Wolfgang Ettig

Wolfgang Ettig occupies himself with the Japanese arts of fighting intensively for more than 15 years. He began his fighting arts training with judo. His further interests are aikido, iaido, kenjutsu and other far east arts of fighting sports. However his special interest is ninjutsu, the art of invisible warriors.

He trains Togakure-ryu-ninjutsu with Shidoshi Stephan K. Hayes.

Wolfgang Ettig's collection of books, manuscripts and picture material represents a remarkable library.

Not only numerous specialized articles in fighting-arts magazines, but also the publication of the books:
Ninja, Die Schattenkrieger Vol. 1 & 2
Shuriken, Die Wurfsterne Vol. 1 & 2
Ninjutsu-Nahkampf
Samurai, Ehere durch Kampf-Kampf um Ehre introduced him to expert-circles.

In English, German, and French.

Contents

1 Introduction
The silent death
Australian throwing weapons
African throwing weapons
Chinese throwing weapons
2 Shuriken-jutsu
The history of the shuriken-jutsu
Different shuriken types
Throwing stars
Throwing points
3 Handling of the shuriken
Care
Mode of carrying
4 The practice of throwing
Body position during throwing
Throwing stars
Throwing ponts
5 Shuriken close combat
Close combat with stars
Close combat techniques used
Close combat with points
Close combat techniques used
6 The sensitive points of the human body
7 Conclusion
8 Bibliography… (més)