From BUJINKAN TASMANIA by Duncan Stewart
http://tokuburyusuibujinkandojo.bigcartel.com/
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Year: 2012
Shihan Noguchi Yukio
From TENRYU by jorgevaccaro
Año 2003
Interview to Shihan Noguchi Yukio
Shihan Noguchi Yukio is well known in the Bujinkan, by his classes in Noda City and for being always very close to Masaaki Hatsumi Soke, not only in Japan, but in many Taikai that have taken place all around the world.
His way of moving doesn’t stop to amaze, no matter whoever sees him for the first time, as much as those who have been training with him for years.
The classes developed by Shihan Noguchi Sensei are dynamic and with happiness, and although his movements are fast, precise and sutile for the human eye, the power behind his techniques leave a mark on the body that lasts for days.
While he is moving, it seems that he’s dancing at the same time as the attack, sometimes he’s movements are so absorving that can take us from our own balance without even touching us.
From every waza he shows, and infinite amount of Henka are quickly expanded on infinite changes. There’s no time to analize, no time to reflect, his classes are as the wind of Bufu that wraps us and takes us from one side to the other without thinking. Everyone gets out smiling, the happiness is captured in his trainings.
In this opportunity, a breath after class gave us place to interview him for the Tenchiwado (Antique publication of the Bujinkan Tenryu Dojo & Christian Petroccello).
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Noguchi Sensei ¿How did you began in the martial arts?
I began when I was 30 years. Now I’m 61. I’ve been training for 31 years, and never did any other art but this one.
¿How did you meet Hatsumi Sensei?
I knew him before training. I met him once when I went to meet him because I hurt my ankle. I went there for him to cure me, because that’s what he was dedicated to at the time. There we became friends
However, when I started training with him, I stopped being his friend, to became his student.
¿What other activities did you do beside Martial Arts?
I’ve practiced several sports such as Volley, Beisbol, Bowling, Ping Pong, etc..
At bowling I was quite good. I always did over 200 points!
¿How do you see the growth of the Bujinkan in the world?
The Bujinkan is growing naturally, without propaganda.
All over the world, people have been gathering by themselves. Good people, that make good things.
¿Do you feel identified by any ryuha in particular?
I have no preferences. All are equal to me. Besides, I don’t understand all of the schools.
¿What did you feel the first time you took the Sakki Test?
I felt very nervous, but it was something I made gladly.
¿What advice would you give to the instructors?
When they come to Japan to train as much as they can, to then bring those teachings to their countries. Once there, teach freely.
¿How do you apply Budo in your life?
No difference. I live in complete fullness.
¿Respect this year’s theme called Koteki Ryuda Juppo Sessho, what can you tell us?
It’s something that it’s practiced from every directions. As people, that come from every part of the world, every direction. They come from Switzerland, England,Spain, Argentina, etc. The base I think is to work from those directions.
Ko teki Ryu da, gives me the idea of something candent, that expands or that comes from every directions.
As sensei explains more about this matter, the more I will be able to talk about it.
¿How was the training when you started in the Bujinkan?
It was different. Sensei tought old school, but now he doesn’t. He’s smoother now.
¿Where you able to meet Takamatsu Sensei?
No. I only met his wife.
¿What did you feel when Sensei talked and showed the teachings of Takamatsu Sensei?
Afraid!!!
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Bou Shuriken-jutsu DVD
From BUJINKAN TASMANIA by Duncan Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi0cf0wPr_M&feature=share
A simple DVD has been produced for Bujinkan students and those interested in Shuriken-jutsu.
The DVD will be available for order by the 1st December 2012.
The express aim of this dvd is to add life to the training by ensuring students use taijutsu and taihenjutsu. Weapons can fail and not be effective. Relying on the Shuriken alone is not enough. The student must understand that the opponent will be moving and also may be throwing shuriken in return!
Understanding these realities, the student is encouraged to study with the knowing that Budo Taijutsu and Taihenjutsu are the means to survival. Not just the Shuriken. A weapons specialist without his weapon or any other skill is a weakness.Soke Hatsumi exclaims that Taijutsu is the base for all weapons and survival.
The Dvd gives humble examples of basic throwing practice, basic variations utilizing various methods of taihenjutsu and weaponry, and then demonstrations of shinken gata ( possible real life scenario methods ).
The demonstrator in the DVD is not a master of shuriken-jutsu and is still correcting on a daily basis his faults and weaknesses. This Dvd is a means to merely encourage others on using imagination and think about the infinite variations one may encounter and how to effectively use the shuriken in those moments.
Duncan is a long time practitioner of Bujinkan Budo. He knows and trusts that the art of shuriken-jutsu exists in the Bujinkan. Upon learning the fundamentals of throwing, the student of Bujinkan Shuriken-jutsu must take the time to study and practice, constantly refining their technique. But most importantly, never forgetting to use Budo taijutsu: The core or “Kaname” of Bujinkan Budo.
The Bujinkan technique is “Ninja technique”. One must throw “naturally” in ones own way, free from form or style. This allows the practitioner to be open to change, be unpredictable, and adjust accordingly using Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Happou Biken and Ninpo Taihenjutsu.
I sincerely hope that those who view this DVD will look at training as something more than throwing at a mat.
DVD Order Details:
- Currently the DVD will be only available at Bushinden Kai and at the Toku Bu Ryu Sui Bujinkan Dojo in Kashiwa, Japan.
- It is expected that there will be a designated distributer in Japan,Europe, The United States and Australasia in the near future.
- Direct Downloads may be available in the future if there is a big enough demand.
- International Order Price 4000yen ( approx: $47AUD, $49USD, 38Euro ) – Price includes Postage & Handling.
- Bushinden Kai and Toku Bu Ryu Sui Dojo sale price is 3000yen.
- Orders can be made through http://www.Paypal.com. Account name: http://[email protected].
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Jintsu 神通: Mystical Power From Sudden Change
From Bujinkan Santa Monica by Michael Glenn
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| 毘沙門天 Bishamonten photo by Satoshi Kobayashi |
My take on kaname is a bit different than other's I have spoken with. For me, one important aspect of kaname is being connected with 神通 jintsu and 神通力 jintsuuriki. These are mystical powers of heaven and earth that are connected to and pivoting through you.
In Buddhism, Jintsu is known as "direct knowledge" or even "supernatural knowledge." This leads to some interesting super powers like: 天眼通 tengentsuu divine eye or clairvoyance; 神足通 jinsokutsuu unimpeded bodily function like walking on water or walking through walls; 天耳通 tennitsuu clairaudience or divine ear; 他心通 tashintsuu or telepathy; 宿命通 shukumyoutsuu remembering past lives; and 漏尽通 rojintsuu which is the extinction of contamination, or a divine clarity of mind.While these ideas seem impossible, if you broaden your experience to include this type of connection in your training you will experience some interesting results. I cannot teach anyone how to do this. But as an example, the connection we use in both taking AND giving the Godan test must not be severed. If you have experienced this connection, ask yourself, where does it originate? And how do you embody it in training?
Hatsumi Sensei suggests that one way to connect to this power is to repeat one technique a thousand times. The idea here is to cultivate mindlessness. You get the self out of the way and enter a state of 無心 mushin. What happens next is 神運に任せ jiuni makase. Your fate or luck is connected to kami or the divine.
The resulting power of this connection leads to 変化必然 henka hitsuzen. These inevitable changes have immense power. In the 天津鞴韜馗神之秘文 amatsu tatara kishin no hibun, a secret teaching of ancient war strategies that informs several ryuuha in the Bujinkan, one very important principle is:
豹変して必ず勝つ hyohen-shite kanarazu katsu. Sudden change will always prevail.This is what I think about with the idea of kaname. But my experience so far this year has also shown me that kaname is a reflection of one's heart. If you have ever felt the power of this kind of change, ask yourself, where does it originate? How might you embody that in training?
Bujinkan Tasmania Dojo
From BUJINKAN TASMANIA by Duncan Stewart
The establishment of the Tasmania`s first full-time Bujinkan Dojo is in place.
Donations are welcome to assist with the planning and development of Tasmania`s first full-time facility directed at transmitting Bujinkan Budo and other Japanese Cultural Arts by qualified instructors.
It is the express aim to develop the Japanese cultural arts that comprise the Bujinkan in Tasmania, offering a wonderful opportunity for interested people and groups to affiliate themselves with such a rich history and martial way expressing true art and humanity.
Donations can be sent via to the Dojo Paypal Account at http://www.paypal.com.
Bufu Ikkan.
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