New KOI Offer
Dear Friends, Thank you for your enthusiasm concerning koimartialart. Since December we improved a lot our website thanks to your feedbacks. Please continue to send them to us! Our success is your success and proves without any doubt that we were right to do launch this new adventure. Thank you for your unlimited support. In … Read more
Foundation (2)
After the last article on foundation of taijutsu I redesigned the budomart website accordingly. Please visit it and discover the new foundation series. 4 sets covering 612 techniques, 26 dvds, more than 22 hours of videos.
The Foundation Of Taijutsu
The quality of our taijutsu depends on strong foundations. But what does taijutsu and foundation really mean? Taijutsu is often understood as the sole body movement but when you are used to Hatsumi sensei’s vision of life it is always interesting to dig a little deeper and see what the word(s) really encompass it is … Read more
Jupi Summer Camp
The weather is getting smoother so we will not sweat as much as last year! There are still a few places left for the summer camp which begins on the 21st of August If you are interested read all about it at the JSC2010 website. Be happy!
Obon: No Class
Next week-end sensei will not teach because of the Obon, a Buddhist ceremony of filial piety in honor of the ancestors of one’s family. This ceremony is held around mid August (it depends on the region of Japan and/or of the calendar in use solar or lunar) and is based on the Ullambana Sutra, one … Read more
Seiza or Seiza?
Whenever we are waiting or listening we naturally put ourselves in seiza no kamae. Over the years, this kamae has been assimilated and we do it without thinking. This is the objective we should have for every movement we learn in the dôjô; i.e. being able to do everything without thinking. By forgetting the self … Read more
Matrix Reminder
The moment of the choice in the Matrix movie HERE
Blue Pill or Red Pill?
Each time I return from Japan I keep thinking on the many things and ideas that sensei has given us during his classes. This is some kind of ritual that has developed into a necessary step for me to go further. During one of his recent class Hatsumi sensei was saying: “I do not teach … Read more
ETL (2)
In order to make myself clear I did a chart representing the exponential curve for the Error Tolerance Level (ETL). It helps to understand better what I tried to explain with my words. In the diagram: the abscissa (X) represents the number of repetitions (from 1 to 1000) and the ordinate Y) represents the EL in … Read more
Mistakes: The Path To Success
What everyone love about Jackie Chan’s movies are those last minutes at the end during the end credits of the film where we can watch the mistakes happening during the stunts sequences as if we were witnessing the shooting action. Good stunts require many takes and sometimes end up in accidents. Once edited in the … Read more
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