Here, Soke Anshu Christa Jacobson is demonstrating kihon waza with the kusari fundo, at the Budo Ryu Kai Hombu Dojo.
Here, Soke Anshu Christa Jacobson is demonstrating kihon waza with the kusari fundo, at the Budo Ryu Kai Hombu Dojo.
26 MILLION views!
I’m honestly humbled!
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Thank
you to everyone around the world who has watched, trained, shared, and
supported this ninjutsu journey. This art is more than techniques—its
mindset, discipline and wisdom has passed through the generations.
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To my students, fellow practitioners, and silent supporters training in the shadows… this milestone belongs to you too.
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Since
the start of my YouTube Channel in 2007, I’ve had 26 MILLION PEOPLE
WATCH MY MARTIAL ARTS!!!… I’m truly blessed and I want all of you to
know that there is more training, more depth and more truth to come...
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The journey continues.
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Keep walking the path (忍)
- Soke Anshu
To live by the way of the ninja, is to choose conscious living in a world that prefers sleep.
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It
is the decision to sharpen the self when comfort would dull it, to move
with intention when chaos pulls at the mind. The ninja does not seek
conflict, power, or recognition; they seek clarity. Every step, breath,
and silence becomes a mirror reflecting one question: Am I acting from
fear, or from truth?
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The
warrior’s path teaches that strength without discipline is noise, and
discipline without compassion is emptiness. To walk this way is to
accept hardship as a teacher, failure as refinement, and patience as a
weapon sharper than any blade. The ninja learns to master the unseen
battles first such as: ego, distraction and impulse - because victory in
the outer world is meaningless if the inner world remains unconquered.
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To
live as a ninja is to understand that invisibility is not hiding, but
humility; that adaptability is not weakness, but wisdom; and that true
power is the ability to act—or not act—in perfect alignment with the
moment. The warrior lives awake, aware that life itself is the dojo,
time is the opponent, and the self is both student and master.
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In this way, the path is not about fighting others, but about becoming someone who no longer needs to fight themselves.
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- Soke Anshu