Philosophy of Ground Fighting
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Enjoy Life… Warrior Zen
“There is more to life than going fast. Slow down and enjoy the experience.”
Soke Anshu Christa Jacobson (宗家暗主)
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu; School of the Warrior Way
Member; World Martial Arts Hall of Fame
21st Soke of the Tomo-ryu Tradition
4th Soke of the Kosei-ryu Tradition
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Budo Student for Life,…
Picture taken: 2-2012
Anshu Christa Jacobson teaching Tonbojutsu
Budo Ryu Hombu Dojo; Kansas City, Ks
“Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.” – Henry L. Doherty
I hope that you all enjoy today’s lesson. I know that it is only a simple quote; but sometimes, that is all that is needed to keep us on a positive track on our journey of Budo.
Thank you all for your support.
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo.
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
4th Soke of Kosei Ryu Kempo
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Bushido (武士道) The Way of the Samurai – Courage (勇)
Soke; Anshu Christa Jacobson
Photo taken – 2.2012
Anshu Christa Jacobson teaching Hanbojutsu (半棒術) at the Budo Ryu Hombu Dojo
To see just cause and to not act, is lacking in courage.
When one finds oneself in a situation where there is an obvious right and wrong, yet remains silent for fear of loosing face, they prove nothing and show that they lack in the ability to stand up for their own beliefs. As a warrior one should be ashamed of oneself.
This is not to say that one should go out in search of conflict to show their strength, as this is foolishness as well. However; if conflict should present itself, one should have the courage, confidence and resolve to make themselves and their righteous beliefs known without fear of loosing something as trivial as public acceptance and stand up for what they believe in and have come to love.
I hope that you all enjoy the lesson.
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo.
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu; School of the Warrior Way
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
4th Soke of Kosei Ryu Kempo
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Strategies of the Way – Kempo, Kenpo, Chuan Fa
Soke Tomo-ryu; Anshu Christa Jacobson
Photo taken: 11.2011
Budo Ryu Hombu Dojo
MAXIMS OF SUN ZI
(1) Know both yourself and your adversary and you will not know defeat.
(2) Knowing yourself and not your adversary reduces your chance to 50%.
(3) Knowing neither yourself nor your enemy means certain defeat.
(4) Be serious & flexible, employing elusiveness to not become a victim of habit.
(5) To win without fighting is the highest achievement of a warrior.
Never forget these wisdom’s and live your life accordance to “the way”.
I hope that you enjoyed today lesson. Thank you all for your support.
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo.
Anshu Christa Jacobson
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of the Warrior Way
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Surprise Attack,…
Soke Tomo-ryu; Anshu Christa Jacobson demonstrating Metsubushi
Photo Taken: 10.29.2011
Budo Ryu; Hombu Dojo
武道流忍術道場
“Mimi wa yoku happo wo kiku”
(Translation) — The ears listen well in all eight directions.
(Interpretation) — Expect in all directions the Unexpected.
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The quote is one of the eight poems of the fist taken from the Bubishi.
I hope that you all enjoy today’s lesson. remember that this is more than jut physical combat, this is life. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo.
Anshu Christa Jacobson
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of the Warrior Way
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Shinobi Mumon no Ikkan – The Gateless Gate
Soke Tomo-ryu; Anshu Christa Jacobson
There are a thousand different roads.
If you pass through this barrier once,
You will walk independently in the universe.”
– The Gateless Gate (無門關)
The gateless gate is regarded as the greatest book of zen ever complied. It is a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Hui-k’ai (無門慧開; 1183–1260).
This book was so profound even during the Sengoku Jidai (戦国時代); Samurai (侍)and Shinobi (忍び) families were reading these words as an aid towards enlightenment. In the Shoninki written by Natori Masatake of the Kishu-ryu school of Ninjutsu he writes:
“One of the most important things for you to do is always know everything you can of every place or province that is possible to know. When you are in that said province, be sure to read the feeling of the local people and do what is necessary according to the situation. If your mind is in total accordance with the “way” and understands reasoning and logic perfectly, than you can pass through the mumon no ikkan (The Gateless Gate; 無門關) “checkpoint”. This is a mental place that is barrier without a gateway that exist inside your mind. You will be able to pass through this mental stage because you will have a clear mind and reasonable thinking due to your training.” — Natori Masatake; Kishu-ryu; Shoninki
English translation; True path of the Ninja;
Secret Philosophies of the Ninja; Gokuhiden;
I hope that you enjoyed today’s lesson
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo.
Anshu Christa Jacobson
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of the Warrior Way
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Anshu Christa Jacobson – See with your eyes; Feel with your heart
Soke; Anshu Christa Jacobson
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts” —– Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955)
I hope that you understand today’s lesson, look inside to find the truth.
Take Care & Be Safe! 🙂
Anshu Christa Jacobson
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of the Warrior Way
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Anshu Christa Jacobson – See the Light
See the Light,….
Photo Taken 7.4.2011
“Cultivate your happiness within the hard work of your daily passion and illuminate this positive emotional light through the dark fog that surrounds us all.
This will foster happiness within, and inspires others to follow. Remember; Budo is about polishing your training to make yourself and the others around you better, this can only be done through refining action.”
Anshu Christa Jacobson
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of the Warrior Way
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Budo Ryu Essence
Anshu teaching kusarigama techniques at 2011 Daikomyousai
“People with a good heart will understand the essence of the Budo Ryu. It is not about being better than anyone; it is for being better than what you were yesterday.” – Anshu Christa Jacobson
Anshu Christa Jacobson
21st Soke of the Tomo Ryu Tradition
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of the Warrior Way
Founder of the Budo Ryu Online University
Owner of the Ninjutsu Super Store
Chief Editor of the Shinobi no Mono Magazine
Founder of the Ninjutsu International Federation
Professional Model and Artist
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Opponents Fate
“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.” – Sun Tzu
I hope that you all enjoy the philosophy lesson today. I wish you all well in your practice of the arts.
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of War
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Meaning of Kata
Today’s Lesson 3.29.2011
“MEANING OF KATA”
Photo taken 2011 for video promo of “True Ninja Traditions”
There are different types of training practices in the marital arts, none of which is more popular yet so mis-understood as kata.
Kata (型) or “form” is a set pattern of movement to teach one how to fight against an attack. This is simply the basic knowledge of that kata, the meaning goes even deeper than that.
Once the student understands the basic idea of it, they need to understand that kata is simply a strategy that the masters before us placed into the training to give us another strategy, principal and philosophy towards fighting as well as a way of life.
Kata is the link that we have to the past, many loose the densho and makimono, many misunderstand the kuden, but kata has stayed with us.
Kata is taught in a “form” or a set movement against a set attack, yet to master kata all of the masters say the same thing, you have to not do the kata, but do the essence of the kata.
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“”You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate” – Gichin Funakoshi
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When you are practicing kata, do not just learn the initial physical move and say that you have it, what you need to ask yourself when you are practicing kata is this.
(1) What is the attack, What is the defense?
(2) What is the concept, Can I apply it other ways?
(3) What is the strategy that this kata is teaching?
(4) What Ryu does this come from (deeper meaning)?
(5) How does it feel, what feeling am I protecting and how can I apply this same defense to other aspects of my life?
(6) How many different “physical forms” or “ways’ can I do the kata and still stay true to the essence, strategy, principals and philosophy of the kata?
To master this you have to train hard, press your body physically, mentally and emotionally. You need to do this with every kata in the ryu, if you only do this with a few, you may understand a few kata, but you do not master the ryu (school). To master the ryu, these concepts has to be applied to all kata of all of the ryu-ha.
There are many people that like to “critic” others kata and try to say that they are wrong, when in essence this very action shows the level of skill that they have as a marital artist. As well as their understanding towards kata and the physical aspects of training within the martial arts.
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“”Principles of motion take precedence over sequence of motion” – Ed Parker
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KATA KEIKO:
(1) Plant the seed.
(2) Make a strong root
(3) grow from that and make a stronger foundation.
(4) understand it and branch out from the base.
(5) master it and watch all of the beautiful things grow.
(*** These five rules of kata are from my teacher Kobayashi Sensei and are also relevant towards the 5 elements of the Godai ***)
Watch the Video Promo from the picture above!
(1) See if you get the meaning of the kata
(2) How many different ways can you do the same principals with different motion?
Video Promo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d64osofIB5c&feature=channel_video_title
I hope that you all enjoyed today’s lesson.
Take Care, Be Safe and Good Luck in your Journey of Budo!
Anshu Christa Jacobson
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of War
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Anshu Christa Jacobson – What I Seek,…
“I do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the ancient warriors, I seek what it is that they sought.”
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Waves of the Mind
“The mind is compared to the ocean. Events such as happiness, irritation, fantasies and boredom are like the waves that rise and fall on its surface. Just as the waves can subside to reveal the stillness of the oceans depths, it is possible to calm the turbulence of the mind to reveal its natural clarity.”
Anshu Christa Jacobson
Headmistress of the Budo Ryu – School of War
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Diligence
”The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” – Confucius
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Teach the People
“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Ability
“I will not be concerned at other men not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.” – Confucius
Photo: Training with Kusarigama
Anshu Christa Jacobson
Budo Ryu Ninjutsu Dojo
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Oppression
“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.” – Confucius
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Stand for Something,…
“If you don’t stand for something, you fall for anything.” – Anshu Christa Jacobson
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Principal
“Never put passion ahead of principal,…because what you want, is not what you want.” – Anshu Christa Jacobson
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Forgiveness
Person with no forgiveness in heart, living even worse punishment than death.” – Mr. Miyagi (karate kid II)
Anshu Christa Jacobson – Musashi Part 3
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