March 9th, 2008
Its come to my attention that over the last 10 years or so, I have lent out to various students ; books , notes and various manuals, now the time has come for people to return them to their rightful place, my book case. In order to provide assistance to new and old students alike, I have created a diverse library of a rather eclectic sort. With the help of this reference library I can lend books to students as the need arises, or more importantly as the questions arise. The cost of these books has been quite considerable over the years and some are hard to come by, never the less it would be greatly apprieciated if the books could be returned, and allow others to benefit from them, if however you still find them of help in your training hold on to them and write an essay on how they have benefited you and helped on your journey for knowledge, you can email me with the fruits of your efforts……..
March 9th, 2008
Its that time of year again, when we go on the road to visit other Dojo’s, This month we head down the Jersey shore, this coming week-end Jack Hoban will be hosting his regular monthly seminars, so we will all make an effort to train with his training group, as always its a great pleasure to train with Jack and hang out with his group, anyone of any level and aptitude can take alot of new ideas and practices, based on olde pricinciples away with them, regardless of the age or ability of the attendee Jacks seminars will always be a great source of inspiration to simply keep going, and more importantly just simply showing up……Regards and see you there Mark.
December 10th, 2007
This Friday the History Channel’s Human Weapon will air a new episode on ninjutsu. Visit the following link to check out a preview of the episode and also check out Doug Wilson’s post about when the crew visited the Hombu.
October 16th, 2007
A great NOVA program aired last week called the Secrets of the Samurai Sword. Far from just a been-there-done-that piece on the ‘legend of the samurai,’ it was a deep dive into how swords are made, and the metallurgy and science behind samurai sword development.
Secrets of the Samurai Minisite
Transcript of entire episode
September 10th, 2007
Just a reminder that this coming weekend is the the Buyu east coast seminar, details can be found at the www.winjutsu.com site or on our links page, its great fun, and a definitely not to be missed yearly event, hope to see some of you there, Regards Mark.
