This week we explore the concepts of knowledge: the how and the why. To-Shin Do gives physical, easy to learn examples of why an attack may happen and how to deal with this negative situation. The more we study, the more we understand the principles and the truths that guide us. We need both halves [...]

                        Understand the process of understanding  This month we will explore the idea of how to gain knowledge, or “learn to teach/ teach to learn”. As warriors, we are on a quest for knowledge. With time we add experience. Knowledge plus experience give us wisdom. Every time we take a class at NPMAC, you discover [...]

Dear NPMAC Staff, I’m not sure if my dad has mentioned it but I moved out here to NY to take a new job at Standard & Poors. I thought you might like to know that it is very possible that I got the job, at least in part, because of martial arts. After 2 [...]

I was recently honored with a Coach of the Year award by the youth soccer organization for which I volunteer (AYSO), and I believe that I owe at least part of the award to my training, and trainers, at NPMAC. NPMAC helped me develop several of the tools that I used to be a successful [...]

Do you own a business? Do you wish you could keep your customers longer- have them visit your place of business more often? Do you want more referrals? If the answer to any of the above is a resounding yes, then take a lesson from our martial arts customer service. Start with making your customers [...]

As a Count Me In Pitch Winner, I personally thank Nell Merlino for inspiring business owners to maximize their potential and believe in themselves. This model for owning a successful business matches our To-Shin Do model for powerful living. Newbury Park Martial Arts Center is honored to have participated in the Count Me In training, [...]

In martial arts, we teach self control as one of the first lessons. We do this in several ways, since people learn with various styles. Self control means to stop and think through the consequences of your actions, then chose the most positive course of action. Even stopping and seeing the bigger picture for the [...]

Newbury Park Martial Arts Center staff is proud to carry on continuing education in To-Shin Do Taijutsu Martial Arts and meditation. When looking for a martial arts center in which to train, please make sure the staff is actively training and broadening their skills. Teachers not training can get stale- both in knowledge and in [...]

There are five stages to a self defense conflict situation. Starting “in the middle of the conflict” by addressing  the grab or punch as the first moment of attack- is starting too late. Learn how knowing the five stages of self defense will make you more aware:   Discern: Observe what is going on. When [...]

Our martial art and personal development meditation training at Newbury Park Martial Arts Center draws on the age old mind body connection from deep in the Himalayas. This training is made to help you release your limitations; ditch your hang ups; rid yourself of unnecessary luggage that does not serve you. Life lessons are provided at each [...]