All,

I received wonderful news. I was selected to attend the National War
College in Washington, DC starting in August of this year. Its a
prestigious one year Master's program in International Affairs taught
at Fort McNair in downtown DC. Joanne and I will be departing Alaska
in July and move back to this area. I believe we will be here in the
area for the next 4-5 years before looking to do another overseas
assignment. It will be great to re-establish yourselves, our dojo and
reconnect with all of our friends and students again.

Look out for our traveling road show as we drive back from Alaska. We
will be stopping in a few places along the way to teach seminars and
visit with friends.

Cheers, Phil

All,

Dick was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday and is now at home
recovering from surgery.
He cannot lift, push or pull anything right now, but he is doing well
and recovering quickly. He wanted
everyone to know he is doing well and should be back thumping people
soon. If you would like to
send him a get well note, his email is: shadoway@....

Happy holidays everyone.  Phil

I spoke with Craig Olson about this and he expressed it in much the
same way as Phil-san - that it's a continuation of this year's theme,
e.g. "Keep Go-ing".  Also, if I understood Craig-san correctly, there
will be more focus on the internal versus this year's focus of the
external.

--- In Bujinkan_Taka-Seigi_Dojo@yahoogroups.com, Phillip Legare
<phillip_legare@...> wrote:
>
> After further discussion, we believe its the english, -ing. Such as
> train-ing, runn-ing, think-ing, etc.
> Rather than intense or high energy, its more like activity or be-ing in
> motion. Have fun with that.
>
> One additional note, this was NOT Soke's last DKMYS as far as anyone
can
> tell. Given the new
> year's theme of -ing, it definitely wont be his last.
>
> Cheers, Phil
>

Hello all,

These DVDs are from training in Japan during 2006. The theme that year
was Shinden Fudo Ryu. Soke had the Shihan
continue to teach Gyokko Ryu (theme from 2005) while he taught Shinden
Fudo Ryu at Hombu and Ayase. The training
we filmed during 2006 was a combination of Gyokko Ryu techniques that we
learned attending Nagato and Noguchi Sensei's
classes and the Shinden Fudo Ryu techniques and concepts that we learned
from attending Hatsumi Sensei's classes at
Hombu and Ayase.

Here is a break down of what is on each of the Volumes and the guest
instructors. Note the many BTSD Shidoshi/Shihan
and BTSD friends that are featured. It is also very cool to see how the
theme and training progresses throughout the year
as depicted in these videos. These DVDs will be available for sale on
our website in the next couple of days.
Contact me for more information.


www.Onibujin.com

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Vol 5 - Safety discussion using Hombu weapons. Steve Schmidt, Arlando
Sanders, Jay Zimmerman teaching. Lots of
Shinden Fudo Ryu basics and Gyokko Ryu with hanbo, Rokushaku Bo,
counters to waza, etc are covered in this beginning
of the new year training video.

Vol 6 - Fantastic sword class taught by Mark Lithgow! Mark is
highlighted in this volume teaching sword basics from Shinkage Ryu.
Areas covered are: Te no Uchi (proper grip of sword), Shinkage Ryu
kamae, proper cutting and stepping, Shinkage threat and bait
concept with sword, changing grip to the left hand. The differences
between Shinkage sword and Bujinkan sword are discussed and
also how the two arts compliment each other. Shinden Fudo Ryu techniques
taught by Jim Hilgartner and Arlando Sanders. Suwari
gata techniques and proper sitting/kneeling distance, etc. Lots and lots
of techniques covered during spring time in Japan.

Vol 7 - John Cantor, Mike Johnson, Kenji Kaneyasu, Steve Golden (just
passed the Godan test), Jim Cummings (also just passed the
Godan test), Tony Meoni, Charles Collins and Nick Lynn are featured
instructors. Gyokko Ryu Danshi and Seito waza taught during
Nagato Sensei's classes are the basis of much of the techniques shown on
this volume. Henka using knife, handgun, sword, and pointing
with the elbow are covered. Kenji showing Soke's teaching of Shinden
Fudo Ryu henka. Kumiuchi grab and throw. Using sword to
control and throw opponent, half draws and full draws. Multiple
attackers/entanglement (san nin randori). Suwari Gata tech from both sitting
cross-legged and very close. Picking up the leg to strike. Jiyu (free)
training. Hidden weapons (knife), Rokushaku bo. Counter ahead
of grab. Shinden Fudo Ryu (naturalness of combat). Circles (Gyokko Ryu),
Triangles (ShindenFudo Ryu). Throws. Sword on sword
(open Kamae). Muto dori (against sword). Counters to Danshi with Tori
starting off grabbing and then punching. Lots and lots of techniques
shown by many visiting Shihan during the summer in Japan.

Vol 8 - Nick Lynn, Lance Kumm, Ben Cipperley and Jim Cummings are
featured on this volume. Hanbo, knife, Rokushaku Bo, Taijutsu,
Shizen Jiyu (free movement), Natural walking movement to avoid punches,
kicks, sword. Ikken Hasso - many punches from one. Stopping
just short on the punch and extending fingers to strike or hook.Not
grabbing, but covering and hooking. Muto dori. Counters to Sugetsu punch
or kick (to stomach). Advanced techniques/concepts of ShindenFudo Ryu,
plus more Gyokko Ryu from Nagato-Sensei's class are shown from
fall-winter timeframe in Japan.

Hello everyone,

I recently released a new training DVD on Togakure Ryu. It is on our
OniBujin website for sale along with a new ShinkenTaijutsu DVD, the
Gyokko Ryu Taikai DVD and all of Mike and my Training in Japan DVDs.
We also have moved over all of the BTSD TVs to the new site for
subscription. You can still access them on our old Shinkentaijutsu
site, but over the next few months we will be phasing that site out in
favor of the new OniBujin site. Go to www.onibujin.com to
register/join or you can go directly to the TV/DVD page at:
http://www.onibujin.com/video. Once there you can navigate to the
ordering system.
Check it out!

Take care.   Phil

Hello everyone. Recently one of our own, Ray Baker, sent me a few exotic
wood hanbo to try out.
Well I have to say that they are really, really nice. Beautifully
crafted, smooth and weighted. I love the
look and feel of the exotic woods he used. Ray lives near Pittsburgh and
trains in our group there. He
has started selling these handcrafted weapons on ebay at:
http://stores.ebay.com/koryu-customs. Check
them out, they look really cool.

Here is what Ray has to say about his work..........



The thing I have tried to do to set myself apart is the finish. I sand
all the way up to automotive finish sandpaper, then give them a couple
coats of teak oil, so the finish can never chip or wear off....if they
get beat up, just sand the spot and rub on a little teak oil, and voila!
Right now I have a store on e-bay and the url is
http://stores.ebay.com/koryu-customs I mostly do hanbos, jos and have
just started doing some rokushakubo. I have one in curly ipe (which
rocks) and am working on one right now in the red bullet-but i need to
test it out to see if it will be an appropriate wood for such a big
staff-its a very hard and dense wood- whereas its very unlikely to ever
break, it may be liable to crack if used for heavy contact...so that
ones still in R & D, but im taking it to class tomorrow to give it a
good working over to see how it does..

So you see he tests out his weapons before selling them. They are
practical and beautiful !  Get some !


R/Phil

Welcome to our BTSD User Group site. Thanks for joining. Please feel
free to invite others who you think might be interested in this group.

This is your site. Please use it often and please share information
about training, upcoming events, promotions in your dojo, trips to
japan, pictures, etc. that you think others might like to see or know
about.

If you look at the photo albums that were created the other day, you
might see a couple of famous Japanese Karaoke singers in there...:)

I hope this site will bring us all a bit closer together as we each
walk our budo paths. Take care and enjoy the site.  r/Phil