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Over the last 5 years so many people like yourself have asked us at IBDA to bring the Bujinkan Ninjutsu teachings Online so that you could train in Ninjutsu anytime or anywhere.

Now you can at www.Ninjutsu.com\onlinecourse!

For one low price you can train for THREE YEARS with the ENTIRE Shodan “9th kyu to BlackBelt” training course ONLINE at www.Ninjutsu.com\onlinecourse . In the special members only section there are over 100 videos, the entire 285 manual and 4 audio mp3’s, plus bonuses for ONE LOW PRICE!

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Hi Friends,

As you can see I have just provided the first of many new downloads in the box to the left.

This is my free gift to you. This is a concise download of insights that I have gleamed from over 40 years of training with many great Grandmasters that I have had the good fortune to train with and to have received high master level certification from several of them. From this knowledge I have even brought many students to master level myself. Enjoy this brief report on some master keys to becoming a better martial artist.

I highly suggest that you go get it right away. Most of the free downloads will be in the Ninja Vault that is being transformed in the background to include Online Ninjutsu complete BlackBelt audio, video and manual Teachings. Plus much, much more with several membership levels. More on that in another post.

Here are a few excerpts from the “How to become a Better Martial Artist” – Part 1

Know why you are training-

Know what the training is giving you and never lose sight of it. It is a most valuable asset and other people, not understanding its value, will try to take it from you. And above all else “Know Yourself”.

Martial Arts are a way to perfect yourself -

A master looks for those students who want to study the way (Do in Japanese, Dao/Tao in China) of his art and not just the techniques of the art. He knows that the journey is the destination. The inner lessons perfect the outer lessons and the outer lessons perfect the inner lessons. Strengthen the body and you strengthen the mind. Strengthen the mind and you strengthen the body. It must get right on the inside before it gets right on the outside and true Budo is a way of living.

There are at least one dozen more of these waiting for you…. in Part 1.

Happy training,

Richard Van Donk, Shidoshi

Hi friends and students,

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I have a moment so I will update you on some lessons from Soke Hatsumi that I got on my last trip there last month while it is still fresh on my mind.

Here is a typed up short audio talk that Linda and I had on the 2009 Bujinkan theme.

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This year’s Bujinkan theme is no theme but really can mean all themes.
And to better share what that means it is the year of the rope because a rope can take any kind of shape or form and be used in lots of different contexts and it’s a way of connecting things.

So this year’s no theme is really about connecting everything we’ve ever done so far in the Bujinkan and Soke’s teachings all the way til now. His real purpose was just to share Takamatsu Sensei’s art with other people and to the world because he got such a great value from it. And because of that it has all grown. He has never once really thought about growing it, it just is what it is and he just keeps sharing what he loves.

This year is also the Year of the Ox. An ox is really big and strong, it has a lot of strength. And while you want those attributes in yourself as well you’re not going to get that ox to move by getting behind it and trying to push it or pull on it. Maybe try to ride it.

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But the best way to control that ox and its direction is by putting a ring in its nose and tying a rope to that ring. By that you can guide the ox all over. If necessary, if it’s not going where you want you can give it a little tug, but if it’s following along the rope can be very loose. And as long as it’s following along where you want it to go you don’t have to pull it tight or jerk it.

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He was saying you don’t use force because if you’ve ever worked with an animal that doesn’t want to do something force isn’t going to get you anywhere – if you pull they will pull back. Instead you need to gently lead them. And that’s what we need to be doing in our taijutsu.

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Take whatever falls into our hands and utilize it, no forcing it to be a certain way. And that’s the rope technique, being like a rope, taking whatever falls in to you and capturing it, binding it like a rope.

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And think of your opponent also as a rope, or the energy or the wave that goes through things as the rope. The rope (containing) as all space. To be able to be form and not form, study the inner, study the outer.

Hope you get some value of this and apply it in your training.

Remember the MAIN CONCEPT is
IT IS ALL CONNECTED!!

See you on the mat,

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Richard Van Donk

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Hi Friends and students,
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Sorry for no contact for awhile I have been really busy working on the Shidoshi Course –Almost done!

I went to Japan a month ago and we learned so much from Soke so I will attempt a few posts to you to give you some insights on what I we learned.

This year’s Bujinkan theme as you must know by now is no theme. Soke also spoke very much about the power of a rope and how that should be a part of our years theme.  Most people like myself would think of getting out a physical rope to train with. He spoke of it a more interesting way.

He was saying think of it this way. … a rope can take any kind of shape or form and can be used in lots of different contexts and it is generally used in a way of connecting things.

He really shared how everything in training and life is connected. We must look for and better understand those connections.

So this year’s no theme is also really about connecting everything we’ve ever done so far in the Bujinkan and Soke’s teachings all the way until now.

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In my next post I will share with you another cool aspect of this year’s theme. Think on the power of the rope and how everything is connected.

I have got to get back to writing the Shidoshi Course….. to many people are waiting for it.

See you on the mat,
Richard Van Donk, Shidoshi

Ps. For those of you that want to learn about this great Shidoshi Course I am working on check it out here
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Hi Friends,

We just had a great IBDA Tai Kai online hytrin held in San Francisco, CA were we studied the Ten, Chi, Jin (Heaven, Earth and Man). I limited this special event to 40 people plus a few instructors to keep it more intimate as I was sharing some very deep and unique concepts of martail arts training, merging the inner arts and the outer arts in a way that I have never taught them publicly – only in private sessions.

I very much appreciate Judan’s Joel Everett and Dan Ordoins for their coming and teaching. Godans Carlito Flores and John Owsiak brought their full armour and did a fantastic 2 hour demo and teaching of the power of kamae and why you had to be more precise in all your actions. It helped everyone learn to be more grounded what a great way to learn Chi (Earth). Most Excellent session. Thank You Carlito and John.

James Clum and Brian Sumpter helped in the understanding of the kanji for each technique during the tai kai so we could train with the concept that name represented in the technique or waza. We all learned a lot from that. Plus they taught many of the Jin wazas on Sunday. Thanks Brian and James.

The Enlightened WarriorTm session called “The Secret Power” I shared Thursday night brought many insights on the inner arts of Ninjutsu and martial arts which included the possible history of these inner arts from India to Tibet to China to Japan. Many people said that the skills that they learned will change their lives – I know that they have changed mine over the years. It was popular enough that we did another session on Saturday night taking the teachings deeper. I really enjoyed sharing my own inner passions.

Although the main theme I presented was “It is all connected” we trained with the additional concepts of the power of the spine, moving from your center, building presence in yourself while maintaining kamae and being unified in all your actions to get extraordinary results in your taijutsu. Of course we had to play with swords as well. 

But the greatest insights were in learning to understand the power that that mind / conscious awareness has in the ability to be effective in both learning and application of a technique. I broke this down quite often and demonstrated how to feel another’s mind thoughts and body energy changes those while doing the techniques. For the upper dan levels I was sharing how to lock or unlock these connections in their opponents body. The higher level of this teaching is to be able to do this in the taijutsu flow of which I personally had the most fun doing.  The idea is to enjoy the process of learning. This is a feeling art, agreed?

Everyone had a great time.

Stay in the flow,

Richard Van Donk, Shidoshi

NEW RANK PROMOTIONS!

Dear Buyu and friends,

“Recently it has been suggested that I hold a teachers license in ‘Amatsu Medicine’ (Menkyo Kaiden) which is NOT correct.

I must bring this to your attention to clarify these issues and properly address this matter as I have great respect for Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and the Amatsu teachings.

It seems that many people are confused about what Amatsu is and who should be teaching it. Let’s start with the Menkyo Kaiden Requirements.

MENKYO KAIDEN REQUIREMENTS

First, you must know that Menkyo Kaiden (master teacher) level can only be given by Soke Hatsumi and up to this moment he has only granted this to 4 people who are doctors by profession. They are Christopher Roworth, Dennis Bartram, Billy Doolan and Peter King –all of whom  are senior Bujinkan judan. Of course I would love to be added to this list and it requires many, many years of study, teaching and practice from one of these 4 gentlemen. After that Soke would require that you be a fully licensed practicing doctor and again to be trained by one of these gentlemen before he will even think of granting this level, if at all. Each of these teachers have different learning requirements and levels to their Amatsu practitioner trainings.

Such as:  

·  Shoden (student practitioner)
·  Chuden (intermediate practitioner)
·  Okuden (advanced practitioner)

·  Menkyo (assistant teacher)

·  Menkyo Kaiden (master teacher) Only Given by Soke Hatsumi.

Personally I have been deeply studying the Amatsu history, medicinal theory, treatment therapies, and herbal remedies mostly with Dr. Chris Roworth who holds a Menkyo Kaiden from Soke Hatsumi. After much study over the years I have received 3 menkyo (license) completion certificates from Dr. Roworth early last year (I still have much to learn as this is really a lifetime of study).

A Menkyo certificate is much different from Menkyo Kaiden, which can only be granted by Soke Hatsumi. I understand that for many people the terms can be confusing. For example, your Kyu or Dan grade is a Menkyo certificate but that does not make you a Judan, unless it says so on the certificate.

AMATSU STUDY

Several years ago at Soke’s house I had the rare privilege of viewing over 50 books on the Amatsu Tatara Hichibuku Goshinjutsu teachings. Soke Hatsumi was gracious enough to let me hold and look through a notebook that Takamatsu Sensei personally wrote on herbs. Holding these teachings in my own hands was like holding a new baby and was truly magical for me and this somehow changed me inside.

I have been studying, practicing and teaching both the physical and inner healing arts for over 30 years in seminars, at the dojo and in private client sessions. I have qualified at various levels in many, many healing modalities. And since that day at Soke’s house I have been consumed with learning and using the Amatsu healing therapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. My  mentor in my Amatsu study is Dr. Chris Roworth (Menkyo Kaiden) who I have known for over 20 years, for many years as a friend and Bujinkan Budo brother.

Over the last few years Chris and I have been working on a self healing practice book and dvd project together that we called, for lack of a better term, Amatsu Self Treatment (working title) because it was based on the Amatsu healing practices that a qualified Amatsu practitioner would do on a patient. However, with our practice you do it on yourself instead of having it done to you. I personally feel that a self treatment, restorative system for the Bujinkan (and others) would be a very valuable asset.

When I went to Japan in the mid 1980’s I would do advanced Junan Taiso with Soke before and sometimes after training. Yet this is no longer done these days. I loved doing it so much, as it kept me healthy, that I made it  the first thing that people learn in 9^th kyu study with me and I put this basic Junan Taiso practice on my first 9^th kyu learning dvd. If you cannot take care of your body then how can you train?

Self Healing – Self Treatment Teaching at the Tai Kai

And now, 20+ years later I am ready to share an advanced method of those teachings with whoever wants to learn them. What Chris and I worked on together is an advanced Junan Taiso practice that includes striking and pressing energy release points, immune system activation, strategic self massage, organ massage and balancing, yogic style stretching, cranial flows and a better understanding of your body as it relates to taijutsu and better living.

To avoid any confusion I have renamed the above described advanced Junan Taiso Self Healing – Self Treatment sessions I will be teaching at my upcoming March Tai Kai it will be called the Bushindo Self-Rejuvenation System. Becuase someone questioned if I was teaching people to do Amatsu on other people at this event I am letting you know that I AM NOT! I am sharing a method of personal rejuvenation and healing that is based on all that I have learned and have now made into a daily self practice that I use personally.

If you would like to know more about Amatsu Medicine or to receive Amatsu treatments please visit www.amatsuryoho.com or contact one of these qualified Amatsu doctors.

I hope that this clears up any confusion.

See you on the mat, avodart

Richard Van Donk, Shidoshi

“Ten Chi Jin” Heaven Earth & Man
IBDA Ninjutsu:Tai Kai
March 19th-22nd, 2009

22nd Annual IBDA Event

Sign up now before it is sold out

! I am not kidding it happens every year! This years event will be limited to about 45 students and instructors.

Training will start Thursday Night at 7pm and will end at 4:30pm on Sunday. 3 full days and 3 nights of training.

Held in the exciting city of San Francisco (near the airport – so you will not need a car).

The Ten Chi Jin is at the heart of the Bujinkan teachings. For beginners or master level students this will be a fun and informative training. Learn the real secrets of the Heaven, Earth, and Man teachings as they were applied in Tibet, China and early Japan. Learn secrets of the ancient masters that hey did not openly teached but used for themselves. Ever watch Soke Hatsumi do meditation, energy manipulation before doing a technique or Kuji in, or chants before bowing in or defending himself? These teachings are kuden (oral traditions) and not done to the public. I will be teaching about these methods in a way that you will understand how they work plus we will explore how they work in youy taijutsu and life. Thursday night alone will be worth the entire price of the event. Plus we will be also studying Bushindo Self Healing Training and the Shidoshi scrolls as much as we can from A-Z. Oh and bring your sword to for anover the top training event.

Richard Van Donk, Shidoshi

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Awesome event. Shihan Richard Van Donk was assisted by Shihan’s Joel Everett, Dan Ordoins, and Greg Dilley in teaching a great 4 day event. We trained night and day in sword and Togakure Ryu. People were training at 1:30 am!! And then back at 7:30am!!! We love training and having fun with friends from all over the World. JOIN US NEXT TIME!