Ninjitsu is a form of martial arts, which people are most familiar with as being the art of Ninjas. This form of martial arts is still practice today including oddly enough by Iranian females!
It's actually supported by Iran's Ministry of Sports' Martial Arts Federation, and they have schools throughout their country with about 3000 - 3500 women practicing it. I'm a bit surprise as when we think of Iran we normally think of a close minded culture in their country.
I first realize Ninjitsu was still being practiced when Todd The Dork was watching one of the early UFC tournaments I think UFC 2, and I watched it too, and there was a guy that was fighting in the tournament who trained in Ninjitsu. (The guy lost... lol)
Talk the TALK
1) Did you know that Ninjitsu is still a widely practice form of Martial Arts?
2) Would you like to train to be a ninja?
Image from slideshow:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/iran-s-female-ninjas-1329496903-slideshow/n...
Comments (40)
whoah that is a good splits
that's very impressive, but I am also surprised that Iranian females are practicing this... I know a few friends from Iran, maybe my friends are secretly ninjas XD...
I wanna be a ninja... LOL
That's impressive! If I was iranian, I would want to train to be a ninja.
:O!
I've never heard of ninjitsu! That's really weird lol I wouldn't mind learning it. I already consider myself a ninja lol I always sneak quietly downstairs in the middle of the night to get some snacks :)
how cool! I want to be a ninja and kick some bootie!
whoa...hehe, IDK that at all...hmm, I need to do some MMA...haha jk
woah that's so cool! I always wanted to be a ninja :) lol @ Trinity Lane's comment.
I wouldn't want do any martial arts. I am with Connie I don't want to be hit by anyone lol. She sure is flexible.
mylittlecasey *: would not be surprised if they are.
Awesome but it really surprises me that this form of martial arts is practice by Iranian females.
I didn't know Ninjitsu was a form of martial arts. She's real flexible.
So are they trained just like the foot soldiers in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I wonder if they're taught how to throw ninja stars.
crispy ☮: yeap so do I
MACaddict25 ♥: no prob hope you enjoy this post.
Todd the dork: yeap self defense, it's good to learn to protect yourself.
elaine wong: yeah it takes a lot of time and devotion in mastering this.
Bruno Silva: Yeah the split is the awesome one. Just mastering these techniques takes some time.
Vivian Tso: I don' t know but I think it's nice that they are able to study this.
MH Chow: so do I, I want to master this art.
Elena T: That is what I thought too, but it's interesting that they are not limit to this martial practice.
I wish I can still do the splits. That is amazing.
Eliza Grace: yeap certainly they are real
Ana Claro: It was posted on yahoo this morning and it was an interesting article.
Trinity Lane: Ha ha we got Ninja Trinity coming.
Connie C: yeah I was like waoh that's pretty good.
A A: I think it's amazing that women are starting to do something like this.
thanks for sharing
Connie C: Lol, the whole point of martial arts is self defense =)
If I could, I'd go learn right now ... but I think it would take forever to do what that ninja in the first picture is doing.
I would not like to make one of them angry lol Also, the one in the first image making the split on top of the others is awesome =D
imagine if they attack the US with female ninjas?!
That's very cool. I would love to be a ninja.
I dunno if I could be a ninja but those women rock... that's so cool that they are allowed to practice this type of sport because I only thought the Iranian women have their activities limited by their families and culture...
ninjas are real?
I didn't know about this information
I'm a female ninja ... so watch your ass :P
Wow she can do the splits. I don't want to get hit so martial arts is not for me.
Wow i wish I could do that.