18 Train­ing Levels

  1. Seishin teki kyōyō (spiritual development)
    • Develop knowledge about yourself
    • Knowledge of your strengths, weaknesses, influences of others
    • Check views for different things
  2. Taijutsu (unarmed combat)
    • Daken taijutsu (punches, kicks, blocks)
    • Jutaijutsu (grab techniques, chokeholds, release from holds)
    • Taihen jutsu (moving quietly, rolling, jumping, falling techniques)
  3. Ninja ken (Ninja sword)
    • Iai jutsu (quickdraw)
    • Kenjutsu (Fencing)
  4. Bōjutsu (stick and staff)
    • Bo (Rokushakubo)
    • Jo (Yonshakubo)
    • Hanbo (Sanshakubo)
    • various sticks (Tessen etc.)
    • Shinobi zue (concealed weapons in sticks)
  5. Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades)
    • Senban shuriken (throwing stars)
    • Bō shuriken (throwing knife)
  6. Yarijutsu (spear)
    • Yari (spear)
    • Kama yari (hook spear)
  7. Naginatajutsu (halberds)
    • Naginata (Sword Lance)
    • Bisentō (heavy halberd)
  8. Kusarigama (chain and sickle weapons)
    • Kusarigama (chain and sickle)
    • Kyoketsu shogei (rope and dagger)
  9. Kaya kujutsu (fire and explosives)
    • Manufacturing, placement, timing
    • Firearms
    • smoke and fire
  10. Hensō jutsu (dress up and acting)
    • Put on costumes
    • role thinking
    • Adapt to the role
  11. Shinobiiri (stealth and intrusion into fortifications)
    • Quiet moving
    • Breaking in and breaking out
    • Grant access
    • Running and walking techniques
    • Sneak across the floor
    • use the shadows
  12. Bajutsu (riding)
    • Horse riding
    • Riding in armor in battle
  13. Suiren (water training)
    • Silent swimming
    • Silent water movements
    • Use boats
    • Dive
    • Underwater combat
  14. Bōryaku (strategy)
    • tactics
    • Battle formations
    • Political plots
    • Timing
    • influencing
  15. Chōhō (espionage)
    • Espionage
    • Train and recruit spies
  16. Inton jutsu (fleeing and hiding)
    • Goton pō (use of the five elements to escape)
    • Hide
    • camouflage
  17. Tenmon (Weather Science)
    • Weather forecast
    • natural phenomena
  18. Chimon (Landscape Studies)
    • Use and knowledge of the site
    • Orientation
    • vehicle knowledge

Text: Stefan Imhoff