I woke up early for a 棒手裏剣 Bō Shuriken training session with 菅 祐寿 Kan Hirotoshi. He is the son of Kan Sensei and has become an expert with shuriken
my Bujinkan video exploring 三心飛び Sanshin Tobi. We begin with 初心五型 Shoshin Gokei and 地の型 Chi No Kata. Then you add the tobi. With 地の型 Chi No Kata I emphasized leaping with the rhythm of sanshin.
空の型 Kū No Kata. The core lesson is expressed with 虚実 kyojitsu. The interchange of truth and falsehood is what makes this kata. So I expressed the kyo, normally the hand wave of ku no kata, as jitsu. It becomes real as a shako ken. I then flipped this and made the kick into the illusion.
my Bujinkan video exploring 風の型 Fu No Kata. We began with 初心五型 Shoshin Gokei. Then we moved quickly to 五行の型 gogyō no kata.
Your gedan uke opens up a vacuum. Then the air of your strike rushes in to fill it. Hatsumi Sensei enters with his whole body, the elbow connected to his hip.
I showed the shiho variations. Here as a breeze from the east, your boshi serves like a 風見 kazami or weather vane directing the attack. If he tries to evade the wind of your strike, it envelops him and carries him along. This type of directional shift is really strong during the 裏技 ura waza.
my Bujinkan video exploring 火の型 ka no kata. We began with 初心五型 Shoshin Gokei. Then we moved quickly to 五行の型 gogyō no kata.
I focused on three ranges: driving through the target; holding ground; and retreating. My opponents were surprised at how the strike was hidden. It is launched from the hip, not the shoulder as many teachers show it.
With the 裏技 ura waza, you are already at close range. This creates opportunities for 大内刈 Ōuchi gari or 内掛 uchigake during the 手刀 shutō. That throw can arise from hicho.
Bujinkan video exploring 水の型 sui no kata. We began with 初心五型 Shoshin Gokei. Back in the 1980s to the ’90s Hatsumi Sensei tried to correct us on the proper form for this kata. Unfortunately, too many teachers kept their eyes closed and continued to do and teach another form. Even today, most teachers continue with this variation. So I showed the one I learned from Soke.
Bernard invited me back to Québec to share some more training. I began the first day with 三心の型 Sanshin no kata. First up was 地の型 Chi No Kata.
When we study Sansin we begin with 初心五型 Shoshin Gokei. I showed this along with the ura waza. And we reviewed the 四方 shiho variations.
We warmed up with 三心の型 sanshin no kata. First with the 初心五型 shoshin gokei. And then we did them as the 五行の型 gogyō no kata. I began class with 括拷 kakkō. For the final strike of this kata, Hatsumi Sensei says we should strike with ittou santou. This is one strike with the power of...
Tuesday 8/27/13 Warmed up with taihenjustsu oten combined with kicking. First kicking off your opponent’s body into oten. Then starting from oten and propelling into a kick. The main challenges for students were distancing and targeting. We did Shoshin Gokei. Tonight was our final class in our recent 4 week series on the 五行 gogyo...