From the ancient past of traditional Japan comes the authentic legacy of the ninja phantom warriors. This volume of insights, exercises, and inspirations, contains a description of all the training methods, skills, and knowledge required to pass the test for kyukyu ninth class certification, your first formal belt grade license in the Kasumi-An self-protection system.

Blending skills of hoppo-jutsu bone structure attacks, koshi-jutsu muscle and organ attacks, and jutai-jutsu grappling throws, locks, and escapes, the ninja's taijutsu martial art is a most effective means of generating the health and technical capability for surviving the threats of violence that have become so common in modern life, while cultivating an enlichtened attitude of inner peace and security.

About the Author

Stephen K. Hayes, well-known book author, adventurer and teacher of the Oriental martial and meditation arts, is the founder of the Nine Gates Institute, a member of the prestigious Black Belt Hall of Fame. He holds senior master instructor licenses in the nine Japanese warrior lineages of the Bujinkan Dojo, and is an ordained practitioner priest in the Japanese Mikkyo esoteric tradition. His self-transformation program serves as a unique bridge spanning the gulf between the timeless wisdom of the East and the fresh pragmatism of the West.

77 pages

Publication date: 1992