Category: English

Warrior tools : Perseverance leads to success

Not long ago, a colleague concluded an email with the words ‘perseverance leads to success’. These words were addressed to students in the middle of an Exam Prep period, but they could not be truer in the world of martial arts. Mastery comes with practice and practice takes time. Practice itself is fraught with moments…


Shikin aramitsu daiko myo and dojo etiquette

Every Bujinkan training starts and ends with a salute. it goes as follows : Students stand in line according to their seniority, facing the Kamiza (altar) and the teacher.The oldest student (sempai) says “seiza” and everyone sits in seiza (on knees with the back straight).The teacher turns to the Kamiza, joins his hands and says…