Learn Ninjutsu - Is Solo Training Right For You? Or Are "You" Right For This Path to Training?

Even if there is a lot of evidence that this path tostudent of the greatest self-protection and
training - the path of the lone student who haspersonal development system ever created by
only minimal contact with his or her teacher - is aman...
proven and perfectly viable vehicle for attaining 
mastery in the Ninja's martial art, there is still the 
question as to whether or not......here is a brief personal assessment.
  
  
...it's right for YOU. 
 - 1) Are you self-motivated and goal-oriented, or
 do you have to be reminded, pushed, or baited
Contrary to popular belief, solo training is not thewith the promise of a reward before you do
same thing as being "self-taught."something?
 - 2) Do you work through challenges - finding the
 way to get the results you need - or do you hide
You can teach yourself to fight - in fact, I'll sharebehind excuses for not making progress?
a simple method for doing this later in this chapter.- 3) Are you committed and a person of your
However, this is not the same thing as teachingword, or do you get easily distracted,
yourself the scientifically developed skills,side-tracked, and change directions often?
strategies, tactics, and "ways of thinking" of- 4) Do you take responsibility for your own
ancient warriors who were absolutely nothing likeactions, decisions, successes, AND failures, or are
the conventional martial arts fighters you seeyou quick to blame other people, events, or
today.circumstances? Do you shoulder the responsibility
 for results, or do you only accept responsibility if
 things are going well - "passing the buck,"
Most people believe that, to be a Ninja, all youso-to-speak, when they're not?
have to do is mix together the techniques of- 5) Do you focus on positive, healthy,
several different martial arts - throw in a sword,relationships, or do you stand around with others
some throwing stars, and a not-so-easy-to-hide-inengaging in aimless, negative, and time-wasting
black outfit, and, voila!...You're a Ninja!gossip?
 - 6) Do you want to become a master warrior
 for what you'll be able to do FOR others, or
Sorry.because of what you'll be able to do TO others?
 - 7) Do you see yourself as a survivor, a creator
 or your own destiny, or as a victim of forces
Just isn't so.that you cannot do anything about?
 Do you see a common theme here? To step
 onto the Path that leads to mastery of the ninja's
The truth is that, if you don't understand thearts - ultimately to self mastery - requires a
perspective, the very foundational ideas,special kind of person from the outset.
concepts, and principles that this art was born 
from, there is no way that you can make it up, 
simply because you "think" you know what's goingI'm not going to convince you that I fulfilled all of
on!the positive qualities on this assessment when I
 first started. But, I can tell you this...
  
That would be like traveling to a foreign country 
where you don't know the language, customs, orTraining in Ninjutsu, by it's very nature, will require
subtleties of communication and think you're goingyou to do more, endure more, and face more
to be effective and successful "guessing" yourthings than you can imagine right now. And, you
way around. You may get lucky every now andwill have plenty of opportunities to change your
again. But, you're never going to have themind, quit, and tell whatever story that you want
success rate, power, or effectiveness that theto justify your actions after the fact.
ninja were, and still are, famous for. 
  
 But, if you want to become all that I implied in the
In other articles, I talk about the benefits of soloassessment, and more, then you will find at the
training and how this method of training can giveend of the day, that all of the hard work,
you the freedom to explore much more than yousacrifice, study, and pain was but a glimmer in the
might be able to within the confines and structureoverall scheme of things.
of the dojo. But, in others I also shed some lightAnd, the skills, abilities, and powers that you come
on the pitfalls and limitations of it.away with will make any other endeavor pale by
 comparison. Because, even if you fall short of
 ultimate mastery, you will still have done more,
Just as there are valuable rewards to be gainedattained more, and become something far greater
during the course of being a solo student, therethan most people can ever dream of. You will still
are also many traps and dangers - both physicalhave become a master in your own right!
and personal - that await the student who is not 
mindful, responsible, and focused on results. Are you serious about mastering the art of
 ninjutsu - about having the power, confidence, and
 control to handle any attacker - any situation?
To help you to determine if you have the 
necessary character traits of someone who willRead my newest ninja training book, "Becoming
do well, not just as a solo-student but, as aThe Master.