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Fall/Holiday 2013 kagami FALL/HOLIDAY 2013 1 KAGAMI Kagami: Contents FALL/HOLIDAY:2013 WELCOME: FALL/HOLIDAY 2013 4 FIRST ANNUAL SHIMABUKURO MEMORIAL BUDO FESTIVAL 5 AN EVENING OF SHITO-RYU WITH LONG HANSHI-HO 9 TESSEN JUTSU SEMINAR at MAZURU-KAI 11 FANNING EMOTIONS 12 A DEEPENING PERSPECTIVE 13 EUROPEAN GASSHUKU 14 DOJO SPOTLIGHT: MAZURU KAI 15 NEW KAGAMI BOOK 16 NEW KNBK APP AVAILABLE 16 UPCOMING EVENTS 17 Cover Photo: Jessica McGuirl (www.firstpancakestudio.com) 2 KAGAMI HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE KNBK Here are some photos from Long Sensei of the traditional Japanese decorations at Hombu dojo for the New Year. “We decorate for good luck and good wishes to keep the evil out and welcome in the new year with Peace, Hope and Happiness. Kagami Biraki/Keiko Hajime will be held at Sakura Budokan on Saturday, January 11th at 10:00. Please join us for traditional food, drinks and the first official training and demonstration of spirit for the new year! All are welcome to join us to watch, to celebrate or just sit and enjoy the camaraderie of the day!” 3 KAGAMI EDITORIAL WELCOME: FALL/HOLIDAY 2013 by Erik Johnstone, Doshi for in life, our efforts are nonetheless finite. However, the truth of interdependence is always at work in support “Showing front, of those efforts. Our endeavors are brought to fruition not only through our individual effort, but equally through showing back, the support of innumerable and mostly unseen factors; limitless causes and conditions that enable us to realize our the falling maple leaf” aspirations in life. Some of those supporting conditions, -Ryokan such as the love and nurturing of our parents, the guidance of our teachers, and the support of our loved ones, are relatively obvious. But as you look more deeply into life, Welcome to the Fall/Holiday 2013 issue of Kagami! I always as you try to trace the events and conditions that have look forward to the last quarter of the year, especially here culminated in the life that you know and experience in New England, where we have experienced a particularly in this very moment, you can begin to see some of the glorious display of autumn foliage this past season. When supporting elements in the infinite network of causes, I started writing this, the maples, birch and beeches were conditions and effects that are the true nature of life itself. ablaze, shimmering with dramatic shades of red, yellow, orange and gold. And with the bright, sunny days that we Certainly, special times that are set aside for dedicated had here this fall, each day had been incredibly vibrant. observance of gratitude for the grace and compassion at work in our lives is important, offering us as they do an For me, with the onset of autumn and the transition opportunity for deep reflection. But such times should also into winter and the Holiday Season, the last quarter of be seen a reminder that each day brings innumerable gifts. the year also seems to bring with it a time of deeper With such recognition, we can approach each day, each reflection and introspection; a time when “spirit” seems moment, with the very same heart of gratitude. These times to pervade the very fabric of life itself. Here in the should serve to illuminate our lives, to lead us to cultivate northern hemisphere, we have entered into the dark the wholesome qualities that enable us to actualize the half of the year; the nights are rapidly growing longer highest potential in our lives, qualities that are inherently and colder as we tilt further away from the sun, moving present in the depths of our being. Through an awareness ever closer towards the long, dark nights of winter. of the reality of innumerable unseen factors at work in support of our lives, we can actualize a heart of gratitude Here in North America, autumn also brings the celebration and compassion in each day; we can directly experience of gratitude that is the Thanksgiving holiday, which the embrace of the infinite that supports and blesses us, is observed in both Canada and the United States. In benefiting us all in ways that we can never fully realize. the United States, Thanksgiving, taking place as it does on the last Thursday in November, also marks the beginning Now, as I review this once more prior to final publishing, of the Holiday Season, a season that despite occurring in Thanksgiving has already passed by and December now the darkest time of the year, is a one of infinite light and is upon us. The scent of wood-smoke is carried on the profound joy. It is so deeply important to have special times cold air; winter is almost here. And as we move closer during which we pause to express our gratitude for the to the Winter Solstice, the darkest night of the year, we beauty of this unrepeatable life; for the vast, interwoven also move deeper into a season that is filled with the network of causes, conditions and effects that give warmth of infinite light and boundless compassion; a meaning to and support our lives. But in our hectic and season that reminds us of the possibility of something far too often “me first” society, it can be so very easy to profound…the promise of peace in this world. overlook the truth of interdependence at work in our lives. And in the midst of the mad rush that this season often We live in a society that rightly values hard work and brings, we hope that you all find yourselves embraced by determined effort in our drive to build meaningful lives the warmth of that light and compassion; embraced by the for ourselves and our loved ones; however, the deep love of those you treasure deeply and wish all of you that reality is that nothing that we accomplish or realize in very same peace...for it is right here, in this very moment. our lives takes place in a vacuum. While it is certainly true that the efforts that we make as individuals set in motion the possibility of realizing goals that we strive 4 KAGAMI FEATURE ARTICLE FIRST ANNUAL SHIMABUKURO MEMORIAL BUDO FESTIVAL An Unforgettable Experience by Erik Johnstone, Doshi The flight has become quite familiar by now: the long are tucked into hillsides, golf course and palm trees become trip over the prairies; nothing but immense, perfectly clearly visible as we descend right into San Diego itself. rectangular or circular agricultural fields in various shades of greens and earth tones, until finally reaching the towering I had come to San Diego to take part in the First Annual Rocky Mountains. Heading further west by southwest, Shimabukuro Memorial Budo Festival, held in honour the Rockies are followed by the mesas and canyons of the of Shimabukuro Masayuki Hidenobu, Hanshi, the 21st southwest, blazing with incredible reds and golds. Far on Generation Soshihan of Masaoka-ha Muso Jikiden Eishin- the distant northern horizon, high peaks remain visible. ryu Iaijutsu and Kaicho of the Kokusai Nippon Budo Kai. Eventually, even the mesas give way to the vast expanse There can only ever be one “first annual” anything, and a of the empty Sonoran Desert. Eventually, we pass above memorial event is always significant, but this event was the Colorado River that marks the boundary between the especially meaningful as the first day of the festival was Arizona and California, the agricultural fields far below to take place on September 7th, the first anniversary so oddly out of place in the midst of the arid sands of the of Shimabukuro Hanshi’s passing. The second day of desert. The emptiness of the vast desert below is interrupted the festival was devoted to a special honno embu, a occasionally by now familiar peaks in the far distance. budo demonstration as a prayer offering to the spirit Here above the desert, the descent into San Diego begins; of Shimabukuro Hanshi. There would be a number of the terrain below becoming mountainous again, the once budo luminaries, representing both koryu and karate- sparse vegetation on the mountainsides increasing in do traditions, in attendance in honour of Shimabukuro density. We pass over a final high ridgeline and suddenly, the Hanshi. This was going to be a special weekend. shimmering Pacific lies ahead. There is an explosion of both greenery and development; perfectly ordered subdivisions I was met at the airport by Carl Long Hanshi-ho and 5 KAGAMI Sensei, with me serving as uke, also demonstrated bunkai (practical applications, which should really be read as “strategically applied pain at the hands of Long Sensei followed up with a big throw during which Sensei hit me with the planet!”) from select movements, inspiring all in attendance to look more deeply at their practice. That session was only the beginning of a great long weekend of budo. Friday morning brought with it the West Coast Koshukai, held at the JKI/KNBK Socal Dojo, with intensive instruction and corrections provided by Long Sensei in Shoden waza and Tachiuchi no Kurai. The Koshukai was followed by a special tessen jutsu seminar, taught later that evening by Long Sensei at Mazuru Kai Dojo. The seminar drew more than fifty participants, including both KNBK members as well as practitioners from other dojo in the area. Sensei taught fundamental striking techniques with the tessen, as well as applied techniques and formal kata. I had the good fortune to once again serve as uke for Sensei, enthusiastically receiving his precisely applied and painful technique while he taught fundamentals and applied waza.
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