Bujinkan Cornwall

HIGHER AWARENESS

dominic — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:53:27 +0000

People are energy, where the focus if attention travels ones energy and mind goes. To have all energy available to you without depending on other people to make you feel good and energised one has to be present. Here and now, and not having your mind occupied in the past and future or keeping it busy with expectations based on how you see the world. Everything that is ‘on your mind’ is blocking flow and awareness. To increase awareness the holistic and integral self study programme of Holigral International (Bartholomeus’s company) assists a person to raise their awareness by self examining their expectations and updating previously formed patterns of being. It addresses your habits, solves problems, gives insight in how you are in relationships, and enables you to build a new way of being with more flow. It gives you the tools to deal with ‘undesired’ experiences fast and it increases the joy of all ‘desired’ experiences.

As a gift and offer to Bujinkan Cornwall I am making this self study programme available free of charge to its members.

Please respect my gift and don’t redistribute it as it is worth £159. Use it yourself and keep the sharing inside your very close circles.
Watch the videos on www.holigral.net for more information and email bartholomeus@holigral.net when you want to change your awareness in 7 easy to follow steps.

KEN DO

dominic — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:26:35 +0000

For years I forged my spirit through the
study of swordsmanship, confronting
every challenge steadfastly. The walls
surrounding me suddenly crumbled. Like
pure dew reflecting the world in crystal
clarity, total awakening has now come.

Yamaoka Tesshu, of Muto Ryu

KEN DO

dominic — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:20:52 +0000

The Way of the Sword and the Way of
Zen are identical, for they have the
same purpose - that of killing the ego.

Yamada Jirokichi, Jikishinkage Ryu

TARGET OVARIAN CANCER

dominic — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:16:18 +0000

Dear Buyu,

On 21st February 2010 my mum sadly lost her 6 month fight with ovarian cancer. She was only 55.
Ovarian cancer is commonly referred to as the silent killer, as unfortunately by the time it is detected it is often too late. Sadly many of my colleagues at Coastline Housing have also lost members of their family to this disease.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. With your help we can raise money for ‘Target Ovarian Cancer’ and just maybe we can help prevent others from having to suffer in the same way.

It’s easy to donate online with a credit or debit card - just go to our JustGiving page:
http://www.justgiving.com/coastline-housing

JustGiving sends your donation straight to Target Ovarian Cancer and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you’re a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more. I hope you’ll join me in supporting Target Ovarian Cancer.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank you,
Baz Cox, IT Technician @ Coastline Housing Ltd.

KUDEN

dominic — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:30:03 +0000

“Knowledge obstructs you from being a human being”

Masaaki Hatsumi Soke

KOKORO NO KAMAE

dominic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:50:29 +0000

Kokoro no kamae can be translated into “posture of the heart” or “make a resolution”, or “mental preperation”.

The methodology of the kokoro no kamae is the relationship between the inner workings of the mind and the physical application of movement or taijutsu.

It is not a mental or intellectual methodology it is a practical one and therefore can only be felt and then realised through your taijutsu via the correlation of various kamae.

KUDEN: RITSUDO

dominic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:29:46 +0000

When encountering the rhythm of a fight or confrontation - Nagare we must learn to break this rhythm and become unpredictable - Ritsudo.

“The techniques are initially practiced with the consciousness directed towards understanding the purpose and practical application of the physical movements.

Next, the student begins to work on making his technique a natural part of knowledge; in effect, allowing his body to develop the natural ability to perform the technique.

Finally, the technique itself is dropped from consciousness as a technique, and becomes yet one more variation of the body and personality to handle things in an effective manner.”

Soke Masaaki Hatsumi

KUDEN: NAGARE

dominic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:23:02 +0000

The word Nagare is a Japanese word for “flow”.

In the ethos of the martial arts it describes the flow of movement used by the defender to blend into the attackers movements or adjust to the rhythm of a fight.

By blending using movement you dissapear from the attackers senses, but not for long as a constant rhythm can be predictable.

KUDEN

dominic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:11:49 +0000

“Finally, even as the victor, one is in danger,

in that by defeating another,

the desire of revenge is created in the vanquished.”

Soke Masaaki Hatsumi

KUDEN

dominic — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:10:04 +0000

“In budo, too, there are three important essentials:

first, seeing and knowing oneself, one’s own strengths and limitations;

second, the sword of discrimination, of decisiveness, for eliminating faults, weaknesses, and the unnecessary;

and last, the sincerity, feeling, devotion, insight, and understanding of the heart.”

Soke Masaaki Hatsumi