Five Rings Training

We are all athletes, with the ability to excel in our lives, in sport, work, living and fulfilling our passions. Some of us are sportspeople competing professionally, some are athletes performing at high levels during their free time after work and others are operating at a high level across all areas of life simultaneously; family, businesses, personal goals and adventures. Whether you are a team or an individual wanting to raise your game, you want to engage in training and coaching which unifies your system in a balanced way, raising all life aspects simultaneously with the knowledge to sustain. As with all our coaching it’s about putting the knowledge, skills, awareness and power into your hands. Athlete training at Five Rings Training encompasses a fully unified programme of lifestyle, mental habits and beliefs, competitive training psychology, nutrition, time management, sleep coaching, whole body wellbeing, physical and energetic advancement as well as strengthening the ...

The route from Learning to Understanding is one we test carefully at Five Rings Training to ensure what is to be learnt is absorbed into the system: not simply facts to remember, but actual knowledge which becomes thinking tools and heightened awareness. Knowledge > Tools + Awareness It is not a process which goes from one stage of learning to another: it is an embodied comprehensive approach with intention which is identified at the outset of the learning process to predetermine the scope of the outcomes. Learning to Understanding to Action Learning to Understanding is vital for subject matter to be applicable. Learning to Action, which goes further, demands the individual can grasp the learning in such a way that we can guarantee outcomes. By outcomes we mean the ability to build, develop, take the process forward, apply the principles, utilise beyond the subject matter. To give one simple example: some of the students who train with us state they have applied the ...

We get what we focus on. I think many people have heard this phrase or similar such as "energy flows where attention goes" "you get what you think about" and so on, but what does this mean? Many of my clients speak of having spent time concentrating on what they want to achieve and then getting frustrated when it didn’t happen. There’s one simple reason for this and it’s TIME. Thinking about something and doing something about it are two different things. When we give something our time then we do both: thought and action. Thought, action and speech are our tools for creation in this life.  The more we can apply our thoughts and actions and speech to a vision or lifeplan the more energy of creation we apply to it. When we look at our weekly schedule, how much time are we giving our thoughts, action and speech towards our cause or goals? Often not very much but expecting results all the same. I work with athletes as well as business leaders and th...

Life Plan Coaching  is a unique form of life and personal coaching at  Five Rings Training  which focuses on your life path. It is a fully integrative system for individuals who want to get on path, grow, connect to their life purpose, make a positive impact and fulfil their true potential. Soul Purpose Fulfilment is key to human happiness and performance. Passion, excitement, engagement, feeling you have something to offer and knowing how to make a difference, are all part of connecting into the stream of life in an inspiring, energising and fulfilling way. The result is greater personal esteem, sense of self, personal happiness, increased energy and sense of satisfaction. So many people want to achieve this but don't know how to get passed the daily demands of each day. Both inspiring and practical, using techniques from our elite athlete training programmes, this coaching empowers you at all levels with the tools you will use for life to make the changes you need...

Kirsty Henderson speaks at TEDx Newcastle about The Architecture of The Human System Five Rings Training Founder, Architect and Athlete Kirsty Henderson takes a journey through the processes of building ourselves for better resilience, health and fulfilment, and explains the potentials which become available to us when we understand our Human Architecture. In Architecture every building she worked on had a blueprint, in her own personal development, Kirsty Henderson looked for the same. With no apparent solution, she embarked upon an epic and committed journey through Eastern healing and training systems, world philosophies, psychology, and theologies, technical and scientific studies, in the pursuit of creating her own Life Architecture.  Today she uses her “mapping of the human system” as the fundamental framework for her work in mental and physical reprogramming and Human Development As Founder of the  Five Rings Training & Research Institute  w...

This article was written for all the students who train at our fight training dojos at Five Rings Training but ultimately this advice is applicable to anyone who feels they need help in increasing their concentration, focus and productivity at work, school or university: Switch Off Your Phones During periods of study, exam revision period weeks or periods of intensive work within your business or employment, commit to switching your phones off, (not the ringer off, the whole phone power button) for periods of 2 Hours at a time. During that time, focus entirely on one topic. After the 2 Hours get up, walk about, hydrate and take your eyes away from the screen, go for a quick 20 mins sprint, eat. Then get ready for your next 2 Hours intense study session. You must do this to maintain energetic stability and not burn yourself out. Everything needs to be approached moderately, in a disciplined and steady way. The phones must be switched off (naturally keep communications handy i...

Energy is everything. From the quality of your own energy, to that of others and the environments we live in, energetics affect our worlds every day in every way. Human Energetics In Human Energetics , energy is the bind of the body to the soul. When we are training at Five Rings Training we are specifically concerned with the relationship between body and soul, and train with the intention to increase the connectivity between both. If energy is the binding, then we want the quality of that bind to be as strong, clear and focused as possible. As Humans we are both physical and spiritual: our body is physical, our soul is spiritual. Our energetics is where our physical and spiritual meet. We therefore need to cultivate an awareness of this connection and understand fully how the quality of our energy has both physical and spiritual impacts on ourselves and others. The Importance of E nergetic Training Energetic Training is an advanced form of training which uses a spir...