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Progression

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by Chris Russo

Thomas Edison once wrote, “Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.”  When I look back to the start of my training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, restlessness and discontent were a major part, and still are.  My first day of training was extremely challenging, as was my most recent day of training.

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Everyday Training

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by Alex Phinn

One of the challenges in training is to find the opportunities for training in everyday life.

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Why Kihon and Sanshin Are Important

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by Alex Phinn

 

With taijutsu we need to know and understand our sanshin no kata and our kihon happo if we want to even hope to understand anything more in taijutsu.

 

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The ryu-ha System and Passing Knowledge

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by Jeff Christian

It has become a fashion of sorts in the martial arts to name what one does with a Japanese name, even if one does not have a Japanese martial art background or have any ability to speak Japanese. This use of such terms such as "ryuha" and "Soke" has caused a lot of confusion, even among those that study in a style originating in Japan.

The simplest way to think about a ryuha is that it is a franchise and the soke is the copyright holder.

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Training with an Injury

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by Erin Williams

As anyone who has trained with me recently knows, I have been the lucky recipient of three knee surgeries in the past year and have been unable to practice taijutsu during that time. I have only recently begun to attend classes again and this article is about some of the things that I have learned from training (or not training) with an injury.

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