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Encyclopedia > Saito Ninjitsu

Saito ninjitsu is an art that claims to be from Japan, but has yet to show any proof. It was first introduced in America and uses terminology and such that indicates that the creators of the art knew nothing about the Japanese language. The word America has several meanings: Geographical and political The Americas - The American continent: North, Central, and South America. ... The Japanese language is a spoken and written language used mainly in Japan. ...


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Saito Ninjitsu - definition of Saito Ninjitsu in Encyclopedia (543 words)
Saito Ninjitsu is a form of Ninjitsu developed by the Saito family.
The gift was the art of Saito Ninjitsu mastery from a mysterious monk known as the Shorinjin.
For more on Saito Ninjitsu, see the article here (http://www.tfam.com/background/saitoninjitsu.htm) written by Shannon Kawika Phelps, the only person outside the Saito family to receive a 10th Dan in the art, also headmaster of the Temple of the Full Autumn Moon (http://www.tfam.com).
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Saito's mother used to assure the grandchildren that "the Shorinjin is with your father" (Mark, Sr.) and that there was a shrine to the Shorinjin somewhere in Fukushima prefecture.
Saito always said that, whenever he was confronted with a problem that other people could not solve, he would "turn the world upside down," looking at it from the opposite view of the rest of the world and the answer would always be clear.
Saito once confided that, when the ninjitsu master used the sword, he almost never exposed the blade, but when it became necessary, the enemy was never allowed to live to report the incident.
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