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    My Ninjas: Choosing A Martial Arts School
    My Ninjas: Choosing A Martial Arts School
    My Ninjas: Choosing A Martial Arts School
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    My Ninjas: Choosing A Martial Arts School

    By Nick Roberts

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    Many people dream about learning martial arts. When they finally take the plunge, they often jump in blindly, unable to articulate exactly what they hope to get from their training. This book helps students clarify their own training goals while providing objective ways to evaluate schools and questions for potential teachers.

    My Ninjas: Choosing a Martial Arts School touches briefly on every major aspect of martial arts training and asks the reader to consider how the differences between school philosophies compare to the reader's own preferences. The book provides a framework for improving the alignment of students and schools. By making better school choices, students will be happier with their training.

    Another goal of the book is to set realistic expectations for students. Martial arts are too frequently covered in a veil of mystery that exacerbates unrealistic expectations. All major myths are confronted directly and contrasted with practical advice that will help to ensure a student trains with a better understanding of the contexts in which their training can be meaningfully applied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNick Roberts
    Release dateMay 17, 2011
    ISBN9781458036322
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      My Ninjas - Nick Roberts

      My Ninjas: Choosing a Martial Arts School

      Nick Roberts

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Nick Roberts

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Matching Expectations

      Benefits of Martial Arts

      Style

      Enlightenment

      Lineage

      Ranking System

      Honoring Tradition

      Teaching Culture

      Schedule

      Location

      Commitment

      Understanding What You're Getting

      Sparring

      Learning Abroad

      Internet/DVD Sifu

      Competitions

      Common Challenges

      Weapons Training

      Tuition

      Spread The Word!

      Acknowledgements

      About The Author

      Preface

      I would like to thank Sifu Michael Dasargo of Immortal Fitness Martial Arts in San Diego California. I am absolutely sure I could not have found a better teacher. I will be forever grateful for finding a world-class fighter, a world-class martial arts scholar, a world-class teacher, an awesome fitness coach, and a fantastic friend, all rolled into a single human being. I can recommend him unequivocally as THE person to learn from if you're interested in fighting. I'll be honest and say that almost everything in this book is a reflection of some tidbit of wisdom he passed along. At the same time, I take credit for any mistakes. Sifu Dasargo was not directly involved in the production of this book.

      Something you'll no-doubt discover during your martial arts journey is that the arts provide limitless material to study. In such situations, it's best to have guides that can distill the most important information for you so that you can learn in the most efficient manner. In the back of this book (Acknowledgements section), I have listed some of the other teachers and schools that have guided my path. I hope you'll take the time to check them out.

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      Introduction

      You're interested in martial arts! Good for you! It is wise because it's one of the few pursuits in life where you improve with age and will have numerous lifelong benefits.

      The purpose of this book is to help you look within and help you understand your own motivations for pursuing martial arts. Hopefully along the way we'll dispel some common myths and help to lay a good mental foundation that includes reasonable expectations. Empowered with this foundation, you'll be able to find a school that matches your needs and desires to ensure your success in the arts!

      This book is targeted at potential martial artists as well as students who may be seeking more than their current school provides. The idea is to provide objective ways to evaluate your desires and potential schools to see how well they match. The experience you'll encounter at various martial arts schools varies wildly. Objective, helpful information is hard to find. This book should help you to wade through the mess.

      This book is also targeted at martial arts instructors. I lightly touch on the philosophy of martial arts. My hope is that this book will help schools and instructors to better understand their own identities and their own niche in the martial arts world. Hopefully when a student comes along that is clearly not a match for your school, you'll be able to articulate exactly why that is the case and you'll be able to direct them to a school that better matches their needs. If students have unsatisfactory experiences with their schools, the martial arts industry suffers as a whole.

      I wrote this book because when I searched for a school, I

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