DVD's and Manuals

The following resources, created by Coach Murdock, are available for purchase from RMAX International. Please click the banner at the bottom of the page and follow the links to the RMAX Shop.



The RMAX Powered Bujinkan DVD Series

Elite athletes are constantly searching for an edge. Sports performance institutes spend millions of dollars every year to push the envelope in search of that edge. Martial art is no different. However, despite the fact that martial art is inherently athletic, traditional martial artists are too often reluctant to look beyond their school to gain that same edge.

RMAX Powered Bujinkan defies rigid traditionalism by applying cutting-edge sports science to one of the most successful combat systems worldwide. Using the CST Training Hierarchy Pyramid™ as its model, it fills in missing links such as full-contact sparring and conditioning, and it presents drills that take the hallmarks of mastery in that system and reverse engineer them to provide the clearest possible path.

Volume One : GPP

Volume One presents a complete system of combat specific conditioning . Specific range of motion drills and detailed exercise breakdown are followed by two progressively sophisticating circuit workouts that can be done in 20 minutes to tax your physical and mental limits. Once mastered, the user can tweak the circuits to address a range of performance goals: from strength, endurance and speed to rapid recovery between bursts.



"This DVD is a gold mine of practical RMAX wisdom that anyone can learn from, regardless of your particular martial delivery system." - Jeffry Larson, CST, Chief Warrant Officer US Army, currently stationed in Afghanistan

"...a great overview and application of how the RMAX Training Hierarchy Pyramid (THP) can be applied to enhance your performance in a specific activity, sport, or in this case, martial art. I did not have to be a student of the specific art to really appreciate this material." - Brian Bentz, CST Coach


Volume Two : SPP

Highly challenging strength exercises, partner drills and original Prasara Body-Flow™ and Clubbell® combination routines target the sports specific needs of martial art practitioners. Clear connections are drawn between the exercises and the aspects of enhanced performance. Click HERE for a video preview of Volume 2.



"After viewing the DVD I was amazed at how clear the presentation was. It enables anyone to see the correlation between the movement of the martial art and CST exercise selection. The drills and exercises in Volume Two are amazing. I have already incorporated the concepts and some exercises from this DVD into my Judo practice. Coach Murdock, you rock!" - Mohammed Al-Mulla, CST Coach

"This DVD will simply blow you away. It's difficult to give a good review without giving away some of the brilliance contained within. And when I say brilliance, I mean it. This DVD could have been titled The RMAX Movement Encyclopedia. The section on press-up and spinal rock sophistications could easily be a stand-alone DVD. Coach Murdock teaches each section with precision, through a natural progression that is simply awesome. He then shows compensatory exercises that will help get you ready for each section. I had planned to just passively watch this DVD , but I ended up soaking wet from following along with his exercise progressions." - Joseph Wilson, RMAX Faculty Coach, two-time Hall of Fame inductee, full-time Detective for the Shelby County Sherrif's Office, Memphis, TN


Volume Three : ASP/MEP

The specific Attributes gained in the first two series are taken to the mats in a blizzard of performance enhancement drills – mastery reverse- engineered. From single to multiple attacker drills, from static to fluid to gloved-up and full on, this final volume in the series explicitly lays out what was once the secret of traditional martial art masters – the progression of form to formlessness – and stomps on the accelerator.


The RMAX Training Group Manual

The RMAX Training Group Manual is the essential "how-to" counterpart of Coach Sonnon's groundbreaking Three-Dimensional Performance Pyramid. Whether you seek to apply RMAX to your base of traditional martial arts or you plan to explore RMAX martial resources exclusively, this manual will explain in simple concrete terms where and how to start, and where you can take it. Among the topics covered are:

  • How to found, organize and run an informal RMAX training group
  • Formulating realistic goals
  • Laying the foundation - establishing your training Doctrine, Strategy and Tactics
  • How to craft training Cycles and Classes
  • Asymmetrical vs. symmetrical drills - how, when and why to program them
  • How to structure drills for maximum gain
  • The PDT as diagnostic
  • Creating Static, Fluid and Dynamic drills - how, when and why
  • Applying the Softwork-Hardwork Continuum - how, when and why
  • Integrating your Personal Practice

The RMAX Training Group Manual gives you the tools to cut through dead ends and trial and error to put your training on the fast track to mastery.


"In jumping into the ocean which is RMAX, this is not only a how-to guide to swimming, it's a how-to guide to building a ship, sailing it, picking up passengers, and a map and sextant to distant ports of call. Folks, the RMAX Training Group Manual is the tangible mission statement of our grass-roots development, one that "every man" can access, internalize and implement. Ryan, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for doing us such a great justice and for taking us where we could not have gone without you becoming a leader in our organization by your contributions, by leading from the front. You're really hit this one out of the park, bro." - Scott Sonnon, RMAX Founder and Director

"Your manual is indeed revolutionary. In my opinion, you have definitely raised a new bar in the realm of martial arts literature." - Bao Tran, CST Coach, the NY Post's "Most Challenging Trainer in NYC"

"Don't look to the TGM for all the answers. As with all RMAX material, it is a thinking man's resource. Rather, look to the TGM to help you figure out how to work your own way through your questions. Look to the TGM to help you formulate those questions. Look to the TGM to elucidate the methodology of RMAX and apply it to your training group. In my experience so far with Coach Murdock, I think that is probably his genius. He has a gift for filtering down and communicating the essence of how RMAX and CST work in the real world. He can take complex concepts and present them in a way which may not make them simple, but will make them into something which you can grasp. This manual will help you put your training group into perspective, to see the big picture." - Adam Steer, CST Coach, world-class ski coach