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bkronlineFebruary 1, 2018

From Blog – Bujinkan Kokusai Renkoumyo 武神館國際連光明道場 by bkronline

When I sat with Soke on the 21st and shared my research with him, everything was still hot off the press and only in English. I needed to explain everything I had found to him.

27628809_1481584878621056_1609936000718160481_o He was very excited about the finds and insisted that I get everything translated over into Japanese for him right away.

That has been my priority number 1 since I returned on Monday heavy with a bad hangover and severe jet lag.

Today I have completed translating all 31 pages of the most important aspects of the research I have done over the past few months. They are off to him now both digitally and by postal mail.

Now I can focus on getting down to writing the full book.

Glad this initial stage is finished.

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三光稲荷 Sankō Inari

adminJanuary 11, 2018January 11, 2018

From 8þ Kabutoshimen by admin

On the second training this year Sōke improved an old painting with a fox. He painted white hair on the Fox and added the kanji. Then he put it up on the left side of Shomen wall in Honbu Dōjō.

三光稲荷 SANKŌ INARI
(Three light rice load)

G00g1e translate isn’t much help. But I found interesting story on Wikipedia about Inari Ōkami is the Japanese kami of foxes, of fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto. In earlier Japan, Inari was also the patron of swordsmiths and merchants. Represented as male, female, or androgynous, Inari is sometimes seen as a collective of three or five individual kami. Inari appears to have been worshipped since the founding of a shrine at Inari Mountain in 711 AD, although some scholars believe that worship started in the late 5th century.

By the 16th century Inari had become the patron of blacksmiths and the protector of warriors, and worship of Inari spread across Japan in the [[Edo period]. Inari is a popular figure in both Shinto and Buddhist beliefs in Japan. More than one-third (32,000) of the Shinto shrines in Japan are dedicated to Inari. Modern corporations, such as cosmetic company Shiseido, continue to revere Inari as a patron kami, with shrines atop their corporate headquarters.

Inari and their fox spirits help the blacksmith Munechika forge the blade kogitsune-maru (Little Fox) in the late 10th century. This legend is the subject of the noh drama Sanjo Kokaji.

The fox and the wish-fulfilling jewel are prominent symbols of Inari. Other common elements in depictions of Inari, and sometimes of their kitsune, include a sickle, a sheaf or sack of rice, and a sword. Another belonging was their whip—although they were hardly known to use it, it was a powerful weapon that was used to burn people’s crops of rice.

Inari is a popular deity with shrines and Buddhist temples located throughout most of Japan. According to a 2007 report from Kokugakuin University, 2970 shrines are dedicated to Inari.

If you find one or usually many red Tori gates it is most likely a shrine dedicated to Inary deity.

So what does this mean for Bujinkan? I don’t know, it is an interesting part of Japanese culture. Maybe he just want us to look it up.

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First blog post – Web Designer

Charles Onaje LucasJuly 7, 2017

From Blog – Bujinkan Kokusai Renkoumyo 武神館國際連光明道場 by Charles Onaje Lucas

Hello everyone:

I am the web designer for Sean Askew’s new Bujinkan Kokusai Renkoumyo 武神館國際連光明道場 website. Thank you for your patience while we build the website and post the new content.

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Coming this spring… The Hidden Lineage

bkronlineJanuary 2, 2017

From Blog – Bujinkan Kokusai Renkoumyo 武神館國際連光明道場 by bkronline

In search of the history of the Togakure Ryu

I definitely do not want to cause an issue with anyone regarding the cover of the book. In fact, the picture that was up was just a temporary one. The final cover is a surprise as I have been given the approval to include photographs of Hatsumi Sensei and the Shihan from the 1960’s that have never been published before. They are from the collection of Anthony Netzler and Steve Tansley. I owe them some big thanks. The pictures were taken for the book on the ninja by Andrew Adams (1970). Steve Tansley’s father was the photographer to that project and left Steve and Anthony with a beautiful collection of never before seen photographs. I will include a few of the best and hopefully one will don the cover.

The previous photo, the “Kama Mon” is the symbol of the divine at Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社) in Shinshu. It is the symbol of the “Bujin” (武神) enshrined at Suwa.　Yes, the same “Bujin” as in the Bujinkan. Due to the close proximity and tribal relationships, the shrine at Togakushi where our Togakure Ryu comes from also uses the “Kama Mon” as its shrines symbol. The “kama” or a sickle is a farmers tool that held high spiritual importance in the rice-based communities. Once the harvest was over each year, the Togakushi region would hold “kama” festivals 「鎌祝い」, to celebrate and give thanks to the shrine’s deities for a good harvest and to pray for another next year.

Also, please enjoy my clip from yesterday’s Taijutsu session

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Kumo no sou 蜘蛛の巣 – spindelnät

IwatoNovember 6, 2016

From Sida 11 – Iwato 1810 by Iwato

Juro gumo

Vårt agerande måste vara likt ett bygge av ett spindelnät. När en spindel tillverkar ett nät, hänger den det i ett tomrum och väntar på att bytet kommer in och fångar sig självt i det. Detta är samma sak när vi tränar med uke. Uke kommer av egen vilja in i vårt spindelnät och vi gör ingenting för att låta denne fastna i den. Vårt spindelnät spelar på alla nivåer; det fysiska, mentala och infologiska. Eftersom vi inte planerar någon rörelse i förväg och därmed håller oss borta från ukes förståelse av vad som händer, eftersom vi bara agerar på ukes avsikter, så kan vi linda in uke i vårt nät och denne har ingen aning vad som händer förrän det är för sent. Alla våra misstag i strid härrör från det faktum att vi tänker på det framtida resultatet i stället för att bara agera naturligt på det som händer i nuet.

När vi tränar haya nawajutsu (reptekniker) är detta spindelnät en föreställning om hur vi skall arbeta med repet (och alla andra vapen vår arsenal). Vi utför våra ”rörelser i rörelser” likt ett rep som lindar in uke och denne fångas av de replika rörelserna. Varje vapenslag som användes i kampen mellan oss och fienden ska användas likt ett rep.…

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