Ninja Stories for Kids

Ninja stories for kids about the quiet part of martial arts β€” discipline, respect and staying calm. Free audio adventures in the Nunjaku rainforest with original songs from Nighttime Nathan.

3 episodes

Ninja apes, ninja kitties and Sensei Jonko

The Nunjaku rainforest is where Nathan goes when karate is on his mind, which β€” since he is working his way toward a yellow belt β€” is often. Sensei Jonko is the cat who teaches there, Copernicus is the ape who demonstrates, and Danielle the golden dragon lives one cloud up.

What these stories are quietly doing is separating martial arts from fighting. Nathan's mum says it first, in his bedroom, before any of the adventures start: karate isn't punches and kicks, it's discipline, respect and staying calm under pressure.

The rainforest is where that sentence gets tested β€” on a board he is scared to break, on a golden egg somebody has to be trusted with, on a friend who needs him to be patient. For kids in a dojo on Saturday mornings, these land particularly hard.

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