The Shugyo ” Bujinkan Training Review Clips” have recieved the final word of encouragement and sanction from the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo in Japan!

As a result, we will commence the subscription service very soon!

Details of the service and how to subscribe, will be displayed shortly on the Tengu Weapons website www.tenguweapons.com and www.tazziedevil.wordpress.com

It is our hope that you feel this concept is of value and assists you in your training until you return to Japan to train with Soke and his Shihan.

We aim to continually improve the quality of the filming and develop this concept in a professional manner. We also believe that the content is much more important than “flashy” productions. So, this service will be simple and straight forward in it’s filming and editing.

We sincerely hope that you benefit from this service and that it helps you in your studies of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu.

Regards,

Duncan & Craig.

This is the way for those who want to learn my strategy:

Do not think dishonestly.

The Way is in the training itself.

Become acquainted with every Art.

Know the Ways of all professions.

Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.

Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.

Percieve those things which cannot be seen.

Pay attention even to trifles.

Do nothing which is of no use.

Miyamoto Musashi

A Big toad had spent his youth at the dim bottom of a deep well, bullying the grogs and growing ever more arrogant about his size and power.

One day the toad fell into a bucket and was drawn up itno the light where he saw a whole new world and creatures larger and more powerful than he. Amazed and fearful, he threw himself back into the well saying,

” Perhaps I’m not much after all, but these frogs will never know! “

Ura ni wa ura ga aru

                                                                                                                              ” The reverse side has it’s reverse side”

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Craig Olson and I have been discussing having clips on his website http://www.tenguweapons.com/  for download through subscription. The clips would be my practise based on the classes I attend here in Japan with the Japanese Shihan and Hatsumi Soke.

The clips would be around 2-5 minutes long.

The clips are not intended to be instructional. The clips are intended for those Bujinkan members who wish to maintain a connection with  training in between their trips to Japan,Taikai,or seminars with people who live or visit Japan.

The concept is to only give ideas to aid everyone in continuing their own personal training and stay close to the training as experienced in Japan.

We will concentrate on mostly “henka” and not that of  kata. Particular points will be mentioned, but for further understanding and clarity, it is essential that everyone maintains their connection with their teachers, the Shihan and Soke in Japan.

I must stress that it is very important for everyone ( no matter what rank ) to firstly purchase Soke’s DVDs and books and study them as well as you can. These are his wishes.

The proposed clips are not intended to take place of your normal dojo training or attendance to seminars and Japan. We hope that the clips but help maintain a spark in your training and understanding of the importance to maintain a connection with Soke, the Shihan and Japan.

We will not go ahead unless we feel there will be enough people interested in the service.

Cost will be a minimal monthly payment and will be user friendly.

We look forward to hearing from you. Please show us your interest by replying to this post.

Many thanks in advance,

Duncan & Craig

Iv’e had over the last few years many comments regarding my blog. All have been very positive. Thank you.

People have also asked me. “Why do you write pages and not posts?

Well, from my experience training in Budo, nothing comes to you served on a sliver platter. Soke asks everyone to have the confidence in themselves and take control of their own lives. This means that on occassions he infact turns his back on people to make them realise that they must rely on themselves. 

Soke doesn’t teach budo in a 1,2,3 step manner. It’s up to us to discern the best way for our own lives. We must capture the essence and the secrets by our own means. Therefore, he admonishes us to hold the mindset of an anthropologist and seek out the connections of man and budo while learning about life and the wonders of the natural,spiritual and historical world that has gone before us.

The way of Ninpo is not one that can be understood. Also, the common sense of a ninja is not necessarily the same as the common sense of an un-trained person. So, for someone that gets frustrated when another doesn’t follow the “most logical way”  or  the “ most common way”, they cannot be called martial artists.

I have naturally found that I wrote pages in order to make people seek. If people really want to read my words borrowed by my teachers, than they must search. If it is something new, something that they haven’t yet read before, then it’s up to them to take the time and look for it. It’s always more rewarding when you find something after expressing a little individual effort don’t you think?

Soke has often said that it is good to go over or re-read books from time to time. As a result, we may actually come to understand the words written in a completely different way. This is natural.

So, if you accidently click onto a page that you have previously read, you may decide to read it again. If so, I hope you get something different out of it than when you first read it.

After that, you may browse the pages a little more until an unfamiliar one sparks your interest. This is probably a new inclusion. Therefore, you have found what you are searching for and will be happy.

Thank you for supporting this blog.

Good luck in your training,

Duncan

This is a personal journal of thoughts primarily sprouting from my study of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu in Japan. Writing allows me to free my mind. It helps clarify in a certain light my weaknesses and strengths in the martial arts and life. I can then attempt to move forward and grow further in life and budo. I think it is also important to feel the breath between the lines to gain a deeper understanding of ones sense, personal direction, and growth.

For those who wish to add their own experiences and thoughts, I’d like to give you an open invitation to do so.  It is my hope that we can share as friends our enriching experiences through the Budo of Japan as taught by Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and his Shihan.

Regards,

Duncan

Training with Nagato Sensei at the Bujinden