All About Ninjas!!!

Ninja Weapons




1. What weapons did ninjas use?

Some weapons that ninjas used are:

-Shurikens: metal stars that ninjas would throw at people

-Katanas: a basic light weight ninja sword also known as the long sword

-Naginatas: a type of spear with a rounded blade on one end

-Dagger: a type of knife

-Spears: a pole with a sharp piece of metal on one end

-Bows,: a piece of curved wood with a string on one end it is used to shoot arrows

-Smoke Bombs/Eye Closers

-Shabos: wooden rings worn by ninjas used to press pressure points to cause paint or temporarily paralysis.

-Ninajaken: a ninja sword that is lighter then a kantana

-Wakizashi: a sword known as the companion of the kantana

Some also had gun powder and cannons. They also had things called tabis which could be attached to a ninja's foot so when he walked it left the print of an animal or a child.



2. Why did ninjas have weapons?

They had weapons so they could protect themselves from danger, and to be able to
fight each other.