 Welcome to the Art of One Dojo. My name is Daniel or Mr. Dan when I'm on the mat. Thank you so much for visiting our channel where we are working really hard to bring you quality martial art content. We welcome all viewers regardless if you're an experienced practitioner or even if you've never set foot inside of a dojo before. Perhaps you're starting to look into a martial art journey for yourself or for a child or the family member or you're just like me and you're seeking a more dynamic look at the arts. I have 25 years of training experience and I've been teaching children for almost 20. I was fortunate enough to train under an instructor who had a real appreciation for other arts and he would always go and learn something new and implement new ideas in our classes on a daily basis. I've also hit a lot of challenges. My martial arts progression was very turbulent and it often forced me to stop and take a really close look at what I was learning or what I should have been learning. Within the time span of 25 years I have trained under two senseis full-time. I follow them to eight different school locations. I've practiced seven different completely different versions of the curriculum as well as spent at least five years of independent study. I trained for 11 years to promote for my first degree black belt to my second degree black belt. There were many many times I got really discouraged but the one thing that was constant was I never wanted to stop training. I now know how to identify a mcdojo or school that's more concerned with quantity of students rather than the quality of the lessons and teachers. One of my senseis spend time stressing concepts and principles while my other sensei emphasize practical applications so that really complemented each other very well. I have personally been part of several dojos if they've been established so I've seen schools succeed and I've seen others fail miserably and that's one thing our channel is going to bring to you is this experience of these schools. So what are you going to find here at Art of One dojo? Well we're going to provide guides for those of you who are looking to get into the martial arts such as you know how to find the right style for you how to pick out a good school. We're going to take a look at a bunch of different arts and kind of kind of have fun and explore and how they differ or perhaps maybe even compliment each other. Some arts are so radically different but it's odd how they work together. Are you interested in teaching or opening your own dojo? We'll provide you some business tips and the methodology of establishing a successful business including after school programs that's very very big these days but most importantly we want to build a camaraderie of practitioners and enthusiasts. There's a lot of competition politics and egos in the martial arts but that's not what we're all about here. We want to hear from you our viewers ask us questions engage share your experiences leave comments or send us an email about what you would like to see in this channel and also please subscribe to our channel and share our videos get the word out there we can only grow and expand with your support. We are stronger when we share so let's work together to develop an art of one and for all.