"Best preparation make, best action do!"
Last weekend's seminar with P-san was very good. I risk saying: even better than last year. We did a lot of KKSDR henkas, also a lot of knife fight, bare hand plays and a tiny little bit of tieing.
On Saturday I practiced with K., the Iranian guy. Although he lacks the basics, he has the talent I think, at least after the first 1,5 hours he started getting the feeling and did some very nice improvisations. He really made me impressed.
On Sunday I paired up with another guy from DJH's groups. He is around 6th kyu I think but is very good. I. and me regularly visit D's trainings, once a month, and whenever I saw this guy working I saw that he was very tough and almost cruel. But this time he's been working sooo well and lightly that he also made me go "WOW!". I enjoyed every single minute of training with him. We surprised each-other with the most "sneaky" grabs and henkas, so it was a very-very cool training.
I managed to speak a bit to P-san about all sorts of things. We tried to figure out why noone else from Hungary other than people from D's groups (except for I., me and K.) have showed up. We talked a lot about one's responsibilities and expectations towards others and himself.
I also think I have learned something very important, which may deserve a bit more attention from the youth of Bujinkan: elder Buyus (like P-san or others) via their own example can teach us what we can expect when we grow old (if we will be lucky enough to grow old).
I saw that at some dojos people practice on a way which is good for a healthy, strong and young person. But things change when you grow old, even if you take care of your health as much as you can. Your body will not bear as much as it was able to when you were young (like spontaneous vertigo may come into the picture, you gradually start loosing muscles, etc) - all in all, the way you physically perceive your environment changes some ways. So it does not hurt to take into consideration this side of the coin as well and not to build your knowledge merely on the foundations of your youth. Count with physical- and health-decay. Sh. Sensei said very wisely: "Best preparation make, best action do."
These elder Budokas provide us with the unique opportunity to "foresee" what is going to happen as years will go by and thus help us finding the correct methods and direction in training (and in life) now, before it is too late. Via their own example they can teach us something that noone else on Earth can teach you and I think it should be much more appreciated than it is now.
On Saturday I practiced with K., the Iranian guy. Although he lacks the basics, he has the talent I think, at least after the first 1,5 hours he started getting the feeling and did some very nice improvisations. He really made me impressed.
On Sunday I paired up with another guy from DJH's groups. He is around 6th kyu I think but is very good. I. and me regularly visit D's trainings, once a month, and whenever I saw this guy working I saw that he was very tough and almost cruel. But this time he's been working sooo well and lightly that he also made me go "WOW!". I enjoyed every single minute of training with him. We surprised each-other with the most "sneaky" grabs and henkas, so it was a very-very cool training.
I managed to speak a bit to P-san about all sorts of things. We tried to figure out why noone else from Hungary other than people from D's groups (except for I., me and K.) have showed up. We talked a lot about one's responsibilities and expectations towards others and himself.
I also think I have learned something very important, which may deserve a bit more attention from the youth of Bujinkan: elder Buyus (like P-san or others) via their own example can teach us what we can expect when we grow old (if we will be lucky enough to grow old).
I saw that at some dojos people practice on a way which is good for a healthy, strong and young person. But things change when you grow old, even if you take care of your health as much as you can. Your body will not bear as much as it was able to when you were young (like spontaneous vertigo may come into the picture, you gradually start loosing muscles, etc) - all in all, the way you physically perceive your environment changes some ways. So it does not hurt to take into consideration this side of the coin as well and not to build your knowledge merely on the foundations of your youth. Count with physical- and health-decay. Sh. Sensei said very wisely: "Best preparation make, best action do."
These elder Budokas provide us with the unique opportunity to "foresee" what is going to happen as years will go by and thus help us finding the correct methods and direction in training (and in life) now, before it is too late. Via their own example they can teach us something that noone else on Earth can teach you and I think it should be much more appreciated than it is now.
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