Lighthouse Productions has edited the "Nodan Tapes" and is reponsible for all text commentary except for Nodan's poem that appears at the end of "The Power of The Way." No sound effects have been added except for the music tracks.

Nodan's greatest teacher possessed extraordinary abilities that he said were given to him by the "Martial Spirit." This happened to him as he trained in his dojo in the late 1960's. As he executed the double hand block (morote-uke) in the Heian Godan kata, a powerful energy suddenly entered his body, accompanied by a voice asking him, "Do you want it to stop?" He accepted the Martial Spirit's offer that day, and became "Sensei," the most powerful martial artist Nodan had ever seen.

Nodan trained with Sensei and sought his own enlightenment experience. In time, and after much philosophical study, deep meditation, and contacts with spirit mediums, he became filled with a demonic spirit of awesome ferocity and power. Unlike his Sensei, Nodan perceived this occult power to be evil, and he rejected it. He soon realized, however, that he could not make the demon leave his body. . . he had become possessed. At the same time, he also found himself in the Void, a place of outer darkness where nothing existed except his conscious mind. This dimension of reality had no time. . . it was an eternal "now." Thus, fearing separation from all that was good, Nodan surrendered his ego and pride to G-d, through the Spirit of Jeshua (Jesus) the Messiah. In so doing, he suffered a "psychic" death when his self identity as a martial artist was literally drained out from his hara. He felt like a "nothing" for a brief moment in time, before a profound Spirit of Love poured in from above, filling the empty space. . . and the demonic presence was forced to leave him.

Nodan believed the martial arts could be excellent exercise, discipline, and self defense. His warning was for those who took the arts to be the way to spiritual perfection and enlightenment. For him, this way had led to a self deceptive form of idolatry that ended in spiritual death.

Nodan did not criticize other religious traditions or martial art systems. He believed the best religion is the one that brings you closest to G-d and the best martial art is the one that best fulfills your needs.