Stephen wrote:
Also, I'll be in the area in two weeks, maybe I'll see you at training?
Cool! I plan on getting in there for the Friday class on the 21st, but I'm not sure I can squeeze that particular day in (prior committments). If not, then for sure on the 28th (the following Friday). I just got a very encouraging email from James Morganelli, so that's great!
Doc Jude wrote:
Hatsumi-sensei himself said that to truly get his art we're going to have to steal it. Be a real ninja & get away with it!!!
Exactly! :EG:
Hmmm...but if I get caught...
%think%
Seriously though. Just to get back on track, the only reason I asked was because:
1. I thought that if the basics were not being drilled in Bujinkan, I could simply get them from Jinenkan (after I got it straight who was running which organization, ie Manaka at JNK and Tanemura at GBK).
2. It would be a cool training exercise to work in both systems, much like certain exercises
some of us undertook during the early Hayes days in the 80's (most of which is better left unsaid!)
:angel:
It's been rendered a moot point though, since I've found an instructor that drills the basics, and I also get to go to Japan. So really there's no need for me to cross train, outside of the idea of an interesting "undercover exercise". But that's rendered moot by the fact that I wouldn't want to offend Soke by going against his wishes.
And bottom line,
I'm really the person responsible for drilling the basics into perfection. It's up to
me to practice, to ask my teacher for advice and info, and to also get to Japan to see not only Soke, but also the Japanese Shihan so that I make sure I'm getting to where I want to be movement-wise. I'd almost forgotten to think that way. Sure, there are probably people in Bujinkan who are not working on the basics and merely trying to mimic Soke. These are the people that I hear about who won't spend time with the Shihan in Japan for whatever reason. But those who want to
really learn to perfect the basics while studying in Bujinkan will look for and find the teachers they need to do so, and I'm the kind of person who'll make sure I get that sort of teacher. Looks like I already have.
I
do wish that there were stricter standards in Bujinkan though, because if someone moves to another state or city, it might become very difficult to find a teacher with similar skills and dedication, who will drill the basics.