Bujinkan Nintai-ryoku Dojo 武神館 忍耐力 道場

The Bujinkan Dōjō has always seemed to me less like an organisation and more like an organic entity. Only those who can look beyond the conditioned norms of what an “organisation” should be are able to appreciate this properly.

I have long believed that Sōke Hatsumi was like a farmer who sowed seeds and then left nature to take its course. In this sense, he gave life by allowing the winds to carry the martial heart throughout the world. Once those seeds were scattered, his task was complete. What grew on the other side of the world depended entirely upon the environment in which they landed.

According to their own nature, understanding, and capacity to respond to circumstance, people’s Budō either evolved, died, or mutated, just as all things do in nature. Over time, those who were able to adapt, nourish themselves, and learn from the natural order began to flourish, while others withered and faded away. Nature always prevails over man’s attempt to control it.

I do not believe Sōke Hatsumi ever wanted an organisation in the conventional sense. His approach was misunderstood by some, and so they left. Perhaps they were not thinking in accordance with nature, but only with themselves and their own desires.

自然行雲流水 — Shizen Gyōun Ryūsui
To drift naturally like clouds and flow like water is to relinquish control to the power of the universe. Clouds and water are not driven by themselves, but by a greater force. They move, transform, and express themselves through that power. At times, clouds provide shade from the harsh rays of the sun; at others, they gather into destructive storms. The sea too can offer calm serenity, or rise up as a devastating tsunami.

Mother Nature is in control. Budō is, in part, the acceptance of this greater power and the willingness to allow it to take its course.

For this reason, I believe the evolution of the Bujinkan should be viewed from an organic perspective. Those who do not follow the heart of nature will eventually be weeded out. Even if they remain outwardly present, the difference between those who truly understand and those who do not will always become clear to the discerning eye.

南虎 Minami Tora

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Keep training, keep going.

Ganbatte!

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The Bujinkan is unlike any other martial art.
Taijutsu is just the beginning.
When you practice these movements, and if you can understand them, you will have understood Nature.
宗家Hatsumi

"The purpose of each person`s quest can differ: physical strength,mental strength,animal desire to win, or it may be an emotional quest.
Practice religion if you want to make your mind/spirit strong, not martial arts. Martial arts can kill/ However, to make your body strong enough to just kill or win honors, life weights,eat vegetables, and walk to become strong. Don`t bother with the martial arts.
Only 1 in 1000 will continue to seek the true practice of Ninpô. He is stubborn with a one tracked mind bordering stupidity. Student and master must respect each other.
Takamatsu sensei always called me "sensei". But, the master is the master and the student is the student, always."

Sôke Masaaki Hatsumi

“..Some of the people who have come to me, too, fail to see how real and genuine what I am teaching is, and they leave. The student alienates himself from the teacher: someone thinks he is learning, or pretends he understands, but really doesn’t learn much or understand at all - there are many people like this. And they’re really in a sad situation, I think. It’s a result of their own desires and ambitions. Their own “Street car Named Desire” becomes derailed! But the teaching itself is not such a difficult thing to comprehend- as long as you love it.”

宗家Masaaki Hatsumi

Some excerpts from 'The Words of Soke'. The entire piece is littered with thought-provoking language by Hatsumi sensei. Please watch the full video if you like. https://ondemand.queststation.com/courses/spoe-7110

PERSEVERANCE 忍
“To endure is the highest form of tolerance.
Gossips and rumours, let them be. When encountering anything in life, to think it through before taking any actions is the true hero’s way.
To endure and be modest, the disaster will pass itself.”

( Translation of scroll hanging in the Bushinden Tasmania Dōjō by Wendy Linden )

“ Many people look at my training and say ” that hurts.” Then when they train with me , they feel that it hurts and don’t want to come back. It is very important to get used to getting hit and learning to deal with it. Otherwise, how could you survive in a real fight.”
Nagato先生

Hatsumi Sensei ejecutando técnicas de Takagi Yoshin Ryū.

Esta imagen representa el origen de un practicante y maestro excepcional como Bruno Dai Shihan de Portugal.