Discovering the mystery of the nine spells and gestures of ninja, "Kuji-kiri"

The word kuji-kiri may not be popular, but will become very familiar among ninja fans once you'll see the 9 finger gestures and hear the nine spells by ninja.
But actually, what do they represent, what do they mean, and where is its origin?
Watch this episode and learn from Kawakami-sensei about the real meaning of all the keywords and the purpose of doing it.
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「九字切り」という言葉はあまり知られていないかもしれませんが、9本の指の仕草や9つの呪文は忍者ファンなら一度は見聞きした事があるのではないでしょうか。
しかし、実際には何を表しているのか、何を意味しているのか、その由来はどこにあるのでしょうか。
すべてのキーワードの本当の意味とその目的について、川上先生に教えていただきます。
最後の忍者で知られている甲賀流忍術、川上仁一師範監修の「忍道」は、この貴重なノウハウを自分のものにするためのプログラムです。
本コースを学び試験を通過することによって、世界で初めての忍者の段が付与されるプログラムになっています。
川上仁一師範よりどんなスキルを学べるかが忍道チャンネルに登録することでわかります。
この大いなる遺産をぜひ自分のものに！！！
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[@brigadiergeneral2399]

Glad to see you teaching again. Please don’t let the ninja knowledge disappear.

[@unknown_amazing_chap4480]

As long as l am alive, there will always be a Ninja on this earth. On baishira mantaya sowaka!

[@blackneos940]

With the advent of the Internet, it's a lot easier to keep the instructions alive. :)

[@Malouco]

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[@intenseninja8241]

Ninja knowledge will never disappear from my beautiful country, Japan.

[@Righteousone18]

Katon goukakyuu no jutsu!

[@kdefensemartialarts8097]

Fire Style, Fireball Jutsu! haha

[@kakashisensie8149]

Me watching to know more about shinobi's then act like kakashi

[@zuh-_-6232]

Kage bunshin no jutsu

[@IAMEYI]

AYYYYYYYE!!!!!! TAKE IT FUCKIN EASY!!!!!! OK WE KNOW WHAT YOU WERE LIKE DURING YOUR GLORY DAYS!!!!! WTF!! YOU CAN'T JUST TYPE SHIT LIKE THAT!! 😭

[@tidakdiketahuinamanyaa]

Anjg ank satu ini 🤣

[@davidbetts2980]

More ninja magick ritual stuff please 😍

[@PlayUnbox]

Finally someone that transmits the knowledge as it is, without western contaminations. Arigato gosaimasu, Sensei!!!

[@pumpkinpumpkin490]

So far i know he is the last ninja and he does not want to pass the technique to his children as he said ninjutsu is not important now.IMO he should pass the technique to the whole world to keep ninjutsu alive :(

[@wolfy5svn945]

🤣🤣🤣 if you don’t already do meditation then why would you bother? these are techniques to strengthen the mind during meditation, focus points and whatnot

[@ModernMartialArts]

Wow!!! Thank You to Kawakami Soke for all this teachings.

[@RayAshG]

Don't mind me. I just wanna be Raven from Tekken.

[@cubanorasta94]

Or Rikimaru from Tenchu.

[@MachaBREATH]

Well I guess it's time to put you in the Pandora box again you've spoken your foul words false shinobi. Namu namu NAMU!

[@LaithOG]

@@cubanorasta94 I agree hahahahahaha

[@retardnation9418]

Long live Kawakami-sensei. from Sweden

[@mtftalks3598]

Bra

[@jackderooy9388]

Im requesting for summoning nin-jutsu . Please do toad summoning!

[@djart5115]

My brother: naruto isn’t real This video:

[@kumarbhadrachalam5505]

lol

[@xiezhao9075]

You would be even more surprised that Sasuke, Nagato, Momochi, Danzo, Hanzo, Kanshin Koji, Fuma, etc... Were all real people.

[@blazeiken2op483]

@@xiezhao9075 for real ? And source

[@JTaylor-pr6rf]

@@blazeiken2op483 he’s right just do some simple research

[@blazeiken2op483]

@@JTaylor-pr6rf really and how did Ur research go .. did you got smth interesting?

[@jeremyarroyo360]

Shinobi/samurai gang signs lol I love kuji I notice diffrent shinobi family have diffrent ways of performing it. It adds on to what you may have also learned this is why one should not say one family branch is wrong can learn from eachother. Osu much respect to sensai kawakami and vanessa from bujinkan togakure-ryu

[@ShinKyuubi]

For any that find this vid via the link in the Short's description that just came out for "Pyō" if you notice at 2:28 the Hiragana telling you how to pronounce the Kanji. Kawakami-san also pronounces it as "Hyō" with the Hiragana looking like this "ひょう" instead of "ぴょう" , that tiny little circle next to the first Hiragana changes it from "Hyō" to "Byō" which when used in a sentence becomes "Pyō". It's become quite common for many to pronounce it as "Pyō" over the years thanks to a lot of media with ninja or using the Kuji-in/Kuji-kiri using that version and that has made people use that version more than the "Hyō" version, this comes from the fact that the Kuji goes "Rin, Hyō, Tō, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen". When said, it sounds like it's coming in a sentence but it's not so "Hyō" is a standalone, as such it doesn't change to "Byō/Pyō". There's dozens of sites that explain the mechanics of why this happens better than I just did but that's the basics of it.

[@Parzival224]

3:27 That grid of five rows and four columns is a truly magical operation about which obviously nothing is said.

[@fcvidt]

That Kuji kiri was beautiful, thank you sensei

[@zeldaxninja3214]

My boy Sasuke in the ninja suit here💪🏽🥷🏼🤣🤣

[@TXH556]

"What there was a NINJA in between them, all his good"

[@unrussleablejimmies4428]

Arigato gozaimasu Kawakami sensei. Please continue your work in good health.🙏🙇‍♂️

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

i love the channel and the videos. i have watched videos of kawakami for years. i live in the mountains and have a home dojo with samurai armors and full of ninja gear. mats etc. did bujinkan budo taijutsu and other japanese warriors and solo training in the mountains for 15 years. been a fan and have always enjoyed videos with your skills and knowlege over the years. keep the vids coming.

[@janbauknecht1338]

i want to meet you at the mountain if i read this

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

@@janbauknecht1338 are you from oregon?

[@janbauknecht1338]

@@MOUNTAINOUS i live in germany, how do you come to oregon?

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

@@janbauknecht1338 not sure what you mean? how did i get to oregon? check out my ninja videos to see oregon and the mountains.

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@@MOUNTAINOUS you are from oregon, now i got it, sure i will.

[@gungde_ngurah]

9 hand gesture in Hindu called mudra, in Bali only for Hindu priest

[@VulcanOnWheels]

I recognize some of this from a movie. I believe it was Revenge Of The Ninja.

[@davidraffath8436]

So awesome I loved it thank you for everything my friend.

[@edgarmontoya4971]

Muy buena explicación, gracias por compartir.

[@Hiro_72]

This is what I want to learn. Thank you for sharing me.

[@Nitman333]

mmm... praying for soldiers to protect you? I've always thought the prayer meant "Warriors from the heavenly realm, come and fight this battle for me"...

[@LuciferMorningstar-to7ep]

04:42 this is what you looking for

[@powerwordsmanwordstoencour5753]

I was told that the cutting motions open a gateway to malice, please explain

[@thyownshadow5280]

Thank you Master Teacher Kawakami.

[@dharansanjay9268]

Master kawakami is amazing

[@souhiyori8640]

Doton: Doryúhéki! *Slams both hands on the ground*

[@123495734]

Hado 99: Goryuun Tenmetsu, wait wrong series

[@ltvprmnms]

This is really, really amazing. Thank you.

[@noahtravis8556]

Thank you Sensei from the other side of the world Eiiiii

[@dhritimandas5037]

She was under genjutsu

[@AnimalsandInfotainmentTube]

たくさんの先生に感謝します

[@baconentertainment2849]

I guess ninja naturally live longer than normal people

[@jellymangojucy]

It is because njnja didn't ate too much they didn't eat fried food and they trained they body normal people think when you turn 60 years old you can't train you can train no matter your age

[@roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631]

Very interesting. Thank you for posting.

[@Aj-tc6dk]

Fire style,magistic destroyer flame!!👌💨💥

[@Chanthierra]

Me: *farts*

[@legendaryninja972]

Please in next video please do the tutorial how to do kuji kiri

[@ephilok50]

Kuji-kiri, is not so much about "spells" and casting magic as it is about focusing your intentions to the task at hand in preparation for whatever task or fight may be ahead. You don't always have to do all nine, it can be one or a combination. They also helped focus breathing and relaxation like meditation of sorts to free the mind and spirit. For people to say he is the last actual living ninja, is a bit of an exaggeration as even he has students! There are other schools, teaching the art. Koga and Iga regions were the foundation but during the warring era of Japan, Ninpo was taught in various form and specialties. Today there are teachers who are not in the news or media and they teach very privately. There is also the Bujinkan which does, in fact, teach 9 schools of ninjutsu. You can call them fakes or whatever, but the same can be said of this guy as well. A true practitioner doesn't waste time on trying to discredit one over the other, pretty much goes against all they claim to be about!

[@AzraelCaptain]

The 9 schools of the Takamatsu-den aren't all exclusively ninja schools. Kukishin-ryu, for example, is composed 9 styles of striking, grappling, sword, spear, naginata, short sword, shuriken and two others, all of which done with the presumption that you're fighting while encumbered in armor. Koto ryu and its sister art Gyokko ryu are chinese schools which are dedicated to disabling an attacker by striking at systemic and structural (bones and nerve/blood vessel clusters, respectively) targets without causing lethal damage. Takagi Yoshin ryu and Shinden Fudo Ryu are for the most part jujutsu. Togakure and Kumogakure are the Ninjutsu part of the curriculum, which are both strategies for infiltration and the usage of the techniques of the other schools within specific stratagems or with specialized weaponry. These fighting arts weren't something every single individual who engaged in some form of spycraft in Japan utilized, and are a very specific curriculum which Takamatsu-sensei inherited by way of his hard work.

[@Alnasrlina]

Why would you need to do such elaborate gestures for simply "focusing your intentions" for the task at hand? There are many more simple and straightforward techniques to do that. It sounds silly and ridiculous. Magic, sorcery and spells have existed for as long as history in every culture and tribe of the world. There is most likely some knowledge that is deliberately obscured in this case.

[@windmill2270]

Yes

[@jordanjohnston2453]

​@@Alnasrlinatrue. The idea of just doing magic to alter reality in your favor being something everyone can just learn to do by googling and copying themselves sounds like an apocalypse scenario.

[@demonicrush7979]

Fire style fire ball jutsu

[@MieGallery]

Thank you! I was wondering about gestures that are shown in ukiyo-e prints.

[@mattnobrega6621]

The bunkai from naruto. Sweet!

[@cipher3966]

I didn't notice the third ninja until half way through. How many ninja are there in that room?

[@iwill8607]

I can now kage bunshin myself

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Greetings from India

[@dancing-pats]

Thank you

[@FFKupoNut]

btw i love this channel!!! Thank you for sharing sensai 🙇🙇🙇

[@Christian-ne6ed]

Wow!

[@RoszuKtz]

Arigato! Sensei ! Zen.

[@javenpaulnaling2882]

Katon. Fire ball technique

[@Darkseid.of.Apokolips]

Dislikes were from the ozunu clan

[@scorpzgca]

The superhero way of the far east amazing

[@unknown_amazing_chap4480]

On baishira mantaya sowaka!

[@Just.Sketching]

0:25 wait, what?

[@DonReyOrantoy]

I love the fact that everyone is interested in this video solely because of the jutsus in naruto HAHAA

[@BatLB]

Technically you are incorrect, while the premisse is correct. I came here to find out why Cartoon Ninja depictions kill opponents with sign language.

[@SewerBushido]

Thank you!

[@Supa-gq8er]

Superb🙏

[@FFKupoNut]

Edo Tensai. 4:46 !!

[@OneaeBlack]

Ninja Ninja Power!!!

[@Malouco]

DOING THIS AS I SIT ON THE TOILET! NO SUCH THING AS DOWN TIME IN THIS WORLD 🙏

[@tonyyoung1432]

Today date:2-13-23 and time:4:01am😳.I educations love body-stlyes

[@aneesharyan3910]

Arigatto gozaimasu

[@wadorobin]

Hadouken!! 🔥

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I need you sensei

[@Boby985]

What is the name of the music at the very end starts at 6:03 ?

[@xxulmagus-pi3fy]

I am Ryu Hyubusa. Thank you.

[@jamesnalah3180]

Thank you.

[@felixchuah2854]

Master Splinter achieve that technique before Leonardo does it as well

[@tester1test699]

What is the last sign being written in the air after eeei of the kuji kiri?

[@imoganthanosmamaiemascaltz1833]

Water style

[@AzraelCaptain]

I believe that gesture is done to ward the body. Essentially he's weaving the protective power over himself.

[@walterrigerweis4954]

hola alguen conoce la poisicion kjikiri 1..Ri n cual es la posicion correcta de las manos..

[@cristerwayneleal1390]

Philippine 9 Ninjutsu gestures namely: Ka, La, Ma, Res, Kaka, I, Nin, Ko, Ito

[@miguelvelmonte8959]

Thanks shopee!

[@jackderooy9388]

I see , so u r from a different hidden village

[@soy_quiquegt3348]

Ponganle subtítulos al español porfa

[@marioryuhernandez2871]

Se percinan con más flow en Japón

[@melodelight]

Thank you so much. Is there a specific direction the Kuji Kiri must be done in?

[@SkullyTheHypnoSkull]

Yeah, they match up with the chakras and you start at the root, and then ninjas can turn invisible once they focus their chi energy in the crown chakra.

[@preppingwarrior8248]

I only do the 7 gestures because it's is my lucky number.

[@KenLinx]

I know these because I watched Hikari Sentai Maskman.

[@monkeygun7046]

Sasuke in real life, more handsome than the anime version

[@ZODIAC_0P]

Wow.. What a drag

[@shinemendwoor]

2:31 HIRUDORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rnany1]

Why give so many secrets so openly?

[@Aj-tc6dk]

Futon!! rashinshuriken

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நன்றிகள்

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Genjutsu

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Rasengaaaann🌀

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Amazing 👍🏆

[@your.cutie_]

Where is my ninja gang 🎎

[@MindMagick222]

Thank you so much for sharing this! Namaste 🥰

[@kogashinobi1712]

Namaste

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Long live ninja

[@raplopez4258]

Somebody pleeeease do a sketch of this in the ghetto, throwing hand signs hahahahaha

[@theraven3739]

So where is the fire?!!! Where is the katon 🤔😂😂💔

[@michaelborror4399]

Nice...

[@Darkseid.of.Apokolips]

臨，兵，闘，者，皆，陣，裂，在，前

[@romulloqueiroz]

ええええいいいいいいい！！！

[@LexNoxus]

Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu

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Que lindo ♥

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9 levels of power Look it up

[@your.cutie_]

Who is a fan of ninja hattori and naruto

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Por favor en español gracias

[@dafrog491]

id be like: show me jitsu of kariu

[@Purpleninjawv]

Skip learning this from a ninja master and study myyko tendai budhism and tibetian budhism from a priest.

[@josecantu6987]

Omg

[@rameshkrishnan2418]

OSU. Domo Sensei... 👍