Forest Ninjas: Spring into Action Oakland & Berkeley

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Ninja Training

On the edges of the Bay Area masters await to train you in the art of the Forest Ninja. Every day you delve deeper into its ancient secrets.

This camp is about training diverse martial arts in some of the most beautiful natural areas in the East Bay. On each hill we climb, each dojo we enter and adventure we embark on, a master of an art awaits us. We practice both hard and soft styles: exploring the martial arts from across the world.

All this plus the Trackers Rangers Guild introduces their specialised art of nature awareness, stealth and invisibility called The Curriculum of Shadows.

All arts are approached from the prospective of the path of least resistance and the protector responsibility. We address how fighting is rarely a solution and how the true martial artist is a master of not fighting.s

Locations

Currently we offer drop-off and pick up at the berkeley aquatic park.

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Ages 6-7 April 4, 2012 8:30am-3:30pm Get extended camp from
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Ages 6-7 April 10, 2012 8:30am-3:30pm Get extended camp from
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Ages 8-10 April 10, 2012 8:30am-3:30pm Get extended camp from
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Ages 6 Forest Ninja: Spring into Action includes

mobile camp around Bay Area Greenspaces
• go to "mountains" and dojos of Portland and train with martial arts masters
• explore martial arts from around the world
• nature immersion, tracking and exploration with the Trackers Rangers Guild
• nature awareness, stealth and invisibility with the Trackers Rangers Guild

Ages 7-8 Forest Ninja: Spring into Action includes

mobile camp around Bay Area Greenspaces
• go to "mountains" and dojos of Portland and train with martial arts masters
• explore martial arts from around the world
• nature immersion, tracking and exploration with the Trackers Rangers Guild
• nature awareness, stealth and invisibility with the Trackers Rangers Guild

Ages 9-10 Forest Ninja: Spring into Action includes

mobile camp around Bay Area Greenspaces
• go to "mountains" and dojos of Portland and train with martial arts masters
• explore martial arts from around the world
• nature immersion, tracking and exploration with the Trackers Rangers Guild
• nature awareness, stealth and invisibility with the Trackers Rangers Guild

A Good Fit?

Before you register PLEASE READ the critical information below to help you decide if your program is the right match for you or you child. TrackersNW invests in families and students dedicated to maturity and accountability as a team. The experience of your child is heightened as these filters insure a safe, supportive and competent collaboration with both our instructors and all other team members (including students).

This program is a good fit for the child and parent who...

• trust one another
• are interested in and empathetic to the natural world
• crave a different way of experiencing and seeing both natural and modern world
• want to have fun
• possess a sense of adventure
• make intelligent choices
• display competent autonomy when needed
• can make and keep clear agreements concerning safety
• can help insure the safety of their peers and collaborators
• works diligently toward adult accountability, consequences and responsibility
• will come dressed appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• can be a real kid
• shares well with others

This program is NOT a good fit for children who...

• are not interested in nature & scout awareness
• are not empathetic for the natural world
• are being forced to come to camp
• cannot display competent autonomy when needed
• cannot make and keep clear agreements and choices concerning safety
• is kept inside all the time so may be uncomfortable
• will not dress appropriately to stay warm, dry and healthy
• is not okay with being muddy, cold and wet at times
• has trouble working with others and respecting the needs of other participants

Please note that if your child is positively working on behavior, we are willing to work with them and you with clear agreements

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Our Philosophy for Learning & Living

A Smile

We help children to feel like that group of kids wandering country backyards 50 years ago: independent, tired, muddy, wet and happy from the woods and wild. We are acutely aware of full and real hazards of the out of doors after years of working in environmental education. We try to move away from the highly structured and limiting tolerances of conventional environmental education while keeping kids truly safe but not encapsulated from, or phobic of nature. We are deep patriots to the value of offering guided yet very free and transparent experiences for kids. We believe it is okay to be thirsty at times, cold at times, and wet at times. It builds empathy and care for the gifts of life. It fosters adventure and sincere accomplishment. We also believe it is critical to feel supported and cared for as they truly explore their passion and responsibility. And through a healthy life immersed in nature, they test the limits and great potential of the often untapped physical and emotional resiliency they possess.