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.
Sensei’s expression of 以心伝心 ishin denshin, and his idea about 乗り替える norikaeru. These are from three separate classes because each class is a chance for discovery.
We continue to explore the Gikan Ryū waza as taught by Noguchi Sensei in Japan. 其の十 Sono Jū has a 骨法術 koppōjutsu focus. In fact, this form uses five strikes in quick succession.
My Bujinkan video exploring my own personal kuden during the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. That attack brought the United States into World War II. Then my own Grandfather was drafted fought against the Japanese in the Pacific.
Right now it’s the rainy season in Japan. This reminded me of one rainy night when I went to a class with Noguchi Sensei. It was a small class with 20 students or so and Noguchi announced that he would teach us Gikan Ryū.
my Bujinkan video sharing 武者捕に這入り型 Musha Dori ni Hairi-gata. These are methods for entering into Musha Dori that I studied with Hatsumi Sensei in Japan. First we warmed up by reviewing the kihon.
Bujinkan kuden exploring: ゆとり Yutori. About 10 years ago, on a cold rainy day, I was training with Hatsumi Sensei and he was putting on a clinic. Many of us were cold and tired, but his flow was endless. He described this as yutori, or having the room to play.
my Bujinkan video sharing some connections Hatsumi Sensei made for me regarding Marishiten. During on Tuesday night in the Bujinkan Honbu, I ran to grab a bokken from the weapon rack. When I returned, my training partner was waiting for my attack so he could try the muto dori technique that Soke had just demonstrated.
we continue with our warmup series focusing on 棒振型 Bōfuri Gata. I described 詒変之構 ihen no kamae. This kamae is always sifting and changing. This means that bofurigata is always manifesting ihen.