The Warrior Path is an amazing journey. Can you remember that moment when you knew you were in for keeps, intensely committed to the path for whatever number of years it would take? You saw the martial arts as a part of who you are. Your motivations for training were far deeper and more intensely […]
To-Shin Do taijutsu is ultimately about principles as opposed to techniques. Oh, sure, we start students out memorizing things, as opposed to considering things. But that is just an expedient to match their beginner expectations. Normal people expect they will be taught how to move faster, be stronger, and to know something that others do […]
Interested in running your own affiliate school? Are you emotionally attached to teaching your hobby – what you like to do as a martial artist? Or are you running a business, earning a dignified living teaching effective martial arts for the most benefit to the largest number of your community members? What is the purpose […]
Since To-Shin Do is a realistic approach to street and field violence, we have to take into consideration a lot more than sport martial artists do. In a competitive ring, you know why the other guy is there. He and you have agreed to a contest of fighting skills. All you need to do is […]
When I first left for Japan in search of the ninja 40 years ago, it was by no means a happy or triumphant thing. I had a small karate school, and I was not happy with where American karate was headed. It was the early 1970s, and big hair, gold chains, monstrous egos, and cocaine […]
Winning a fighting contest is such a different result than returning home healthy and happy each day. And yet many martial artists confuse this reality, talking on one hand about self-defense, but then on the other hand being drawn into a contest when someone makes a challenge. Our training works on a “continuum” model — […]
An-shu Hayes demonstrates Ro-To and Fu-Do katas at his annual Ninja Festival.
An-shu Hayes demonstrates fundamentals with the classical spear weapon.
An-shu Hayes demonstrates Earth concepts from Shinden Fudo Ryu.
An-shu Hayes demonstrates various Ganseki Nage interpretations at his annual Ninja Festival.
An-shu Hayes demonstrates Kai Soku kata.
An-shu Hayes demonstrates Gyokko Ryu Kosshijutsu Kou-Ryaku kata.
An-shu Hayes describes the Ketsu Myaku choke and defense.
An-shu Hayes details the Ko-Yoku kata from the To-Shin Do curriculum.
An-shu Hayes demonstrates Kasumi Otoshi at Mountain Quest in North Carolina.
