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Welcome

The National Leadership Team, much like training in the martial arts,    is a vehicle for experiencing personal growth,  real leadership, and helping you realize your potential through real life experiences. The NLT started with a group of martial artists seeking balance in their training in today's world. Training in the Martial Arts, throughout history, has been much more than physical combat and physical mastery. Martial arts training has been a path for developing compassion, understanding, empathy, peace, and a vehicle for becoming a better person. This is the foundation from which the NLT has grown from. This is the area that you will be focusing on in your leadership training. The NLT will help you develop into a compassionate, powerful human being. Kano, Funakoshi, Bruce Lee, and Ueshiba were all great fighters and famous masters of the martial arts, but they were also very well known for their ability to lead. Leadership is at the forefront of the martial arts training. The NLT is simply a vehicle to experience Leadership through community activism and experiential based training.

A Note To All Martial Artists Participating In The NLT

There’s Much More To Martial Arts
Than Kicks, Punches, and Grappling...

"Martial Arts Training is about perfecting character. Without altruistic training and philosophy, martial artists are just brawlers. Without compassion, martial artists are just street fighters learning to beat each other up. The National Leadership Team is about taking the lessons we learn in our martial arts leadership programs and applying them to real world projects and goals. The experience is everything. This experience creates leadership. "

With the NLT, you are now a part of a group of martial artists on a mission. You will begin to learn real, true, un-fakable leadership through action based/experience based/project based leadership training. The NLT will focus on helping you develop compassion and leadership through project based leadership training. In fact, we are on a mission to complete 5000 recorded community projects on our website achieved across the nation. We need your help to accomplish this WOW goal.

Martial artists throughout history understood that the Martial Arts were about much more than punching and kicking. Kano, Funakoshi, Ueshiba, Bruce Lee, and others were all known as brilliant martial artists, but more importantly they were known as amazing human beings. They were powerful and compassionate leaders who we respect to this day because of their ability to take action on the things that are important to them.

NLT students are making a stand for “martial artists”. Tom Callos was quoted as saying, “Whenever I say 'martial arts,' I think 'life,' and whenever I say 'martial artist' I think, 'human being.'" So in reality we are training in the martial arts not to become only great fighters, but to become amazing human beings. Our mission for the martial arts community is to raise a new type of martial artist. As our master instructors taught us before we were born, physical self defense is only one aspect of the martial arts.

Martial Artists are leaders who are passionate about Random Acts of Kindness for others (which is self defense against cruelty and injustice). Martial Artists are compassionate human beings who are passionate about community involvement and projects that make a difference (which is self defense against low self-esteem and non-action). Those who practice Karate, Kung-Fu, Taekwondo, etc... are not only great at the physical techniques and fighting aspects of their arts, but are also Black Belts at goal setting and achieving (which is self defense against mediocrity and lowered standards).

This is what the martial arts are about at a core level.

When we started in the martial arts we wanted to learn self defense, discipline, confidence, leadership, physical coordination and skill. We learn kicks, punches, locks and throws to practice and acquired these skills. Physical techniques are one vehicle to practice. The NLT is the other vehicle. In fact, it’s the Ferrari sitting in the parking lot. It’s useless unless you get in, turn the key, and step on the gas. You are the only variable. No one will ever give you "leadership". Leaders are never born, they are always created through real life
experiences, lesson, and projects that teach us at a core level.

Welcome to the NLT.

We're On A Mission To Record
5,000 Community Projects!
How will we do this? One ACTION at a time. Your Next Project Counts!
Are you going to watch us... or JOIN US?

Join our community of National Leadership Team members who are enhancing their lives and furthering their education through community activism, environmental self-defense, peace education and personal development.  Track your progress, create your Leadership Project Portfolio to gain credibility and experience as a leader, and share your projects with others.

WHY 5000 PROJECTS?
5000 is a starting point for making a statement. 5000 is something that we as a team can be proud of. 5000 gives us the credibility and social proof that we are people of ACTION and are truly making a difference. With 5000 projects recorded, you will have done your part and built your own PROJECT PORTFOLIO (of 5-10 projects) that is worthy of recognition. When the team hits 5000 projects, the members of the NLT will have learned something very REAL about LEADERSHIP. When the NLT hits 5000 projects, we will reset our goals higher and continue on our Journey.

The Power Of Being On A Team of Winners
With a team, you'll be able to leverage the experience of those who have come before you. You'll be able to meet friends and inspirational 'heroes' and role models that you can follow. With a team, you'll have access to a group of like minded individuals on the same mission as you: TO BUILD SOMETHING MEMORABLE AND WORTHWHILE WHILE LEARNING REAL LEADERSHIP. 

As a member of the NLT, your PBLT training will require you to conceive of, plan, and LEAD a community service project (or several) of your choosing to demonstrate character, leadership ability, and commitment to community. You will begin to build your own Project Portfolio which you can use for a lifetime of success. This is the #1 way to learn real leadership, through experience and real action. Leaders are never born, they are created through adversity, positive experiences, and practice.

So Exercise Your Leadership Muscles,
Build Your Project Portfolio
and join the NLT today!

Become A Member &
Start Building Your
Project Portfolio