Chi Pathway

Our next Elemental Pathway Training

Chi means "Earth". In this training we teach skills that connect you to the natural world.

*Prerequisite Course: Level 1 NiN Rank Training

 

The Guardian Animal Ranks

Our Ninjas in Nature training has 5 Levels in the ranking system based on the Guardian Animals below:

Completing the Chi Pathway is one of the requirements towards earning the rank of Turtle/Kame.

 

Skills covered in the Chi Pathway

 

• Knife safety, saw safety, and woodworking skills
• Making an escrima (throwing) stick
• Self defense skills using an escrima stick
• Stalking and throwing techniques for an escrima stick
• Invisibility/stealth skills
• The survival skill of making a one-match fire
• Choosing a sit spot on a landscape
• One hour of silence
• Blindfold awareness training in nature
• Learning 5 natural hazards from your region
• Keeping detailed notes/drawings in a notebook
• How to draw kanji (Japanese calligraphy)

 

What you get with this training

• A step-by-step guided online course
• A checklist of all skill requirements
• 20 tutorial videos explaining each skill
• A certificate of completion (downloadable PDF)
• Access to purchase the Chi Pathway shirt, patches and more (available only to students of our NiN training)
• Reflection quizzes with each lesson

 

Benefits to students

• Self confidence and self sufficiency
• Improved eye-hand coordination and agility
• Greater knowledge of place
• Awareness of local hazards
• Learning to be still and quiet
• Experience with potentially life-saving survival skills
• Experience with use of tools
• Safety knowledge and experience using a knife and saw
• Learning the value of note-taking/art by using a personal journal
• A deeper connection to self, others, and the landscape around them
• Unreasonably happy youth (and adult leader)!

Cost: $69