exploring the concept of 間が詳しい aida ga kuwashī. Hatsumi Sensei shared this idea with us of a good sense of timing by having a deep understanding of aida.
We explored Hatsumi Sensei’s concept of 空間の中心 Kūkan No Chūshin. Soke said to use this space as a shield. Feed the enemy nothing as a form of protection.
Bujinkan video exploring 霞落し Kasumi Otoshi. Hatsumi Sensei told us, nature is 一瞬一瞬の変化 isshun ishhun no henka. Ride out these moments, or you won't survive.
Last night Paul Masse invited me and my teacher Peter over to his house in Noda-shi. While we were in the backyard swapping stories, his wife Tomoe invited us inside to a warm dinner of ちゃんこ鍋 chankonabe. She and Paul are very friendly and generous.
My Bujinkan video exploring the idea of 第六感 dairokkan. Hatsumi Sensei used this term when he explained that we should add intuition to the reality of combat. One cannot win on technique alone.
my Bujinkan video exploring 短刀 Tantō Themes from Japan. In recent years, Hatsumi Sensei taught knife in almost every class. While I trained with him, A few themes began to emerge.
my Bujinkan video exploring Bujinkan 短刀 Tantō using 支点 Shiten and 巻き込み Makikomi. The first is more of a strategy. While the second is a physical technique.
my Bujinkan video exploring 短刀払い技 Tantō Harai Waza. We began with basic 小手 打ち Kote uchi warmup. We do this with the blade, flat side or even the back of the tantō
my Bujinkan Kuden covering 妙剣 Myōken and 突き構え Tsukigamae. Myōken is a mudra. And tsukigamae are different approaches to tsuki with a 短刀 tantō.