Anyone going? I'll be there. Just booked tickets. Maybe some lurkers? PM me. Mentioning this post in a drinking establishment, in the presence of at least three (3) ninja, entitles the speaker to one beer of the redeemers choice
Looks good. But for a Buyu Camp East, its a bit too far west for me. But it does beg the question....Do we do anything like this in the UK where we bring about 6-7 shihan together for a teaching seminar? Excuse my ignorance i'm new to the Bujinkan. Garth
I think that the organization of this event is a bit different than others that I've seen. (Also note that it's open to any shidoshi, not just 'shihan'). From what I understand, anyone is welcome to teach and it's done in break-out groups that students choose to attend rather than everyone teaching the entire group for a small time slot.
Buyu camps are one of the best ways for Bujinkan members to get together for a weekend of training, meeting new people and getting exposure to other ideas and opinions on Soke's art. I never miss it if I can help it. I'll be there with my monkey feet on.
there are too many teachers over here only on the lookout for themselves, i tried to do it once and no one was interested.....
What a shame, I'm sure that if you could get a few Shidoshi/Shihan together there would be quite a large turnout. Oh well Garth
There are like 8 clubs in and around London alone. If those teachers got together, i'm sure a day training could be organised? I think there are at least three who have an account on MAP.
Hi Garth, Our annual festival always has a lot of different Shihan/Shidoshi teaching. The last one, 28th – 31st August 2009, had: Brin Morgan - UK Natascha T. Morgan - UK/Switzerland Andrew Tenn - UK Tom Iddon - UK Tom Konig - Switzerland Raul Martin - Spain Michael Schindenwolf - Germany Steve Arntt - USA Jean Debets - Netherlands and me instructing over 4 days. All listed are 10th dan or above and at least 4 are 15th Dan. There were also some lower ranks teaching things like calligraphy, absailing/climbing, ropework and knot tying. Happens every year so if you fancy it drop me an e-mail and I'll add you to our mailing list.
OK let me know about next years event, i'm sure myself and my students would be up for that. I first met Brin back in 1985 when he hosted the David Koss seminar. He always seemed like a nice guy. Dont know the others but i'll certainly attend and bring some guys along. Garth
We did a lot of things taijutsu-wise. The sort of training you'd expect with teachers like Jack, James, and a whole load of others. I would say though the best part of it was the atmosphere created by a large group of people all getting together and really training with each other with the goal of improving our understanding and application of all this stuff. Now that I write about it I realize that the feeling was that of a group of like-minded peers all getting together for some extra training in the park. Which is a bit ridiculous when you think about the teachers who were there and how long they've been training as well as the vast life experiences of everyone. Yet everyone manages to cultivate this feeling which allows everyone to learn from everyone.
It was a great time. Always a lot of fun seeing old friends, meeting new people and getting to try new "flavors" of training. Plus, training in the rain and mud is always a good time.
