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矛盾 budo is not logic

From Kabutoshimen by Toryu

We where training on a basic blocking technique in kenjutsu yesterday when the teacher pointed out that we should not overdo the block or try to move to soon. Because if the opponent know this and make faint and attack in the opening you just gave him. Or he might give the impression of feinting and attack where he showed he was attacking, this feinting a feint.

There is no logic in budo. If you think in logic terms you won’t get it. But there is of course logic involved, but it is not logic. It is what Japanese call mujun (contradiction). Let’s look at the kanji for mujun because it is interesting…

矛盾 MUJUN means contradiction. The first kanji is HOKO which is the Chinese long-handled spear. And the second character is TATE and means shield. We use the same kanji in “Tate ni suru”.
The shield maker say that his shield will withstand all spears. The spear maker says that his spear will penetrate all shields. This is not logic it is a contradiction.

The same thing is applied in budo. And I belive this is why Soke stresses the importance of feeling not the technique.

On the flight over here I watched the movie Kung Fu Panda. When the panda received the secret dragon scroll, he first didn’t understood it, then he did and became invincible. There is no way to teach high level budo, Soke says this often. If it would be that easy for a teacher to teach you the arts highest level, then it would be a low level budo in my opinion. What the panda read on his dragon scroll made him realize the truth. But if it was that easy and it would work for most people, then think again… mujun!

Also look up the kanji for “jikomujun” and “mujungoho”. They are also interesting. Please feel free to post comments.…

Arrived to Tokyo this morning

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…and now I’m finishing up my soya latte before heading out to honbu dojo (I don’t know if there is an extra training during the day, I hope so).

The weather is fine a little cloudy but warm and humid as I expected. Well it’s time to go :)

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How the site looks on different browsers

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I’ve been working with two stylesheets, one for devices bigger than 480px which would be people browsing on a computer. And one stylesheet that gets called if the screen resolution is smaller, which would be mobile devices, specifically for iPhone and iTouch.

These pages look best in the following order Safari then Firefox. Opera and iExplorer last. Click on the next page to see screendumps from each browser.

Safari 3.12 (as it should look)

Firefox 3.01 (missing the glow effect on headers)

Opera 9.20 (also missing the rounded corners in headers)

iExplorer 7 (looks similar to Opera, the menu (not showed here) looks weird and needs more tweaking)

This is how it looks with Safari on the iPhone


It would be interesting to see screendumps from other browsers, especially phones. Please send it to us!…

Hello world!

From Kabutoshimen by Toryu

Welcome to Bujinkan.me. This blog was installed, I will start blogging here soon :-) .

This web site is under construction. It is optimized for iPhone and browsers capable of CSS3/W3C standards such as Safari, Opera and Firefox.…

Dean Rostohar – Shinken kata vol 2-3 – Knife and Pistol

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Dean Rostohar teaches unarmed defence against knife and pistol. He also taught how to use the knife, and how to use pistol from close distance. If you learn how to use these weapons you can also learn how to defend yourself against them.

He also showed many tactic manouvers how to take out a guard, and also how to avoid the same situations. Also how to act as a bodyguard...

We also added a few clips from his shooting videos so you can see how it is done with a real gun against targets.

With Dean Shihans experience from real fighting in war, and also from his time in the police force in Croatia he certainly know what he is doing. For his full resume, check out his web site... Dean bio or SPECWOG bio

- Check out these pictures from Kaigozan extra training and the seminar
- Article writen by Dean about the seminar click here!
- Read what some of the participants wrote, click here!.

Two DVD set, NTSC, Region Free, playing time is 230 minutes

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Dean Rostohar – Shinken kata vol 1 – Kihon Happo

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Dean Rostohar teaches Kihon happo techniques with "shinken kata style". Unarmed also knife and pistol techniques at Kaigozan Dojo from September 2007.

We also added a few clips from his shooting videos so you can see how it is done with a real gun against targets.

With Dean Shihans experience from real fighting in war, and also from his time in the police force in Croatia he certainly know what he is doing. For his full resume, check out his web site... Dean bio SPECWOG bio

- Check out these pictures from Kaigozan extra training and the seminar
- Article writen by Dean about the seminar click here!
- Read what some of the participants wrote, click here!.

NTSC, Region Free, playing time is 80 minutes

Skr239.00

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Kaigozan 15 Year Anniversary

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Title: Kaigozan#01 - Kaigozan 15 års jubileum Instructors: Mats Hjelm, Christian Spicker, Hasse Nilsson, Dick Bergström Theme: Gyokko-ryu Kosshijutsu Happobiken, Bojutsu Recorded: Recorded in Stockholm, October 8-9'th 2005 Format: DVD/R- (it might not work on older DVD players! check your manual first!) 140 Minutes playing time. NOTE: All instructions is in Swedish, there is no subtitles on this DVD About this video I oktober 1990 skrev vi på kontraktet för lokalen på Albygatan 117 i Sundbyberg. Femton år senare firar vi jubileum, vi bjöd in några gamla instruktörer och elever för att fira detta med ett träningsläger. Mats Hjelm - Shidôshi 13 Dan (huvudinstruktör i Kaigozan sedan starten 1990), lärde ut de nio bôjutsu teknikerna från Kukishin-ryû shoden kata, och lite knivförsvar. Christian Spicker - Shidôshi 9 Dan (huvudinstruktör i Kaigozan ca 1990-1994), nyligen hemkommen från Japan lärde ut bôjutsu, Gyokko-ryû kosshijutsu (Taijutsu). Hans Nilsson - Shidôshi 9 Dan (huvudinstruktör i Kaigozan ca 1994-2002), körde olika sparringsövningar, mattbrottning, svärdsträning och taijutsu. Dick Bergström - Shidôshi 5 Dan (en av Kaigozans första elever), också nyligen hemkommen från Japan visade lite tekniker och feeling från träningarna där.
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Twelve chi kung breathing exercises w Ed Martin

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Ed Martin Shihan is a long time student and master teacher of the Bujinkan Dojo system founded by Dr Masaaki Hatsumi Soke Ph.D. Another long time friend of Ed named Charles Daniel have studied many different martial arts for many years. He taught Ed a series of chi kung breathing exercises for health benefit. Ed says that this have turned out to be very true. Now you to can learn these simple and yet very effective breathing exercises with this video.

The ability to take in and store vital energy comes under the general heading of chi kung. There are hundreds of methods of chi kung, including Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian sources in China. India and Tibet both had strong influences on chi kung in China. A great interchange took place between these countries, not only in trade, but also in culture and religious practice. Many Buddhist monks carried the teachings to China, and with them secrets of health and longevity. Since that time the Chinese have adapted and changed all that they have learnt, and produced the multi-faceted chi kung of today.

The main reasons for people performing chi kung can roughly be divided into three areas.

  1. Health promotion/stress-free mind.
  2. Longevity: chi kung advocates believe that correct and regular practice will ultimately lead to a healthy and extended life span.
  3. Martial arts: the ability to generate tremendous power from chi kung training.
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Christmas seminar (Hankyou 2004)

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Title: Hankyo 2004 - Jullägret

Instructors:
Mats Hjelm - Shidôshi 12 Dan
Fredrik Markgren - Shidôshi 9 Dan
Hans Nilsson - Shidôshi 9 Dan
Roger Mattsson - Shidôshi 9 Dan
Arne Elmlund - Shidôshi 6 Dan
Petter Swedin - Shidôshi 6 Dan
Kristoffer Metsälä - Shidôshi 5 Dan
Ola Grönlund - Shidôshi 5 Dan
m.fl Only in Swedish language!

Theme: Refrlektioner över årets tema, Roppo Kuji no Biken

Under 2004 var det många Svenskar som åkte till Japan. I December arrangerade Kaigôzan Dôjô ett seminarium där alla som hade varit i Japan detta år var inbjudna att dela med sig av sina reflektioner och tankar över årets tema.

Något av det som lärdes ut var falltekniker med eller utan rustning, budo no kiso, daisho jûtaijutsu, tachi waza, yoroi kumi uchi, taijutsu m.m.

Med på DVD'n finns också bildspel från diverse läger 2004, totalt 300 bilder. Var du med på något av Kaigozans läger 2004 finns du säkert med Smiley

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden December 2004

Format: DVD/R which plays on all computers using and ordinary DVDRom. It also plays on most DVD players (check your manual!).

105 Minutes playing time top quality, available in PAL only. Plus

Language: Swedish All the instructions on this DVD is in Swedish!

Skr239.00

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