In training with Oguri Sensei and Seno Sensei, I had a chance to experience their kihon.\u00a0 This should not be confused with the kihon happo, simply the karada no kihon.<\/p>\n
This is the basic way to move your body.\u00a0 This involves things like the required flexibility to perform proper techniques.\u00a0 After working on a tuski method for half an hour, Seno sensei had me translate that ‘Once you can do this basic movement, you can start to relearn the techniques while eliminating your bad habits’.<\/p>\n
It’s hard to translate that and not sound like a jerk.\u00a0 Seno sensei let us know that our bodies were in no condition to be chasing after advanced techniques.\u00a0 To move freely we need to have control over our bodies, a control that we as budo-ka should have.\u00a0 In the bujinkan we always talk about the importance of self training, but we always seem at a loss as to how to do this.<\/p>\n
If your ichimonji can not be held with your rear knee at 90 degrees (pi over 2 radians Jason) moving forward to extend a tsuki over the width of a tatami then you don’t have a body flexible enough for Seno Sensei’s kihon.\u00a0 Oh and this is with your back erect up and down.<\/p>\n
If you can’t start from shizen and squat all the way down without going onto your toes or bending your back from the erect position, you don’t have the calf flexibility to perform Oguri Sensei’s kihon.<\/p>\n
This is fair, I don’t expect that everyone should be able to do this.\u00a0 That said, if you can’t, perhaps it’s time that you do some personal body training to get ready for the waza of the Bujinkan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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