Hi Friends,

As you can see I have just provided the first of many new downloads in the box to the left.

This is my free gift to you. This is a concise download of insights that I have gleamed from over 40 years of training with many great Grandmasters that I have had the good fortune to train with and to have received high master level certification from several of them. From this knowledge I have even brought many students to master level myself. Enjoy this brief report on some master keys to becoming a better martial artist.

I highly suggest that you go get it right away. Most of the free downloads will be in the Ninja Vault that is being transformed in the background to include Online Ninjutsu complete BlackBelt audio, video and manual Teachings. Plus much, much more with several membership levels. More on that in another post.

Here are a few excerpts from the “How to become a Better Martial Artist” – Part 1

Know why you are training-

Know what the training is giving you and never lose sight of it. It is a most valuable asset and other people, not understanding its value, will try to take it from you. And above all else “Know Yourself”.

Martial Arts are a way to perfect yourself -

A master looks for those students who want to study the way (Do in Japanese, Dao/Tao in China) of his art and not just the techniques of the art. He knows that the journey is the destination. The inner lessons perfect the outer lessons and the outer lessons perfect the inner lessons. Strengthen the body and you strengthen the mind. Strengthen the mind and you strengthen the body. It must get right on the inside before it gets right on the outside and true Budo is a way of living.

There are at least one dozen more of these waiting for you…. in Part 1.

Happy training,

Richard Van Donk, Shidoshi