Bujinkan ninja kids CDMX

一期一会　👺

Muy emocionados por participar en este gran encuentro este fin de semana!

Comunidad bujinkan, no falten!!!

頑張りましょう!!!

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La semana pasada tuvimos visita de @edu.luna y su dōjō. Una de las mejores enseñanzas de Soke Hatsumi es que a través de Bujinkan podemos conectarnos con otros corazones que también caminan el sendero del guerrero

El día de hoy tuvimos un gran encuentro con nuestros buyu del kokoro bushi dojo. Por más encuentros como este!!!
頑張りましょう!!!

Hace 4 años…

Shu–Ha–Ri (守破離) is a traditional Japanese learning framework that describes the natural evolution of mastery in martial arts, arts, and even life practice. It is not a rigid ladder but a living process, guiding the student from imitation to innovation.

Shu (守) — To Protect / Obey
Shu is the stage of faithful learning. The student follows the teacher’s forms, techniques, etiquette, and rhythms exactly as taught. There is no attempt to alter or personalize the art. This is not blind obedience, but deep respect: by repeating correct forms, the body absorbs structure, timing, posture, and spirit. In martial arts, Shu builds safety, discipline, and humility. The ego is quiet, and trust in the lineage is essential. Foundations are laid here, and skipping Shu weakens everything that follows.

Ha (破) — To Break / Detach
Ha begins when the student starts to understand why things work. The forms are no longer copied mechanically; they are tested, compared, and adapted. The practitioner may study other schools, feel variations, and adjust techniques according to context, body type, or situation. This “breaking” does not mean rejecting tradition, but freeing oneself from rigid dependence on it. Mistakes increase, but insight deepens. Ha is a phase of questioning, refinement, and conscious choice.

Ri (離) — To Separate / Transcend
Ri is the stage of natural expression. Technique flows without conscious effort, and form arises spontaneously from principle. The practitioner is no longer bound by styles, yet fully embodies them. Teaching becomes transmission rather than instruction. In Ri, the art is no longer something you do—it is something you are.

Shu–Ha–Ri reminds us that true mastery is a journey from form, through understanding, into freedom.

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Bujinkan no es un deporte !!! lo recalco muchas veces el Soke Hatsumi durante años.

Bujinkan, es un camino. Un sendero antiguo que nos enseña a sobrevivir y mantenernos en equilibrio, tanto en medio del caos como en la calma más serena.
No entrenamos para competir, entrenamos para comprender la vida.

El deporte busca vencer, medir, superar marcas, obtener trofeos.
El Budō, en cambio, busca armonizar, entender, sentir.
Mientras el deportista entrena para ser mejor que otro, el budoka entrena para ser mejor que sí mismo.

Claro que el deporte aporta salud, disciplina y energía.
Pero el Budō va más allá.
Nos da la posibilidad de conocernos, de aprender a leer la intención en el silencio, de movernos con serenidad incluso cuando el entorno se derrumba.

Si tu entrenamiento se basa en demostrar quién tiene la mejor técnica, en subir de grado antes que los demás, o en contar cuántos alumnos siguen tu dojo...
entonces tu Budō se está transformando en un simple deporte.
Y cuando el ego toma el control, el camino se pierde.

El verdadero Budō no busca ser admirado.
Busca ser vivido.
Es la práctica silenciosa que nos enseña a respirar en medio de la tormenta, a actuar sin rencor, a ayudar sin esperar reconocimiento.

No se trata de ganar…
Se trata de trascender.

Tenryu

🧠 When home feels like a battlefield, the brain responds the same way war does.

Groundbreaking research from University College London and the Anna Freud Centre reveals that children exposed to family violence develop brain activity patterns strikingly similar to combat veterans.

Using functional MRI scans, researchers found that maltreated children show heightened responses in the amygdala and anterior insula—regions that detect and process threats—when viewing angry faces. These same regions are hyperactive in soldiers who’ve experienced combat, suggesting that repeated exposure to violence literally rewires a child’s emotional circuitry for hyper-vigilance.

While this adaptation may help children sense danger in the short term, it also primes the brain for anxiety disorders and long-term mental health struggles. Importantly, none of the children in the study had psychiatric diagnoses, highlighting how invisible these neural changes can be.

As Professor Peter Fonagy emphasized, protecting children from violence is not only a moral responsibility but also a scientific necessity—since the scars it leaves on the brain can endure for a lifetime.

Source: McCrory, E., et al. (2011). Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers. Current Biology.