Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-30168130-20161009021213/@comment-1872728-20161009212130

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: so sage mode, sage transformation, and such are derived from senjutsu. Yeah, what UltimaDude said. Sage Mode, Sage Transformation, and Curse Mark Transformation are technically not a "jutsu", but more like a state, the state of being a sage. If one becomes a sage, they use senjutsu. In comparison, if one becomes a ninja, they use ninjutsu.