Meet Iran's female ninja assassins: 3,000 women training to defend the Muslim state
dailymail
06-Feb-2012 (3 comments)

With hundreds of women brandishing deadly weapons while performing back flips and gravity-defying stunts, these incredible images look like a scene out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

But this is not the latest martial art film but in fact footage of female pupils practicing their moves at a tiny Ninjutsu club in Iran where the specialist form of martial art has become increasingly popular.

The school opened in 1989 but now has 3,500 women in training to become kunoichi - female ninjas.

Read more: //www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097087/Irans-female-ninja-assassins-3-000-women-training-defend-Muslim-state.html#ixzz1lcPt6SHX

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vildemose

Dailymail is a far-right

by vildemose on Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:45 AM PST

Dailymail is a far-right wing outfit...

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.


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amirkabear4u

Good question vildemose

by amirkabear4u on Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:36 AM PST

I think it is because, in media recently, anything that comes out of Iran is related to death and terror.


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vildemose

 Why are they called

by vildemose on Mon Feb 06, 2012 09:17 AM PST

 Why are they called assassins?

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.


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