. Yet, while health officials stress that we minimize our contact with others, ...

When he was appointed as the first civilian Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Allen Dulles had already lived a full life of diplomacy, law, politics, and international intrigue. During WWII, he served as the American OSS chief-of-station in Switzerland, running the most efficient and significant espionage operations of the entire war-from "Hitler's own backyard."In 1944, Dulles' was connected Operation Valkirie, the German plot to a...

The accounts of Ninjutsu that make up this book provide the modern-day practitioners-and readers in general-with a wide variety of perspectives on the art, posited by a broad array of individuals. The chapters are written by authors who are not Ninjutsu instructors. As such, they are not followers of any organization or system of ninjutsu, they owe no allegiance to any particular philosophy or set of beliefs, and, to put it crudely, they "do n...

Although personal combat arts were undoubtedly a component of traditional ninjutsu, they were by no means the principal focus of the art. More significantly, resorting to fighting was a clear indicator that the ninja had failed in ninjutsu's primary tenets of operating invisibly and undetected. The disproportionate emphasis placed on taijutsu today could be interpreted as an expectation of failure in one's objectives, one that will necessitate...

The Iron Mistress workout is a simple routine that uses the Bowie knife to stretch, twist, and tone the arms, legs, and body. The movements used in the workout are based on the twelve predominant techniques used in Bowie knife combat. Although not extremely challenging on a physical level, the workout will nonetheless help tone the arms, upper body, and legs, as well as enhance balance, coordination, suppleness, and range of motion with respec...

The term Zankanjo is used to refer to Ninjutsu's "equivalent" to the samurai Code of Bushido. The conventional meaning of zankanjo is, "A letter left on an assassination victim explaining why they were assassinated."The shinobi's code has the same name, presumably because a ninja who violates it-called a nukenin, or renegade ninja-will have sealed his own death sentence.Here, for the first time in English, the tenets by which the historical sh...

Most Shinobi exponents understand and agree that the military treatise commonly called The Art of War serve as the original inspiration for the founding of Ninjutsu. The ancient Chinese influenced all aspects of Japanese culture in almost very area from architecture to Zen. Chinese military strategy, particularly as reflected in the treatises known as the Seven Military Classics, was routinely followed by Samurai warlords and their generals th...

In order to successfully conduct espionage and sabotage, the shinobi-whether a man or a woman-had to get close enough to the enemy leader, and for that reason the shinobi had to be well-versed in understanding human nature, assessing character, discovering personality flaws, and surmising intentions. From there, the shinobi would proceed to deceive, manipulates, exploit, and ultimately defeat the enemy, an enemy who was not a simple robber, mu...

First published in Paris in 1881, this small treatise on the art of Spanish knife fighting has been out of print for almost 150 years. The present edition contains the original text written by Baron Charles Davillier, supplemented with additional historical footnotes by Maestro James Loriega, a world-acknowledged authority on this little-known art.

The way of Ninjutsu, when correctly practiced, is the Art of Protection Against Danger. The weapons in your arsenal become foresight, situational awareness, sensory acuity, and a honed intuition. These are the weapons which Gracian developed, advocated, and utilized in Spain against the brightest political and religious thinkers. Prudence, discretion, circumspection, sagacity, discipline, and all the other attributes and qualities that Gracián...

The United States Marine Corps does not have this manual-or any manual on the combat use of the Ka-Bar knife. This, however, is not because they lack a structured knife combat method for training new recruits, or because the method is in any way secret or classified.They have a structured method, and it's not secret or classified. They just don't teach from a manual! Why? Simply because Marine Combat Instructors have their knife combat method ...

This book will take you through the history of knuckle dusters and also present you with information on how they can be used for self defense.

The traditional Corvo is a bladed weapon that is popularly regarded as the national knife of Chile. As such, it ranks alongside the Navaja of Spain, the Kukri of Nepal, and the America Bowie as a blade that was pivotal in the wars-and ultimately, the history-of its nation. The Corvo knife was so uniformly carried by Chileans that it saw wide use in Chile's 19th century War of Tndependence from Bolivia. So significant was the Corvo's prevalence...