Jan 10 2014

Vidéo

This is Susanô who retrieved the original Kusanagi no Tsurugi from the tail of the hydra and gave it to his sister, who gave it later to Ninigi no Mikoto the first « godsend » ruler of Japan. This Tsurugi with the mirror and the jewel are the three regalia proving the divine mandate given to him. They are the symbol of the Imperial rule over Japan.
Ninigi’s great-grandson Jimmu, was to become the first Emperor.

Jan 8 2014

得心 or 心得 (kokoroe 2)

Shiro Kuma

I do not speak Japanese but I love to « understand » the meaning of Japanese kanji.

This is one of the many things I learnt from Sensei during all these years.

Today, a friend sent me an interesting comment about « kokoroe » (cf. recent post). Kokoroe, « knowledge » is written 心得 shin/kokoro + u/toku. But when the two kanji of « kokoroe » are reversed: i.e. 得心, it is « tokushin » and means « understanding ». So knowledge is also about understanding Nature and Life.

This is good but it gets better!

The sound of the first kanji « toku » in tokushin can be written with different kanji and have different meanings in Japanese. For example, we all know that Karate, 空手 (« empty hand » today) used to be written Karate 唐手, Chinese boxing before Funakoshi Sensei changed it to have it accepted as a Japanese Budô at the end of the 19th century. Obviously a Chinese fighting system couldnt have recognized as a Japanese Budô.

So for « tokushin »…

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Jan 8 2014

Kokoroe And Jihi no Kokoro

Shiro Kuma

In Japanese 心得 knowledge is kokoroe. Interestingly it is made up of two kanji 心, « shin » which is kokoro (heart, mind) and 得, « u » that has the meaning of: to get; to acquire; to obtain; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure.

Therefore, acquiring kokoroe (knowledge) is seen by the Japanese as obtaining things through a better heart, a better mind and not « intellectual knowledge » as we see it in the West.

And this definition reminds me of what Takamatsu sensei in wrote in a text called: « Essence of Ninjutsu », in which he defines the 慈悲の心, the jihi no kokoro or « benevolent heart » of the ninja.

He writes: « Stronger than love itself, the benevolent heart is capable of encompassing all that constitutes universal justice and all that finds expression in the unfolding of the universal scheme. Born of the insight attained from repeated exposure to the very brink between life and death…

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Jan 7 2014

Merci

Merci à tous les N91 de nous entraîner ensemble depuis maintenant 4 ans, dans cette grande Amitié que nous avons crée.

Merci pour le cours d’hier soir et du travail que nous y avons effectué.

Je me permets d’écrire ces quelques lignes pour finir ce cours.

Ce qui est important pour moi, c’est la philosophie qui pousse nos êtres à agir et à expérimenter et même à s’entraîner ensemble.

C’ est votre philosophie qui vous donne votre teinture et la direction que vous donnez à la vie qui vous habite.

Simplement, je vous suggère d’ adopter l’attitude qui vous permet de laisser surgir au moment venu, ce que vous ne savez pas encore que vous êtes et, qui vous permet de vous libérer sereinement, et doucement du pouvoir qu’ont vos croyances sur vous même.

Celui qui a la bonne attitude et la bonne curiosité s’ expérimente en tout temps, alors que celui qui cherche quelque chose ne peut que le trouver.

Encore une fois, l’ important pour moi c’est la philosophie: vivez, aimez et vous verrez ce qui arrive. Il faut simplement croire lumineusement en soi.

Sinon à quoi vous sert l’entrainement..et votre art martial?

Amitiés

Cédric

Jan 7 2014

Vidéo

cours du lundi 6 Jan 2014

Jan 6 2014

Juppô Sesshô series

Shiro Kuma

Juppô Sesshô series

The Juppô Sesshô is the expression of Ninpô Taijutsu. Hatsumi sensei began to expose it back in 2003. This 3-dvd series covers the first year of Juppô Sesshô dedicated to « Sanjigen no Sekai » or to be able to see the third dimension.
http://budomart.eu/index.php?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=jupp&submit_search=Search

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Jan 6 2014

Zero no Chikara – no power

Shiro Kuma

Zero no Chikara - no power

The theme for 2013 was mainly ken and mutô dori. Sensei ended the year by speaking a lot about « zero no Chikara » or « no strength » (picture).
But did you know that 力 chikara and 刀 sword are nearly written the same? -the vertical line protruding on top of the »ken ». Therefore strength and sword are linked; and if you are not using any strength then you achieve 無刀取り mutô dori.
By using no power you have unlimited power as 無刀取り mutô dori is having the courage to do what you have to do, whatever the outcome might be.

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