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> It is a part of our history. When all hope seemed lost, you confronted destruction with creation. Balance was restored. That is the power of Spinjitzu, which we must always—
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> Master Wu to Kai and Jay, "The Darkness Comes"

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**Spinjitzu** is a close-combat martial arts technique in the world of Ninjago. It involves the user tapping into their inner balance while spinning rapidly, creating a tornado-like vortex of energy around themselves. It is the art of rotation, which adds force and momentum to blows.

## History

### Pilot episodes

#### Way of the Ninja

Master Wu uses Creation Spinjitzu when he attacks Samukai to protect Kai.

#### The Golden Weapon

Wu uses Spinjitzu to change the ninjas' uniforms.
The ninja unlock their Spinjitzu abilities (Jay being the first).
They also use Spinjitzu to escape the Earth Dragon with the Scythe of Quakes.

#### King of Shadows

Wu explains the Tornado of Creation to the ninja.
Kai uses Fire Spinjitzu to free Nya.
Jay uses Lightning Spinjitzu to defeat several Skulkin while attacking the Skull Truck.

#### Weapons of Destiny

Wu uses Creation Spinjitzu to defeat several Skulkin when arriving at Garmadon's throne room.
The ninjas' Dragons use a Spinjitzu-likeability to cross over to the Underworld.
The ninja combine their Spinjitzu to make the Tornado of Creation.

### Mini-movies

#### The New Masters of Spinjitzu

Kruncha and Nuckal attempt to steal the Golden Weapons, only resulting in them losing control and activating Lightning and Fire Spinjitzu for a brief time.

#### An Underworldly Takeover

Garmadon's Destruction Spinjitzu is seen for the first time when he fights Samukai for control of the Skulkin army.

### Rise of the Snakes

#### Intro

Each of the four ninja are introduced with their Golden Weapon's abilities and then their corresponding Spinjitzu.
Halfway through the season, the ninja switch from their Template:Suit suits to their Template:Suit suits.

#### Rise of the Snakes

When the Fire Sword overheated, Kai tried to use Fire Spinjitzu to cool it down but failed.
When confronted by several Hypnobrai in Jamanakai Village, Kai tried to use Fire Spinjitzu to defeat them, but slipped on a banana, lost control, and crashed into a wall.
After Zane froze Lloyd's candy cart he used Ice Spinjitzu to hurry over to Lloyd.

#### Home

While training, Kai practiced his Fire Spinjitzu but slipped when Zane froze the course.
While training, Zane used Ice Spinjitzu to freeze the training grounds.
Zane and Jay used Ice and Lightning Spinjitzu respectively to cut the support ropes of Lloyd's treehouse fortress.

#### Snakebit

The ninja use Spinjitzu to clean up the Destiny's Bounty.
The ninja use Spinjitzu to attack the Fangpyres.

#### Never Trust a Snake

The Green Ninja's Spinjitzu is seen briefly for the first time, in Zane's dream.
Kai and Zane use their Spinjitzu to climb up the stairs at Darkley's.

#### Can of Worms

When Lloyd turns Zane's gi pink, his Spinjitzu turns pink.
Zane uses Spinjitzu before turning his Shurikens into his Snowmobile.

#### The Snake King

Kai tries to use his Spinjitzu to attack Nya, the Samurai, but she catches him.

#### Tick Tock

The ninja use Spinjitzu to attack the Treehorns.
Zane uses Spinjitzu when he unlocks his True Potential.

#### The Green Ninja

Kai uses Spinjitzu when attacking Garmadon.

#### All of Nothing

Kai attacked the Hynobrai using Spinjitzu with his eyes closed.

#### The Rise of the Great Devourer

Jay used Spinjitzu on the Serpentine Express.

#### Day of the Great Devourer

The ninja created the Tornado of Creation to create the Ultra Sonic Raider.

### Legacy of the Green Ninja

#### Intro

The ninja are introduced in the same way as the second half of Season 1. Lloyd is introduced but he does not use Spinjitzu.
After the episode "Child's Play," Lloyd was introduced using his elemental power and then would use his Spinjitzu like the others.

#### Overview

The ninja no longer possessed their Golden Weapons and therefore lacked elemental Spinjitzu. This affected their fighting advantage, and they logically used Spinjitzu less frequently.

#### Darkness Shall Rise

Kai, Cole, and Zane changed into their armor ZX suits using Spinjitzu.

#### Pirates vs. Ninja

The ninja did Spinjitzu when changing from pirate to ZX.
Lloyd uses Spinjitzu for the first time.

#### Double Trouble

Bizarro Cole used Spinjitzu to take Nuckal's cotton candy.
Bizarro Jay used Spinjitzu to attack Wu.
The evil ninja did Spinjitzu to attack Darkley's students.
Zane used Spinjitzu to destroy Bizarro Zane.

#### Child's Play

Kai tries to use Spinjitzu, but wasn't able to.

#### Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Wu uses Spinjitzu in Ouroboros to fight Garmadon.
Past Wu uses Spinjitzu to save Past Kai.
Past Kai uses Spinjitzu to save Past Nya.

#### The Stone Army

The ninja used Spinjitzu in the gift shop when trying to get rid of the living Stone Warrior bobbleheads.
The ninja (sans Lloyd) use Spinjitzu to stop the Giant Stone Warrior.

#### The Day Ninjago Stood Still

Misako does a non-elemental silver Spinjitzu.

#### Island of Darkness

One of the ninja does Spinjitzu.Template:Clarify

#### Return of the Overlord

Nya does Spinjitzu for the first time while corrupted by Dark Matter. Its color is crimson red with some gold streaks.

### Rebooted

#### Overview

The ninja once again had no active elements and relied on their Spinjitzu less than ever. Despite this, the Techno Blades were effective against the Nindroids, making Spinjitzu somewhat useful.

#### The Surge

The ninja did Spinjitzu before their "hack attack".
After Wu told the ninja their plan, the ninja do Spinjitzu, along with Lloyd. This marks the debut of his Golden Power Spinjitzu.

#### The Art of the Silent Fist

Lloyd's Golden Power Spinjitzu is used upon battling the Nindroids for the first time.
Cole attacks two Nindroid Warriors using his Spinjitzu.

#### Blackout

When the Nindroids attack, the ninja use Spinjitzu to get out of the trailer, but because Zane gave half of his power source to P.I.X.A.L., he was unable to use Spinjitzu on his own. Though, by working together, the two successfully performed the martial art, defending themselves against the other Nindroids.

The Curse of the Golden Master
Kai, Jay and Cole use Spinjitzu to protect the Serpentine from the Nindroids, they later on use Spinjitzu again to deactivate the Electro-Cobrai powered-Nindroid Warriors.

#### The Void

Cole tried to use Spinjitzu, but since he was in zero gravity, he ended up floating into space.

#### The Titanium Ninja

The Golden Master, along with his Golden Mech, performed a large scale form of Golden Power Spinjitzu. With it, he was able to pull objects of many sizes from around him into the vortex.
When the Ninja exit the Temple of Fortitude, they use Spinjitzu to kick away some Nindroids from the stairs.

### Tournament of Elements

#### Intro

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The ninja (other than Zane), Wu, Garmadon, and Nya all do Spinjitzu together at the end of the intro.
For the first time, Master Garmadon's Spinjitzu (purified of the Great Devourer's venom) is shown as a dull silver, and Nya's Spinjitzu is a dark red.
This indicates that Garmadon's Destruction element returned to a balanced state, and that Nya had learned Spinjitzu at some point.
According to one of the show's co-creator, though, Garmadon's Spinjitzu, after being purified, is still purple. Additionally, it has since been confirmed that Nya learned Spinjitzu between the events of Season 6: Skybound and Day of the Departed, meaning the events portrayed in this intro are non-canon.

#### Overview

Despite having active elements, all the ninja but Lloyd and Kai stopped using their Spinjitzu, as they no longer fought enemies, taking on full-time jobs (Lloyd continued to train as a ninja, and Kai became a competitive fighter).
After entering the Tournament of Elements, the ninja still refrained from performing Spinjitzu, except in dire situations when not competing. This may be because they considered using such a rare and powerful martial art to be an unfair advantage to the other competitors (outside of the Tournament, they use the ability to even the odds of an outmatched fight).

#### The Invitation

Lloyd used Spinjitzu to attack the Nindroids. We get to see inside his Spinjitzu and he is punching the Nindroids.
Kai used Spinjitzu to attack Kruncha.

#### Spellbound

While training under Master Chen, Garmadon was forbidden to use Spinjitzu, though he used it to win a fight against Clouse that ended up granting him lordship.
When trying to flee from Chen and Skylor, Kai uses fire Spinjitzu to destroy the ice they were all standing on causing the ice to break but Chen subdued Kai with his staff.

#### The Forgotten Element

After regaining their elements and reuniting with Zane, the ninja did Spinjitzu to defeat Chen's forces as Nya expressed a smile at seeing them fighting together again.

#### The Corridor of Elders

While holding back Chen's forces, the ninja used Spinjitzu to prevent the fake Anacondrai from advancing.

### Possession

#### Overview

After losing their elemental powers, the ninja could no longer perform elemental Spinjitzu. This would be especially ineffective against ghosts, which can become intangible.
Since Morro was able to command and control strong gusts of Wind, and Spinjitzu is a tornado-based ability, it became useless in combat.
Because the art of Airjitzu involves extreme spinning in a vortex (and even turning the same color as the user's element), it can be considered a branch from the original art of Spinjitzu.
It was also said in "Stiix and Stones" that Airjitzu "can make a Spinjitzu Master fly" so it's possible that only Spinjitzu users can perform the technique.

#### Winds of Change

Cole used Spinjitzu to attack Morro, but he uses Wind, and Cole is blown away. The same thing happened to Jay a few moments later.

#### Stiix and Stones

Wu used Spinjitzu to travel from rock to land.

#### Grave Danger

Zane used Spinjitzu to solve the puzzle with 16 realms.

### Skybound

#### Infamous

The ninja use Spinjitzu to get under the boardwalk.

#### Misfortune Rising

While fighting Lloyd and Cole, Doubloon uses Spinjitzu against the two of them.

#### Wishmasters

After Cole had wished for Vengestone to strengthen the ninjas' elemental powers, they got out of control, and in order to regain control, the ninja broke the bonds of the Vengestone shackles. Despite this, there appeared to be some heightened power that was still unused; which showed when Cole, Lloyd, and Jay then did Spinjitzu that sparked and had deeper coloring.

#### The Way Back

Kai uses Spinjitzu to attack some Sky Pirates while trying to stop Nadakhan and Nya's wedding along with the other ninja.

### Day of the Departed

When the ninja arrived at the museum, all six used Spinjitzu to enter the building as quickly as possible, revealing Nya's Spinjitzu as dark blue and noticeably smaller than the others'. Kai uses Spinjitzu to destroy one of the Anacondrai Crusher's wheels, making Zugu'rai crash and go back to the Departed Realm.
Lloyd uses Spinjitzu to escape from below the fallen head of statue destroyed by Pythor. Cole uses Spinjizu to fight Yang's students while trying to reach Yang himself.

### The Hands of Time

#### The Hands of Time

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Master Wu and the ninja use their Spinjitzu during their battles with Acronix.

#### The Hatching

The ninja use Spinjitzu to attack the Vermillion.

#### Out of the Fire and Into the Boiling Sea

Kai uses Spinjitzu to battle Krux, but Krux knocks him down. Kai uses the Reversal Time Blade and does it again, this time knocking Krux down.

### Sons of Garmadon

#### The Mask of Deception

Lloyd used Spinjitzu to bring the Sons of Garmadon to the police.

#### The Jade Princess

The Ninja used Spinjitzu when training in the Royal Palace.
Zane freezes Ultra Violet with Spinjitzu while she attempts to kill Lloyd and Hutchins.

#### Game of Masks

Lloyd uses Spinjitzu to throw Harumi away from him during their fight for the Oni Mask of Hatred.
The ninja do Spinjitzu when Crabby attacks them, which confuses Crabby for a while and allows Zane to freeze the creature in place.
Lloyd does Spinjitzu on ice to get onto the Destiny's Bounty.

#### Dread on Arrival

Kai does Spinjitzu to kick a S.O.G member to a wall and then uses it to knock Ultra Violet and accidentally Cole, which ends up with him breaking the lever to Lloyd's and Misako's cage trap.
The ninja do Spinjitzu to get inside the forcefield where Harumi is resurrecting Lord Garmadon. Lloyd knocks Harumi with his Spinjitzu.

### Hunted

#### Radio Free Ninjago

After Heavy Metal renders Kai's, Jay's and Zane's Elemental Powers useless with the Dragonbone Blade, they resort to use Spinjitzu to fend off the incoming Dragon Hunters trying to re-capture them for Iron Baron.

#### How to Build a Dragon

While Kai goes free the dragons, the other Ninja go fight against the Dragon Hunters to gain more time for him, which prompts Jay and Zane to use Spinjitzu to launch some hunters away.

#### Lessons for a Master

Nya uses Spinjitzu on Ultra Violet, but Ultra Violet knocks her down using a traffic light, making a car topple over on her and injure her shoulder.

### Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

#### Master Class

The ninja have a Spinjitzu lesson with Master Wu.

#### Elemental Rider (flashback)

Kai does Spinjitzu and creates his Blade Cycle.

### March of the Oni

#### Endings

The ninja and Wu use Spinjitzu to fight the Oni, with Wu only using his Spinjitzu in-battle to save Lloyd and Nya from some Oni.

The ninja, Wu, and Garmadon all used Spinjitzu to create the Tornado of Creation during their last stand against the invading Oni.

### Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

#### Wasted True Potential

The ninja use Spinjitzu to try to defeat Wu, but it fails.

#### Boobytraps and How to Survive Them

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All ninja, except Kai, use Spinjitzu to protect Kai
Aspheera also attacks the ninja using Spinjitzu while draining Kai's powers.

#### Powerless

The ninja use Spinjitzu to fend off the Elemental Cobras attacking Ninjago City.
They use Spinjizu again to fight the Elemental Cobras and Aspheera inside the Ninjago Museum of History, and later Aspheera uses her new fire-powered Forbidden Spinjitzu to defeat the ninja (who also tried to fight with their Spinjitzu) before dropping the ceiling on them.

#### Ancient History

Lloyd uses Spinjitzu to jump from a building to another while chasing Aspheera, meanwhile Nya fights off some Pyro Vipers and finish them off with her Spinjitzu.

#### Never Trust a Human

In Wu's flashback history about him and Garmadon meeting Aspheera, a young Wu teaches her Spinjitzu, which she later uses to overthrow Mambo V.
Aspheera later battles a Forbidden Spinjitzu-empowered young Wu using her Spinjitzu, but she is quickly beaten.

#### A Cold Goodbye

Nya uses her Spinjitzu to avoid an incoming attack from a Forbidden Spinjitzu-empowered raging Wu.

#### Fire Maker

Lloyd uses his Spinjitzu to fend off the Blizzard Samurai from his watch tower.

#### An Unlikely Ally

When Lloyd is attacked by a group of Blizzard Samurai, they restrain him and begin freezing his body, which prompts him to use Spinjitzu to free himself from their grasp.

#### Krag's Lament

Cole uses his Spinjitzu to attack Krag during their fight.

#### Once and for All

Lloyd uses Spinjitzu to attack some Blizzard Warriors guarding the Ice Emperor's throne room.

#### Awakenings

When the Ice Emperor attempts to freeze Akita, Lloyd jumps between them and uses his Spinjitzu as a shield to protect her from his Ice blast.

### Prime Empire

After the ninja go inside *Prime Empire*, they seemingly lose their Spinjitzu along with their Elemental Abilities due to the game's programming, because of this, Spinjitzu is no longer used throught the rest of the season.

#### Dyer Island

Kai and Zane use Spinjitzu to deal with the robot dogs from the Dyer Mansion's security system.

#### Level Thirteen

Lloyd uses Spinjitzu to fight off the Kryptarium Prison inmates and the Mechanic while Cole finishes playing *Prime Empire.*

### Master of the Mountain

#### Shintaro

Jay used Spinjitzu to easily deal with the leaves at the front of the Monastery.

#### The Worst Rescue Ever

The ninja used Spinjitzu to knock down the Re-Awakened and their towers.

#### Queen of the Munce

Nya used Spinjitzu to kick Murtessa into the wall and wins the battle.

#### Trial By Mino

Kai and Zane try to use Spinjitzu against Mino, but get knocked off their feet quickly.

#### Dungeon Crawl!

Master Wu used Spinjitzu to send the lava back at the Lava Monster.

#### Masters Never Quit

Cole tries to do Spinjitzu Burst but is unable to. Because of this, he was limited to normal Spinjitzu.

#### The Darkest Hour

Lloyd, Jay, Kai, and Zane try to delay the arrival of the Skull Sorcerer, Grief-Bringer, and the Re-Awakened by using spinjitzu.

### The Island

#### The Keepers of the Amulet

The ninja use Spinjitzu against the Stone Guardians.

#### The Tooth of Wojira

When Jay is being sacrificed and the ninja are freed by Kai to help him, the ninja and Wu use Spinjitzu to battle the Keepers.

### Seabound

#### Escape from Merlopia

Nya and Lloyd use Spinjitzu to fight off the Maaray Guards.

#### Master of the Sea

Cole uses Spinjitzu to fight off the Maaray Guards.

#### The Turn of the Tide

Lloyd, Kai, Cole and Wu use Spinjitzu in combat against the Maaray Guards.

## Abilities

* **Energy tornado:** Spinjitzu grants the user the ability to create a tornado of energy and color around themselves while spinning. The user and element (if one is activated/being used) rotate rapidly, allowing quick perception and the ability to hit or spin enemies in the process. When slowed down, it is visible that these tornadoes are made of small elemental particles which, when sped up, form a Spinjitzu tornado. It's not necessary to have an element to use Spinjitzu.
	+ **Speed boost:** In regards to transportation, the Spinjitzu tornado can move horizontally across surfaces at a rapid pace. This speed does not seem to be affected by stairs or the surface of still bodies of water.
	+ **Aerial boost:** By propelling themselves upwards in a certain direction (using a jump or a running jump) and then doing Spinjitzu, the user can be carried through the air in that direction for a short time. This technique is most commonly used as a boost that can significantly increase the reach of a jump.
	+ **Excellent combat:** Spinjitzu is very effective bare-handed, as Garmadon was able to beat Samukai with just Spinjitzu.
	+ **Elemental combination:** Cole was able to create a trail of orange magma by combining his Spinjitzu with his Earth Punch.
	+ **Tornado vacuum:** Spinjitzu can be used to suck objects into the Spinjitzu vortex and then telepathically throw them with pinpoint accuracy.
	+ **Drilling/Tunnel Creation :** Spinjitzu can also move downward depending on the situation: the user can choose to drill a hole on the ground to, for example, make a quick escape. However, the surface has to be thin or weak enough for the drilling to work, like a boardwalk.
	+ **Throwing opponents:** The user is able to throw opponents outside of the Spinjitzu tornado after defeating them.
	+ **Quick clothes change:** The speed and the blocked viewing of the user acquired inside the tornado allows a fast and efficient clothing change if the clothes are available. This has been used by the ninja on several occasions to change from normal clothing into their ninja suits.
	+ **Verbal communication:** Verbal communication is possible while doing Spinjitzu, despite all motions being sped up. When Jay first learns the martial art, he talks with the other ninja while in his tornado. Zane was also able to tell the ninja about his solution to the first puzzle in the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master while still doing Spinjitzu.
	+ **Lack of vision impairment/Vision Impairment Immunity:** Despite the nature of the technique, the user's vision is never observed to be impaired when using Spinjitzu, as they always seem to know where they're going. When the viewpoint is changed to what Zane sees in Spinjitzu, it appears that he was able to see several feet around him as he spun, even with some streaks of color from the tornado.
	+ **Wielding the Golden Weapons:** The user is given the ability to wield the Golden Weapons properly.

## Limits

* **Lack of element/weapon:** Without a weapon or active elemental power, the user's Spinjitzu becomes less effective in defense and offense. The ninja demonstrated this throughout Season 2 when they lacked their Elemental Powers, but still had weapons by not relying on Spinjitzu as much. Misako (without an element or a weapon) and Wu (only a staff and a power that offered little offensive advantage) also lost a fight with the Stone Army, though that was likely more to do with the warriors outnumbering them and being invincible than ineffective Spinjitzu.
* **Fatigue:** Spinjitzu has a massive toll on the user, requiring much energy to sustain, with individuals like the ninja at peak physical capability only able to sustain a tornado for about fifteen seconds.
* **Limited mastery:** One of the things required to fully master Spinjitzu is to gain one's True Potential, unlocked once the person overcomes a personal problem that was preventing them from being at peace within themselves.

## Known users

* First Spinjitzu Master
	+ Wu
	+ Garmadon
		- Lloyd Garmadon
* Kai
* Jay
* Lilly
	+ Cole
* Zane
* Evil ninja
	+ Bizarro Cole
	+ Bizarro Jay
	+ Bizarro Kai
	+ Bizarro Zane
* Nya
* Misako
* The Overlord
* Yang
* Doubloon
* Aspheera
* Nineko
* Neido (non-canon)
* Nuckal (briefly, only with the Golden Weapons)
* Kruncha (briefly, only with the Golden Weapons)
* P.I.X.A.L. (briefly, only with Zane)

## Types of Spinjitzu

### Tornado of Creation

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The four ninja can use their Spinjitzu tornadoes to form the Tornado of Creation. By each ninja doing Spinjitzu in order (Earth, Fire, Ice, then Lightning), they make a quick spiraling movement, until the four tornadoes get close enough to come together. A large vortex is immediately formed that appears as a combination of the four main elements, known as the Tornado of Creation. Coming out of this tornado is also similar to its formation, with it quickly shrinking in size, followed by the reappearance of the four Spinjitzu tornadoes. The resulting creation also stands where the Tornado of Creation had been.

It can be used similarly to Creation but on a larger scale. The four users can pull materials and objects from around them and into the tornado. The result is any structure, tool, or object (of an abundance of different sizes and shapes) among an almost unlimited variety, bound only by the users' imagination.

Despite its advantages, however, there is one serious drawback: performing the Tornado of Creation is extremely hard and dangerous. It is said that it takes total cooperation, trust, and teamwork for it to be accomplished, or it will have disastrous consequences. Due to this costly risk, the Tornado of Creation is only used in the most desperate of times, if not, as a last resort.

### Other

* Creation - used by Wu and Lloyd
* Lightning - used by Jay
* Earth - used by Lilly and Cole
* Ice - used by Zane (and briefly with P.I.X.A.L.)
* Fire - used by Kai and Aspheera
* Destruction - used by Garmadon and Lloyd
* Energy - used by Lloyd Garmadon
* Silver Spinjitzu - used by Misako (element-less)
* Golden Power - used by Lloyd, the First Spinjitzu Master, and the Golden Master
* Water - used by Nya
* Gold Spinjitzu - used by Doubloon (element-less)
* Purple Spinjitzu - used by Aspheera (element-less)

### Non-canon

* Imagination - used by Neido (only in *LEGO Universe*)
* Serpent SpinTemplate:Cite - used by most Serpentine (only in comics and sets)Template:Clarify
* Maelstrom - a power similar to Spinjitzu that the Skulkin wield physically through the act of roughly spinning in a sloppy fashion (used in comics, sets, and *LEGO Universe*)

## Official description

*A technique based on balance and rotation in which you tap into your elemental energy while turning quickly. Developed by the First Spinjitzu Master long before time had a name, Spinjitzu is more than a martial art: it's also a way of living. Mastering it is a lifelong journey.*

## Trivia

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* Its name is a combination of "spin" and "ninjutsu," a martial art that real-life ninja use.
	+ The reason Spinjitzu is spelled this way and not as "Spinjutsu", as it should be, is that Tommy Andreasen thought it was spelled as "ninjitzu" and never checked it.
* Spinjitzu was used by at least one character in every episode up until "Enter the Digiverse." It began to be used a lot less frequently after this.
* Each of Ninjago's dragons are able to perform something similar to Spinjitzu when they cross between realms, as shown in "Weapons of Destiny" and "Lessons for a Master."
	+ Given that the First Spinjitzu Master is half-dragon, this makes sense. It's possible that Spinjitzu was inspired by this.
* Although the element of a user's Spinjitzu is always based on their natural elemental affinity, the *color* of the resulting tornado appears to also be influenced by the color of their outfit. For instance, Zane's Spinjitzu generated a pink tornado in "Can of Worms," after his white gi was turned pink after being washed with Kai's red gi. This leads to the conclusion that both attire and element contribute to the Spinjtizu's color (or possibly that it defaults to the elemental color, and only if the user's attire is entirely one color does it change).
	+ It is possible that when a user is dressed completely in one color, the elemental color and attire's color combine (Zane's white element and pink gi would create the pink Spinjitzu, and the other ninja have all justified the possibility throughout their uniform changes).
* Ever since giving half of his power source to P.I.X.A.L., Zane was unable to do Spinjitzu independently and needed P.I.X.A.L. until after his supposed death. After returning as the Titanium Ninja, he can once again do Spinjitzu.
* The evil ninja have slightly duller, grayish versions of the ninja's Spinjitzu colors.
* In "Return of the Overlord," a Dark Matter-infected Nya uses what appears to be a crimson Spinjitzu tornado when she first attacks the ninja. After the defeat of the Overlord, Nya was cured of the corruption from the Dark Matter.
	+ After becoming the Master of Water, her Spinjitzu's color has become dark blue (however, as of Season 8, her Spinjitzu tornado color has become light blue).
	+ Tommy Andreasen was not very involved in the production of "Day of the Departed," so when he watched the intended final version, he was "horrified" to see that Nya's Spinjitzu was red and called Peter Hausner to insist it be changed to the blue.
* Five known people who don't have Elemental Powers but use Spinjitzu are Misako, Master Yang, Doubloon, Aspheera, and Nineko.
	+ Misako learned Spinjitzu from Wu at some point before or during the Serpentine War.
	+ Yang learned Spinjitzu at some point and used it to develop Airjitzu. He has never used the original technique onscreen.
	+ Doubloon learned Spinjitzu at some point, long before he became a thief.
	+ Aspheera learned Spinjitzu from Wu when they were children.
	+ Nineko learned Spinjitzu from the First Spinjitzu Master and used it to develop Catjitzu.
* In a scene during "Day of the Departed," Cole's Spinjitzu has a ghostly green glow to it. This is the only time in the series that this is seen.
* The comic book series that begins with *The Challenge of Samukai* has some differences pertaining to Spinjitzu.
	+ Wu's Spinjitzu is gold in the show, but it's orange in the books.
	+ In the books, Spinjitzu enables the user to fly and also creates an updraft, while the TV counterpart only allows enhanced jumping. This idea may have been the forerunner of Airjitzu.
	+ In Season 3, **Spinjitzu** when the user has Golden Power is revealed to be colored gold. However, Golden Lloyd's Spinjitzu is colored green in *Destiny of Doom*.
	+ Spinjitzu is always full-body length in the show, but in the books, it mostly comes up to only the waist and only sometimes full-body length.
	+ Garmadon's Spinjitzu in *The Challenge of Samukai* (when he was young) is dark blue and his purified post-Season 2 self has silver Spinjitzu, while his Spinjitzu is purple all the time (excluding the opening sequence for Season 4) in the show.
* In the eighth to tenth seasons, each of the ninjas' Spinjitzu dramatically changed, having a more elemental redesign. Wu and Garmadon's tornadoes also changed, matching Lloyd's with the addition of their respective color-schemes, but lacking sparkles. The Spinjitzu animations returned to a less detailed style akin to earlier seasons in Season 11.
	+ Kai and Zane's Spinjitzu look more like a spinning sphere with parts that represent their elemental powers.
	+ Lloyd and Jay's Spinjitzu tornadoes look more detailed but less individualized than the other ninja, as they are a basic tornado of energy and lightning.
	+ Nya's Spinjitzu looks like a water cyclone, and it is now a light blue color.
	+ Cole's Spinjitzu has a more brownish color, and it has rocks circling around it.
* The ninja (as of Season 8) have their own individual warming up to it:
	+ Lloyd performing windmill arms.
	+ Zane does a spinning handstand.
	+ Kai does two turns in the air.
	+ Nya does a turn and then a back-flip.
	+ Jay turns only once.
	+ Cole hits the ground.
	+ Wu throws his hands to the sides, much like when he summoned his dragon.
* As of Season 8, whenever Cole uses Spinjitzu while his Earth Punch is active, his Spinjitzu will leave behind a trail of magma.
* When the ninja use Spinjitzu (as of Season 8), their tornadoes will leave behind their element, excluding Cole.
* The height of Spinjitzu varies. In the comic book series that begins with *The Challenge of Samukai*, it is mostly waist-length and occasionally full-body-length. In the show, it is always full-body-length. In the 2012 sets, it is waist-length, and in the 2019 sets, it is full-body-length.
	+ However, the 2012 sets were built so that the tornadoes resembled tops for play.
* Elemental Powers can be used while using Spinjitzu, and this is shown when Kai is able to melt floors and ice and when Zane froze Ultra Violet.
* *The Book of Spinjitzu* reveals that there is a dark side of Spinjitzu and that its secrets lie in the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu. It is a forbidden art that the First Spinjitzu Master didn't want Wu and Garmadon to know.
* According to *The Book of Spinjitzu*, all new martial arts can be traced back to Spinjitzu (including Airjitzu).
* Garmadon has done it the fewest times of the original main characters. The only episodes where he has performed Spinjitzu in the present are "The Royal Blacksmiths" and "Endings." However, he is also seen doing it in the past in "An Underworldly Takeover," "Spellbound," and "Lost in Time."
* Aspheera is the third main villain capable of performing Spinjitzu. She has a bright-purple tornado seen in "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them" and the flashback in "Never Trust a Human," but after she stole Kai's powers, her Spinjitzu became red.
* In "An Underworldly Takeover", Garmadon performs Spinjitzu, but he doesn't spin inside. Though this could be an error, Jay also did not spin much inside his tornado in "The Golden Weapon", so it's possible this was simply the way Spinjitzu was animated at the time.
* Garmadon's dull silver Spinjitzu is also seen in art for Season 4.
* According to Tommy Kalmar:
	+ Morro most likely did not know Spinjitzu, because "Spinjitzu is much more than just kicks, punches and tornadoes."
	+ Evidently, one must be trained by a Spinjitzu Master (Wu, Garmadon, or the First Spinjitzu Master) to learn Spinjitzu. However, this does not explain how Doubloon knows Spinjitzu.
		- According to Tommy Andreasen, Doubloon must have been taught by a master at some point.
* It appears Spinjitzu slows down time for the user, as the inside of Spinjitzu is almost always shown in slow motion (specifically in "The Golden Weapon," "The New Masters of Spinjitzu," "An Underworldly Takeover," and "The Invitation"). This would explain why Wu was able to put on the ninja's suits at record speed in "The Golden Weapon."
* When asked whether Spinjitzu could transform/generate clothing or the ninja simply quickly changed into their suits, Tommy Andreasen asked, "Can fans of fantasy enjoy fantasy without holding fantasy to the boring constraints of reality?" This indicates that there is not a specific in-universe explanation either way.
* Tommy Andreasen once wrote a crossover short for *Ninjago* and *Legends of Chima* that would have involved "Spinjitzu vs Chi" and "Chi powered Spinjitzu."
* Spinjitzu cannot be performed in space due to the lack of gravity.

## Gallery

### LEGO Spinjitzu Tornados

70659 Spinjitzu Kai Speed.pngKai's Spinjitzu Tornado70660 Spinjitzu Jay Speed.pngJay's Spinjitzu Tornado70661 Spinjitzu Zane Speed.pngZane's Spinjitzu Tornado70662 Spinjitzu Cole Speed.pngCole's Spinjitzu TornadoSpeedNya&Wu.pngNya and Wu's Spinjitzu Tornados70664 Spinjitzu Lloyd Vs. Garmadon Speed.pngLloyd and Garmadon's Spinjitzu Tornados
### Promotional media

Netflix Special-5.pngIn "Happy Birthday to You!"PilotEpisodes-0.jpgThe Tornado of Creation in the pilot episodes mural.KaiFireS10.gifJayLightning.gifZaneIce.gifEarthCole.gifNyaWater.gifEnergy.gifCreationS11.gifGoldHammer.gifGoldKusamagama.gif11Lloyd.gifSpinjitzuTeamUp.gifColeWithDeliveranceBlades.gifNyaValentine's.gifNya gif S13.gifWu lloyd fight.gifWu and Lloyd using Spinjitzu
### In *Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*

#### Types of Spinjitzu

Spinjitzulloyd.pngEnergy Spinjitzu Season 2-Season 7Season1FireSpin.pngFire Spinjitzu Pilot episodes-Season 7Nya Water Spinjitzu.jpgWater SpinjitzuSeason1Lightning.pngLightning Spinjitzu pilot episodes-Season 7Season1EarthSpin.pngEarth Spinjitzu Pilot Episode-Season 7Season1IceSpin.pngIce Spinjitzu pilot episodes-Season 7NyaSpinjitzu.pngNya's maroon and gold SpinjitzuGoldSpinjitzu.pngCreation Spinjitzu pilot episodes-Season 7GoldenPower.pngGolden Power SpinjitzuNinjago An Underworldly Takeover 56.pngDestruction Spinjitzu pilot episodes-Season 4Ninjago An Underworldly Takeover 57.pngNinjago An Underworldly Takeover 58.pngZanepinkspinjitzu.pngPink Ice SpinjitzuMisakospinjitzuredo.jpgMisako's silver SpinjitzuDoubloonGoldenSpinjitzu.pngDoubloon's golden SpinjitzuAspheera Spinjitzu.pngAspheera's purple SpinjitzuTornadoofCreation.pngThe ninjas' first performed Tornado of Creation1000px-Vs craglings ep.9.pngDestruction and Creation SpinjitzuBizarroSpin.pngEvil ninja's SpinjitzuSpinjitzuTheme.pngGarmadon's tannish-gray Spinjitzu and Nya's red Spinjitzu can briefly be seen in the Season 4 introS4IntroSpinjitzu.gifJaySpin.pngInside Jay's Lightning SpinjitzuNuckalSpin.pngInside Nuckal's Spinjitzu triggered by the Nunchucks of LightningNinjago An Underworldly Takeover 63.pngInside Garmadon's Destruction SpinjitzuLloydSpin.pngInside Lloyd's Energy SpinjitzuMoS52InTheSpin.pngInside Zane's Ice Spinjitzu

#### Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

MoS3FireIceSpin.pngMoS4Spin2.pngMoS5ClothSpin.pngMoS9ImANinja.gifCole changing into his ninja suit with Spinjitzu
#### Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

MoS14NinjaGo.gifThe ninja changing into armor with SpinjitzuLloydSpin15.pngAnotação 2020-07-28 093549.pngMoS19Spin.pngMoS20Spin.png85F9293F-8483-4529-93AC-0333FB441291.pngMoS22Spins.pngKai, Lloyd, and Zane doing SpinjitzuC908AE3B-AA59-45C0-A5DA-B2560E1135B7.pngScreenshot 2021-03-14 Netflix.pngthe ninja using spinjitzu to significintly increase the length of their jumpSpin up.pngthe ninja using spinjitzu to propel themselves upward and stick a wooden board to the end of their vortexes
#### Season 3: Rebooted

MoS27TeachersSpinjitzu.pngMoS27AllNinjasSpinjitzu.pngGiantSpinjitzuS3E8.pngThe Golden Master's giant Spinjitzu
#### Season 4: Tournament of Elements

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#### Season 5: Possession

MoS47Spin.png.pngMoS52StartSpin.pngMoS54AirSpin.pngMoS45EarthTry.png
#### Season 6: Skybound

MoS55FireSpin.pngSpinjitzuOffTheRoof.pngStrongElementalSpinjitzu.pngThe ninjas' Spinjitzu shortly after their elemental powers were dramatically strengthenedScreenshot 2020-08-04-16-18-18.pngScreenshot 2021-03-12 (4) Ninjago 10 Year Anniversary Special The Pirate Whip - The Fold Music - YouTube(1).pngScreenshot 2021-03-12 (4) Ninjago 10 Year Anniversary Special The Pirate Whip - The Fold Music - YouTube.png
#### Day of the Departed

WaterSpinjitzu.pngNya can be seen using her Water Spinjitzu on the rightDoDFireSpin.pngDoDGhostSpin.png
#### Season 7: The Hands of Time

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#### Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

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#### Season 10: March of the Oni

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#### Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

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S11 Spinjitzu.jpgScreenshotter--NEW111-9’57”.jpgScreenshotter--NEW111-10’03”.jpgScreen Shot 2019-06-15 at 11.52.00 AM.png362xi8.gifAspheera vs ninja spinjitzu duel.gifLaughy'sS11.pngDareth behind a cardboard Spinjitzu.
#### Season 12: Prime Empire

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#### Wu's Teas (non-canon)

MysteryDust.pngScreenshot 20200611-125440.jpgCapture d’écran 2019-10-05 à 2.30.32 PM.pngNya's Spinjitzu combined with colorful paint
### In *LEGO Universe*

LEGO-Universe-Gets-Ninjago-Themed-Zone-2.jpgImagination SpinjitzuSpinjitzuUniverse.pngThe four elemental Spinjitzu tornadoesFireUniverse.pngFire SpinjitzuIceUniverse.pngIce SpinjitzuLightningUniverse.pngLightning Spinjitzu
### In *LEGO Ninjago: Tournament*

FireSpinjitzuApp.pngFire SpinjitzuEarthSpinjitzuApp.pngEarth SpinjitzuIceSpinjitzuApp.pngIce SpinjitzuLightningSpinjitzuApp.pngLightning SpinjitzuEnergySpinjitzuApp.pngEnergy SpinjitzuGoldSpinjitzuApp.pngGolden Spinjitzu (also Creation)EvilSpinjitzuApp.pngCorrupted Spinjitzu (Destruction)
### In *Shadow of Ronin*

FireSpinjitzuSoR.pngFireEarthSpinjitzuSoR.pngEarthIceSpinjitzuSoR.pngIceLightningSpinjitzuSoR.pngLightningEntrySOR.jpegEnergy
### In *LEGO Dimensions*

ZaneSpinjitzuDimensions.jpgZaneCloseSpinjitzuDimensions.pngZane's Ice SpinjitzuJayCloseSpinjitzuDimensions.pngJay's Lightning SpinjitzuNyaSpinjitzuCloseDimensions.pngNya's SpinjitzuGoldenSpinjitzuCloseDimensions.pngLloyd's Golden Power SpinjitzuCreationSpinjitzuCloseDimensions.pngMaster Wu's Creation SpinjitzuFireSpinjitzuDimensionsClose.pngKai's Fire SpinjitzuColeSpinjitzuDimensions.pngCole's Earth Spinjitzu
### In other media

ZenStrikeCard.jpgNuckal appears to be doing Spinjitzu on Card 36 - Zen StrikeSwapYou.pngPythor appears to be doing Spinjitzu on Card 56 - Swap YouFlash'n'Burn.pngCard 73 - Flash'n'BurnLegoninjagospinning2.jpgCole doing Earth Spinjitzu and Wu in a silver tornado on an activity book cover1389627 761538777246177 815374373 n.jpgJay doing Spinjitzu in *Who is the Phantom Ninja?*Mother Earth page 5.jpgYoung Lilly doing Spinjitzu in an issue of the Ninjago Magazine
### Concept art

TommyAndreasenFirstSpinjitzu.jpgTommy Andreasen's first sketch of Spinjitzu from late 2009.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *The Book of Spinjitzu*
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/800382841167155200
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/838341629517959168
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/792850890646556672
5. ↑ "A Line in the Sand"
6. ↑ "Infamous"
7. ↑ "All of Nothing"
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Grave Danger"
9. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/802603545300058112
10. ↑ *Spinjitzu Brothers*
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1466843589753901058
12. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1357830976538353666
13. ↑ https://youtu.be/S3FqrPHYUmc?t=2336
14. ↑ https://twitter.com/Ninja\_Whip/status/1351642366818574336
15. ↑ https://twitter.com/Tommy\_kalmar/status/1306542209714524168
16. ↑ https://youtu.be/3mnXinRQ4Co?t=1193
17. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1426214820957786122
18. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/845001164185841665
19. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1365374249029029888
20. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789582419477270528
21. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789712142727520257
22. ↑ "The Void"

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