Get Ready for a 48 Hour Adventure that
Can Transform Your World as a Man
Take a journey that will fundamentally alter your experience of manhood and the world. Improve every relationship, starting with your relationship to yourself. Show up as the man, husband, partner, father, and brother you were born to be. The New Warrior Training Adventure is a life affirming personal development event, honoring the best in what men have to offer the planet.
The New Warrior Training Adventure is a modern male initiation and self-examination. We believe that this is crucial to the development of a healthy and mature male self, no matter how old a man is. It is the “hero’s journey” of classical literature and myth that has nearly disappeared in modern culture. We ask men to stop living vicariously through movies, television, addictions and distractions and step up into their own adventure – in real time and surrounded by other men.
What Is It?
The New Warrior Training Adventure is a modern male initiation and self-examination. We believe that this is crucial to the development of a healthy and mature male self, no matter how old a man is. It is the “hero’s journey” of classical literature and myth that has nearly disappeared in modern culture. We ask men to stop living vicariously through movies, television, addictions and distractions and step up into their own adventure – in real time and surrounded by other men.
What We Create
The New Warrior Training Adventure is a singular type of life affirming event, honoring the best in what men have to offer the planet. We are only able to recognize the powerful brilliance of men because we are willing to look at, and take full responsibility for, the pain we are also capable of creating … and suffering. This is the paradox of modern masculinity, a lesson we are dedicated to learning and teaching.
Be the Hero of Your Story
What is a Specialized NWTA?
A Specialized NWTA (*these have often been called Gateways) uses the same globally respected protocols as every New Warrior Training Adventure, with cultural, accessibility, or demographic changes. It is specially geared to meet the needs and life circumstances of a particular demographic. The training staff will, as much as possible, be comprised of men who identify as members of the demographic, or who have special skills to meet the needs of the men participating. The intent is to 'make the minority the majority,' honoring the lived experiences and social and cultural realities for those attending.
SPECIALIZED NWTAs:
Barrier Free
Barrier Free – Gateway New Warrior Training Adventure with increased accommodations, assistance, and accessibility for men with a wide range of disabilities.
Deaf / HH
- Deaf / HH – Gateway New Warrior Training Adventure for Deaf / Hard of Hearing men.
GBTQ
- GBTQ – Gateway New Warrior Training Adventure for Gay / Bi / Trans / Queer / Questioning men.
Men of Color (BIPOC)
- Men of Color (BIPOC) – New Warrior Training Adventure primarily staffed and led by men of color (BIPOC - Black, Indigenous, and People of Color).
Obvious African Ancestry
- Obvious African Ancestry – New Warrior Training Adventure primarily staffed and led by men of obvious African ancestry (African American men and beyond). Organized by the Brothahood of MKP, a national group of men of obvious African ancestry organized to support trainings and programs for Black Men.
Pan-Asian, Middle-Eastern (PAME)
- Pan-Asian, Middle-Eastern (PAME) – New Warrior Training Adventure primarily led and staffed by men who claim heritage to various parts of Asia and the Middle East. This includes, but is not limited to, men with heritage from East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, etc), South Asia (India, Pakistan etc), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, etc), and the Middle East (Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, etc). Participants with Pan-Asian or Middle-Eastern heritage are invited to attend.
RAW
- RAW – Reduced Amenities Weekend. New Warrior Training Adventure held primarily outdoors, sometimes in a wilderness site, with tent accommodations and reduced amenities. Details vary from site to site.
Urban
- Urban – Gateway New Warrior Training Adventure held in an Urban Center.
Young / YWTA
- Young - YWTA – Gateway New Warrior Training Adventure specifically geared to men aged 18-35 years.
What’s In It For You?
Since 1985, over 65,000 men have participated in this safe, powerful, and proven training. You will join a select group of men who have taken action to make the most of their lives.
You’ll experience a level of energy, a quality of masculinity, a deep sense of safety, joy and laughter, anger and fear, physical challenge, and a connection to life’s mystery that we can’t explain to you, no matter how hard we try.
You’ll have the opportunity to look with fearless honesty at the life you’ve created, and make profound choices about what you want to keep, what you want to expand, and what you want to let go of.
You’ll discover your unique connection to manhood, explore a new way of understanding masculinity, and step fully into the man you envision yourself to be.
What Does It Look Like?
A group of between 15 and 40 other men
- Camp-like Accommodations
- Meals and Materials Included
- You will be asked to car pool
- We recommend that men drive less than 3 hours
An intensive experiential process:
- Processes to support every man stepping boldly forward
- Individual and group exercises
- Physical activities, writing, visualizations
Supported from 20-50 staff and leaders.
- Some there for the first time
- Others with thousands of hours of expertise
- An unmatched opportunity in personal development
Return home Sunday afternoon
- Begin to integrate with a whole new outlook
- Greet your loved ones with a fire in your belly
- Have a quiet evening planned
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