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KAIGOUSURU 2005 TAIKAI – 9′th International Training Party

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Kaigousuru 2005 – the ninth International Bujinkan Training Party with…

- Arnaud Cousergue (France)
- Ed Martin (USA)
- Elias Krzywacki (Norway)
- Hans Nilsson (Sweden)
- Lubos Pokorny (Czech Republic)
- Mariette v.d. Vliet (Holland)
- Mats Hjelm (Sweden)
- Roger Mattsson (Sweden)
- Shawn Gray (Japan)
- Sheila Haddad (USA)
- Steffen Fröhlich (Germany)
- Sveneric Bogsäter (Holland)

This year we had a bunch of instructors as you can see, we often had two classes at the same time, we filmed them all. We’ve had the Black belt sessions on the web site for sale a long time, that only is 4 hours long. But we also recorded much more than this DVD, we had a second camera recording the Green belt sessions, and a third video camera doing video interviews and special lectures with the instructors. We are releasing everything here.

576 minutes (that’s almost 10 hours material!), get it all for $39.98 Scroll down to get the discount. Or buy videos separately from $4.99 and up.

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden May 2005

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Part 1 – 121 minutes, 1.29 Gb for $14.99

Black Belt & Joint trainings part 1

121 minutes Black Belt trainings or Joint traings with all people. Steffen Fröhlich taught Taijutsu. Shawn Gray taught Gyokko-ryu, where one of the Uke had a Yoroi (samurai armor). Mats Hjelm taught knife defense and taijutsu. Roger Mattsson taught Taijutsu and Bojutsu. Arnaud Cousergue taught Taijutsu.



Part 2 – 123 minutes, 1.30 Gb for $14.99

Black Belt & Joint trainings part 2

123 minutes Sveneric Bogsäter taught knife kihon-happo. Lubos Pokorny taught taijutsu and weapons. Elias Krzywacki taught Gyokko-ryu. Sheila Haddad taught defense against knife attacks. Mariette v.d. Vliet taught taijutsu. Hans Nilsson taught taijutsu.



Part 3 – 64 minutes, 658 Mb for $4.99

Bonus part 1 – Warm-up and lectures

64 minutes where Arnaud did a special warm-up exercise to strengthen your Kamae and blocking. Elias did warm-up exercises which will give you better coordination skills. We took Ed outside where he taught breathing exercises for the camera only. We also took Arnaud to the side where he gave a lecture on the Yoroi (Samurai armor), explaining all the parts while dressing one of the students in our new Yoroi. Then doing ukemi on the concrete floor.



Part 4 – 54 minutes, 550 Gb for $4.99

Bonus part 2 – Instructor interviews

54 minutes. We took all twelve instructors to the side and did interviews with them. Find out what Arnaud, Ed, Elias, Hans, Lubos, Mariette, Mats, Roger, Shawn, Sheila, Steffen, and Sveneric had to say.



Part 5 – 63 minutes, 639 Mb for $4.99

Bonus part 3 – Q & A sessions

63 minutes where the participants asked the instructors any question they wanted. It was good interesting talk about the years theme, the ryuha, training, life, philosophy and much more.



Part 6 – 155 minutes, 1.65 Gb for $9.99

Bonus part 4 – Green belt sessions

On this video Mariette, Sheila, Sveneric, Mats and Arnaud taught the green belts basics.




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Part 1-2 – 240 minutes, XXX Gb for $19.99


Black Belt & Joint trainings part 1-2

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Part 3-6 – 336 minutes, 3.5 Gb for $19.99



Excerpts with all the instructors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8lG0zzC0MU

KAIGOUSURU 2006 TAIKAI – 10′th International Training Party

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Kaigousuru 10 – the tenth International Bujinkan Training Party with…

- Arnaud Cousergue (Fra)
- Ed Martin (USA)
- Lauri Jokinen (Fin)
- Lubos Pokorny (Cze)
- Mats Hjelm (Swe)

At this three day Tai Kai the five instructors taught three classes each. One big group with everyone, then we had split up the group in two, green belts and the black belts so that the instructors could teach more freely and more detailed to the appropriate groups. See below for details of what they taught.

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden April 2006

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Part 1 – 138 minutes, 1.67 Gb for $14.99

Arnaud Cousergue (France)

138 minutes where Arnaud taught Taijutsu, the first class was more advanced Taijutsu. The second class was for the green belts where he taught proper Kamae, blocking and movement.

 


Part 2 – 68 minutes, 831 Mb for $11.99

Ed Martin (U.S.A.)

68 minutes where Ed taught breathing techniques, how to use the body structure to your advantage, self defense from a knife attack. To the green belt class he taught Taijutsu from grabbing situations.

 


Part 3 – 90 minutes, 1.1 Gb for $11.99

Lauri Jokinen (Finland)

90 minutes where Lauri taught Suwari-gata and Tachi-waza techniques from Shindenfudo-ryu. At the green belt class he taught more Taijutsu henka, and a little basics.

 


Part 4 – 90 minutes, 1.1 Gb for $11.99

Lubos Pokorny (Czech Republic)

90 minutes where Lubos taught Taijutsu feeling from his many months in Japan this year (we did not film the green belt class with Lubos).

 


Part 5 – 88 minutes, 1.06 Gb for $11.99

Mats Hjelm (Sweden)

88 minutes where Mats Hjelm taught Sabaki, Kamae, Striking and blocking. Sanshin no kata. Sword basics, Iai-nuki, cutting (makiwara cutting), evading/blocking. And Shindenfudo-ryu Taijutsu techniques.

KAIGOUSURU 2004 TAIKAI – ROPPO KUJI NO BIKEN

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Kaigousuru 8 -- the eighth International Bujinkan Training Party with…

- Arnaud Cousergue
- Steffen Fröhlich
- Mariette van der Vliet
- Lubos Pokorny
- Shawn Gray
- Hans Nilsson
- Roger Mattsson
- Mats Hjelm

Theme was Roppo kuji no biken, Sword, taijutsu basics, advanced taijutsu and much more

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden May 2004



Part 1 -- 77 minutes, 936 Mb for $11.99

Friday training

Session 1; Shawn taught Taijutsu and Sword. Session 2; Roger taught sword. Session 3; Arnaud taught the nine Kenjutsu techniques from Kukishin-ryu, then he explained how to hold the sword and how to cut.



Part 2 -- 64 minutes, 785 Mb for $11.99

Saturday training

Session 1; Steffen taught Taijutsu and sword. Session 2; Hasse taught Taijutsu and sword. Session 3; Henka chain with all the instructors. Session 4; Mariette taught Taijutsu and knife fighting.



Part 3 -- 85 minutes, 1040 Mb for $11.99

Sunday training

Session 1; Carl Holmes taught backflips. Session 2; All the instructors taught Sanshin no kata. Session 3; Lubos taught Taijutsu and sword. Session 3; Henka chain with all the instructors. Session 4; Question and answers.


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The theme of this year was Roppo Kuji no Biken. All of the instructors had already been in Japan this year and got the feeling of this years theme.

There was also a Q&A session, where the instructors talked about this years theme and much more.

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KAIGOUSURU 1999 TAIKAI with ARNAUD COUSERGUE, PETER KING and SVENERIC BOGSÄTER

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Kaigousuru 2 -- the second International Bujinkan Training Party with Arnaud Cousergue, Peter King and Sveneric Bogsäter in Sweden.

The theme of this year was Kukishin-ryu Taijutsu. All three teachers teach various aspects of Kihon Happo and Sanshin no kata. Arnaud taught Sword basics at the Shidoshi class for example.

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden July 1999


70 minutes, 470 Mb for $14.99
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Sample clip from the video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=st9QB8ZoD2Q

About the instructors

Hehe… the Shi-tenno needs no introduction. Arnaud, Peter and Sveneric are famous Shihan in the Bujinkan. See their own web sites for more information about them…
- Shi-tenno web site

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KAIGOUSURU 1997 TAIKAI with PEDRO FLEITAS and ARNAUD COUSERGUE

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Kaigousuru 1 -- the first International Bujinkan Training Party with Pedro Fleitas & Arnaud Cousergue in Sweden.

The theme was Jo Jutsu and Taijutsu. They taught many Jo Jutsu techniques and henka from Kukishin-ryuu Jo jutsu. They also taught Taijutsu, unarmed fighting techniques.

Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden September 1997


72 minutes, 480 Mb for $14.99
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Sample clip from the video

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About the instructors

Hehe, both Pedro and Arnaud are famous Shihan in the Bujinkan. See their own web sites for more information about them…
- Arnaud Cousergue web site
- Pedro Fleitas web site

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Taihen Kuden Shinden by Arnaud Cousergue

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Here is another old article I had on my web site 10 years ago, enjoy!

- Mats 2010-08-18

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Background: This article was the result of me asking about the Shu Ha Ri (learn the technique, break the technique and then leave the technique) on a mailing list. And the response was so good that I thought more people should be able to read it. Click on the image on the right and it will explain the meaning of the Kanji. Shu-Ha-Ri is not only a Bujinkan term, it can be found in many Japanese Budô arts. And as Arnaud explains below, not necessarily just Budô, it involves everything we learn and master. Enjoy the article!

/Mats Hjelm - January 2000


Taihen Kuden Shinden by Arnaud Cousergue

Mats said: "I need some more information about that. I think most japanese Budô arts have this saying. Can someone give me a few comments or more information about this?"
The process of learning for human beings (maybe animals too) follows three basic periods:

you learn the new stuff,

you understand the new stuff,

you go beyond the new stuff, making it your own stuff.

If we take the process of learning how to ride a bicycle we have the following steps:

  • When you are a kid you first learn to stay balanced on your bike, you learn to stay up (i.e. not to fall). To help you keep your balance, your parents (Sensei?) add two small wheels to your bike so that you cannot fall on your side so easily. With the help of the wheels, you can learn to move the pedals and you can move forward.
  • Then you develop your experience by playing with your friends (training with partners) over the months. You fall sometimes but, little by little things get easier. You begin to feel and understand how the whole thing works and you free yourself from the "form".
  • After a while, you know how to ride your bicycle, you do not fall that much, you do not think on "how to ride" but more on "how to get to this place". You know how to ride a bicycle and you adapt your knowledge to your environment.

By learning how to ride your bike, you followed the three steps of: learning, breaking and leaving! But this is not the end of the story. You have been riding your bike for a few months and the little wheels are bent upwards because you trained hard. They do not touch the ground any more, but you don't know it. You think you are still using them to balance your bicycle and prevent you from falling. One day, your parents (Sensei?) see that and with a tear in their eyes admire your mastery :-) Watching you, they even saw that sometimes these little wheels where preventing you from riding properly. Because they love you, because they are proud of you they decide to take out these little wheels that you do not really use anymore, to make you more free of your movements.

Alas the whole process is to be followed again! You have to learn a different way of riding your bicycle. Everything you knew from experience is not good anymore.

  • you have to learn a new form of moving because without these little wheels you feel unbalanced (even if, without knowing it, you were not using the little wheels anymore). You fall again very often and you get more pain and bruises as you progress in learning this new process.
  • After a while you understand the new rules. You learn new angles you can use to change direction. Your bicycle becomes more the extension of your self.
  • After a small period of time, you do not pay attention anymore to your bicycle, you are more interested in getting to some place(adapting the technique to the environment). Your movements are free you are not limited anymore by the little wheels (basics?).

And if one day you want to learn how to ride a motorbike, you will have to go through another (yet the same) learning process of "learn-break-leave".

This is the same in Budô. You first learn the body motion trying to reproduce what your teacher is showing. You cannot do it but you try hard to understand the "mechanics" of motion.

Then by training hard with your partners you build YOUR understanding of body motion and little by little you adapt it to your own body and capabilities. You break the forms and use what is good for you leaving what is not. You break every step into small parts so that you can integrate them easily in your body natural movements.

One day, the movement is no more your teacher's movement but it is yours. You reached the "leave the form" step until you get a deeper understanding of it that will put you again through the learning process and the three steps.

Now, if we want japanese names we can give the following names for these steps:

  • learning the form = TAIHEN: learning through body motion,
  • breaking the form = KUDEN: breaking the form through the experience you develop by yourself, with your partners and with the help and advises of your teacher,
  • leaving the form = SHINDEN: you create your own form "naturally", your own spirit feeds your understanding of body motion. you can adapt your actions without thinking because you are one with the technique, you are above the form. The movement exists and you "manifest" it naturally, including it in different situations and environments.

For me this is what Hatsumi Sensei is teaching us. He is not only teaching movements or techniques. He is giving us freedom and this freedom can only be attain through hard practice, sweat and bruises. There is no limited time to get it, this is a whole life study!

I hope this will help you Mats :-)

Arnaud Cousergue

http://kumafr.wordpress.com/

January 25'th 2000…