Do you know you need to take action – to do what needs to be done to move closer to your goals? I understand, because we’ve all had moments where life gets in the way and we end up feeling “stuck”. One of the most common things I hear from those feeling stuck in their

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e144 – KUDEN! – How to Have More Willpower

During tonight’s class we’re going to take another look at “flow” from a Nidan and above level as well some randori (‘free response’) training.  So, if you’re local and coming to tonight’s class, you will need your open-finger training gloves for part of what we’ll be working on.  (Distance students will only need gear of you’re actively working with

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01-24-2023 Nidan Flow & Randori

e’ll be looking at how to manifest nagare or ‘flow’ in your self-defense tactics, as we discussed during this past Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday.   If you didn’t catch it, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeHIlB6rUek

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01-20-2023 Nagare in 3 Forms

One of the core principles in Ninjutsu Self-Defense is Nagare, “flow.” But, rather than just the one way that most look at it, there are actually many – each giving you a way to gain a significant advantage and influence the outcome of a fight or survive an attack scenario.

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Nagare – 3 Ways to Have Better Flow

Have you ever though about a goal, about being a high level black belt, or spoke a truth and…had to hide the visceral effect…the feeling that you were lying to yourself or others. This feeling holds the key to something deep within us that must be uncovered if we’re to break free of the limitations

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e143 – KUDEN! – The Paradox of Success & Mastery!

Based on a few questions from one of my distance training students, as well as common mistakes I’m seeing in training… During tonight’s class we’ll be looking at a few techniques and a drill from the Mod 3 “fire” realm, to get a better understanding and “feel” with the principles and concepts being conveyed at

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01-17-2023 Module 3 Direct Committed Action

We’ll be looking at learning how to use the Ninja’s metsubushi (‘sight removing techniques’) to give yourself a greater advantage, as we discussed during this past Warrior’s Whiteboard Wednesday.   If you didn’t catch it, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/f_pZTijrF8Q

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01-13-2023 ‘Metsubushi’ Sight-Removing Techiniques

When we think about the art of the Ninja, we may think of the metsubushi blinding techniques, using the blinding powder from the Ninja’s arsenal. But, as with all things Ninjutsu, nothing is ever what it seems, and there is MUCH more hidden below the surface of what seems obvious. In this lesson, we’ll be

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Ninja Metsubushi ‘Blinding’ Techniques

During tonight’s class we’ll be looking at a few “basic” techniques, and what they would / could / should look like from higher rank/development levels.

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01-10-2023 ‘Basic’ Techniques at High Rank & Development Levels