If you’ve been around in the martial arts and self-defense realms for any significant length of time, then you’re sure to have run into several different personality-types, both in the form of well meaning students, “outsider” naysayers (you know, the “that doesn’t work” crowd) – those who are willing to even get verbally or physically

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e183 – KUDEN! – Healthy Doubt vs Douchey Disrespect?

In the Ninja’s Mikkyo esoteric ‘mind science’ study, there are are more than a few symbols used to convey everything from energies, to actualized human potentials, to processes and interactions between these things. Some of these can seem fairly obvious, or at least easily grasped when you learn about them, others have meanings far beyond

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e182 – Elephant-Herding and…Success?

If you’ve been studying, or at least interested in the full system of self-protection and life-mastery known an Ninjutsu (and not like those merely focused on the unarmed combat with some weapons thrown in and calling it ‘Ninjutsu’, then you’ve most likely heard of the Ninja’s power and success principle known as SANMITSU – ‘the

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E181 – KUDEN! – Why the Ninja’s Sanmitsu Doesn’t Work!

If we’re serious about training to be as prepared as possible for the worst and most unthinkable situations, we need to be very clear about both what that situation could be like – what will be going on inside what I call “the bubble” – and – what we’ll need to do within the context

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e180 – KUDEN! – Kata, Self-Defense & the Battlefield!

One of the concepts that anyone who’s been around the art of Ninjutsu for any significant length of time has heard of is that of fudo-shin (‘Immoveable heart’), which itself is also embodied by the character, Fudo-Myo ‘Immoveable Light King/Queen’, in the Ninja’s Mikkyo esoteric mind-science study of enlightened potential. Any one of the hardest

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e179 – KUDEN! – Fudo-Myo: Knowing When to Roar!

One of the most common success and personal development tools taught by self-help “gurus” and used by many of those trying to create positive change, is that of positive affirmations – Using the power of speech to manifest change. But many find that these statements, supposedly having the power to change your ability to produce

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e178 – KUDEN! – Controlling the Power of Self-Talk!

One of the most recognizable images when it comes to the Ninja warriors of ancient Japan is their shinobi shozoku – the so-called ‘ninja uniform’. And one of the biggest misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounds, not just the parts of it, but it’s color…the color black! Most believe that this is because of stealth. And like many

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e177 – KUDEN! – Why Ninja Wear Black (Not Stealth!)

In the ancient scrolls and texts that have been passed down to us by our warrior and spiritual ancestors, there are secrets to accomplishing things that seem impossible to most. Unfortunately, many also seem to be so “simple” that one can easily roll his or her eyes at them and keep on doing what they’re

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e176 – KUDEN! – The Secret to Winning Every Fight!

In this episode, we’ll be taking a look at something that not only turns off those who could be potential and beneficial connections for us, as-well-as lowering us on the “food-chain” in the world of real-warriors; but serves to further diminish our influence over our lives and our ability to actually attain the goals, power,

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e175 – KUDEN! – Avoiding “Yappy-Dog” Syndrome