Bujinkan
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The Bujinkan is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi. The combat system taught by this organization comprises nine separate ryūha, or schools, which
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Jika-tabi
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Jika-tabi are a style of footwear with a divided toe, originating in Japan. They are similar to tabi socks in both appearance and construction. Though they can be worn with traditional thonged footwea
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…practitioners now wear green or red belts respectively over a black ninjutsugi; on the feet they wear tabi (soft-sole tabi for indoor training and jika-tabi for outdoor training) at most dojos. There are ten dan grades in the Bujinkan, with the final judan level having an additional five levels of rank…
Anatomy of jika-tabi, showing the kohaze metal closures at the back of the boot, the rubber soles and the fabric upper portion
Leather tabi, Edo period (1603–1867), precursors to modern jika-tabi
Late-Edo print of Arashi Rikan II wearing outdoor tabi
Farmworkers wearing outdoor tabi, 1912