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 [...]
Welcome to the 21 Day meditation challenge as we pay attention to sound today! Today, settle in to your meditative posture; back straight, neck long and belly breathing. Feel yourself come into the calm and inner quiet that is your personal time to connect. Close your eyes and focus your attention on the sounds around [...]
#Alwaystrainingteam. A friend told me today about a situation that she wasn’t quite happy about. Upon deeper discussion, she realized she had simply not gathered enough information and simply needed to change her perception. That was a good training moment for me – has that ever happened to you where your perception controlled your outcome [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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