Back from Japan seminars.....monthly theme seminars.....Gikan Ryu seminars Basically, what influences your decision on attending? Celebrity? (You know what I mean) Exotic theme? Price? Come on people let's have ye!
The titles for thee seminars should be renamed Back from Japan seminars...I've just been to Japan and need to recoup some money seminar, where I will be teaching what I only learnt last week and haven't had a chance to perfect yet seminar monthly theme seminars.....My Mortgage/rent for Dojo is due so need a little extra cash seminar. Gikan Ryu seminars....I've just found some Genbukan techniques that are down loadable from the internet. I can now teach this stuff, after all the students don't know I haven't had a single lesson and it will make them believe I've got access to some secret material that Soke taught me seminar
In keeping with the jest of the thread, what about: New View - I just had an insight that is "like wow man". Best part is then using Soke's words, totally out of context, to support said theory. "'Soke is always saying....' but most people didn't understand him. Fortunately, for you, I'm here to interpret for him."
What do they call, I just got promoted a few Dan and am in trouble with the Mrs. seminars, is that included in the Back from Japan ones, or is it a subset?
A good seminar to attend is one in which your teacher has invited or arranged for another shidoshi to visit your dojo/town.
Typically this is a good way to go. You learn some thing that your teacher deems of value, you support your dojo! Pretty simple.....
My favorite seminar would be where someone has never trained iaido but brings it out and is showing how to do it and several Bujinkan practitioner's that cross train in iaido are in the crowd. Watching their faces is priceless!
My opinion is that seminars is in 90% of the case a waste of money and time. The only ones I would recommend is where the instructor actually teaches something tangible not all that kukan, henka stuff that anyone could do. Naturally he should have studied and internalized that which he wants to teach beyond just coming back from Japan with it. I hate seminars without any real theme, like "buyu-seminar" or those that have like 10 or more different instructors showing totally unrelated stuff. I only sometimes visit such events to see the general bujinkan population in action. Regards / Skuggvarg
I always enjoyed going to Tai Kai. The last one in New Jersey was awesome! Now, unfortunately Sensei does not travel anymore. Though I completely understand!
I always loved Doron Navon and Mark O'Brien seminars. Real meat to what was being taught and both had excellent fundamentals and it showed and was conveyed in the seminar!
I remember when I still trained at a certain independant Australian organizations 'ninjutsu' whilst I was training back in a bujinkan school. We were doing cuts with bokken from dai jodan, I was doining it the 'proper' way my shihan/ Tim barthurst and others had shown me , over rushes the 'sensei' " no no, just cut straight down!" " eh?" "Just like a falling leaf... Straight down...." ?!? He then had his 1 st kyu brown belt demonstrate the horizontal cut from a 'pretend' sheathed sword. Horrible it was, all arms reefing it out the belt, cut and shoved back in, no hips, not even thumb/ forefinger to pretend to resheath to in pretend saya, not even back in the belt.... Jambed with elbow to body. "Good" he says everyone do that..... Lol
I like mark o'brien trained with him at shirashi sensei's dojo, jeez hes good! very small class. Mark, Liz , Simon and I I think great! I've often thought he might post in this very forum, politely asking for reality......
Hopefully mark's still ok, long time since I saw him in Japan, I know the reasons why he's not there anymore but totally agree with the posters, he was a nice guy and with great Taijutsu
