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Martial Arts: Bujinkan
Venue: Play at Height, Baile na Buaile, Dingle.
Date: 21/01/2010Bujinkan: Japanese Swordsmanship in Dingle
In the Bujinkan we study many medieval Japanese weapons – from spears to swords, flexible weapons to projectiles, small hand-held blades to large battlefield weapons and armour. We study unarmed techniques too and the ultimate goal of training is to be free to use any object as a weapon in any circumstance, including the weapons of the body itself. This is where the “art” of the martial arts comes in – that freedom of expression, to be at a calm zero point where anything is possible. It just so happens that the expression may be to thwart aggression, but really it’s the training to reach that point that is interesting, the journey rather than the destination, the martial path.
The Japanese sword takes a central role in this journey as it evolved over centuries to become the ultimate expression of martial prowess. Medieval Japan was a culture dominated by warriors who carried swords on their person at all times, often in pairs. When at war, after the arrows were spent and the spears were broken, the sword became the last and more personal of weapons. The warriors – the Samurai – had to engage with each other with what amounted to 3 foot razor blades in extreme conditions of fatigue, injury, and incredible mental trauma. Off the battlefield, in those times, swords found use in duels between warriors defending their own honour or that of their sword school or of their lord. What grew out of centuries of evolving war and civil strife were the martial arts schools and traditions, where one could hone the skills needed to survive conflict.
The few schools that exist today are the ones that survived, in a Darwinian sense, due to having superior techniques. The Bujinkan contains 9 of these schools and each one has its own way of walking the martial path, with its own weapons and philosophy that resulted from the particular circumstances the school developed in. They all contain the Japanese sword.
When we study the sword we look firstly at the basic things that are shared amongst all sword traditions, like ways of holding it, the different cuts one can make, the targets these cuts apply to etc. Then we study different blocks and other ways of receiving an attacker’s cut so as to protect not only ourselves but the defending sword too. All this is controlled by footwork and angling and the way the human skeleton efficiently powers locomotion.
At a higher level of study we look at the interaction between attacker and defender. This involves feinting, timing, distance, positioning and drawing the attacker into a strategically bad move. All of these ideas change when different attacking weapons are involved, when swordsmen wear armour or indeed when the defender has no weapons at all against a swordsman. Each of the 9 traditions within the Bujinkan have their own nuances as well. Some specialize in battlefield conditions, others were used by castle bodyguards who were not allowed to kill, who had to preserve life.
Studying all of these things, the handling of the sword in movement and the physical interplay, between practicioners allows the martial artist to become in tune with their body and their surroundings, gain insight their behaviour under pressure and ultimately learn to become free in mind, body and spirit.
Bujinkan training takes place in Dingle at the Play at Height Adventure Centre, Baile na Buaile on Mondays and Thursdays and is also available in Tralee on Wednesdays.
Please ring Alex at 086-0831853 for details.
For more information the website is www.bujinkankerry.com
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