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1. Nuki ashi . . . . . .Stealthy step

2. Suri ashi . . . . . . .Rub step

3. Shime ashi . . . . .Tight step

4. Tobi ashi . . . . . .Flying step

5. Kata ashi. . . . . .One step

6. So ashi . . . . . . .Big step

7. Ko ashi . . . . . . .Little step

8. Kakizami . . . . . .Small step

9. Wari ashi . . . . . .Proper step

10. Tsune ashi . . . . .Normal step

But he also used another interesting method called yoko-aruki or “side walking.” By a specific technique of moving the legs sideways in cross step fashion, the ninja confused the enemy. Tracks left by this method do not reveal which direction the ninja is traveling. Side walking also had uses in narrow passages or lanes such as found in castle corridors or in bamboo groves.

Swimming was one of the ninja's most reliable skills. He was trained to move through water for great distances, silently, but not in a particularly swift manner. By use of his special swimming techniques the ninja could negotiate a moat without being seen or heard. He could, if called upon to do so, swim with great loads, using self-made flotation devices. The use of powerful and very skillful strokes made the ninja able to swim against tides and currents or to cut across them. If caught in water plants and seaweed, he used still other stroking methods to disentangle himself.