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Category Archives: Thoughts on Budo
Mutô Dori is Butô Dori
The last Japan trip during the Sakura season was full of insights, and I did my best to share them with my buyu in India, France, and Hungary. Teaching after being taught is always a challenge as we never feel … Continue reading
Victory: A New Kuki Taishô
We don’t train in the bujinkan “to win, but not to lose” repeats sensei. Those who train to win and/or to avoid losing are in fact missing the beauty of Sensei’s teachings. Victory is achieved by rejecting this duality. This … Continue reading
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How To Use Shikan Ken?
In all the 16 natural weapons at our disposal, Shikan Ken is a singular one. The hand is not opened but yet not closed. The Ken changes on impact, soft and hard at the same time. And if you try … Continue reading
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Sanshin: Body & Mind Are Unity
In the year 2009 the theme was 才能 魂 器 ”saino konki” or “saino tamashii utsuwa”. It just occurred to me today that this sanshin is in fact the essence of the tenchijin. The true Sanshin! These three words can have the following … Continue reading
Who Is Stupid?
There is a new trend recently that is developing amongst the high ranks of the Bujinkan. Searching for the true and original Bujinkan they are unearthing the past and reactivate unfinished programs discarded by Sôke. Maybe because of our Christian … Continue reading
Paris Taikai 2013
Watching the nice blue sky through the window, I began to think about the next Yûro Shitennô Paris Taikai next July in Paris. This seminar have been going on for more than ten years and it has always been a … Continue reading
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Birthday Cake in Budapest: The Bujinkan Legacy
When Balázs and Laszlo asked me to give a seminar covering the Bujinkan themes of the last twenty years (1993-2012) I accepted but I didn’t immediately understand the “why?”, and I must admit that I didn’t see who would be … Continue reading
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Tsurugi: The Divine Sword
Sensei taught a lot of things related to the Chinese sword during the last day of the Taikai. This sword that we call Jian or Ken is in fact Tsurugi. This is the weapon of the high level warriors. Even though … Continue reading
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Inryoku: Attraction
Attending a class by Noguchi sensei is always a good moment. To me it is similar in many ways in having a very nice dinner at a grand restaurant in Paris. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx His taijutsu is full of flavors, very refined, … Continue reading
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Kantan Desu!
Today during his class at the honbu, Nagato sensei kept repeating that everything he was doing was 簡単 kantan (easy, simple). He repeated it many times during training. But watching the many practitioners in the honbu I got the impression that … Continue reading
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