The most widely recognized and respected modern initiation experience for men in the world. With nearly 40 years of life-changing breakthroughs, more than 75,000 men have attended this intense 48-hour experience. 

Are you ready for an adventure?

Are you ready to do whatever it takes?

GO FOR IT.

What is this?

The New Warrior Training Adventure (NWTA) is a modern initiation experience for men. This intensive is a real time hero’s journey created over a single weekend to offer shifts in how you relate to yourself, your relationships, and the world. Tens of thousands of men count this weekend among the most powerful and challenging experiences of their lives. It’s safe, supportive and cutting edge.

This is not a retreat, a conference or a workshop.

What you get …

Initiation + Integration = a path to becoming the man you want to be.

Change is a process. Taking the first step can be hard.

Initiation and Integration can jump-start a lifetime of adventure, connection, and growth. 

You don’t expect to get ripped going to the gym one time. Every kind of significant growth requires practice – reps over time – to get what you want. That’s why we include a primary integration in our training package. 

Initiation can radically shift your internal compass. You’ll see yourself and other men differently, and gain a new perspective on who you are and what you want as a man. This is our intensive weekend – the New Warrior Training Adventure. This is the beginning of the journey, and initiation isn’t complete without integrating the learning. 

Integration gives you new skills and tools. You’ll learn to embody new patterns and build ongoing community with men’s group brothers committed to growth. For many men these connections become lifetime friendships.  This is our follow-up – the Primary Integration Training – which we’ve been offering for over 30 years.

Your growth, relationships, and success matter. 

What would it be like to have men in your life who really care about your progress and your impact in the world?

We’ve got your back now.

We’ve got your back down the road.

We are men supporting other men to become better men.

You deserve the transformation of a modern initiation, and you deserve ongoing integration to continue your growth.

 

At the weekend initiation …

You’ll get more than you’re willing to hope for, and only as much as you’re willing to commit to: a renewed sense of purpose, passion, vibrancy, joy, healing, connection to self, new energy, clarity, power, freedom, understanding, brotherhood, trust, and more.

Close to 80,000 men have taken this journey, and every man’s experience has been unique.

Our weekend initiation is a 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, and it is a lesson we are dedicated to learning and teaching.

The weekend is led by men certified by the ManKind Project with extensive experience in men’s transformational work, and staffed by a large group of dedicated volunteers, who give their time, energy, and resources to support your initiation.

You’ll experience a level of energy, a quality of masculinity, a deep sense of brotherhood, 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 tough choices about what you want to keep, what you want to expand, and what you want to let go.

You’ll discover your unique connection to manhood, explore a new way of understanding masculinity, and get a chance to step fully into the man you envision yourself to be.

And the journey doesn’t end there. 

At the primary integration …

You’ll get a set of processes and tools we’ve been developing and improving for over three decades to help you create the kind of life you want to live and have the kind of community that will help you succeed. 

There are over 10,000 men in over 26 nations around the globe sitting in men’s groups using tools created by the ManKind Project. And as a graduate of our weekend and integration, you’ll be welcome anywhere there’s a ManKind Project community. The Primary Integration will help you do ongoing men’s work – to be the emotionally mature, accountable, compassionate, and purpose-driven man you were born to be. You deserve it, the people you love deserve it, and the world needs it. This process also prepares you to become a men’s work practitioner and facilitator, supporting yourself and other men to become better men. 

 

What Men Say About the Weekend

A Hero’s Journey:
Initiation + Integration.

About the Hero’s Journey

SEPARATION – FRIDAY NIGHT: Moving away from the familiar. Team-building, individual and group exercises examine the modern male psyche: accountability, leadership, confrontation, competition.

DESCENT – SATURDAY MORNING: An exploration of authentic male emotion, conflict, purpose, and healthy power. Revisiting life history and stories. Connecting to what lies ahead.

ORDEAL – SATURDAY AFTERNOON: A challenge to embody fully authentic masculinity, to step into power, to break through barriers, and to experience the full potential of mature manhood.

INITIATION – SATURDAY NIGHT: Accepting responsibility as a man among men. Exploration of group dynamics, diversity and similarity. A test of solidarity and trust. A welcome into the circle of men.

INTEGRATION – SUNDAY MORNING: An exploration of legacy, connection, purpose, relationships and intention. Recognizing connections to nature and humanity.

CELEBRATION – SUNDAY AFTERNOON: A feast of victory, affirmation, laughter, and community. Begin integrating the learning of the weekend. Wrap up and send-off.  

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Logistics and Registration

deadline

Monday 6pm local time.

There is a required review process in order to enroll. 

Duration

Friday 5pm - Sunday 4pm

Start and end times may vary slightly by location

travel

Carpools Encouraged

We will help organize local transportation

food & lodging

2 Nights & Meals

Meals and camp-style accommodation provided

 

Price includes the New Warrior Training Adventure (Friday to Sunday) AND the Primary Integration Training. (Available as a 2-day intensive, 8-10 week in-person event, a hybrid training, or 100% online. Take any time after your Initiation.)

** Info about Specialized New Warrior Trainings

Specialized New Warrior Training Adventures use the same proven processes as every New Warrior Training Adventure, and add cultural, accessibility, or demographic changes. These are BY (the specialized group) and FOR (the specialized group). 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.

There are a number of varieties:

  • Barrier Free – New Warrior Training Adventure with increased accommodations, assistance, and accessibility for men with a wide range of different physical, cognitive, or neurological abilities.
  • Deaf / HH – New Warrior Training Adventure for Deaf / Hard of Hearing men.
  • GBTQ+  – New Warrior Training Adventure for Gay / Bi / Trans / Queer / Questioning men.
  • 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 – 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.
  • Outdoor – New Warrior Training Adventure held primarily outdoors, sometimes at a wilderness site, with tent accommodations, lower accessibility, minimal indoor space, and reduced amenities. These are sometimes called RAW trainings (Reduced Amenities Weekend) Details vary from site to site.
  • 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.
  • Urban – New Warrior Training Adventure held in an urban center. Accessibility and accommodations will vary. 
  • Veteran – New Warrior Training Adventure for active duty military and veteran men.  
  • Young – YWTA – New Warrior Training Adventure specifically geared to men aged 18-35 years. 

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