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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Chemnitz seminar 1st & 2nd May
Seminar Arnaud 01 & 02.05.2010 Seminar Reminder: Rokkon Shôjô & Tachi Kumiuchi seminar in Chemnitz (Germany) with Arnaud Cousergue, May 1st & 2nd, 2010. I will summarize in Chemnitz the last input that we got recently from Japan during the seminar. … Continue reading
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Photon & Stardust: the Spirit of Movement
Once again I would like to review a metaphore used by sensei not long ago. He spoke about “photon & stardust” to me, it is the best way to explain how things should happen in the dôjô. From our perspective, a … Continue reading
Tachi Tips & tricks (6)
Yesterday during my seminar, one student was waving his sword held to his wrist by the rope at the tsuka kashira and the ring at the end broke releasing the sword. Training weapons are NOT real ones and might break easily. … Continue reading
Tachi Tips & Trick (5)
When you get older your students get older too and you can learn from them! Yesterday on tachi kumiuchi seminar at the Bujinkan France in Vincennes I learnt two things. One of my old students followed a few seminars to become a blacksmith. … Continue reading
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Did sensei meet Shakespeare?
Here is a speech taken from Shakespeare’s play “Henry V”. It carries some values that rings a bell to what Hatsumi sensei explained a few weeks ago (cf. post on chivalry below). Reading this text I wonder if sensei didn’t meet Shakespeare … Continue reading
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Tachi tips & tricks (4)
We have been training quite a lot with the tachi in the past weeks. When in Japan I was quite surprised to see that the blades used by sensei and the shihan were not that long after all. I have … Continue reading
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Ki ken tai ichi
This Japanese proverb means ”mind, sword, and body are one”. This “ki ken tai ichi” is very close to the “ken tai ichi jo” of the ten chi jin ryaku no maki. On the battlefield, the three elements must be united in order to … Continue reading
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Japanese historical periods etc…
In this blog I have been speaking a lot about muromachi, azuchi-momoyama, edo, meiji periods. A short listing of the previous periods of Japanese history seem to be a good idea now. Japanese history is very rich and goes back to the … Continue reading
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Yoroi without yoroi
Not long ago a student told me that he finally understood the importance of thinking we are wearing a yoroi when training the tachi kumiuchi techniques in the dôjô. Since 2003, each black belt in my dôjô have been wearing the yoroi on … Continue reading
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Tachi tips & tricks (3)
Tachi waza is mainly done katate (one hand) the other hand holding the reins of your horse or another weapon like the yari. The two-handed grip was developed later with the use of the katana. Sometimes you can use … Continue reading
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