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Contents Introduction: Ghosts of the shadow warriors - Origins - How to be a shadow warrior/1: Mind and spirit - Anti-ninja: The samurai - How to be a shadow warrior/2: Deception - and charm - A world of violence and undercover ops - How to be a shadow warrior/3: Magic - Building the ninja heartland - The rise of the conqueror - The calm before the storm - The end of the old ninjas - Nobunaga's end, Ieyasu's rise - The final battles - Shadows in retreat - The Nakano spy school - To Japan, with love - The last of the ninjas Summary Blends mythology and anthropology to trace the history of the warriors with extraordinary skills in combat, climbing, deception, disguise, and camouflage from their first appearance in feudal Japan to the present. Object Details author Man, John 1941- "A New History" on front cover Originally published in slightly different form in the UK by Transworld Publishers, 2012.

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We'll leave it at that and let you listen to the rest of the conversation if you're interested. But when you think about it: How do you carry them? How do you whip them out in dark? Supposedly they were sometimes poisoned, but I'm not sure how you'd risk using them if they actually had poisoned tips and poisoned blades. They go into wood with a very satisfying clunk, and they look extremely dangerous, and they have these star-shaped blades. I asked lots of questions about these: How did you actually use them? They're terrific things to use, I expect you've thrown one, a lot of people have them. "There are shuriken, the throwing stars," Man told On Point. Blends mythology and anthropology to trace the history of the warriors with extraordinary skills in combat, climbing, deception, disguise, and camouflage from their first appearance in feudal Japan to the present. No nunchucks, no throwing stars, and it was more about spycraft than fancy footwork."

Real ninjas apparently didn't quite match the picture that has been painted in popular culture. "We spoke to John Man, author and historian, about his new history of ninjas: Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior. Here's what Sam Gale Rosen, On Point's producer, told us: Our friends at On Point had a fascinating discussion today with the author of a new book about ninjas.