Were Japanese ninjas both assassins and spies?
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Actually Kurenai from team 8 is a genjutsu specialist while Kakashi is regarded as Konoha's greatest ninjutsu specialist. However unlike Lee they can use other techniques as they don't have the same chakra molding handicap.
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Assassin is a type of a mercenary.  Assassins usually have a specific contract to kill a certain individual(s) as opposed to mercenaries who are a militia group that will do all sorts of things from protecting a radar base, giving government officials protected escorts, blowing up nuclear power plants, etc.  Assassins usually work in covert operations as opposed to mercenaries who work openly for the government.   Also most assassins work alone and the employer does not know you, in case you get caught. Mercenaries don't have to hide since the government usually hires you to work in correlation with their own military. \n\nA good example of a mercenary is the French Legionaire.  A good example of an assassin would be.... hmmm in real life.... I guess body guards of high profile mafia members are a good example.
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1.  First you should choose which type of ninja you want to be. You can also just choose the elements of both that you like.\n2. The first ninja described is the tactical and physically adept ninja, masters of infiltration, combat and stealth.\n3. To become on of these you need to learn to become "invisible" to those around you, learn to move silently, hide, and become a master of infiltration.\n4. To become the ninja mentioned above you should: take a ninjutsu class (so as to master the martial arts that many ninjas praticed), learn to climb, hide and move silently. Learn the concepts of light, shadow, colors and camoflague. This will take a while.\n5. To become the social ninja you need to be capable of manipulate people to do your will all while seeming convicing and confident.\n6. This type of ninja isn't stealthy but s/he is subtle. S/he knows how to lie, negotiate and find any information they might need from a person. To obtain this skill set you need to practice often to master your skills, but not too much so that people will realize your deceptive nature.\n7. It is best to blend both types into one that suits you best, most ninja developed assets which did alot of their spying for them.\n8. Once all this is complete it's probably safe to say your a ninja, although you might not want people to know that. \n\n* Don't lie extravagantly even if your good someone will eventually see through your lie.\n* Some ninjutsu classes focus on martial arts and skills needed to infiltrate! \n\n* This is a long and tedious process.\n* Lying is illegal in some cases, as is infiltrating.\n* Do not break any laws or do anything illegal!
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"The ninja's original use of guerilla tactics against better armed enemy samurai and their eventual use as hired spies does not mean that they were limited to espionage and undercover work, that is simply where their actions most drastically differed from the more accepted tactics of samurai."
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http://www.bullshido.com/articles/ninjutsu-8.html\n\nHave a go at this site. You'll learn a few useful things about ninjas.
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you need them both.  detectives will determine your boyfriend is cheating and ninjas will kick him in the head.
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Definetly Ninjas. Because they're mostly all in Black and it gives it something secret about them, and you never know what hottie is under that dress. Because Pirates are mostly old and fat... and the ninjas are younger and have a built body. In my opinion!
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Ninjutsu (忍術) is a collection of techniques originally practiced for espionage purposes. It includes methods of gathering information, non-detection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Ninjutsu can also involve training in disguise, escape, concealment, archery, medicine, and explosives.\n\nJujutsu, is a Japanese martial art that is principally based on grappling and joint lock techniques, though it also includes basic strikes and sweeps as well as varying degrees of ground fighting.
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sorry i didnt crack a smile..that was some pokemon or digimon crap not real ninjas at all. ninjas are gods not cartoons
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No, they were a cowardly group of assassins, not an organization. \n\n;-D Et tu Brute?
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German Hitler=megalomaniac, tried to create a dynasty by conquering Europe.  Japanese=pissed at the US over trade practices, attacks the US @ Pearl Harbor.  The US fights (with Allies) in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific.  Wins.
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You do not seek out the way of the ninja.  The way of the ninja will find you when you are ready.
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Ninja!! they can sneak around while pirates are saying"Yerr'" even though you tell them to stfu when you are hiding or something, ninja will just get away...you wouldn't even notice it.
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It ultimately depends on what martial art you are talking about. As the other guy mentioned, some martial arts have been invented to counter different organizations or different styles at different points in history, which might render these particular styles innefective in todays street situations. \n   The truth is that there are many fake *** artists out there today and this probably makes up for about 75% of "martial artists" today. Some arts are mostly meant for demonstration and if you find yourself trying to apply your demonstration technique in a life or death street situation, you might find yourself dead pretty fast.\n   One of the things a REAL art will provide is incredibly strong concentration and it will help you to keep your cool in a deadly situation. Strong phsycology and negotion skills can give you a serious advantage over your average thug, thus opening the gaps, and letting you get inside to drop a bomb. I dont recommend trying it like they do in the movies and attempting to dodge bullets; you need to be practical. The best way to dodge a bullet is to not even be in the situation in the first place. Be intuitive and you need to develop neurologically and keep your senses sharp as a razor blade. Mental techniques like this help you pick apart certain situations and completely avoid them all together, like a ninja.\n   As far as efficiency goes? You need to use the given situation as your technique. Theres absolutely nothing pre-determined in a fighting situation, regardless of what your phony instructor might tell you. You need to understand the evolution of martial art and that it does involve more weapons than it did during times when the art may have been invented. Shotokan Karate was invented by the Japanese simply because they didnt have any weapons, and they needed to turn their bodies into lethal instruments.\n   Some say that if you are 1 guy that destroys 6 thugs on the street, that you are "lucky". For the average phony martial artist, that might be true. But for a master mind that doesnt even need the title of "master" to begin with, he may have it all calculated from the beginning. \n  Is martial art effective on the street? Its extremely effective, provided that you know a REAL art. The mixed martial artists in the UFC are not necessarily real Martial Artists. Most of them are only interested in destroying others for their own satisfaction. During their game, in the cage, they have the advantage. Obviously they can apply what they know to a real fight. But on the streets, a complete fighter always has the advantage.\n   What is a complete fighter? Think of the evolution of combat without limit. No boundaries. Wouldnt this involve weapons?
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Noted even within the Bingo Book (a list of powerful ninja who have been marked for assassination because of their crimes), Uchiha Itachi is an S-Class criminal and a Konoha Nukenin. He graduated at the top of his Academy class at age 7, had mastered the Sharingan by age 8, became a Chūnin at 10 and was previously a Black Ops (ANBU in the Japanese versions and the English Anime) squad leader at the age of only 13.\n\nHe left Konoha about five years prior to the setting of Naruto, after slaying his whole clan, sparing only Uchiha Sasuke, his little brother. At 17, he was feared by even Orochimaru. He is now currently associated with Akatsuki. Orochimaru had planned to use Itachi's body as a new container for his soul, but Itachi's power had grown to such a frightening extent that Orochimaru dared not carry out his plan, and decided to leave Akatsuki and try his luck with the younger Sasuke instead.\n\nThe reason Itachi killed his clan, and the reason he left only his brother Sasuke alive, still remains unclear. When questioned by Sasuke, he replied "To test my 'Utsuwa'." In Japanese, 'Utsuwa' (器) can mean "Vessel," or "Container," but it can also mean "Ability," or "Tool." Orochimaru uses this word to refer to the bodies he takes over with his Fushi Tensei no Jutsu ("Living Corpse Reincarnation"). In this respect, Itachi's words can mean anything from him having a past connection with Orochimaru, to him simply wanting to test his own power, or to his plans to join Akatsuki and forsake past relations. To make matters even more ambiguous, the first person pronoun Itachi used can also be used as a vulgar second person pronoun. So he could also have meant that he wanted to test Sasuke's 'Utsuwa,' although this is unlikely, given his previous remarks about his 'Utsuwa'.\n\nHe was until recently the only known person who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan as revealed in the manga. Hatake Kakashi has somehow developed a different-looking Mangekyō Sharingan in the manga, but to what extent they share abilities is unknown. Itachi has told Sasuke that if Sasuke were to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, the people able to use it will total three. It is unknown who the second person Itachi is referring to, as this statement was made before Kakashi obtained his Mangekyō Sharingan.\n\nDespite being the murderer of his entire clan as well as his best and closest friend, a top member of Akatsuki, and a shinobi capable of putting an adult shinobi to sleep at a mere glance; Itachi is by no means a cold blooded murderer looking for any excuse to kill someone in their way. When Sarutobi Asuma and Yūhi Kurenai stood between him and the way to his goal (Uzumaki Naruto), he did not kill Kurenai when given the chance, though he did wound her enough for her to remember it; as well as trap her within her own Genjutsu.
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The Pirates who are also Ninjas are the coolest of all.