Do ninjas have powers?

Superhuman or supernatural powers were often associated with the ninja. Some legends include flight, invisibility, shapeshifting, teleportation, the ability to "split" into multiple bodies (bunshin), the summoning of animals (kuchiyose), and control over the five classical elements.
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What skills do ninjas have?

The ninja clans used their art to ensure their survival in a time of violent political turmoil. It also included methods of gathering information, non-detection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Ninjutsu can also involve training in disguise, escape, concealment, archery, medicine, explosives, and poisons.
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Do ninjas exist in real life?

If you're a fan of ninjas, you'll be pleased to know that ninjas were indeed real. However, the real ninjas of the past were probably nothing like today's version. In fact, they weren't even called ninjas! The ninjas of ancient Japan were called shinobis.
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Do ninjas still exist in 2021?

Despite the years and inaccurate depictions, there are still real ninja clans and shinobi today. Most notably, Jinichi Kawakami who heads the Banke Shinobinoden ninjitsu school. Kawakami inherited the Koga clan's scrolls when he was 18, and is the honorary director of the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum.
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Are all ninjas assassins?

All Ninjas were assassins

They fulfilled many roles for many different people. They could be hired as a warrior to help storm or defend castles, but more often than not they worked as spies who were sent to obtain enemy secrets rather than to kill them.
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Can ninjas use guns?

Until gunpowder and firearms were introduced by Portuguese traders in the mid-16th century, the ninja were pretty much limited in the use of fire and smoke to signal fires. But they did develop a sort of gun made from bamboo that had a range of up to 60 feet.
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Can ninjas walk on water?

By wearing the mizugumo, a ninja's weight is distributed to a wider area so that he could walk on mud, not on water although there is a general misunderstanding that the mizugumo allowed them to walk on water.
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Is ninjutsu a real thing?

Ninjutsu (忍術), sometimes used interchangeably with the modern term ninpō (忍法), is the strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare and espionage purportedly practised by the ninja.
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How do ninjas disappear?

Ninjas use a cloud of smoke to distract their opponents and cloud their vision to allow the ninja an opportunity to escape. Impact smoke bombs can be purchased from magic shops or online magic outlets.
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Who is the last ninja on earth?

Photo: Seth W. Jinichi Kawakami, a 63-year old engineer, is probably Japan's last true-blue ninja. He's the head of the Ban clan, a family that traces its ninja roots back 500 years. For the past 10 years, Kawakami shared his skills through ninjutsu classes, or the art of the ninja.
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Who is the greatest ninja?

Hattori Hanzo, The Greatest Ninja (1542 ~ 1596)
  • Hattori Hanzo's family was from Iga, a place known for ninjas where no samurai clan had any dominance.
  • He started training in the northern part of Kyoto when he was only 8.
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Can anyone be a ninja?

Anyone can be a shinobi if they are taught how to use their chakra. And even for people like Lee who can't use chakra externally for ninjutsu and genjutsu, he is still able to use chakra in other ways, such as walking on water.
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What did ninjas eat?

Foods eaten by the ninja

For health, ninja avoided meat, fish, dairy foods, and sugars in favor of a diet centered on whole-grain rice and vegetables. Also, to avoid being detected when sneaking or hiding, they avoided foods that might lead to body odor.
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What are ninjas taught?

The diverse range of skills practiced by the ninja is called ninjutsu - the art of stealth - and includes training in armed combat, weapon techniques, military strategy, meteorology, geometry and breathing synthesis.
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Can guy do ninjutsu?

While rarely performing any usage of ninjutsu or genjutsu, Guy is still capable in them. He has the ability to summon tortoises, such as Ningame. Additionally, he has a chakra nature of fire and lightning.
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Why can Lee stand on water?

Standing on water requires Power Manipulation, that is, creating enough chakra to cover his feet palms to keep him afloat. It doesn't require shape nor nature manipulation, thus explains how Rock Lee can stand on water.
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Can Rock Lee use any ninjutsu?

Unlike all of his classmates and teammates, Lee can't use ninjutsu or genjutsu skills. Anything that requires the necessary “magical” touch for a special skill isn't something he can do.
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Who was the first ninja for Spinjitzu?

The Golden Weapon

The ninja unlock their Spinjitzu abilities (Jay being the first).
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Is Airjitzu real?

Its name is a pun on "air" and "ninjutsu," a real type of martial art. Jay's way of saying Airjitzu, "Cyclon-Do," is a portmanteau of "cyclone" and "taekwondo." Nya also calls it that in "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll," indicating that she likes the name.
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Are ninjas good?

Were ninjas good or bad? Ninjas are often portrayed in movies as evil assassins who are paid to do the dirty work of a no-good villain. In reality, they were everyday people who were often harassed by the ruling class in Japan over 400 years ago.
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Who would win in a fight a samurai or a ninja?

The ninja and the samurai usually collaborated and did not fight against each other. However, on certain occasions when they fought against each other, the samurai would usually win.
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What poison did ninja use?

Utilization. The Shoninki shinobi manual mentions the use machin (まちん), which is a poison derived from strychnine tree seeds, which is fed to guard dogs to intoxicate them and dehydrate them to death.
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