Is Hwa Rang Do currently like a korean version of ninjutsu?

I know the Sulsa warriors practiced Hwa Rang Do. And that theses were like a korean version of ninjas.|||I saw Hwa Rang Do once at a tournament, it was pretty cool. The two arts have a lot in common, but do a google search to get more information, there are some arguments about sulsa warriors.|||Here is a excellent excerpt from a history written by one of the Masters in Kuk Sool outlining where Hwarang Do came from and what they are.





KOONG JOONG MUSOOL: Korean Royal Palace Martial Arts


Although martial arts systems and techniques developed in each of the three historical Korean kingdoms – Silla, Paekche and Koguryo, it is the kingdom of Silla and its organization of nobles known as the Hwarang (“Flowering Youth”) that have most influenced the Korean martial culture. Precursors to the Japanese samurai, the closest western equivalent to these nearly-legendary Korean warriors would be the Arthurian “Knights of the Round Table” – highly skilled in both fighting and literary arts, these Hwarang warriors held to a strict code of ethics (known as the “Hwarang-Do Oh-Gae”) and practiced a high level of moral virtue. This was due primarily to the influence of the Buddhist monk, Won Kwong Bopsa, who was instrumental in the creation of this group.





The weapons and techniques of Koong Joong Musool reflect the utility of lessons learned on the field of battle (Korea has been invaded over 1,000 times in its long history), as well as conventions of the royal court itself.





From the battlefield comes a wide variety of weapons and empty hand skills – sword techniques of many types, spear techniques, striking and grappling techniques of a high and deadly quality. From the influence of the royal court, we derive techniques such as poh bohk sool (rope techniques) and boo chae sool (techniques using a folding bamboo fan) which were developed to subdue and control attackers within the royal palace where the shedding of blood was forbidden, as well as the techniques of ssahng dan guhm (double short swords) which were a favored technique of the female bodyguards of the ladies of the court because of the ease that these deadly weapons might be concealed in the folds of their garments.





Because of the influence of both tribal and Buddhist martial arts on the arts of the royal palace, there is necessarily some overlap in technique – although the techniques of Koong Joong Musool proper were jealously guarded by the royal family for their esoteric qualities and high degree of effectiveness.