Top 5 Ninja Weapons You Should Be Familiar With

Do you feel your interest to be increasing in Ninjas or Martial arts? If so, this is the right place to know about the top most ninja weapons used by ninjas. 

Ninjas were a kind of spies or warriors, fighting for price or targets. They were not known for too much killing, but spying was their main task. As they were the followers of Japanese art, ninjitsu, they used silent but non-fatal weapons. So, we can say that ninja weapons were so simple but quite effective.

Ninja Weapons - A Brief Introduction:

Ninjas were skillful and they knew a lot about silent movements and tricks. But their weapons were simple and cool. People nowadays not only keep such things for self-defense and other purposes, but some of them love to have an impressive and decent collection of ninja weapons.

There is a vast range of such weapons according to different purposes and making as well. Some are used for throwing, whereas some are useful in sword fighting and personal defense. Hence, some popular weapons used by ninjas are kunai, nunchaku, ninja stars, ninja sword, kubotans, chigiriki, Kama, and the list goes on.

The Most Popular and Commonly Used Weapons By Ninjas:

These well-crafted weapons are to attract you with their amazing and surprising features. Among the so many highly effective and variant weapons, below are five weapons that are quite popular till now as these were frequently used by ninjas.

1. The Ninja Sword:

The ninja sword or a ninjato is a sword that is shorter than the samurai sword. This straight and simple sword is the most popularly known weapon of the ninjas. The fact can't be denied is that this is not the actual sword that ninjas used during their missions. But these might resemble the real ones.

However, the purpose of these swords was not to kill but to stab and injure the enemy. As these well-trained fighters were famous for their cunning nature, they used these swords for various other tasks. Such as, they used their swords to climb the walls, as well as, trapped the opponent's steps with this word too.

2.  Throwing Stars:

Throwing stars or ninja stars are one of the favorite ninjas weapons these days. These attractive and effective stars were a shape made with sharpened sticks to stop or distract the enemy.

They are now present in different shapes, sizes, and colors to add value to your collection.

3. Nunchucks:

Nunchaku is not the topmost weapon of ninjas. It has become so popular at the present time because of its use in different movies and serials. Not only in movies, but nunchucks can be used for self-defense in real life.

Further, these weapons were also compatible with all situations for ninjas in the past. Basically, these are rice cutting tools from Okinawa and their chain is good to trap an enemy or his knife.

4. Kunai:

Kunai is a short dagger, or you can say a tool only. It helps in climbing walls, cutting or breaking things, and doing much more. Being a tool, it can serve you with multiple tasks.

Whereas if we consider it as a weapon, it is deadly and flexible one.

5. Ninja Blowgun:

A blowgun is one of the best long-distance weapons used by ninjas. It can shoot poisoned projectiles. The target can be severely injured or killed by such weapons. The beneficial part is that it can inject projectiles from a good distance, silently.

Conclusion:

All these ninja weapons are good in their way. They have such a great ability to defend or attack in any situation. Furthermore, the historic fact makes them more valuable along with their super attractive colors and designs of modern days. The collection of these high-quality traditional weapons brings you closer to ninja history.