Handgun Defense Psychology

Join me for this week’s free Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday training where we take a look at another aspect of real-world self-defense training. During this week’s episode, I’ll be

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e101 – KUDEN! – The Art of “Becoming”

In the Ninja’s life mastery reachings there exists the concept of karma-the law of cause and effect-and a teaching which not only demonstrates this Universal Law, but also

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“Zero-Point” Training for Street Self-Defense

This week we will look at using “zero-point” training for mastering techniques and “kata”, to the point where they are “street-ready” for the 21st century.

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e100 – KUDEN! – Equality in Training & Treatment?

Join us for our centennial episode of KUDEN Radio – the podcast for you – the serious martial artist, self-defense and personal development-minded practioner! During this episode I’ll

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e99 – KUDEN! – Why Ninjutsu for Me?

Like many students, I started my training in the martial arts by enrolling in a program that was close and convenient. But, based on my needs and focus,

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Kata vs Waza Training

During this week’s episode, I’ll be showing you what I think is an odd aspect of a lot of martial arts training that makes it almost seem like

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e98 – KUDEN! – Getting in Your Own Way

From the very beginning of my training and over the course of several years, I had to come to grips with the fact that, very often, I was

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Blocking

During this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday lesson we’ll be looking at what most people call “blocking.” We’ll go beyond this over-simplified, and misleading, term to look at 3 Forms

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e97 – KUDEN! – Ninja Success Secrets

The sheer number of lessons and skill sets passed by my teacher, Soke Hatsumi, but overlooked by the majority of students these days are staggering to say the

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e96 – KUDEN! – 3 Aspects of Your Techniques

With everything this art has to offer, it has never ceased to amaze me how willing most people are to focus on so little of it. During this

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