Newbury Park Martial Arts Center

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 [...]

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 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. [...]

In the last few years I have been travelling to Eastern Europe in the summer to participate in English camps for the youth. Though we provide them with a bit of informal English education, our main goal has always been to build relationships and be a positive role-model for the youth. I have made a [...]

Did you know that the #1 killer here in the U.S. is heart disease-not cancer,diabetes or even auto accidents, just plain clogging of the arteries. Lack of exercise and a diet of high in saturated fat foods is the reason Americans do not live longer. Most people take their health for granted until some life [...]

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 [...]

When training at the dojo everything matters.  We wear dogi’s for both comfort and practicality.  Equally important is what we wear on our feet.  To really improve balance and gain a sense of connection to the ground, there is nothing better than traditional Tabi boots.  An-shu Stephen K. Hayes offers the following information on the selection of the [...]

This is from a Nike ad two decades ago. Still fabulous for Warriors at Newbury Park Martial Arts Center: 94 year old swimmers. 89 year old weightlifters. 99 year old marathoners. The back of Sports Illustrated is full of them. People who forgot to retire. And never got old. People who realized: It’s easier to [...]