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The 18 Diciplines




1. What are the 18 Diciplines?

The 18 Diciplines are: They are:

-Seishin-teki kyoyo (spiritual refinement)

-Taijutsu (unarmed combat, using one's body as the only weapon)

-Kenjutsu (sword fighting)

-Bojutsu (stick and staff fighting)

-Shurikenjutsu (shuriken throwing)

-Sojutsu (spear fighting)

-Naginatajutsu (Naginata fighting)

-Kusarigamajutsu (kusarigama fighting)

-Kayakujutsu (pyrotechnics and explosions)

-Hensojutsu (disguise and impersonation)

-Shinobi-iri (stealth and entering methods)

-Bajutsu (horsemanship)

-Sui-ren (water training)

-Boryaku (military startegy)

-Choho (espionage)

-Intonjutsu (escaping and concealment)

-Tenmon (meteorology)

-Chi-Mon (geography)



2. Why did ninjas have these diciplines?

They had these diciplines because they needed these skills to be able to accomplish
missions.