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  • Seminar California February 11th, 2012

    Henka 25 Jan 2012 | 8:28 pm

    Seminar California February 11th, 2012 Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 11th, 2012!  Doug Wilson will be in the USA leading a martial arts seminar focusing on effective kihon of budo taijutsu and the aspects of distance angles and timing.  Doug will be joined by[…]

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  • Out of Respect

    Henka 23 Jan 2012 | 8:29 pm

    Out of Respect I need to kindly ask the cooperation of the Bujinkan Community to assist me in spreading the word to remove all and any video of Oguri Shihan from the internet.  Oguri Shihan did allow a few individuals to take video,[…]

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  • 神龍要護(shinryuyogo)

    Henka 11 Jan 2012 | 3:13 am

    神龍要護(shinryuyogo) One must protect the essence of all things.  We will study taijutsu and the ken in the new year of the divine dragon. Kihon happo is finding the balance point of the kaname.  Bufu Ikkan

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  • Gut vs. Socialization

    bushinblog 28 Dec 2011 | 11:44 pm

    So I finally got around to watching the movie “Fight Club,” starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. For years, various friends in the Bujinkan had asked if I had seen it, but for some reason, I never had. Perhaps it[…]

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  • Toku Bu Ryu Sui Kashiwa Dojo

    Shugyou 修行 27 Oct 2011 | 2:04 am

    Toku Bu Ryu Sui Kashiwa Dojo http://web.me.com/tazshugyo/Toku_Bu_Ryu_Sui_Kashiwa_Budo_Dojo_徳武流水柏武道道場/Welcome_ようこそ.html

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  • Messages from Japan — Bufu Ikkan!

    bushinblog 17 Mar 2011 | 12:30 pm

    I was just sent a block of Japanese messages submitted by people throughout the country. I needed to share these, as they brought tears to my eyes, so here is my best translation. It is sad to say but you[…]

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  • Kihon Happou

    Shugyou 修行 13 Mar 2011 | 5:37 am

    Kihon Happou Kihon Happou Ki 奇 – miracle Hon 翻 翻 こぼし 1: spilling; grumbling; 2: waste-water container (tea ceremony) Ha 初 shodan – start begin Pou 萌(萌え もえ )  – sprouting & 季 Ki – Season/s 翻 Hon – turnover,change,wave. 初[…]

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  • Ten Chi Ryaku no Maki 天地略之巻 Renshu

    Shugyou 修行 7 Mar 2011 | 7:21 pm

    Ten Chi Ryaku no Maki 天地略之巻 Renshu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvdE0fHFvdc I am slowly working on a DVD set based on the Ten Chi Jin Ryaku no Maki. It is not instructional, but will give brief demonstrations ( my interpretation on the day ) of the waza within the Densho.[…]

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  • The Myth of the Ninja Straight Sword

    Don Roley's Myspace Blog 3 Feb 2011 | 3:07 pm

    The reason I write and post things on blogs such as this is to try to end the confusion that often surrounds ninjutsu. Past things I have put up on the internet about the Koga ryu, the Godai and such[…]

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  • Thoughts on Identity Formation & Time Compression Diseconomies

    bushinblog 14 Jan 2011 | 10:55 am

    As a scholar, I have been working on a paper that uses professional sports as a research context. In reviewing the literature during the writing stage, I came across a fascinating paper entitled, “Identity in Sport Subcultures” by Peter Donnelly[…]

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