One of the first lessons that a new student to the art of Ninjutsu must learn involves learning the positions of safety, known as kamae (kah-mah-eh). These “postures,” while they appear to be identical to the stances used by many of the more conventional martial arts, are actually quite different – both in function and

Much within the world of the Ninja runs contrary to conventional thinking. Nothing is ever as it seems. This article explores why an opponent who fears that he is losing control against a ninja can do nothing to change the flow of events. Because what he thinks is happening in the moment, is not what