Ever since I was a young boy I’ve loved martial arts.

I never became an expert in any single style, but over the years I’ve tried out many, including Japanese Ju-Jitsu, various styles of Kung Fu, Ninjitsu, Muay Thai, Mixed Martial Arts, and others.

Not only did I enjoy practicing martial arts, but I also loved watching martial arts films. Of course I loved Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, but in the late 80s, ninja movies were also very popular.

My honest to god dream was to grow up and be a ninja, and as I grew older, that dream never really went away.

I continued my martial arts training, but also joined the army reserves, took outdoor survival courses, and started learning parkour.

Then, in my early-twenties, I started traveling. But I had a problem…

I needed a way to keep training in all my ‘ninja’ skills while not having to join a martial arts club or seek out training partners, so I put together my own training plan, which was primarily a mixture of self-defense and parkour.

After a while, Survival Fitness started to come into fruition. The idea is to train in the things that are most likely to help you in a fight or flight situation.

Self-defense and parkour are the primary skills you will learn, but there is also rucking, swimming, strength training, cardio training, mobility, and meditation, all woven into an easy to follow training program.

After using my training plan for many years and tweaking it as needed, I now present to you the final version of the Survival Fitness Plan.

As a traveler, training in Survival Fitness was, and still is, a fun way to keep fit while keeping up the skills I need to stay safe.

But it’s also good for the non-traveler.

After all, anyone could be attacked on the street, and if you have to exercise anyway, then you may as well teach yourself skills that could save your life too, right?