e170 – KUDEN! – Fighting vs Self-Defense Mentality

If you read the comments left on self-defense videos, whether they’re on mind or anyone else’s material, where self-protection is the focus…you notice a HUGE, gaping, glaring discrepancy…

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E169 – KUDEN! – Best Decisions vs Convenient Choices?

In this episode, we’ll be breaking down the differences in the quality of our choices, with both our day-to-day goals and responsibilities as-well-as with those pertaining to our

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E168 – KUDEN! – 4 Factors of Enlightened Training

One of the first things that I was taught by my teacher is that for a Ninja, anything which could be used to create the results that he

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E167 – KUDEN! – What Are the Basics?

A consistent and, yes, proper lesson heard by students again and again is about the importance of basics. This goes beyond the initial lesson heard by beginning students,

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E166 – KUDEN! – Another Blade Avoidance Test?

One of the most talked about aspects of Bujinkan Ninjutsu training is the taking and passing of the sakki – blade avoidance test – for Godan, 5th degree

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E165 – KUDEN! – GANBATTE & “Keep Going!”

One of the most common phrases, next to the word: “play!”, that any student of the Bujinkan Ninjutsu and Budo-Taijutsu (yes, there is a difference!) has heard from

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E164 – KUDEN! – Confidence vs Arrogance (…?)

Have you ever had self-confidence called into question? Have you ever made a comfortable decision about something, demonstrate something that someone needed to learn, or expressed yourself from

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E163 – KUDEN! – Your Goal is Your Limitation

Students, practioners, and those interested in Ninjutsu, the Ninja’s martial and personal development arts, are encouraged to develop success far beyond the dojo and their fighting and self-defense

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e162 – KUDEN! – Becoming Invisible to Attackers!

One of the earliest lessons I received, and one of the most important things that attracted me to the art of Ninjutsu, was the skill of ‘invisibility’. Of

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e161 – KUDEN! – Mastering the Process of Nature & Success!

Is there a process that underpins the seeming chaos of the world and everyday life? And, if there is, can it be understood, harnessed, and used to achieve

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