[Jack Hammer]

Personally, I would submit that the ninja tradition - in a more contemporary and thus effective garb - is being continued in a very real sense by the United States Navy’s SEALs.

[PapaBear3625]

Personally, I would submit that the ninja tradition - in a more contemporary and thus effective garb - is being continued in a very real sense by the United States Navy’s SEALs.

If you want real Japanese ninjas, just go to the Tokushu Sakusen Gun, Japan's version of Delta Force.

If anybody at all is versed in whatever techniques of the old Ninjas survive to present times, these guys would be.

[nerdwithagun]

I'm going to have to disagree with that. Nothing against the SEALs, but to my knowledge, their training is more “smash and grab”. Ninjas were more like a combo of the Greene Beret and the CIA. They were far more involved with espionage and embroiled with dealing with locals and politics.

Anyway, an American with a little bit of training with one of these http://www.albion-swords.com/swords/albion/swords-albion-mark-nextgen.htm would destroy any Ninja, Samurai, or any other Eastern warrior and only may find a decent opponent with European Medieval and Renaissance Knights. I didn't think I would end up going “there” but the silly turn this thread has taken I don't think I am trolling too hard.