This is the qualifications a ryu has to meet in order to become a ninjutsu ryuha:
1) Ninja no Taijutsu - Koshijutsu, Koppojutsu
2) Ninja no Ken - Ninja Sword Methods
3) Ninja no Yari - Ninja Spear Methods
4) Ninja no Kiai - Ninja Voice Harmonizing
5) Shuriken - Throwing Blades
6) Kajutsu - Fire, Smoke, Explosives
7) Yugei - Polite Arts (ie.- Tea Ceremony)
8) Kyomon - Observational Arts
As you can see, it'll be a lifetime to master even some of those, much less all of them. If you're really feeling ambitious, however, you could also try to master all of the ninja juhakkei, which include in addition to those eight:
Bajutsu (horsemanship)
Bo-ryaku (strategy)
Bojutsu (stick and staff fighting)
Chi-mon (geography)
Cho ho (espionage)
Hensojutsu (disguise and impersonation)
Intonjutsu (escape and concealment)
Kayakujutsu (fire and explosives)
Kusarigama (chain and sickle weapon)
Naginatajutsu (halberd fighting)
Ninja ken (ninja sword)
Seishin teki kyoyo (spiritual refinement)
Shinobi iri (stealth and entering methods)
Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades)
Sui ren (water training)
Taijutsu (unarmed combat)
Ten-mon (meteorology)
Yarijutsu (spear fighting)
So they'd be pretty hard-pressed to master every single aspect of ninjutsu. And that's not even touching the bugei skills
1) Ninja no Taijutsu - Koshijutsu, Koppojutsu
2) Ninja no Ken - Ninja Sword Methods
3) Ninja no Yari - Ninja Spear Methods
4) Ninja no Kiai - Ninja Voice Harmonizing
5) Shuriken - Throwing Blades
6) Kajutsu - Fire, Smoke, Explosives
7) Yugei - Polite Arts (ie.- Tea Ceremony)
8) Kyomon - Observational Arts
As you can see, it'll be a lifetime to master even some of those, much less all of them. If you're really feeling ambitious, however, you could also try to master all of the ninja juhakkei, which include in addition to those eight:
Bajutsu (horsemanship)
Bo-ryaku (strategy)
Bojutsu (stick and staff fighting)
Chi-mon (geography)
Cho ho (espionage)
Hensojutsu (disguise and impersonation)
Intonjutsu (escape and concealment)
Kayakujutsu (fire and explosives)
Kusarigama (chain and sickle weapon)
Naginatajutsu (halberd fighting)
Ninja ken (ninja sword)
Seishin teki kyoyo (spiritual refinement)
Shinobi iri (stealth and entering methods)
Shurikenjutsu (throwing blades)
Sui ren (water training)
Taijutsu (unarmed combat)
Ten-mon (meteorology)
Yarijutsu (spear fighting)
So they'd be pretty hard-pressed to master every single aspect of ninjutsu. And that's not even touching the bugei skills

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