Aug 29 2009
Abandoning the other arts
As those who train with me know, I have over the course of my short time in the martial arts tried many different styles. Karate, Judo, Aikido, Jujitsu and Chen style tai chi to name a few. There are even more that I have seen and not had a chance to try. Unfortunately I have abandoned the other arts.
The Bujinkan consist of 9 schools and hundreds of of kata with ten’s of thousands of variations. There is enough information to spend 9 lifetimes studying. There is a depth of feeling and skill which I have yet to see reproduced in any other martial art, by any other martial artist besides Hatsumi Sensei. There is a breadth of knowledge which has literally saved the life of students and myself.
When my life was on the line, it was saved by this Budo, as long as I have permission I will dedicate my martial arts training to the art of Hatsumi Sensei and his standard bearers.
Your life is on the line, practise well.