When Stephen K. Hayes asked Dr. Hatsumi many years ago what ninjutsu was all about, Soke Hatsumi answered “katsu tame ni” roughly translated as “the art of winning”. From our western perspective this could sound like competition but its more about being successful in your life.

We often ask students what success means to them. One of our friends, Johan D’hondt, who runs To-Shin Do training in Belgium, recently answered this question in an article. I was so impressed with his answer that I wanted to share it with you.

Click here to read the article.