“Kata is an embodiment of teaching, therefore it should be learned correctly without preconception. Kata is also like a “container,” with which we pass its “contents called Ryuha” from teachers to learners strictly. After having instructed the teaching, we can throw...
A Review of the Kotō Ryū and Jinen Ryū Iai no Maki workshop with Mario DeMol.
Once again, Belgian Dojocho and senior student to Manaka Unsui Sensei visited New York to teach at the Jinenkan Kosei Gogi Dojo. Mario Sensei had just returned to Europe after spending two weeks in Japan and was back on...
There sure is alot of discussion about ‘form.’ It seems that this discussion is really centered around the varying training methods of instructors in the Bujinkan Dojo. I really don’t see instructors from the Jinenkan or the Genbukan jumping into the ring on this debate.
These...
“Last weekend I was honored to be able to learn from Adam Mitchell sensei in Milwaukee. I am very impressed with the dedication to this art as presented by Adam Sensei. I know in my heart that he is teaching what was taught to him, and to the generations of teachers before him.
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Review of Rico van Veenendaal’s visit to NY
February 3rd & 4th, 2012: Jinenkan Dōjōchō Rico van Veenendaal from the Mononofu Dōjō in Schiedam, Netherlands visited New York during the first week of August for training and to teach a weekend workshop. Rico had recently traveled...
I found this little gem in some old notes today dating back to from May, 2001. It is on Kiai, 気合.
“Today we trained the final techniques of the Naginatajutsu and there was a strong emphasis on the use of specific kiai. The use of this audible supplement to your attack or counter is not...
A master of calligraphy, swordsmanship, tea ceremony, martial arts, among other arts, is held in the Japanese tradition to be “acting from tanden“. Following is a segment from an email correspondence I’ve recently had with Unsui Sensei regarding tanden in our study of Kobudō. I...
While training Gyokko Ryū with Sensei and my colleagues, he stopped our lesson briefly to explain that your movement “should be like many pieces of paper having the same thickness as one.” Without seeing his body language while explaining this it would of course make little sense.
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By Brian Vaughan, 3rd Dan (photo above, teaching jojutsu)
Both words, with a minimum of verbiage, epitomize how I have led my life and my approach to martial arts. The first, Shoshin, a beginners heart…to maintain a simplicity of vision, clarity and openness. To al ways...
真剣型体術
Sensei began by explaining that the Shinken Gata followed the same kata sequence as the Kukishinden Ryu with the exception of added kata at each level. The distinguishing differences between the Kukishinden Ryū Dakentaijutsu and the Tora no Maki is that the Dakentaijutsu takes into...
“At the very least I want to see you relaxing, but also the correct tachi-suji, not like bo-furi.”
Keiko isn’t about using strength or unnecessary power, especially within your arms. Keiko is about relaxing and allowing your intentions to push themselves onto your opponent and...
“This is why I study what I study.”
My hakama was ripped to shreds on Friday and my dogi was torn today. As we approached the final hour of training under the senior European student of Unsui Sensei’s, the thought occurred to me that – this is it.
As Mario DeMol was...
