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Kantan Desu 4 Aug 2013 | 07:28 pm
This has been a tremendous trip this time again and I have enough to study and train for the next four months before I come back.Today was my last class with Sôke and because of that I was asked to op...
“42 “: The End Of The Cycle 4 Aug 2013 | 03:34 pm
“The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind” said French writer and Nobel prize laureate Albert Camus. To change your mind and recognize that you might be wrong is what the Bujinkan is teaching...
Koto vs. Gyokko part 2 3 Aug 2013 | 12:53 pm
After the post on “Koto vs. Gyokko”, I received a few comments by Bujinkan members not agreeing totally with what I wrote. The main questions being: 1) the relative distance of the school’s (short an...
The Bujinkan’s paradigm 2 Aug 2013 | 07:23 am
Stephen Hawking said that “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Well, Wednesday night during Noguchi sensei’s class I faced the illusion of my knowledg....
Ayase: Mysterious Opportunities 1 Aug 2013 | 06:20 am
During the last class in Ayase at the Budôkan, sensei never repeated twice the same movement. Instead he was surfing from one opportunity to another. Written differently Ayase can be 怪瀬, “mysterious ...
Thank You All 31 Jul 2013 | 02:22 am
Hello everyone, This blog began in February 2008 and over the night we reached the 311000 visitors! Some stats: 65 months of activity, nearly 300 weeks Over 200 articles Around 1000 vivitors per ...
Koto vs Gyokko 30 Jul 2013 | 07:58 am
Eureka! After 25 years and more than 50 trips to train in Japan I finally understood the footwork difference between Koto Ryû and Gyokko Ryû. Better late than never. We had a class with Nagato sensei...
Mushin Mukô: no Thinking, no Form 29 Jul 2013 | 07:01 am
During the last class, sensei wrote a calligraphy (see picture) saying: 無心 無光, Mushin Mukô (no thinking, no form). It reminded me of Musashi’s 得光, 無光, Ukô Mukô, (with form, without form). Musashi expl...
Kagirinai no Gaku Jutsu 28 Jul 2013 | 08:49 pm
Gaku jutsu 学習 is the science of learning or study. And the Bujinkan requires 限り無い の 学習 kagirinai no gaku jutsu, an endless study. Today at the honbu we were lucky Noguchi sensei gave the two classes ...
July 26 Bujinkan memories 26 Jul 2013 | 04:27 am
I arrived yesterday afternoon in Tokyo. It is hot and humid and heavy rains we are expexted over the weekend. As always the summer trip is special because. I often find myself travelling in July wit...
