{"product_id":"iga-and-koka-ninja-skills-the-secret-shinobi-scrolls-of-chikamatsu-shigenori-9780750956642","title":"Iga and Koka Ninja Skills: The Secret Shinobi Scrolls of Chikamatsu Shigenori","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe secret manuals of the oral tradition of the Iga and Koka Ninja, feared and respected across Japan for centuries--now in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough patient and scholarly detective work, Antony Cummins and the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team have unearthed a Shinobi treasure. The 18th-century military historian Chikamatsu recorded the oral traditions of the Ninja and passed on those skills in lectures he gave at his Renpeido school of war in Owari domain during the early 1700s. Chikamatsu wrote specifically about the Shinobi of Iga and Koka, regions from which warriors were hired all over the land in the days of war. The lost scrolls are filled with unknown Shinobi teachings, skills that include infiltration, assassination, explosives, magic, and commando tactics, including an in depth commentary on Sun Tzu's famous 13th chapter, \"The Use of Spies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntony Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eConversations with an Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Guide to Viking Martial Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo Stand on a Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTrue Path of the Ninja\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a martial arts teacher and a specialist on the ninjutsu manuals of Japan, and has released several DVDs as well as working as a host in the documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Ninja: Shadow Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eYoshie Minami\u003c\/b\u003e translated the\u003ci\u003e Shoninki\u003c\/i\u003e by Natori Masazumi, also in collaboration with Antony Cummins.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Spellmount Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460948758802,"sku":"9780750956642","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b3361389-e875-4fd0-84a6-b9b5dd40cd56.jpg?v=1730050776","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/iga-and-koka-ninja-skills-the-secret-shinobi-scrolls-of-chikamatsu-shigenori-9780750956642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}