One of my friends was asking me about karate schools in his area for his child. He had spoken to a number of schools but wanted to get my opinion. He knew I did martial arts for many years but not what I did so he asked. When I told him his honest response was, “What’s the difference?”

I told him that ninjutsu and To-Shin Do are not about muscle and memorization, they’re about magic. Ninjutsu is unique in the martial arts because it is about understanding the principles of nature and how to use them to be safe, that’s magic. This art is not about sports, competition or collecting belts its about survival, self defense and living a happy life.

I told him it could take forty years to see everything in this art but how that’s what has kept me training for so long. There’s always more to learn. He said that is very different from the others he had spoken to. Now he wants to train too.