maxinpains: Koka is actually the correct pronunciation. The ninja are named after the Koka area in Shiga Prefecture. However, the kanji character for "ka" can also be pronounced "ga" which is a more common pronunciation. Most Japanese not familiar with the Koka area will tend to mispronounce it and this error has stuck and spread, even overseas.
Ninjutsu is and was never a martial art. No one in Japan has a serious ninjutsu dojo. It's not something to be taught. There are no serious ninjutsu tournaments in Japan like karate/judo. Koka ninja were mainly into espionage (gathering info from villagers by peddling medicines), making drugs (and gunpowder), taking care of castle security (guards), and developing techniques to escape from the enemy.
no one in japan has a serious ninjutsu dojo? thats not true at all. manaka unsui sensei, tanemura sensei, hatsumi sensei, and others have very serious ninjutsu dojo in japan.
judo and karate are sport martial arts, thats why they have tournaments...
What about Jujitsu?? That was a war art.. The art of war, same as Ninjitsu. still a martial art.. Why is the ninja different? Japanese Jujitsu also has no tournaments , but to set it apart and say it is not an art nor martial, is the height egotism .
Judo IS the sport form of Jujitsu.. Jujitsu is still a martial art , just like Ninjitsu........
I went there and almost cried. The former owner let this place go. It was water logged and the grounds were trashed from the 80's-90's. There used to be little stands there like a fair.
Koka is the name of the city it's in. Koga is the name of the ninja's. i'm going there in five days.
pwningpossy87 1 year ago
@pwningpossy87 right.
fardisghomeshi 1 year ago
KOKA? = KAGA RIGHT?
maxinpains 2 years ago
No, not Kaga. It's Koka or Koga.
photojpn 2 years ago
i've never heard of Koka. Koga is right way to say it.
maxinpains 2 years ago
I suggest you visit this ninja house and hear it for yourself. It will be "KOKA." (Difficult to explain this to people who cannot read Japanese.)
BTW, another widely mispronounced Japanese word is "yen" (money). It is pronounced "en." Like Koga, it was pronounced and spelled wrong and it stuck.
photojpn 2 years ago
Sorry buddy. KOGA is the right way to say it. LMAO!
maxinpains 2 years ago
maxinpains: Koka is actually the correct pronunciation. The ninja are named after the Koka area in Shiga Prefecture. However, the kanji character for "ka" can also be pronounced "ga" which is a more common pronunciation. Most Japanese not familiar with the Koka area will tend to mispronounce it and this error has stuck and spread, even overseas.
photojpn 2 years ago
Even in Kouka people can't decide on the pronunciation. Some people say Koka and some say Kouga.
But, the station and the city website write it as Koka.
gsuiris 2 years ago
Yep, that's what is. Don't even try to urgue with me. I know Modern japanese .
maxinpains 2 years ago
why didnt they go through water as you showed at the end? the water walking technique seemed to work pretty well
Iceberqe 2 years ago
ninjutsu is not a sport nor totally a martial
art.only only a part of it that is taijutsu is a martial art.most part of ninjutsu contains weapons ,stealth and direct killing technique
karateinsomania 2 years ago
Koka ryu is dead for all of you who didn't know. Fujita Seiko took it with him, he left nothing but history behind.
Haku92292 2 years ago 3
Ninjutsu is and was never a martial art. No one in Japan has a serious ninjutsu dojo. It's not something to be taught. There are no serious ninjutsu tournaments in Japan like karate/judo. Koka ninja were mainly into espionage (gathering info from villagers by peddling medicines), making drugs (and gunpowder), taking care of castle security (guards), and developing techniques to escape from the enemy.
photojpn 2 years ago
no one in japan has a serious ninjutsu dojo? thats not true at all. manaka unsui sensei, tanemura sensei, hatsumi sensei, and others have very serious ninjutsu dojo in japan.
judo and karate are sport martial arts, thats why they have tournaments...
chucknorrispranks 2 years ago 3
What about Jujitsu?? That was a war art.. The art of war, same as Ninjitsu. still a martial art.. Why is the ninja different? Japanese Jujitsu also has no tournaments , but to set it apart and say it is not an art nor martial, is the height egotism .
Judo IS the sport form of Jujitsu.. Jujitsu is still a martial art , just like Ninjitsu........
SudoJudo1 2 years ago
@photojpn no one said anything about ninjutsu being a martial art, including fujita seiko. Having said that, Togakure Ryu ninjutsu is still extant.
chucknorrispranks 1 year ago
I went there and almost cried. The former owner let this place go. It was water logged and the grounds were trashed from the 80's-90's. There used to be little stands there like a fair.
Tackpro 3 years ago
Did you try the water spider? I tried everything it was fun (even though mainly for kids9
taiko78 3 years ago
this is what fujita seiko soke left us koka. be proud
SandayuRyu 3 years ago
very beautyful
shinobicatania 3 years ago