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
http://shidoshicourse.ninjutsu.com/