Newbury Park Martial Arts Center

Here’s a short section of a great book entitled “The Essence of Ninjutsu” by Masaaki Hatsumi, 34th Soke of the Togakure Ryu. I think this is applicable to all of us. I believe that Ninpo, the highest order of Ninjutsu, should be offered to the world as a guiding influence for all martial artist. The [...]

Selecting a martial arts school can be easy if you follow a few simple steps: 1.  Check the internet and note schools in your town- is the web site current and  up beat? Is the web site pleasing to the eye and informative? This may be an indication of future instruction. 2. Phone the schools [...]

Newbury Park Martial Arts Center is pround to be a drop off center for the Toys forTots program sponsered byt the US Marine Corp. Please bring unrwapped toys to the dojo.   As a thank you to each individual that donates to this worthy causes, NPMAC will provide a gift certificate upon drop off. Simply see [...]

Newbury Park Martial Arts Center gives back to the community this season through Holiday Stocking for the Troops   Newbury Park Martial Arts Center, a fixture in Conejo Valley for nearly ten years, stands by it’s martial arts code of making the community a better place by sponsoring b Project Holiday Stocking this November and December. [...]

Have you ever been in class and felt like you were living in Ground Hog’s day. “Didn’t I just spend a week to this kata” “Gosh, I seem to have been a blue belt for ages” Sound familiar. It can happen to all of us. Students spend approximately 3 months at each belt level and [...]

An oldy but a goody!! Sometimes we all need a reference point in our training. How should I look? How should I move? What should I be feeling?. Our curriculum is designed to allow students to fully internalize the material. During your training, you will experience the realm material many times. When you first go [...]

At NPMAC our 14 point Code for Ethical action is designed to allow exploration and development towards becoming a Tatsujin-A filly Actualized Individual Positive thinking makes up a big part of this. Some notable anonymous statements of positive thinking Don’t dwell on what happens to you in life, use what happens to empower yourself. To go [...]

by Masaaki Hatsumi  34th Soke of the Togakure Ryu I believe that Ninpo, the highest order of Ninjutsu, should be offered to the world as a guiding influence for all martial artist. The physical and spiritual survival methods eventually immortalized by Japan’s ninja were in fact one of the sources of Japanese martial arts. Without [...]

I am reminded of a time when my movement just wasn’t quite right.    I was working out at the dojo, trying to drop back into a deep ichimonji posture, every time I shifted back,  I would feel tension in my body and a jerkiness that simply made the movement look completely mechanical.  This was not [...]

I had a wonderful conversation with parents at the dojo last night; we spoke about the difference in To-Shin Do Ninjutsu personal development and other dojo/academy/studio’s programs. Many times in most martial arts and karate schools, the kids train, yet at the end of class they are admonished NOT to use their skills. Our program is [...]