In a recent class we studied Bujinkan uke kihon gata. I demonstrated how to physically do a jodan uke. But here is what I wrote in the training notes that I send out to my subscribers:
you can also watch this on http://youtu.be/2pN1StVJhD4
receptive. that’s the sense
of an approach
no, more of an attitude for training.
some students arrive clear and receptive
others show up closed off
should they even be called students?
those who insist they are open
are the most dangerous to themselves
Their attitude fills them like the zen master’s
teacup. Can I serve them any more tea?
When I am a training partner. I receive.
In this moment I am filled with knowledge.
Do I even care that my role is to lose?
I receive an attack. this is the flip side of my counter.
Not a block.
after, I reverse the flow.
just enough
to match for that which I was given
I float here. In the space.
My ukemi protects me not because I am good
But simply receptive.
comfortable in my own space
that belongs to everyone else too.
"performing jodan uke begins with an attitude. Remember, uke comes from 受けるukeru which means to receive. There are three important moments when I have to remind students of this: during ukemi; when performing uke nagashi; and even when being an uke."But the fourth moment for this attitude is the MOST critical for your Bujinkan training. It is so important that I made a video about this word that you can watch below:
the most adaptive word in the Bujinkan?
Is this the most adaptive (and important) word for your Bujinkan training?
Posted by Rojodojo on Wednesday, September 9, 2015
receptive. that’s the sense
of an approach
no, more of an attitude for training.
some students arrive clear and receptive
others show up closed off
should they even be called students?
those who insist they are open
are the most dangerous to themselves
Their attitude fills them like the zen master’s
teacup. Can I serve them any more tea?
When I am a training partner. I receive.
In this moment I am filled with knowledge.
Do I even care that my role is to lose?
I receive an attack. this is the flip side of my counter.
Not a block.
after, I reverse the flow.
just enough
to match for that which I was given
I float here. In the space.
My ukemi protects me not because I am good
But simply receptive.
comfortable in my own space
that belongs to everyone else too.
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