A Ninja Response to Chris Brogan’s Pirates
I of course couldn’t let the pirates win out over at Chris Brogan’s blog, so without further ado, a followup commentary on the beauty of pirate ships: one shot.
The ninja clans of old were fundamentally a mix of esoteric practitioners of mind sciences mixed with samurai who were on [...]

Choking in clarity
Friday nights at the Boston Martial Arts Center are always interesting. It’s the night that black belts get to train and focus on material relevant to them (one of the few nights/evenings exclusively dedicated to advanced training).
This past Friday, we were looking at various choke techniques to put someone’s lights out if need [...]

11 years on the path, still going
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity and privilege to attend New England Warrior Camp (NEWC) 2008, the 11th year of the event. For those not involved in the martial arts, NEWC is a 3 day, 2 night seminar that gets together practitioners of the Bujinkan ninjutsu family for [...]

What is visionary? What is vision?
Stephen K. Hayes posted an interesting challenge to me for my blog.
“I would enjoy seeing your take on “visionary” and why you feel that the term is used so frequently by others to describe your work.”
To me, vision is being able to see where you’re going, to see what’s up [...]

What Martial Arts Can Teach Us About Improving Presentations
One of the keys to being successful in the martial arts is taking good notes, storing away information. In ninjutsu, a secondary key is taking good notes in such a way that your notes are useful only to you. If someone borrows, copies, or steals your notes, [...]

The martial art that I practice places an incredible amount of emphasis on the basics of the art. Basic footwork patterns, basic abilities to hit, grapple, throw, and otherwise put the kibosh on someone trying to hurt you.
One of the things that every senior instructor at my dojo, the Boston Martial Arts Center, constantly emphasizes [...]

Hat tip to Stephen K. Hayes for this gem from Japan.

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Ninja Power Move - How Your iPod Can Protect Your Mind
I want to share something with you that might be helpful for protecting you from the worst negative influences in your life - the ones that originate in your own head. See, in ninjutsu, there’s a mental framework we use to describe four classes of [...]

Manessa, Ninjutsu, and MySpace
In December 2007, I had the privilege and honor of being invited to participate in a search effort for Manessa Donovan, a 15 year old niece of Christopher Wilson, the host of Answers for Freelancers. Manessa went missing just before Thanksgiving, and regular search efforts were not generating results. Chris reached out [...]

Theme for 2008: Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu
One of the really nice things about the martial art I practice is that each year has a theme, an area of focus that helps practitioners zoom in on a particular way of thinking and set of strategies. This past year, 2007, was the year of Kukishinden Ryu, or the [...]