Newbury Park Martial Arts Center

Everyone gets into habits now and then that can be called “ruts”- same place, same thing- and the feeling of stagnation. To-Shin Do Ninja Martial Arts has age old advice that will help the modern individual better manage stress and move forward to create new possibilities. Recognize: be honest with yourself; are you in a [...]

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 [...]

Being laid up with a back injury for the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to watch some television. With the shows come commercials, and this being the Mid-Term Election time many of the commercials are to persuade us how to vote. Not going into any political views or what’s right or wrong, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

While teaching a kids class last week, I posed the question “what could you promise to do”.  I got the usual plethora of answers “Clean my room”  “Help with the dishes” “study hard” etc.  One kid offers another standard “I promise not to lie”.  There was one student though, who had not answered, so I called on him.  [...]