Newbury Park Martial Arts Center

What To Shin Do Means to Me In our school we are taught elements of structure, angles, connectivity, evasive mobility and fitting in spaces. We are taught to use attitudes and breath patterns to pair with each element.  No doubt this is an authentic real martial art not to be mistaken for a partial art [...]

Day 14 of our 21 day meditation- think about this: From His Holiness The Dalai Lama: Always choose quality over quantity. This rule applies to every life situation. In a monastary, it is better to have fewer monks but monks who are genuine. In school, the main thing is to not have a large number [...]

Welcome to your #21 Day meditation, day 5! We are glad you are here! Today we explore an insight meditation- looking within for the answers we seek. Start planted, rooted, grounded. Settle in physically and take care of yourself- just for the few moments. Allow yourself to find a tall posture with the spine, relax [...]

#21 Day Meditation Challenge Today during our 21 day meditation challenge we focus on a presence meditation- and becoming aware of the “observer”.   Find a comfortable place to sit straight and tall. Focus your energy low, below your belly and breathe with a four part breath..breathe in, hold; exhale, hold. Enjoy this process.   [...]

Sometimes Ninja wear red. Check out this article on our teacher, Stephen K. Hayes, featuring his dojo in Dayton, Ohio. Newbury Park Martial Arts Center is proud and honored to be part of the To-Shin Do tradition. Enjoy the read! http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/bellbrook-man-and-trained-ninja-owns-martial-arts-/nWJM9/

The Legacy Continues with Stephen K. Hayes To-Shin Do at Newbury Park Martial Arts Center…enjoy this quick video and check out npmac.com/events. Join us for Stephen and Rumiko Hayes– April and November 2013  at Newbury Park Martial Arts Center

Why aren’t more women training in the martial arts? SR Staley (www.srstaley.com) convened a roundtable discussion with six highly experienced female martial artists in October 2012 to discuss the role of women in martial arts as part of a broader discussion on violence, self-defense, and martial arts. Brief bios of the participants are included at [...]

What significant meaning does To-Shin Do have for me? As with many other students before and most likely many after me, To-Shin Do may only mean that if they attain their Black Belt it will represent the reward and or physical manifestation for others to aspire too as an example that through the culmination of [...]

Inspired by exploring the Heart Sutra meditation–Personal Development offering for today: Take 15 minutes to sit and breathe, and bring awareness to your heart center. You may feel your heart beat become stronger. Good! Let that strength guide you to recognize what you are thankful for- what you are enthusiastic about. Then, imagine that thankfulness, [...]

Becoming Strong, Capable and Peaceful I am re-posting a piece from my teacher, Stephen K. Hayes, about the personal growth opportunity for martial artists and the ability to genuinely provide a path to enlightenment. http://stephenkhayes.com/2011/12/15/martial-arts-teaching-for-the-future/  This topic is near and dear to my heart, not only as a martial artist for over two decades, but [...]