Iga and Koka Ninja Skills: The Secret Shinobi Scrolls of Chikamatsu Shigenori Book by Antony Cummins & Yoshie Minami Rei Yoshida Ten no Kata (24 Heaven

Ten no Kata (24 Heaven Forms)

five forms of different styles of Tai Chi: the Wudang Tai Chi form

Competitors with totally different styles train under the same philosophy

Use your own movements to attack your opponent: Utilize personalized movement patterns as offensive tools in combat engagements

Through carefully defined movements

Iga and Koka Ninja Skills: The Secret Shinobi Scrolls of Chikamatsu Shigenori Book by Antony Cummins & Yoshie Minami Rei Yoshida Ten no Kata (24 HeavenThe secret manuals of the oral tradition of the Iga and Koka Ninja, feared and respected across Japan for centuriesnow in paperback Through 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