Posts Tagged "ninja costumes"

Halloween is around the corner. As much as I know this isn’t related to your training, we’ve got to have fun sometimes. I’m curious as to what my fellow W.O.N. members will be doing on that day. What will you guys be dressing up as? Having a few Japanese costumes and cosplay costumes, I’ll probably dress up as a gothic samurai or something along those lines. The above picture was me in Japanese costume for last year’s Halloween cosplay. I was a character out of my own story and I managed to get the majority of my classmates to join me. If you’d like to know where I got the costume from, I have one thing to say… Ebay is my bestfriend. Haha. You can still make it in time for Halloween if you look for your costume on Ebay...

The ninja knew how to use society’s assumptions to their advantage. These assumptions greatly influenced their disguises and combat tactics. As modern ninja, you too have to know the assumptions of modern society. And in knowing how society thinks, you will be able to use the knowledge to your benefit. Ninja Disguises and Roles The old ninja disguised themselves as merchants sometimes. Merchants could travel around without arousing suspicion. It was also common for merchants to be social with the locals. This gave the old ninja opporunities to gether vital information. Modern society too have their assumptions. People are stereotyped and labeled by the way they dress, act or look. When gathering information in disguise. Choose an appropriate identity to...

There are a number of people who strongly believe that ninjas used to wear all-black costumes with masks, which revealed only the eyes. But if you have a look at the historical facts and appeal to common sense, then there is only disappointment for you. None of the evidences support this myth. The idea that ninja wore all-black costumes came from prop-handlers of the Kabuki theatre. The black costume would not make them stand out from the actors. In reality, the ninja strove to look ordinary and mundane. Their lives depended on not drawing suspicion from others. They were masters at making use of the assumptions made by society to look like common people. However, it is also true that there were the ‘sneak-in-the-dark’ missions for ninjas. What did...