Komuso Nin Do like many martial “ways” has its foundation in Shugendo or the “way of cultivating supernatural power” whose primary focus is the development of personal power via the initiate exposing himself to the elements of nature as well as cultivating a relationship with the Kami or spirits. In some respects the training of...

In the modern world one of the greatest weapons of the inner enemy is the two pronged trap of power and comfort. The more power one has the more comfort one can sustain, the more comfort one can sustain the easier it is to pursue comfort and turn away from the path. One can pursue...

In the Komuso Ryu one learns secondly the Way of the Viper which is in brief the manipulation of emotions through tools as fuel for ritual and the manipulation of emotion as a tool. Most know that if they do not take steps to avoid showing it what they feel is easily picked up by...

It is held by some that the roots of the Ninja are to be found among the truths of Shugendo or “the way of preternatural power” which is based around building personal power by exposing one’s self to the elements of nature and the forces behind and the personalities of those elements. It is held...