April 1996 Ura & Omote

[Ashidome]

Ura & Omote
Volume 2, Number 4
April 1996

Part 1 of 8

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* * * Ura & Omote will not be publishing any further unauthorized
translations of Hatsumi Sensei's work. The editor will occassionally
publish translations that have received a "stamp of approval" from Sensei.
In order for you to learn more of Hatsumi Sensei's present attitude, the
editor suggests that you continue your studies of ninjutsu by finding a
legitimate ninjutsu teacher, using Hatsumi's Densho ("Sanmyaku") and his
various books or videos, and by encountering him directly at Tai Kai. --
Liz maryland

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* * *The following articles appeared in two Spanish newspapers after the
Spain Tai Kai. Hatsumi Sensei sent me photocopies of the originals. The
translations were done by Mike McKinley, who is a kyu-grade student at my
dojo. - Ken Harding.* * *

-- The Japanese master gives an exhibition tomorrow at the Alameda. --
HATSUMI MASAAKI REUNITES NINJUTSU'S ELITE AT ALDAIA.

Americans, Croatians, Portuguese, Finlanders, Norwegians, Germans, French
and Spanish. Old and young, men and women, all with one common
denominator: ninjutsu. The municipal pavilion of Aldaya held the largest
concentration of ninjutsu practitioners per square meter. The explanation
resides in one name: Hatsumi Masaaki. Considered by the emperor of Japan
to be a "living treasure of martial arts", Hatsumi, the international
grandmaster, teaches his disciplined students the key "to find happiness."

Soke, the highest level master, affirms that ninjutsu "is not a sport,
rather a way to carry on good lives," and upholds it as "physical
therapy." The same Hatsumi, past the sixty year barrier, is proof that in
this martial art there is no age limit. "It depends on the people," he
argues, "but there is a man in the United States who is eighty-three."

For Hatsumi, all of the people who begin this lifestyle "are looking for
the same thing," which, according to him, translates into the following
maxim: "Happiness. This method helps you to rediscover the true happiness
there is within yourself." So with this objective, hundreds of ninjas, as
we popularly know them, dressed in traditional black, armed with
truncheons (hanbo), move forward with Hatsumi in the search for happiness.
Enraptured, they attend classes laden with symbolism.

Hatsumi's prestige is not only renown in the East, but also the majority
of Western countries. He has received numerous decorations and
institutional distinctions, including a knighthood in Germany.
Furthermore, he is the only one who is able to grant a fifth level black
belt after passing a difficult test. Ruben Cardenosa, one of the
organizers of the "short course" given by the Japanese master, believes
that Hatsumi brings with him a shock for the participants, and a powerful
presence, "a different form of training." Purely a question of spirit.

- - -

HATSUMI MASAAKI, THE GRAND MASTER, HOLDS A TAI KAI
- A Living Treasure in Valencia -

The emperor of Japan considers him "a living treasure of all the martial
arts." He is the master of masters, with the ability to gather his friends
and followers from all over the globe when he offers a Tai Kai (a
gathering of the Ninjutsu world). He is addressed as Soke Hatsumi Masaaki,
and he will be in the Municipal Pavilion of Aldaya on Saturday and Sunday
in a Tai Kai organized by the Bujinkan Dojo.

Hatsumi is a friendly man with very special customs. His cost is high, but
he is not moved by money, nor much else. It has taken four years to bring
him to Valencia. As much like him his wife is one of the major fortunes of
Japan - their families have stocks in Honda, Sony. . . according to
information given to us yesterday by the organizers. His presence in
Valencia is a gift for all lovers of the martial arts.

Hatsumi, upon arriving yesterday in Valencia, declared that he felt very
happy: "They have told me Valencia is a very good place with rice and
oranges similar to those in Japan. Here live people with good hearts, and
this is essential for the proliferation of the martial arts. All those who
are going to participate these few days should be predisposed to study and
create a friendly environment."

Hatsumi places his requirements upon traveling, like the four bodyguards,
comfortable seats on the plane, vegetarian food - probably black rice and
vegetable paella (a Spanish rice dish) - a bottle of Campari in the hotel
room for his wife, his English translator who he always uses when he
travels. . . and of course, he dedicates the entire day before the Tai Kai
to Buddhist meditation. He travels with his wife who is a master of
traditional dance and will offer an exhibition at dinner on Saturday.

There will be more than three hundred participants, of which more than
half have come from all four continents. The session will be held on
Saturday and Sunday in Aldaya Pavilion. On Monday the training will be
held in the gardens in front of the Palau de la Musica (Music Palace).

I am currently having translated another set of Japanese articles that
Sensei has just sent me. Look for them in the coming months.
_____
-- Shidoshi Ken Harding, 6th Dan, heads the Missouri Bujinkan Dojo in St.
Louis. He is the author of Shadow Words, and publishes the Shadowgram
newsletter. He began Taijutsu training in 1984, travels every year to
Japan to study directly under Hatsumi Sensei, and studies Japanese
language, Yoga, shiatsu, and herbology. He may be contacted via E-mail:
<Shado...@aol.com>

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NINPO OLYMPICS
by Jon Merz

(Given that this year's Tai Kai is being held in Atlanta around the time
of the Olympics, and that my mind is just a few short trips away from
permanent psychosis. . . I hereby offer this little bit of tongue-in-cheek
humor at what could be one possible future. . .)

"Welcome back to NBC's coverage of the Olympic games. I'm Bob Snausage and
with me to recap some of the day's exciting events is Jane Halloway.
Jane?"

"Thanks, Bob. In a bizarre turn of events, the athletes from the little
known country of Bujinkan, captured nearly all the medals in today's
competitions. Before we show you the results, let's take a quick look at
the history behind this little-known nation.

"Rumored to be one of the many fragmented Russian Republic states,
Bujinkan was never even heard of prior to the downfall of the Communist
Soviet Union. It is suspected that Bujinkan was once the trendy resort
where many of the Soviet Politburo elite spent their summers. Bujinkani's,
as they are called, are known for their appreciation of alcohol and have
the curious national past time of engaging in repeated physical armed and
unarmed combat. Sometimes beating each other senseless before retiring to
a nearby tavern for food, drink, and the omnipresent round of dirty jokes,
the Bujinkani loves to have a good time wherever they happen to be.

"The Bujinkan national anthem, 'Every Little Thing We Do is Magic,' is
currently under fire from former members of the band The Police, for what
they call 'a grievous insult to good taste.' The Bujinkan parliament,
composed of three Bujinkani's who bear the titles 'Hanbo, Tanto and Fundo'
have ruled that The Police have no grounds for suit and should stick to
less hazardous pursuits such as high-speed knitting.

"The Bujinkan Flag, a rainbow of grays, dark blues, and browns, bears the
inscription 'Black doesn't work as well, dammit!' While such a phrase is
obviously confusing to a foreigner, the Bujinkani's tend to treat it as
something of an inside joke and often retreat to a nearby shadow giggling
to themselves while the naive tourist stands there none the wiser.

"Bujinkan specializes in the export of what marketing experts call
'disinformation.' Selling to several powerful governments, Bujinkan is
among the leading innovator in fabricating lots of useless stuff that no
one will figure out anyway. Reportedly, the CIA is their biggest client,
although that has never been substantiated.

"The average Bujinkani spends most of their time in pursuit of the
legendary 'white tabi.' Legend holds that while many pairs of this magical
shoe/slipper were once available, they exist only in very limited
quantities nowadays. To the Bujinkani, the elusive 'white tabi' is the
goal many spend a lifetime chasing.

"Bujinkan is a member of the United Nations Recreation Council and had the
dubious honor of suggesting additional funds be set aside for mandatory
naked lacrosse competitions. The motion was overturned shortly after it
was suggested, by the more slothlike members of the Greenland Delegation,
most of whom you wouldn't want to see unclothed anyway.

"In today's events, the Bujinkan team won an unbelievable twenty gold
medals and thirteen silver.

"The highlight was the discus competition, where William Navillus hurled
the discus an unprecedented five thousand feet! Speaking from the locker
room, William told reporters that the discus was just like the shuriken,
which we take to be some sort of Bujinkan sport resembling Frisbee, only,
and I quote 'you don't have to aim for anything!' endquote. Needless to
say, Navillus wins the gold this year and by default for the next fifty
Olympiads.

"The pole vault was another area where the Bujinkani's shined today. Team
mates Hirc Dushon and Rabby Kremli blew the competition away by setting
record heights for their vaults. Dushon gets the gold and Kremli the
silver. Both men likened the vault to something known as 'breaching the
castle wall' which we figure is another curious Bujinkani saying.

"The fifty meter dash, hundred meter dash and five hundred meter events
were all won by Kne Vagase who used a most peculiar style of running.
Throughout the event, Vagase's hands stayed loose and limp and he hardly
seemed to be exerting much effort. Asked at the conclusion of his third
consecutive win what style he had trained under, Vagase reportedly began
speaking in tongues by repeating the phrase 'Mu On No Ho' over and over
again.

"It seems the only downside to the Bujinkani streak occurred during the
swimming competitions today. Several Bujinkani team mates had to be
hospitalized after attempting to swim the entire events breathing only
through a small reed tube and not surfacing to take breaths like the other
competitors did. Two Bujinkani's passed out and were rushed to the
hospital as they mumbled something like 'But Yessub did it using only a
straw.' The two athletes were later released.

"From our observations, the Bujinkani team seems to be incredibly
spiritual. Speaking in tongues and bizarre phrases most likely intimates a
strong prevalence toward prayer in their society. Whatever their weird
customs, there is no denying the strength of this amazing team. I'm Jane
Halloway, back to you Bob. . ."
_____
-- Known for his unwavering commitment to the goal of being the first
self-lobotomized Ninpo practitioner, Jon "Cannon Fodder" Merz resides in
Boston, Massachusetts where he attempts to dodge >BAM< punches and >OOF<
kicks under the guidance of Mark Davis. When not convalescing, Jon
continues to threaten publishing houses into buying his novel. He
currently earns a meager living by selling bootleg copies of Englebert
Humperdink's All Time Favorite Songs to Yodel. His e-mail address, for
those who wish to verbally pummel him, is: <john...@fmr.com>

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SELF DEFENSE: Be Prepared Before the Attack
by Donald Watson

Being prepared to defend your life mentally is just as important, if not
more so, as being physically prepared. One can be in top physical
condition, and still lose in a self defense situation. The first step in
defending yourself, or possibly a member of your family, is to be aware.
As a police officer, I cannot even begin to tell you how many people I
come into contact everyday that are, or seem to be, oblivious to what is
going on around them. When we were young children, mom taught us to look
both ways before crossing the street so we wouldn't get hit by a car. This
is how we should approach everyday activities. It is what I like to call
"healthy paranoia". Be aware of that dark area on the far end of the
parking lot. Be aware of that guy in front of your neighbor's house who
looks like he doesn't belong. Be aware of the guy wearing the full length
winter coat and ski hat in July. When you get that strange feeling that
something is not quite right, chances are that it is not. Be aware of
everything around you and walk with confidence. The criminals are looking
for someone who appears to be weak and timid. By anticipating potential
problem areas, they can be avoided.

Another very important component of self defense is to have a plan. A
sound approach to this is to ask yourself "what if". In the Police Academy
our instructors called it "constructive day dreaming". I have heard my
martial arts teachers call it "visualization". What it boils down to is
mentally putting yourself in various situations and planning out what you
would, ideally, like to do and how you would deal with each situation. Be
realistic in your planning and remember that self defense is not pretty.
If you do, even after attempts at avoidance, have to deploy physical
techniques, keep them simple. You should have at your disposal, several
simple techniques targeting one or all of three primary areas- Eyes,
throat, and/or groin. No matter how powerful or muscular an attacker is,
there is no amount of conditioning that will strengthen those areas. You
should also plan escape routes, know where phones are along your route of
travel, and know the locations of all Police stations along your route of
travel. By planing for a variety of different situations, you will disarm
your attacker of his most effective weapon against you--the element of
surprise.

There are also a variety of self defense products on the market. I will
not endorse or suggest the use of any in particular in this forum, however
I will offer some things to keep in mind regardless of what product, if
any, that you choose. When using any device that attaches to your key
chain, chemical agents, kubatons etc., remember that if your are attacked
while entering or exiting your vehicle, you cannot effectively use your
keys to unlock your vehicle and spray your attacker at the same time. If
you do choose to utilize some type of self defense "key chain", you may
want to look at one that can be removed from your keys quickly so you can
effectively use both. You should also keep in mind that any self defense
weapon you carry could also be used against you. Allow for that in the
plan. If you choose to use a chemical agent, i.e. mace, CS gas, or pepper
spray, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. First, when you
purchase a particular product you should purchase two. One to carry and
one to practice with. Second, you should expose yourself to the product so
you know it's affect on you. This exposure can be done by spraying a small
amount of the chemical on your hand and holding your hand to your face for
a moment Chances are that when you spray your attacker you may get some of
it on yourself.. If you know how it feels and are expecting your reaction,
that will cut down on the panic factor. In addition to the vast amount of
self defense devices on the market, you also have a variety of unassuming
improvised weapons at your disposal. Some examples are pens, pencils,
combs, magazines, shoes, belts and on and on. You are only limited by your
imagination.

Here are some personal safety tips:
1. There is safety in numbers. Try to avoid traveling, running or jogging
alone. If you must travel alone, let others know your route, departure
time and approximate return time.
2. Know where pay telephones and Police stations are along your route.
3. Avoid parking your vehicle in dark areas.
4. The first thing to do after entering your vehicle is lock the door.
5. Have everything ready to go before you exit your vehicle so you can
exit the vehicle and lock it quickly. Then leave the area.
6. Visually scan the area when walking to your vehicle. You can see all
the way around your vehicle and underneath it from a far enough distance.
7. If attacked, avoid yelling words like "help" or "rape". It seems that
no one wants to get involved in those types of situations. Everyone,
however, wants to see a fire- so yell "fire".

In closing, I will say that self defense is a serious issue here in the
90's. It does not, however, half to be a complicated issue. By being
prepared before the attack, you can win any confrontation through
awareness of your surroundings, having a sound defense plan, and by
keeping your head.
_____
-- Donald Watson a Police Detective as well as a certified Police
Defensive Tactics Instructor and Tactical Baton Instructor. He has been
studying Ninjutsu for 4 years and can be reached at <dw...@nih.gov>.

end of April 1996/part 1

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Ura & Omote/April 1996

Part 2 of 8

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW YOUNG
by Ken Harding

Ken Harding: How long ago did you arrive in Japan and why did you go
there?

Andrew Young: Landing at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita City on
June 4th, 1988 was the accomplishment of several years of preparation. I
came to Japan with the purpose of studying at the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo with
Hatsumi Sensei and the Shihan instructors; anything else that turned up
would be a bonus. Bringing enough money for about three months basic
survival - enough just to train and eat sparingly. After this, funds
providing, I wanted to go to Australia to look around.

I first started training in 1984. At that time, there existed small
training groups dotted all over the UK ( except in the region where I
lived. I spent a lot of time traveling and learning what I could. Most of
the training being outside in the parks and woods, it always seemed to be
cold. My early impressions of training were numbness of fingers and toes
and a constant dew drop hanging from my nose! At this time I was still
studying karate and was involved at the international level; being a
member of the English squad for the style I studied. I had seen deeply
some of the faults within karate and I wanted to study another art that
compensated for the lack of techniques involving locks, throws and
weapons. I initially looked at aikido, then jujitsu, but something didn't
seem right in my mind. I had read about ninjutsu in a limited number of
history books. The image left in my mind made me feel skeptical about
looking into it any further. Perhaps curiosity got the better of me and I
went to an open seminar. I had fun! Not so serious as my karate training,
but the ideas I gained were invaluable even through the level of skill in
the UK at the time was quite low. I decided to go again and then again.
Eventually I had heard of some Swedes who had trained in Japan so I packed
my job in and went to Sweden in '86, spending three months training every
day - it was great! Running out of money I hitchhiked back to the UK and
after four months of looking for work, I borrowed some money and went to
London. I got a job and a flat and then started scouting for training. By
this time I had given up on karate; I was hooked on taijutsu. I contacted
Peter King and Chris Ronarth and attended their classes, but I had already
decided I wanted to go to Japan. I worked as a security guard, working 12
hour shifts back to back, averaging 96 to 108 hours a week. It was tough
going but I had made up my mind. Within 18 months I was on my way.

KH: What is it like living in Japan, and how do you support yourself?

AY: Eight years ago there was much more yen to the UK pound [254 yen = 1
pound. Now it is down to 160 yen]. But I went at training like hammers and
tongs; training every evening straight for 23 days. I was simply that
hungry. After this spurt of activity my body decided to take a holiday and
I got sickness with diahorreah for four days as a souvenir. I was badly
dehydrated due to the heat of the summer. I had never experienced heat
like that. I came from a cold, wet and windy place. This was hot, sticky
and still, but at least the dew drop on my nose thawed out.

After the first month I had given up the idea of going to Australia, in
fact anywhere. I decided I would stay for at least a year- anyway money
was getting low. To stay for a year I needed a visa, more money and a
grasp of the language; I couldn't keep relying on other people. One day
while looking in the newspaper for a job - I'll try anything once - I came
across an advertisement for a Japanese language school. That was it! I
would go to school, study Japanese and get a visa. I paid the initial fee
of 110,000 yen which included three months' tuition and registration fee.
I had two interviews for jobs teaching English. In one job the interviewer
was a Japanese male who spoke basic English, I unfortunately spoke dialect
with a touch of English. I felt sorry for him. He would ask a question and
I would reply. He looked at me blankly and asked again the same question.
My second interview communicatively fared better as I spoke to an
Englishman from Liverpool who was keen to know news from home. After the
interview we went out for a beer. Funny enough, I got both jobs. I lied
about the visa bit, of course. In this case the ends justified the means
and at that time there were not enough teachers to fill part time
vacancies in the Chiba area. In fact foreigners were few and far between.
In Noda city there was only Mark Lithgow and Mark O'Brien living there at
that time. When I arrived Mark O'Brien was visiting the U.S.

Things are different nowadays though I am still trying to make ends meet.
The economic depression Japan finds itself in now has forced many English
schools to close and even though my English and Japanese have improved,
the job scene has not. I still keep a finger in as many pies as possible
work-wise, doing the odd "service" job, translating letters, etc. This
year there is a slim chance I will get a business visa working for an
import and export company. Anything to train!!! Until things balance out
again I have to leave the country every six months or so for several weeks
as my visa expires. Last year I had the opportunity to visit America
twice, did lots of training, met lots of old and new friends and so on.
The whole things are never as bad as they seem, although the Japanese
immigration give me a tough time on my comings and goings.

Keeping an optimistic approach and a good sense of humor have been the
driving force behind my willingness to carry on. Don't look at the
obstacle at hand but try to reach out and see beyond it, learn to help
yourself and take responsibility for the situation you are in now. Perhaps
those barriers will melt and disappear. If they are still there, go around
them! There is always a way when the will is strong.

Culturally, Japan is completely different from the surroundings I was
brought up in. This will hit home more if you spend Christmas here,
especially as training stops for the run up to New Year's. Basically
'goodwill to all men', Santa Claus, presents and turkey don't exist. This
time my Christmas lunch was sashimi salad, while New Year had more of
upswing tempo. For all of you who have to work on Christmas Day like me, I
sympathize with you.

Martial arts and culture entwine about one another as do martial arts and
religion. But culture and religion are the result of the human process;
the same process can tread on the toes of martial arts study. Don't get
lost in religion or culture if you want to study the martial arts as they
will certainly permit barriers in training. This I know from experience. I
have enough walls, barriers, obstacles, minefields, trenches, etc., in my
daily life without creating any more. What I'm trying to say here is throw
away your own cultural ways and beliefs; those of your own country, if
they start to get you down and hinder your development. I've survived in
Japan only because I studied the culture and desired not to hang on to it.

KH: What are the biggest differences between Bujinkan training in Japan
and outside of it?

AY: Obviously the difference is that the skill level and depth of
knowledge is understandably better in Japan. On the other hand, something
that Hatsumi Sensei has stressed to be vitally important is "kihaku." This
basically means the use of your spirit to suppress your opponent. Sensei
remarked that kihaku is generally stronger in westerners than Japanese
within the Bujinkan Dojo. This strength of spirit is the driving force
behind the techniques, without which the techniques are merely kata, in
other words, "dead." Over the last few years especially since Sensei has
been teaching bo, yari, naginata and this year with sword, the emphasis in
training has been to strengthen and exercise the "kihaku" feeling.

My reasons for first visiting Japan were to get a good grounding in the
basics and feeling and equally "how to study" and "what to look for." As I
said earlier I was only going to stay for one month but ended up initially
being in Japan for four and a half years. By this time, training
constantly, I was on overload, my head, body and spirit felt broken and
confused. I made the decision to leave, promising myself two years of
training on my own and unraveling my head! In autumn 1992 I returned back
home to the UK, managed to find a job but soon became restless when I
realized I didn't fit in anymore. So I thought bugger it and went to
Australia. I was invited to interpret at the Sydney Tai Kai in June 1993.
I interpreted badly Sensei's feeling. Nearly one year training without
Sensei and I really felt lost. I resolved to train harder and remained in
Australia. I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland. Known more for 32
kilometers of golden sand, surf beaches and nightlife, I spent my evenings
after work thrashing the local trees in the park. The excellent paper bark
gum trees made good makiwara. I had half a dozen regulars, all keen, good
guys going back to basics: kicking, punching, throwing and locks, working
on timing and flow. I managed to beat the frustration out and cleared
myself, redefining my purpose and direction. It would soon be time to
return to Japan. I spent one month surfing and then diving on the Great
Barrier Reef and partying my brains out.

Since then I've never looked back. I returned back to Japan hungry for
training and refreshed. Spending time outside of Japan gave me time to
look at points and aspects of training -

Distance: Keeping a good distance from Sensei so that I'm not overly
effected by him. I can still make clear decisions.

Balance: Training too hard, believe it or not, makes your taijutsu worse.
That is to say it affects your balance badly. The more you train the more
you need to rest; give yourself time. But don't be afraid to play with
balance.

Angles: Being prepared to take a step back and look from a fresh
direction. Don't be too intent.
Timing: Knowing when you need to take a break and when to come back.

Purpose: Clarifying your purpose and reasons will help define your
actions. Leaving doubt in your heart, mind or actions undermines your
commitment.

KH: What do you see as the future of the Bujinkan?

AY: This is a very good question as I feel that it is one we have to
clarify individually and as a dojo. It is our future we must look at.
Sensei has often remarked that his intentions for the Bujinkan is one of
creating a community of martial artists who share a commitment in living
life with justice in the heart. This idea of building a dojo on friendship
rather than organization is paramount in making the "art" live.

Really it is up to us, all of us. What do we want from our training. To
make the Bujinkan just another organization will demean our art and
undermine our potential. Through training in the Bujinkan I have made many
friends the world over. I have traveled and trained in many countries and
built up a friendship and understanding not only with other people and
places but also myself. Perhaps understanding and befriending oneself is
an important human necessity.

As I read through what I've written I look back on the last eight years,
especially the six years of that time I've spent here. The good times and
the bad times intermingled in confusion, but clarity exists and I keep
going. I wish all and everyone in our dojo best wishes and happiness in
life.

_____
-- Shidoshi Ken Harding, 6th Dan, heads the Missouri Bujinkan Dojo in St.
Louis. He is the author of Shadow Words, and publishes the Shadowgram
newsletter. He began Taijutsu training in 1984, travels every year to
Japan to study directly under Hatsumi Sensei, and studies Japanese
language, Yoga, shiatsu, and herbology. He may be contacted via E-mail:
<Shado...@aol.com>

* * *

THOUGHTS
by Jeffrey S. Mueller

The article name says nothing specific about the content for a reason.
Although the name doesn't give a clue as to what is held within, it seems
to me the only appropriate title for what follows. What you are about to
read is nothing more than my current thoughts and insights into a few of
the popular threads of discussion taking place in the Bujinkan of late. As
always, these are merely my opinions and perspectives. If you disagree
with me, fine. If you agree, that's okay too. As long as thought is
provoked..

"Names, titles & labels"
I'll begin with this topic. Lately, many people have been spending time
discussing the 'Kihon Happo' and it's components. A vast majority of these
conversations include what one instructor includes, and what others don't
(i.e. "Manaka teaches Onikudaki and so and so doesn't, they teach. . .")
In practitioners under shodan this is acceptable, the labeling of terms
and the categorizing of 'techniques', but many of these conversations
include people of a higher belt grade. This labeling and categorizing
becomes very self-limiting. Hatsumi Sensei always laughs and tells stories
of speaking to masters of many Koryu (old schools) in Japan. They
invariably tell him how many techniques are in their style (i.e. "Our
system has 181 joint locking techniques.") Sensei is then always asked how
many techniques he has, to which he replies "None." Right there he is
saying it doesn't matter what they are called, or how many there are.
Every time you talk about the 'Eight Techniques' of the Kihon Happo you
are contradicting what Sensei is trying to convey to all of us. In
imposing labels, you impose limits. In true ninpo there are no limits.

I constantly bite my tongue when people start correcting me in seminars or
other training events when they say things to the tune of "No, he said
omote gyaku is done this way. . ." Well, I get a tad confused at that line
of thinking. Omote Gyaku is simply a name for a concept. By learning that
omote gyaku is done a certain way, it becomes a technique; No longer is it
a free moving idea. Right there we have one of the biggest learning blocks
built into the 'Kihon Happo' and the entire art. Each motion teaches many
ideas and theories, it doesn't matter if during the practice of
'Ichimonji' you strike with an omote shuto or a sokuyaku geri. If you do,
does the name change? Who cares? The labelers do, but just ignore them and
let them build a cage of names and labels and watch them wallpaper it with
their lists of techniques and henka. Then they may reside in this self
made prison while those that listen to Sensei can move freely.

While I'm on this particular rant, let me also address the labeling and
categorizing of things as 'Advanced' or 'Basic'. There are no such things.
To call things 'Basic' or 'Advanced' is to place a preconceived notion of
the conceptual depth of the motion on the student. Many people teach, for
instance, omote gyaku and ura gyaku as 'Basic' joint locks. By doing that
the student, once borderline proficient in the motion, stops exploring
it's intricacies because the label infers a shallowness of concept.

"Rank"
Does it matter that our art now has fifteen dan ranks? No, not really.
Does it matter that there are now several non-Japanese tenth dans? No,
they're the same guys that were 8th & 9th dans back when there were only
ten dan grades to be awarded. Not that I'm trying to belittle these
people's accomplishments, I'm just saying put the jump in rank into
perspective with the change in the overall ranking structure ("Hmmm. . .
last year they were one dan from the end, now they're five away. . ." Just
food for thought.) Rank in the Bujinkan means nothing, yet we treat it as
being the gospel of Sensei, why is this? My theory is it is due to the
western method of viewing any grading policy, "Awarded upon Completion,"
rather than the Japanese view. Rank and scrolls were historically given
out as thank yous and favors. Takamatsu gave out tons of copies of the
scrolls to whomever were interested. Does that mean that all of a sudden
these people were knowledgeable and capable practitioners and teachers of
the material contained in that scroll? So to simply assume that because
someone is a high dan grade, they have worthwhile knowledge to impart upon
others is silly. Remember who is awarding these ranks, Masaaki Hatsumi,
last living soke of Ninjutsu. I'm sure that everything he does, everything
he teaches, and every rank he awards can and should be taken at face value
(I hope the intended sarcasm was evident.) In all honesty, why should
Sensei care if there are high rank jokers in his art? Why should he care
if everyone has a good teacher? Did he ask us to train in his art? Did we
ask him to train under his guidance? No. We send him our money to belong
to his organization each year and he sends us a card. Attached to this
card are no guarantees. Sensei always talks about following the path of
nature and becoming aware enough to see the truth through the mists of
deception and illusion that confront us. If someone trains with someone
solely due to their rank and they don't have the natural perception to see
the validity of that rank, then they will never truly understand the art.
Their vision is too easily clouded by falsehood, and these are the people
who attain eight dans in eight years. Luckily though, they are easy to
spot and they eventually disappear or they set themselves up as the new
ninpo messiah and then their empire comes crashing to the ground around
the narrow pedestal they build themselves after a few years in the
limelight. The nature of the art is to weed out those who are incapable of
the enlightenment it offers.

"Searching far and wide for what lies under your feet."
Why is it that many practitioners of this art look elsewhere for new
knowledge? This art is immense in it's contents, it has everything that
you could possibly want. I've heard so many people say they were going to
supplement their training with: Tai Chi (for smoothness and relaxation);
Yoga (for flexibility and relaxation); Jujutsu (for ground fighting);
Kali/Escrima (for knife and reflex training); Boxing (for punching and
reflex training); Jun Fan/JKD (for hand speed and trapping.) Not to
mention those who seek their spiritual growth through Yoga, Native
American Shamanism, or other internal martial arts. Those solutions are
the easy fix, the shortcut you could say. The problem though is that the
shortcut leads to a different destination than the original path. Anything
you could want from another art can be found in Ninpo if you just look
hard enough. That is where the problem lies too. In the word 'hard.' It
isn't easy. It isn't supposed to be easy. Unfortunately though, for many
people, if it isn't handed to them on a silver platter they won't
recognize it's existence. This is ludicrous. We are studying nine
different martial systems (Well, actually more but let's deal with that
silver platter view right now.) You have to look for the hidden meanings
and ideas. You have to use your brain. Sensei talks about the approach he
wants people to take when learning the art. "Become an anthropologist." he
said at the '94 Daikomyosai. An anthropologist doesn't take things at face
value, he searches until the truth becomes clear. We have to "dig" for the
answers. You have to get your hands dirty and look, but when you do you
will see that there everything is, buried under your feet. Where it has
been all of the time. . .
_____
-- Jeff Mueller is the Head Instructor at the Bujinkan Musha no Tomodachi
Dojo in Bowie, Maryland. He has been training in Ninpo Taijutsu since 1988
and has traveled to Japan to train with Hatsumi Sensei and the other
Shihan. He may be contacted via e-mail at: <Jeff...@aol.com>.

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Part 3 of 8

BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE
by Regina A. Brice, Esq.

OK, OK, so the article came too late for the anniversary issue, but I
think it is still relevant because everyone has a view about what the
Bujinkan is or should be. Gee, do I? Who'd a thunk it!?! Anyone who knows
me knows that I remain a card-carrying member of the peanut gallery. I
just can't wait to get old and uglier, so I can get a big ol' stewpot, a
stick that will fly me anywhere on command and mail-order Newt's eyes! It
may be all I can afford until my firm lands that one big case which sends
me back to Japan. Until then, ladies and germs, you're stuck with me - so
here's my 2 cents (what a bargain!). Served with relish, it tastes just
like chicken.

Let me start by saying that I really am proud to have so many excellent
Bujinkan sempai, and I look forward to the maturing of those
relationships. Our traditions come from those who bonded together out of
necessity; but it doesn't mean that they always got along. Their strength
was that they stood by each other enough to hand the tradition over to our
Soke. Many lessons there. Respect is earned, whether it be from Dr.
Hatsumi or from your fellow students, so I will continue to work to earn
any respect I may have in our community. In this country, instructor
status is confusing because a sempai to one person may be a sensei to
another. I teach others as a sempai, but as a lowly godan, I do not
consider myself an "instructor." When we critique each other, therefore,
we should be careful to whom we are speaking and on what level, lest we be
misunderstood or misquoted. Sempai and kohai don't have to trade Hollywood
kisses (outside of Tai Kai), but a respect for all instructors and the
training is something worthwhile.
I personally take it as given that at least 70% of our training, from
technique to administration, should be determined by the mandates, wishes
and whims of Dr. Hatsumi. His generosity is the reason we are all here; we
owe him at least that. However, there is 30% that we can and should
control. Our 3 to his 7, boys and girls, still represents 300 years of
responsibility! With that in mind, I would like to make a proposal, with
the hope that counter-proposals (other than those of the "mind your own
business, foolish girl" ilk) will be forthcoming from all instructors,
even those not on the Net.

We have a unique organization, with a wealth of experience in our many
instructors and students. Now that we know what we have, we need to figure
out how to capitalize on those treasures. The 70% is obvious: train with
the Boss. However, as for the 30%, perhaps we should start to learn from
the history (mistakes and triumphs) of other expatriate martial arts
traditions. We are still young enough to do that effectively.

Let's be clear: by "capitalize" I do not mean make money. How you make
money is your business. I refer instead to increasing our understanding
and utilization of all of our accumulated experience. This will make all
of our lives better, and at the expense of no one. We have at least three
generations of American instructors who have trained in Japan. We also
have instructors, worldwide, who have taken the training to another level:
awareness through movement, healing and cleansing of the mind and soul,
traditions born of American soil . . . Yup, we have every necessary human
technology imaginable. We also have a cadre of "professionals": lawyers
(yeah, I put us first, what of it!), doctors, accountants, teachers,
construction artists, bodyguards, national security specialists - who
apply our training to the outside world. Cool.

I think, therefore, that it is time to consider a senate of U.S.
instructors, who make a commitment to get along and respect each other to
further our common training progress. Ain't nobody here got wounds that
should last more than ten years! Everyone who has passed the Godan Chosa,
therefore, should pledge to be involved as a voting member. Yeah, well,
just like our "Founding Fathers" set it up, only the landed classes
deserve the vote. But in this case, it's much easier to join the landed
class: just rain and train and train. I use the Godan Chosa as the
yardstick because it is Soke's measure, and we can and should respect it
as the most objective measure. Of what, I don't know, but that's not
important. A steering committee of those who have been awarded Shihan
status should also be established. I propose that we sit and talk about it
openly at an instructors' meeting at Tai Kai. Then, I will shut up, be
deferential, and all that rubbish.

Who has the time? We all do. Who has the money? Well, everyone teaching
can afford to contribute $25 per year for telephone, internet and mailing
costs. Who will run it? I will volunteer to do the administrative stuff
and connect with Japan. Hell, an accountant from another dojo can keep the
books; someone else from another dojo can maintain the mailing list, etc.!
A fresh start, integrating - not rejecting, who and what have gone before.
Yeah I know, the idea isn't new, but it's still a good one.

No one needs to relinquish dojo autonomy, but we should vote on and adhere
to major policy issues in good faith. Issues such as advertising
strategies, media relations and bizarre articles published under Bujinkan
auspices, student admission and expulsion, training arrangements, the
problem of grading other instructor's students, the translation mill,
seminars, etc. These are perennial issues. On the up side, establishment
of a scholarship program for training in Japan would be outrageous,
wouldn't it! Bubble, bubble. . .

Dr. Hatsumi has started a new cycle of training this year. From all
accounts, it is more rigorous and intense, which should please the
hard-asses out there. Those who go to Japan: Yo! Come back and teach the
rest! I spent over $10,000 in two years on training, but I had the luxury
of a high-paying job. Those who live(d) there before me independent of the
government payroll or some other source fork(ed) over the same and
suffered. So, yeah, I got a problem with those who take liberties with the
training. The idea that you can learn and teach this stuff without going
to Japan or even making the effort to get to Tai Kai, makes me go hmmm.

Communication problems should be minimal at this point. We have Doron,
Ben, Rumiko, Mark Lithgow, Mesdames Kubo and Osada and myself who
regularly translate - most of us are on the Net. At least 10 other pretty
good translators train in our arts and live in Japan. Don't know about
Europe. The Net and Web can often be accessed for free at libraries - so
tune in, check it out. No one need founder about, if they bind their roots
before they go to Japan. We're beyond sign language, pigeon Japanese, and
excuses for not relating directly to Soke and the Japanese Shihan.

I think that everyone expresses Taijutsu as appropriate to themselves, but
the basic and advanced training is something that should be preserved
intact for many years to come. Just because Soke said America has grown
up, doesn't mean we know anything. I believe that the spiritual lessons of
our system are integrated into the training - it is a very, very old
science, not to be lightly tampered with. There is no need to make it
easier, we just need to study more and learn to teach better. To do that,
we need to talk to each other and compare notes. We have some people who
excel at kusarifundo; others who know shuriken, yari, naginata, or bo both
ends to the middle. A few people even have really good Taijutsu. We need
to honor those who have this knowledge by identifying them and supporting
their teaching across the country. Obviously seniority matters, but
training and the ability to share are even more important. This has been
repeated by Dr. Hatsumi only about a million times. There is no ego issue
for me, cuz 'hell, I ain't good at nuthin'!

Each senior instructor should compare curriculum with others at Tai Kai,
renovate and improve. Male instructors and students: start honoring the
Taijutsu expressed by women, in deed as well as in thought! Not all
Bujinkan women are "white belts." We have at least one expert on Taijutsu,
who uses neither his hands nor feet. He sees things we cannot. He travels
more than I do - shouldn't he be given time to speak at every seminar?
Children and new students, who are our future, should be taught with care
by the top dojo instructor, because we are shaping a new generation. We
certainly can't complain of a media image of our own making. Yada, yada,
yada.

Well, O.K. Perhaps I am one of the trouble makers and rumor mongers
mentioned in the last issue of Ura & Omote. Wowzers! Yet, those who talk
to me directly know that half of my gossip over the past three years has
been devoted to trying to get people to talk and respect each other for
the skills they bring to our Bujinkan. I use my own eyes and ears, and say
what I believe to be true. And, while I certainly have opinions about
everything under the sun, I try to be consistent. When I change my mind,
it means that I have learned something, so I try to learn something every
day. I am a true horsewoman, who sticks her foot in it on schedule, so I
apologize for any inconvenience. Just remember that good witches make a
rich gravy when you add water, but bad witches just melt away.

We have a one hell of a group of people, and fewer crazies everyday. We
have so much experience and knowledge that we can pat ourselves on the
collective back. We deserve it. I end with that thought only because it is
true. Now, it's time to get to work.
_____
-- Shidoshi Regina Brice's primary life skills are in law (int'l corporate
and family) and Japanese translation. She uploads legal FAQs to
rec.martial-arts (a newsgroup on the internet) every few weeks. Please
note that Regina A. Brice (aka HA...@AOL.COM) is moving to Michigan in
April, 1996. All contact information will soon change. She doesn't have a
number yet, but will post to Ura & Omote as soon as she has her new net
service hooked up. Her new handle will probably be RBR...@cwnet.com, so
try that first.

* * *

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Kevin Millis
Bujinkan Millis Dojo - Lifeskills Martial Arts
15315 Culver Drive, #150
Irvine, CA 92714
phone: (714) 551-9335
e-mail: Dmo...@aol.com

Kevin Millis was born April 13th, 1956, in the year of the Monkey, and has
been involved in Martial Arts for over 20 years. His martial arts training
began in 1972 as a member of his high school wrestling team. His interest
in various martial areas continued until 1976 at which time he began
training in Kung Fu San Soo, achieving Black Belt ranking. At this point
Mr. Millis was introduced to Bruce Lee's method of Jeet Kune Do, entering
a period of study with the Dan Inosanto group. Continuing his search for
personal excellence, Mr. Millis gravitated to the collective skills and
concepts embodied in Ninjutsu and entered training with Stephen K. Hayes,
the acknowledged Western authority on Ninjutsu.

Mr. Hayes introduced Mr. Millis to Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi who subsequently
invited him to journey to Japan for training. Mr. Millis received Shodan
ranking directly from Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi, 34th Grandmaster of the
Togakure Ryu Ninja, and was commissioned by Dr. Hatsumi to establish a
Bujinkan dojo in Southern California. Mr. Millis has taught this art for
more than a decade. He continues to study with Grandmaster Hatsumi to date
and travels to Japan yearly for continued training. In February of 1996,
Mr. Millis was awarded the rank of 10th Dan - a ranking held by very few
non-Japanese. He is widely recognized as one of the truly excellent Master
Instructors in the Bujinkan Budo training system with students worldwide.

Mr. Millis is the Principal instructor at Lifeskills Martial Arts in
Irvine, California where he teaches regular classes and seminars. He
travels extensively conducting national and international seminars and
workshops. His considerable training skills are being produced as a series
of instructional video tapes to compliment Bujinkan training. In addition
to his martial arts skills Mr. Millis is an expert technical rock climber
with first ascents in both Joshua Tree National Monument and Yosemite
National Park. He is also a published composer, artist and musician, and
in 1993 he was presented with the Presidential Sports Award of Excellence
for his many contributions to physical fitness.

Mr. Millis' senior student is Mr. David Larson, currently ranked 4th dan.
His dojo director is Chuck Cory, currently ranked 3rd dan. Mr. Millis
currently has 15 ranking 3rd dans, 15 ranking 2nd dans, 6 ranking 1st dans
and approximately 150 kyu ranks.

Mr. Millis conducts seminars at Lifeskills Martial Arts approximately
every 4-5 weeks. These seminars average 3-4 hours in length. He also
personally instructs 6 classes per week. Mr. Millis will be in St. Louis
with Mr. Ken Harding on April 6 and 7th and will be at Bujinkan Millis
Yamajika dojo, in Virginia, on October 19th and 20th.

Internationally, Mr. Millis will be instructing at the European Ninja
Festival on August 22, 23, and 24. The theme for that seminar will be
"Friendship and Harmony" and training will focus on Kenjutsu, Bikenjutsu
and Gotonpo. For more information on this seminar contact Steffen G.
Frohlich.

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Ura & Omote/April 1996

Part 5 of 8

WAZA
This is where people share information on the kata, history and techniques
that make up Budo Taijutsu - Liz maryland

HEARTS OF STEEL
by Kendall Kelsoe

Earlier this evening I had the great honor and privilege to be involved in
the viewing and handling of some truly excellent Japanese swords. It is
rare to see such works of art so close up and well maintained. As I raised
a katana (samurai sword) into a seigan no kamae (perfect eye posture), I
shivered as I beheld it's lethal beauty.

Swords have always held a deep fascination for me. When I was a young boy
growing up in my home town of Houston, Texas, my mom and dad took me to
the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. In one of the vendor booths, my
father bought me a tiny replica of a Japanese sword. It had brightly
colored plastic fittings and a dull metal blade. Playing Zorro with my
childhood friends, my sword got severely bent from all the banging I put
it through battling my playmates in make believe wars. I took it to my dad
and he expertly straightened it out, returning my favorite toy to it's
former glory. "Real Japanese swords don't bend like this one, son." he
reassured me.

My folks were big on movies. They would load my brothers and yours truly
into a white station wagon with an inflatable mattresses on the fold down
seats and head for the Thunderbird drive in.

Two films that really impressed me were "Red Sun" and "The Magnificent
Seven". "Red Sun" featured the popular actors Charles Bronson and Toshiro
Mifune. If you haven't seen this flick, basically it has Chuck as a
gunfighter and Toshiro as the last of a long line of Samurai in 1860's
America. This was the first movie I had ever seen that featured a Katana.
The two handed handle made sense to me. The graceful curvature of the
bright and glittering blade inspired both fear and awe. The skillful way
Mifune-san wielded this elegant weapon inspired a desire to learn more
about the Japanese culture that produced such a unique sword. When "The
Magnificent Seven" was playing, my dad told me it was a remake of "some
black and white Japanese Samurai movie." It took several years before I
discovered Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai." I wept when I went to see
it at the River Oaks Theatre as part of a foreign film revival. This is a
powerful story of six Ronin (masterless Samurai) and one impostor hired to
protect a farming village during feudal age Japan. If you have not seen
this powerful and compelling film, then you are in for a treat.

A sword represents a powerful connection to the past for me. No other
weapon holds such a fascination and admiration. The Nipponto (Japanese
sword) occupies a special place in the history of man and the art of
metallurgy. A sword is composed of all elements, earth, fire, wind, water,
and the void. Steel is composed of both iron and carbon - earth elements.
Steel is annealed by the elements of both fire and wind. Steel is tempered
by being quenched in liquid - a water element. The sword is conceived and
forged by humans. . .the void element. To present a historical
perspective for the Japanese creation and use of swords as a military
weapon, one must first understand some of Japan's history. To sum it up
using a time line, it looks like this. Gokaden (the five traditions)
Yamashiro/Kyoto, Yamato/Nara, Bizen, Soshu/Kamakura and Mino. These
represent five periods of swordmaking in Japan. Swords fall into
classification by length of blade, measured in Shaku which equals
11.930542 inches. A Daito, ("long sword") is over two Shaku in length. A
wakizashi ("companion sword") is between one and two Shaku in length. A
Tanto (knife with a guard) is under one Shaku. I welcome any comments or
information to make this more accurate. Please note that this is a small
overview and not all of my sources agree on specific dates.

SWORD CHRONOLOGY
B.C.
10,000- Jomon Period
200- Yaoi Period

A.D.
300-552 Kofun Period
300-710 Yamato Period
300-900 Jokoto (Ancient times) Period
Earliest prototypes of Japanese swords. Also known as the Chokuto
(straight sword) period. Appearance of Iron Swords in Japan. The Japanese
import swords made in China and Korea. The "Ken", a straight, double edged
sword appears. Koto (old sword) Period ends.
552-645 Asuka Period
710-784 Nara Period
794-1184 Heian Period
Appearance of the Tachi ("to cut in half") a long and curved single
edged sword.
857-1160 Fujiwara Period
1184-1336 Kamakura Period (Warring states period)
Constant warfare makes huge demands for the finest weapons. The No-Dachi,
a six-foot long war sword appears. Masamune, a premier swordsmith that
makes blades of "homogeneous steel" is very popular. His efforts and style
and define this age of sword making. His blades are known to cut through
swords from earlier periods. Appearance of Ji-Samurai, or saburau (to
serve). 1274-1281 Mongols 1st and 2nd attempts at invading Japan. Mongol
fleet destroyed by "kamikaze" (divine wind) and typhoon.
1336-1392 Nanbokucho Period
1392-1568 Muromachi Period.
Katana replaces Tachi in the Bushi (warrior) arsenal.
1530 New Sword (Shinto) Period in Japan.
The traditional and distinctive methods of the Five schools are lost.
1543 Portuguese arrive in Japan , firearms introduced.
1568-1615 Momoyama Period
Wakizashi (companion sword) is worn with Katana, forming the Daisho (long
and short) a sign of status and rank as Samurai (he who serves).
1584 Miyamoto Musashi, the Kensei ("Sword Saint)" is born in Japan
1575 Firearms used against swords , Samurai lose to conscripts
1581 Gen. Nobunaga Oda invades Iga Province on Nov. 3, with a force of
46,000 Samurai
against 4000 Ninja Warriors.
1615-1804 Edo (the "Gate") Period
1804-1868 Shogunate (Bakumatsu) Period,
1867 End of New Sword (Shinto) Period in Japan . Showa Period begins
Many Ryu (schools, or style) devote their effort to making copies of
famous swords.
1868 Shin-Shinto ("Modern Sword") begins.
1868-1912 Meiji Period
1871 Samurai stripped of their privileges
1876 Carrying of Daisho prohibited in Japan
1877 Samurai revolt , the end of the Samurai, defeated by conscripts
wielding teppo
(match lock firearms).
1912-1926 Taisho Period
1926-1988 Showa Period.
Swords such as police sabers, (Gunto) are mass produced using modern heat
treating, forging and chemical tempering methods. Swords produced during
this period cannot be considered as true "Samurai" swords. In 1936 several
young army officers lead a "second restoration" revolt. The revolt fails.
1941 Japanese Imperial Navy attacks Pearl Harbour, Hawaii Dec. 7.
Japan recreates the warrior ethic, Battan death march includes atrocities
such as beheadings of U.S. servicemen using Shingunto (military swords).
1945 Japan surrenders on board the U.S.S. Missouri Sept. 2.
War ends, U.S. servicemen bring home between 250,000 to 350,000 "war
trophies," many swords are ancient, ancestral Katanas.
1988 Heisei Period

DEFINITION OF JAPANESE BLADES
Aikuchi: knife without a guard, "a pleasant companion"
Bisento: sword blade with polearm length handle
Daito: Longsword
Hamadashi: utility knife
Katana: sword for fighting on foot
Ken, or Chokuto: straight, double or single edged sword
Kogai: skewer
Kozuka: small knife that fits into pocket of sword scabbard, used for
throwing and utility purposes
Kwaiken: small knife worn in sleeve of kimono
Naginata: glaive polearm
Ninja To, Shinobigatana: straight bladed short sword used by shadow
warriors
No-Dachi: six foot war sword
Shoto: short sword
Tachi: sword worn attached to belt, edge down
Tanto: knife with a guard
Wakizashi: companion sword
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-- Kendall Kelsoe is 6'6" tall and 270 lbs. of pure man. The best thing
about Ken is that he's almost totally stupid. . . Ken knows comparatively
little about the history and evolution of arms and armour in either Europe
or Japan. Ken enjoys wasting his time by pursuing knowledge about any
subject that interests him. Ken likes to wear skirts at special occasions.
A Kilt and Hakama both hang in his closet. Ken also knows relatively
nothing when it comes to Ninpo. Ken likes music and plays synthesizer. . .
just barely. Ken is of Scottish-Irish ancestry and proud of it. Ken spends
way too much time studying Budo Taijutsu. Ken also likes to write poetry,
though he's not very good at it. Ken relishes a good joke better than a
fine wine. Ken enjoys the company of family, close friends and positive
people. Ken likes cats very, very much and is not at all embarrassed to
say so. He also paints and sculpts and likes to draw a lot. Ken is the
Sempai for the Austin Kunren Sukisha Dojo along with his partner, Chris
Crane (Ryu Yama San). If you would like to, E-Mail him at
<10424...@compuserve.com>.

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ODA NOBUNAG INVASION OF IGA
Text and Research by Peter Carlsson
Translated by Mats Hjelm

Oda Nobunaga had been busy at other places in Japan, so it took almost two
years until he could deal with the problems in Iga. It was when two
Samurai, Fukuchi Iyo from the village upper Tsuge in Iga and his companion
Mimisu Iyajiro offered Oda Nobunaga their service as advisors and guides
that a new opportunity to invade Iga arose.

The purpose was to once for all, subdue the population of Iga that as they
put it "did not respect the sovereignty." Oda Nobunaga planned a much
bigger operation than his son Oda Nobuo had used at his failed attempt in
1579. Nobunaga was planning to attack from six different ways at the same
time, where Fukuchi Iyo and Mimisu Iyajiro were supposed to be guides on
the northern route from Azuchi down through Koga, because that route was
hardest to defend.

Oda Nobunaga himself commanded the force that left Azuchi in august 1581,
but after only half a days march he was stricken by illness and they had
to abort the operation. It was not until September that Nobunaga had
recovered, and he summoned his generals to a war council in Azuchi. The
army was divided to attack at six fronts at the same time, and the
strategy was to burn and ravage as much as possible to prevent the people
in IGA to use the same tactics as they had in 1579.

The population in Iga had through their channels received information
about the six armies, but they did not have the resources to ambush a
force that large.

The troops in Iga were about 4,000 men, so they decided to retreat to two
places to concentrate their defense there. One place was Heiraku-Ji temple
on a small hill in the village of Ueno, the place where the castle of
Iga-Ueno is situated today. The other place was mount Tendoyama, not far
from where the castle of Maruyama once stood. The six routes Oda Nobunaga
used were:

ISEJI:
The route over Iseji was commanded by Oda Nobuo or Kitabatake Chujo Nobuo
as he was also known as. He had Yoshida Goro and Oda Shichibei no jo
Nobuzuma at his side together with more than 10,000 soldier and samurai on
horseback. He was also accompanied by all those who had participated in
the invasion of 1579, among others Takigawa Saburohei Kazumasu, Nagano
Sakyo and Hioki Daizenryo, but this time together in the same army. After
a quick advance, Nobuo split his army in three, that attacked surrounding
villages and besieged those fortresses that was the place of refugee to
the people of Iga. Takigawa besieged two fortresses, Tanenama no Sho and
Kunimiyama, while Nagano and Hioki attacked the valley of Ao and the
fortress in Kashiwao. The did not meet much resistance during the
campaign, but they where harassed by forces of Iga when they besieged the
different fortresses. Often through nightly raids into the camp of the
besiegers.

TSUGE
More than 12,000 soldiers came from the north through the area of Koga.
They passed Tsuge near the borders on their way south. The army was
commanded by Niwa Gorozaemon Nagahide, Takigawa Sakon Shogen, Takigawa
Yoshidaou, Wakabe Sakyo No Shinjuko and Todo Shogen. Niwa Nagashidas camp
was raided by ninjas in the night on several occasions, so at last no one
could sleep out of fear to get killed. Tamataki About 7,000 soldiers also
entered Iga from the north via the Koga area, but they chose the west
route through the village of Tamataki and heading south for Ueno. The army
was commanded by Gamo Hida No Kami Shikyo, Wakizaka Jinnai Yasuharu and
Yamaoka "Shukei Gashira", which is not a name but means Yamaoka, the
paymaster. According to a source named Iran-Ki, the army met resistance on
their way through Koga. Apparently it was a member of the Mochizuke family
by the name of Mochizuke Chotaro that had a duel with someone named
Yamauchi Zaemon Dono. One interpretation of this is that the ninja
families of Koga were allied with the people in Iga.

TARAO
Entering from northwest came Hori Kudaro Hidemasa and Tarao Shirobei
Mitsuhiro with 2,300 men. The people in the northwest region of Iga chose
to gather and fortify Kannonji, a Buddhist temple at mount Hijiyama
straight west of Ueno.

YAMATO HASE
Masanoiyabei Nagamasa, Shinjo Suruga No Kami, Ikoma "Gagaku Kashira", Mori
Iki No Kami, Toda Danjo Shoshitsu, Sawabara Jiro, Akiyama Sanou Tayu and
Yoshino No Miya Naishoyu attacked from the Yamato province in the south
with 10,000 soldiers. They besieged Kashiwabara that was under command of
Takano, a samurai who was an expert on nightly raids. He used old methods
created by Kusunoki Masashige, the founder of Kusunoki Ryu. One technique
he used was to have women an children wave with torches to give an
impression of an imminent attack to create fear and disorder at the enemy
camp.

KASAMA
Tsutsui Junke and his nephew Tsutsui Shiro Sadatsugu also attacked from
Yamato in the south, but via the village Kasama north of the army of Asano
Nagamasa's. The army consisted of 3,000 soldiers, but the went north to
help Gamo Ujisato besiege Hijiyama instead of helping at the siege of
Kashiwabara.

HIJIYAMA
At the 27th of September Gamo Ujisato, Wakizaki, Yamaoka and Tsutsui
attacked Hijiyama together, but small groups of Ninja from Hijiyama were
hidden half way down the slopes of the mountain. It was the same strategy
that had been successfully used when Oda Nobuo invaded Iga along the Iseji
road in 1579. They attacked the forces of Gamo when they were on their way
up and caused so much damage that Gamo's troops were wounded and did not
have the spirit to fight when they reached the top.

Two men from Iga, Momoda Tobei and Yokoyama Jinsuke managed to reach the
foot of the mountain and take the head of Gamo's two sons. The besieging
army temporarily had to retreat due to this and Momoda Tobei, Fukukita
Shogen, Mori Shirozaemon, Machii Kiyobei, Yokoyama Jinsuke, Yamada
Kanshiro and another man was called "the seven spears" to honor them
because of their success in the battle.

The Iga forces decided to continue with nightly raids against the enemy
vanguard. They prepared a quick attack that surprised Tsutsui's army. The
soldiers did not even have time to put on their armor, and the people of
Iga were lucky because a wind caused all torches to blow out. Because of
the darkness many of Tsutsui's soldiers cut down each other, but the
troops of Iga used passwords to know who was enemy or friend. They
organized a night raid against the Tsutsui's army, they succeeded too.

As Oda Nobunaga's armies successfully defeated all resistance in the rest
of Iga, they gathered around Hijiyama. Finally more than 30,000 soldiers
out of Oda Nobunaga's total army of 44,300 man surrounded the mountain. In
spite of the immense advantage did Oda Nobunaga not win the battle with
the help of weapons. Because of the dry weather and a powerful wind, Oda
Nobunaga decided to set fire to the whole area. Those who tried to escape
from Hijiyama were driven back into the flames.

This was the end of the last bigger resistance in Iga and those who still
fought against Oda were spread throughout the region. Depending on which
source, the fall of Hijiyama was at the 10th or the 11th of September 1581
or at the beginning of October the same year (this means that the exact
date of the invasion is not verified either). The forces of Nobunaga
started a hunt that would continue long into the year 1582, to defeat the
last groups of resistance in Iga.

There were only scattered remnants left out of the 4,00 head strong army
of Iga, and many innocent lost their lives in Nobunaga's devastating hunt
for ninja. Even if most knew about ninja, only a minority belonged to
Ninja families or were trained in the art of ninjutsu. Some sources states
that there were only eighty survivors from the three families of Hattori.
Many fled to other places in Japan. One Jonin from the Hattori family was
killed when Tsutsui Junkei attacked the castle of Kikyo.

A last attempt to assassin Nobunaga was done by Kido, Harada, and Jindai,
where Kido from the village of Neba knew Ninjutsu. The attempt took place
when Oda Nobunaga traveled in Iga to watch the results of the invasion,
and when he arrived at a place named Ichinomya. Kido, Harada, and Jindai
had prepared three cannons that were aimed at the place from three
different directions. The fired at the place where Nobunaga and his
followers were sitting, but Nobunaga managed to survive in spite of that
seven or eight retainers were killed. Kido, Harada, and Jindai, who all of
them had survived the besiege of Kashiwabara managed to escape into the
forests.

Momochi Sandayu, a well known ninja jonin (leader) also managed to escape
from Nobunaga's troops with some of his men. They fled to the village
Ryugu at Ude Sanbonmatsu in the Yamata province, where Momochi had them
make a stand until the 10th June 1582 even if his men wanted to continue
the flight. At the 10th of June came the news that Oda Nobunaga had been
murdered by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.

If this is an evidence that the Ninja of Iga still had a functioning
network of spies at this time is impossible to say, but it can be
considered as one probability out of the way Momochi acted.
_____
THE DISCLAIMER & END NOTES
The original Text and research was made by Peter Carlsson who may be
reached at <dato...@sbbs.se>. Translation was made from Swedish to
English by Mats Hjelm who may be contacted at <hel...@algonet.se>

This is absolutely not to be taken as "true fact" since it is quite
impossible to prove the Kuden. We would be happy for any kind of creative
and serious research that you have found out, so if you have noticed some
errors in this text or would like to point out something else worth a note
please let us know so we could update and make this even more accurate.
And if possible, please try to back up your claims with some sort of
verification or serious references.

A big problem when one do research about the history of ninja and Bujinkan
is when one compare information in books about those subject with general
acknowledged history in history books. This means that all information in
circulation are to be considered as gossip until it can be compared and
proven against general history. This includes the text above.

Some of the people we wish to thank for the sources are here listed in no
particular order. . .
Sveneric Bogsaeter * Perti Ruha * Stan Skrabut * Mariette V. D. Vliet *
Charles Daniels * Bernadette V. D. Vliet * Stephen Turnbull * Ben Jones *
Paul Richardson * HATSUMI Masaaki * Gothenburg ninposaellskap (and
possibly many others)

For more information like this get hooked to Internet and browse over to
http://www.algonet.se/~helmet/BUJINKAN/ or phone ++46-8-985948 to
MokoNoTora FidoNet BBS.

This translation is allowed to be posted electronically or printed as long
as it is left unedited or changed in any way. It is not allowed to be
reprinted in any way for commercial purposes without permission. (c) MATS
HJELM 1996

end of April 1996/part 5

[Ashidome]

Ura & Omote/April 1996

Part 4 of 8

BUJINKAN HOBARD DOJO
by Richard Jones

We have been training in Tasmania since I moved here from England via
Japan in 1988. The Dojo members consists of the original training group
plus people who have discovered us along the way. Training reflects the
way I was taught in England by Chris Rowarth (9th Dan) and Peter King
(10th Dan) and my training in Japan. I would say that apart from Soke, my
Japanese Sensei is Ishizuka Sensei although I have trained with most of
the Shihan during my visits. I do think that students who go to Japan and
base themselves with one Sensei in particular should take heed of the
etiquette that you should check with your instructor if it is OK to go to
another Dojo for training. Most of the time I am sure it is but I speak
out of experience as once I made Ishizuka Sensei niggly by going to
someone else's training.

I had promised Liz maryland an article but couldn't think of anything that
people would want to hear me waffle on about. Then one of the Dojo members
suggested that we sit around and have a discussion about the Bujinkan and
budo in general and maybe put in a transcript of what came out. So for
what it is worth the following are my feelings and experiences on a number
of issues. Like I say, they are my feelings and opinions only and I can be
contacted by e-mail on ric...@ice.net.au if you have anything to add.

The following discussion took place after training at my house one night
and was a complete surprise to most involved.

Duncan Stewart: Richard, it seems that over the past couple of years there
has been a great deal of talk about rediscovering Kyusho in the martial
arts. This has been hailed as almost a great breakthrough. However as far
as I can see this has only been what the Bujinkan has been teaching, or at
least what you have been teaching to us. Are kyusho an important part of
the Bujinkan?

Richard Jones: From when I started training in the Bujinkan with Chris
Rowarth in England we always talked about nerve points. The Japanese names
went over my head to begin with but I quickly learnt where such points as
nagare and uko were and what angles the strikes hurt the most etc. I
remember being demonstrated on once (as my neck after years of rugby and
gridiron is not small) to show everyone what angle to hit uko at and being
knocked out from just a light strike - this being in 1985 before the so
called kyusho revival. As far as I am concerned most of Hatsumi Sensei's
techniques are nerve point strikes as anyone who has been "tapped" by him
will testify. As a green belt on my first trip to Japan I remember at one
of the boss' Friday evening training sessions at Kashiwa Dojo a technique
that involved multiple Kyusho strikes ending up in a strike to omote
kimon. I was training in a threesome with two of Ishizuka Sensei's long
time students. Obviously their strikes were not having the desired effect
as I could still stand. They called Hatsumi Sensei over who then after a
brief discussion explained that not everyone reacts to every kyusho strike
(an important lesson in itself!) Grinning, he then asked me to tsuki. I
remember being hit in three places and then feeling a sensation akin as to
how I imagine being electrocuted would feel and ending up in a heap on the
floor. Hatsumi Sensei said "However there is always a solution". (NB I
remember him laughing as he said this.)

Dominic Rea: Are the kyusho names from the Koto Ryu ?

Richard: As far as I know they are, they correspond to the names given in
Hatsumi Sensei's Taijutsu book which shows the Koto Ryu Kyusho points and
also in the Knife fighting book. You can cross reference these points with
acupuncture points to get a better understanding as to how they are just
the points talked about at great length nowadays in books and magazines.
An example being that uko is the much vaunted Stomach 9 point, Jinchu
corresponds to GV 26 etc. Another useful exercise is to see what angles
the Koto ryu kata end up striking the points at so you can figure the best
angles out. Sensei's videos are excellent for this. Back to your question
Dunc, I figure that the Kyusho are a very integral part of the Bujinkan.

David Papadimitrou: You always say that the kyusho strike is an added
bonus though.

Richard: True and it is. . . what I mean by this is that the technique
must work anyway. Remember the previous comment by Hatsumi Sensei - you
can not rely on the kyusho strike being enough, although it may well be.
Therefore it may be best to consider the kyusho effects as an added bonus
to a good technique, that way you will not be caught out.

Dominic: How important is going to train in Japan ?

Richard: Erm. . . I consider it to be really important for your training
to get to Japan. Things have changed from when I was in England as a green
belt and it was basically an unwritten rule that to get your Shodan you
went to train with Ishizuka Sensei and of course Hatsumi Sensei. Nowadays
the world has many high ranking instructors and maybe it is an alternative
to train with them. However my own feeling is why settle for second best.
Also Hatsumi Sensei is the person who you can discover the most from. I
feel that training in Japan with Hatsumi Sensei and the Shihan is so
different from training at a Tai Kai.

Obviously if your Instructor trains in Japan, then things should be OK. I
remember Nagato Sensei saying that you must train with a GOOD Instructor
then go to Japan so Hatsumi Sensei can undo your bad habits. If pressed on
the issue I would say that I do not see how you can say you are really
serious about training without having some long term plans in the pipeline
about getting to Japan. I do not know about other places but here in
Australia there are Godan and Rokudan who have not been to Japan and I
find that pretty bizarre.

Duncan: There is always a lot of talk about the Bujinkan not being
effective, yet most of us work for the police or security firms etc. It
obviously works - jutaijutsu works full stop - so how come there is this
dichotomy?

Richard: That's a hard one. . . I think that partly it stems from people
who trained within the system and could not cope so they left and slagged
it off. Also especially martial artists will try it, "spar" with a few
people and decide that they can not get the locks and throws to work and
in a sparring situation do not get them put on to themselves and then say
"look it's crap you can't put locks on". What they fail to realize is that
in a real fight/situation things are different. You know yourself that if
you looked to put a lock on, you couldn't - it has to happen in the
natural flow of the situation. OK you work at the hospital and use
jutaijutsu all the time to restrain people, you know the locks flow on as
a natural part of the situation. This is what people do not realize; in a
sparring situation its damn near impossible to put a lock on. You can not
afford to disable a person with kyusho strikes then crank musha dori on
risking taking out their elbow and shoulder - in a real life situation you
can. That is why I get you to do randori as we do. (NB. In the Bujinkan
Hobart Dojo we practice randori as an exercise where one person attacks
viciously trying to overpower the defender. They do not spar - they just
attack. The defender must neutralize the attack and safely restrain the
attacker.) To say that the techniques of the Bujinkan are not realistic
and that Hatsumi Sensei lacks power shows a complete and utter ignorance
of the techniques. You do not have to see people's throats ripped out and
limbs dislocated to realize that these things work.

Dominic: Soke says that you should strive for the right feeling during
training. What is the right feeling ?

Richard: My interpretation of this is that you should train as if you mean
it. This doesn't imply that you have to go flat out and crazy. What it
does mean is that the feeling has to be there. You can have fun and laugh,
but while you are doing the technique you need to be 100% into it. This is
easy when you are doing the technique but I see a lot of people who forget
that this should also stand true when you are attacking.

Duncan: Please elaborate.

Richard : Well, what I mean is that if you are just attacking without
feeling or sloppily then you ruin it for your partner. Why bother moving
out of the way when the distancing is wrong, or worse still when the
attack is off target. . . you see this a lot.

Duncan: Kamae seems to be the starting point of most waza, but then Soke
says you have to lose your form. So why are there kamae and what should
you concentrate on form or feeling?

Richard: Gee thanks, the second part first. Soke says he teaches at the
level for Godan and above, and usually his general comments are aimed at
these students. He has also said that until Godan you should concentrate
on your form, doing them correctly etc. After the Godan test you are ready
to drop your form and get the feeling of what he teaches. As for the
kamae, they all have their purpose. People often say "but you wouldn't
stand like that really" and you show them how a kamae can be seen in
normal everyday stances and then they understand. Also when people are
shown that, say, Ichimonji no Kamae makes it 95% sure that an attack will
come from a certain side, then they see the relevance in them. The same
happens when you show how a technique flows through a number of kamae. . .
they are living postures and people quickly realize this. Although this
sounds a bit dicky - kamae become an integral part of your movement, both
in training and in life.

David: Soke says that you have to go through hard training to really
understand budo. . . can you explain?

Richard: Again this is only my interpretation, but I feel that you have to
go through hard training to know how you would react in a real situation -
to feel what it is like to be in a fight, to be hit etc. Yet for a lot of
people they do not need this - if they are unlikely to get into a fight or
dangerous situation then why train hard and risk injury ? I do not believe
that you have to train hard and fight for you to be able to use the
techniques in a real situation. . . but to me it is important that I feel
that I could take care of myself and my family, I have been attacked by
people and I am glad I went through a period of hard training. But I do
not think that we need to train like that all the time. You'd spend more
time not being able to train - people who work in the security field tend
to get more practice for real don't you think.

Dominic: Dicky question time. . . why did you get into martial arts and
why the Bujinkan ?

Richard: I knew that was coming . . . well I started in 1968 when I was
seven. My Auntie's next door neighbor did Judo in Japan after the war
,then in London and ended up teaching in our little town. I did this until
I was fourteen. However when I was 11- and this was the Bruce Lee and TV
Kung Fu era remember - I hurt my ankle playing rugby and hopped into the
local take away. We were good customers and the old guy took me in the
back and made a poultice for my ankle. It worked and when I returned to
thank him we started talking martial arts and he said he taught Kung Fu. I
begged and he taught me along with his sons and friends. I think it was a
northern Shaolin style but he moved back to Hong Kong a few years later.
This left a void and I decided to work through every martial art I could .
. in my town this meant Shotokan Karate and Aikido. I hated karate but I
think this was the teacher's fault not the art. I loved Aikido and most of
the judo guys did it as well as both were more self defense oriented than
the clubs you tend to find now.

When I moved to Liverpool there was no good Aikido Dojo (that I could
find) so I did Jujutsu and escrima plus a bit of boxing. It had been years
before when I read the book that must have turned more people onto
Ninjutsu than anything you know - Andrew Adams NINJA book. Also I had the
stick fighting book that Soke did with Chambers, so I knew of Hatsumi
Soke. Then I heard that there was a student of Stephen Hayes (Brin Morgan)
who practiced with a group near Liverpool so there I was. I then moved to
London and fell in with Chris Roworth and Peter Kings training and never
looked backed. The Bujinkan has always been what I imagined I was looking
for and a budo which suits me, I suppose. I owe a lot to these guys and
when I left for Australia via Japan they put me onto Ishizuka Sensei for
whom I have the biggest respect. Training in Japan with Hatsumi and the
Shihan (mainly Ishizuka Sensei) was a dream come true and just blew me
away. As you know I get back there whenever I can.

Duncan: So what was training like when you first went?

Richard: I suppose it was like it is now. It seemed harder at the time but
I think that is due to the fact that I was worse then. Training as part of
the Kashiwa Dojo was fantastic. I loved that actual Dojo and Soke's Friday
night training there was fantastic. I suppose it felt different from the
Budokan in Ayase. Of course, there were also less foreigners training in
Japan then. In England at the time there were not many Dan grades at all
and it was like an unwritten rule that you went to Japan to get your
Shodan. In Australia when I arrived people were actually put off going to
Japan by being told that you had to be so good to train there etc. - the
usual cover up jobs for people who are scared of their students realizing
they are crap. Andrew Mac was already there and shortly after Ed Lomax
went over, but that was about it. People really wasted their time over
here (in Australia) for years. Do you believe that the so-called head
instructor of Australia at the time told me that after my training with
Peter King, Chris, Ishizuka Sensei and Soke going to his training would be
like going straight to University from Kindergarten! Until Andrew & Ed
plus the Jarvis brothers came back things were pretty grim in Australia.

Duncan: How important is ukemi?

Richard: I think it is very important. . . if your ukemi is no good, you
can not train safely. In the Kashiwa Dojo, I believe, that they wouldn't
let you train until you could perform ukemi OK. To me ukemi is not just
rolling and breakfalls. Like Soke says you can perform ukemi when
receiving a tsuki - to learn to absorb a blow is proper ukemi. Anyway,
it's getting on and we should stop now. Thanks guys for the great chat.

These are of course just my personal thoughts and I am willing to discuss
them further. By the way, anyone know of any dojo in Estonia ?
_____
-- Richard Jones is the Shidoshi at the Bujinkan Hobart Dojo. In addition
to teaching there and for a security firm, he is a primary school teacher.
He has a partner, two girls and a border collie and the whole family
trains. When not teaching or spending time with the family, practicing and
trying to improve his Japanese, he can be found longboard surfing as well
as devising ways of obtaining enough cash for another family trip to
Japan. He would love to here from Bujinkan people from around the world
and can be contacted on <ric...@ice.net.au>.

* * *

MOVIE REVIEW:
The Hunted
Starring Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen

While many people automatically write 'ninja' movies off as
sensationalistic trash, There are more levels to this movie than meet the
eye.

Plot: Lambert plays Paul Racine, a New York businessman in Japan. He meets
Joan Chen in a hotel bar and spends an evening with her. At the end of the
evening, Racine accidentally witnesses her assassination by a ninja named
Kinjo (Lone). Racine is immediately set upon by other ninja and left for
dead. However, he survives the attack and his doctor recognizes the work
of the ninja, members of a cult called the Mikado. The doctor contacts,
Takeda, a swordsman of an ancient samurai family and asks him to protect
Racine.

After a narrow escape from the hospital, Takeda offers to take Racine to
his island for protection. Racine accepts and soon they are on a bullet
train headed for the coast. Unbeknownst to Racine, several of the Mikado
have snuck on board to kill him, as he is the only man to ever see Kinjo's
face outside of the cult and live. What follows is one of the best combat
scenes to ever appear in a ninja movie. Takeda's sword and his wife's Yumi
(bow) wreak havoc on the ninja and Racine is safe again.

Once they reach the island, Racine is left in the care of the swordsmith,
played by Tak Kubota. This is where the movie begins to get a little
hokey. Racine realizes that he is bait for Kinjo. Takeda has a
long-standing feud with the ninja master and sends word to Kinjo that he
must come to get Racine. The rest of the movie is all swords, arrows, and
shuriken, but is also tries very hard to sound plausible. (As if that's
possible at this
point)

This film has much better production values than any of the Golan-Globus
films, excellent, if unrealistic, fight sequences, and reasonable
performances with a touch of wry humor.

Also interesting is the subplot about an evil ninja master who is on the
verge of retiring due to his aversion to killing Chen, who in Kinjo's
words "has the spirit of a tiger". Also interesting is the Police
Inspector who has seen Columbo too many times.

All in all, even with the unrealistic plot, this is a mildly entertaining
little flick. It is now available on video and worth a night of popcorn
and beer with your training group after a class.

* * *

DID YOU KNOW. . .?

The following is a portion of the "Ninjutsu A to Z" currently available
form the Bujinkan Dojo Belgium WWW-Site.

M
makimono - scrolls and antique documents
mamukigama - cord and chain
metsubushi - eyes blinders smoke, sand, pepper, etc.
mikkyo - secret doctrines
minomushi no jutsu - toiro tactic
mizu gumo - water crossing devices
mokuton jutsu - escape and concealment with trees
musubi bashigo - loop ladder single cable climbing device
mutodorijutsu - capturing without using a sword

N
nagamaki - sword blade attached to a pole
nagedeppo - grenades
naginata - long pole with curved blade
neko no me no jutsu - skill, or knowledge of the cats' eyes (a code used
by ninja)
neko te - finger tip weapons of steel for kunoichi
nin gu - ninja tools
ninja juhachi kei - eighteen levels of training
ninja no hachimon - eight fields of knowledge
ninja-to - short straight sword
ninjutsu daihi seishintoitso shuyoikkan - sacred methods of ninjutsu to
gain an overpowering will
ninpo mikkyo - secret knowledge
nuki ashi - sweeping step ninja use in walking

end of April 1996/ part 4

[Ashidome]

Ura & Omote/April 1996

Part 6 of 8

KOTO RYU KOPPOJUTSU - Okuden no Kata
by Rob A. Boger

This is what I show for the Okuden section of Koto Ryu Koppojutsu. As with
anything, this list and its descriptions may be different among other
members of the Bujinkan, however, if there are discrepancies between this
and what you have, hopefully this will provide an area of discussion which
will in return allow an open forum to talk about what we believe. Please
remember and keep in mind that everyone has their own truth and this truth
may be changed by open information and the sharing of knowledge, how else
can we grow as human beings? Good luck and best wishes.

Santo
Uke: Beginning in a kumiuchi stance, attempt Osoto Gake - Judo technique.
Tori: From the kumiuchi stance. As the uke steps in with his right foot in
an attempt to perform Osoto Gake, use your right hand to strike the uke's
right inside knee joint with a fudoken. Then, use your left hand to strike
the uke's right arm with a gedan ukenagashi while simultaneously stepping
back. Then, jump back and away from the uke.

Santo
Uke: Migi Seigan no Kamae, right thrust with a kodachi.
Tori: From Migi Seigan no Kamae. As the cut comes in, step back with your
right foot out of the way of the attack, on the inside, and catch the
uke's wrist with your left hand. Then, use your right hand as a shuto to
strike the uke's right forearm. Immediately, use the same hand as a
shikanken to strike the uke's wrist in order to remove the kodachi. Then,
take the uke's right hand with your right hand and apply ura gyaku. During
ura gyaku, use your right foot to kick out the uke's left knee. Pin the
uke to finish.

Koto
Uke: Hidari Seigan no Kamae, a downward vertical cut with a kodachi.
Tori: From Migi Seigan no Kamae. As the cut comes in, move in with your
left foot and simultaneously use your left hand to strike the uke's right
elbow from underneath while going down onto your right knee. Then, stand
up and strike the uke's ears with a happaken. Kick the uke in the groin
with your right foot to finish.

Shisen
Uke: Attack the tori with a front cross-handed choke using the tori's gi.
Tori: Use both of your hands to strike both of the uke's ears with a
happaken Then, strike the uke in the face with a kikakuken to finish.

Kompi
Uke: Walking towards the tori.
Tori: When the uke comes into striking distance, step forward with your
left foot and step on the uke's right foot to stop his movement. Use your
left hand to strike the left side of the uke's neck with an ura shuto.
Then, jump back and away.

Sho Setsu
Uke: Walking towards the tori.
Tori: When the uke comes into striking distance, use your right hand to
strike the uke's stomach as a fudoken. Then, move yourself into position
on the left side of the uke and use your left foot to kick the uke in the
stomach.

Soto
Uke: Walking towards the tori.
Tori: Walking towards the uke. When the uke comes into range, use both of
your hands to grab the uke's shoulders while pressing your thumb into his
ryumon, vital point. Pull the uke in close to you and strike him in the
head with a kikakuken. Then, perform a backwards body drop while placing
your right foot on the uke's stomach. Throw him directly over your head
and follow him over as to end up sitting on his chest.

Ko no Ki
Uke: Walking towards the tori.
Tori: Walking towards the uke. As the uke comes into range, use both of
your hands to slap the uke's ears, happaken. Then, jump up and kick the
uke in the body with both feet.

Kimon
Uke: Beginning in a kumiuchi stance.
Tori: From the kumiuchi stance. Use your right hand to grab the uke's left
chest muscle. Then, put your right foot by the uke's right foot, drop down
to your left knee to the left side of the uke to throw him to the ground.

Ran Setsu
Uke: Walking towards the tori.
Tori: Walking towards the uke. When the uke comes into distance, use both
of your hands to grab the uke's skin on the sides of the his body. Then,
while holding onto his sides, slide through the uke's legs to force him
down face first into the ground.

Ura Kimon
Uke: Walking towards the tori.
Tori: Walking towards the uke. When the uke comes into striking distance,
use your right hand as a goshiken, five finger strike, to the uke's chest.
Then, strike the uke in the stomach with a right stomp kick.
_____
-- Rob welcomes commentary on these kata. He may be reached at
<Okh...@aol.com>.

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SCHOOL/TRAINING GROUP LISTING
The list is organized alphabetically by school name/instructor (if no
school name is listed) by country, and then by state (only for the US).
Please note that the inclusion of a dojo on this list should NOT be taken
as a recommendation. You should make every effort to check if your
instructor is affiliated with the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo in Noda City, Japan.

The following listing appears in its entirety QUARTERLY (April, June,
September and December) in the newsletter, with revisions and additions to
the list appearing monthly. If you would like to have your school/training
group listed in this section, please e-mail <Ashi...@aol.com> with the
details. This is a FREE service.

ARGENTINA
Carlos Etchegaray
Aotis 1023 Haedo (1706); Buenos Aires/phone: 659-6905

Daniel Hernandez
Avenida Mitre 3233-1605 Munro; Buenos Aires/phone: 756-0207

AUSTRALIA
Adelaiede Northern Suburbs Dojo - Darren Horvath & Scott Schuzle
Fairview Park Primary School; Pangari Drive, Fairview Park/phone: (08)
365-3158/Sat. 4PM & Mon. 7:30 PM.

Australian Bujinkan Kobudo - Ed Lomax
178 Grote Street; Adelaide, 5000; South Australia/phone: (08) 231-451 or
e-mail: 9308...@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au

Australian Bujinkan Kobudo - Craig Turbitt
Convent Lane, (off Adelaide St); Bondi Junction, Sydney; New South
Wales/Phone: (02) 363-9443

Anthony Brien
1 Sybil Street; NSW 2122 Eastwood/phone: (02) 8046281

Bujinkan Dojos Ninjutsu Victoria - Steven McKeown
Melbourne & North East Victoria; Victoria/phone: (03) 8169884 or Mobile
015 305094 or e-mail: ste...@petermac.unimelb.edu.au

Bujinkan Hobart Dojo - Richard Jones
31 Crosby Road, Rosetta; Tasmania, TAS 7010, Australia/phone: (002) 72
5336 or e-mail: ric...@ice.net.au

Lee Dojo - Daniel Lee
LPO Box 217;Canberra A.C.T, A.N.U. 2601/phone: (041) 140-8455 or e-mail:
D....@student.anu.edu.au

Andrew Macdonald
Pyrmont Community Centre; John Street, Pyrmont; Sydney, New South Wales
2009/phone: (02) 552-4767

New South Wales Hombu - Andrew McDonald & Greg Turbett
phone: (02) 552-4767

Ninjutsu as taught by Sensei Wayne Roy - Stephen Needham
P.O.Box 10108; Adelaide Street; Queensland, 4001/phone: (617) 18 158 036
or e-mail: sdns...@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au

Simon Stewart
41 Platz Street; Toowoomba 4350; Queensland
Western Australia Hombu - Andrew Jarvis & Steward Jarvis
Tomkins Park Cricket Club Hall; Alfred Cove, Tomkins Park/phone: (041)
991-4242/Mon. & Wed, 7PM - 9PM; Teenage Class, Sat. 10AM - 12 Noon

BELGIUM
For all information about the Bujinkan in Belgium contact :
Secretariat of Bujinkan Dojo Belgium vzw - Peter Aelbrecht
Kasteelstraat 47; B - 1790 Affligem/phone: ++32 (0) 53 663063 or e-mail:
Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be, Benedi...@rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Bree - Tom Henson
Ki Center - Terrivierewal Z/N; 3960 Bree/phone: ++32(0) 89 461104 or
e-mail: Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Erpe-Mere - Peter Aelbrecht; Serge Desmedt
Cafe 't Oud Gemeentehuis; Dorostraat 41; 9420 Erpe Mere (Erpe)/phone +32
(0) 53 77.08.83 or e.mail: Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Gent - Benedikt Sas & Dominique Adrians
Watersportbaan 3; 9000 Gent/phone: ++32(0) 14.41.50.57 or e-mail:
Benedi...@rug.ac.be, Dominique...@rug.ac.be,
Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Gentbrugge - Mario De mol-ho
Sporthal Driebeek - Braemkaesteelstraat; 9050 Gentbrugge/phone: ++32(0)
14.41.50.57 or e-mail: Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be,

Bujinkan Dojo Ieper - Serrano Manolo
Herakles Gym - Goudenpoorstraat 1; 8900 Ieper/phone: +32(0) 57.20.57.84 or
e.mail: Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Oostkamp - Groupleader Jen Vande Capelle
Sportcentrum De Valkaard-A.Rodenbachlaan 42; 8020 Oostkamp/phone: ++32(0)
14.41.50.57 or e-mail: Peter.A...@intec.rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Oudenaarde - Dominique Adriaens
O.L.V. Tech. Inst. - Hoogstraat 8; 8020 Oostkamp/phone: ++32(0)
14.41.50.57 or e-mail: Dominique...@rug.ac.be

Bujinkan Dojo Sint Niklaas - Peter Moerman
De Witte Mooler; Magnolialaan 10; 1900 Sint Niklaas/phone: (03) 544.95.28

CANADA
Bujinkan Barbarossa Dojo - J. Courtland Elliott II
P.O. Box 7166; Station "A"; Toronto, Canada MSW 1X/phone: (416) 699-5078
or e-mail: jceb...@io.org

Bujinkan Dayton Dojo - Bernard Gregoire
695, St-Vallier Ouest; Quebec G1N 3G3/phone: (418) 682-5057

Bujinkan Dojo Victoria -Nicholas Steele
phone: (604) 370-1371 or e-mail: n...@IslandNet.com or
uq...@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
Bujinkan Millis Vancouver Dojo - Tim Wheatley
For information on Ninjutsu around Vancouver BC/phone: (604) 597-1006

Bujinkan Vancouver Dojo - Adam James McColl
101-1001 W. Broadway Box 275; Vancouver, B.C V6H 4B1/phone: (604) 623-2043
or e-mail: amc...@direct.ca

Bushin Dojo - Mark Hopper
248 Tundra Drive; Fort McMurray; Alberta, T9H 4S9/phone: (403) 791-0808

Dojo Ninpo Yamabushi - Bernard Gregoire
5751, St-Georges; Levis, Quebec G6V 4L3/phone: (418) 833-6266

Munro Bujinkan Dojos - Ninja Training Centres - Vancouver - Donald Munro
1917 West 4th Ave. Box 187; Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1M7/phone: (604) 681-8158

Munro Bujinkan Dojos - Ninja Training Centres - Victoria -Robert
Pfuetzenreuter 715 Johnson St.; Victoria , British Columbia V8W 1M8/phone:
(604) 388-0061

Ninpo Martial Arts School - Orlando Mancina
120 3359 27 Street NE; Calgary, Canada T1Y 5E4/phone: (+1) 403-274-9005

Yamabiko Dojo - Stephane Meunier, Claude Riffon
5173 Fabre; Montreal, Quebec H2J 3W6/phone: (514) 527-3450, 522-9197 or
e-mail: Paul Fostokjian: veql...@vircom.com

CZECH REPUBLIC
Lubos Pokorny
Holeckova 31/A-103; 150 00 PRAHA 5/phone: 02-547546

DENMARK
Bujinkan Dojo Arhus - Kevin Mc Persson
Bondevej 28; 8200 Arhus N./phone: 86165531

Bujinkan Dojo Alborg - John Svendsen
Mylius Eriksensvej 118; 9210 Alborg S.Y./phone: 98114002

Morten Balle
Vennemindevej 48, 4. Th.; 2100 Kybenhavn Y.; phone: 31202646/(Fidonet
Address 2:234/77.12)

Bujinkan Dojo Copenhagen - Michael Schjerling
Rebrograde 243; Kobenhaven 2200/phone: 31812116
Vennemindevej 48 4. Th.; 2100 Copenhagen X/phone: (45) 31202646 or e-mail:
Ninp...@danadata.dk
(Contact for 11 additional dojos in Denmark)

Bujinkan Dojo Esbjerg - Brian Holm
PrxStebakken 2, 7.; 6700 Esbjerg C.

Bujinkan Dojo Koge- Flemming Wenzell
Shadow Warrior Dojo; Smerupvej 13; 4653 Karise/phone: 53710173

Bujinkan Dojo Kobenhavn - Shidoshi William Boesen
Viborggade 53, St. Th.; 2100 Kobenhavn Y./phone: 35432696

Michael Kofoed
Lundtoftegade 65, 7. Mf.; 2200 Kybenhavn N./phone: 31879912

Bujinkan Dojo Nykybing - Erland Rasmussen
Jernbanegade 31, 1; 4800 Nykybing Falster/phone: 54827771

Bujinkan Dojo Odense - Morten B. Hansen
Skolevej 30, 1.; 5270 Odense N.

Jess Olesen
Spiren 57; 9260 Gistrup/Phone: 98315262

Bujinkan Dojo Ringsted - Jesper Bertelsen
phone: 53610716

Bujinkan Dojo Vejle - Rene Hvid
Bleggaardsvej 9; 7100 Vejle/phone: 75822847

FINLAND
Bujinkan Dojo Helsinki - Ari Julku
Metsikkotie 14 b as C; 01620 Vantaa/phone: 358-0-8784947 or e-mail:
ju...@walrus.megabaud.fi

Bujinkan Dojo Helsinki - Mika Petra
Peltolantie 8 A 10; 01300 Vantaa/phone: 358-0-8784947

Bujinkan Dojo Finland - Esa Koistinen
Sorvaajankatu 9 C; 00810 Helsinki; Finland
phone: +358-0-728 6502 or e-mail: b...@mikropc.fi

Bujinkan Dojo Jyvaskyla - Mika Laitinen
Emannantie 10 K 24; 40740 Jyvaskyla/phone: 358-41-608024 or e-mail:
mp...@tukki.jyu.fi

Bujinkan Dojo Lappeenranta - Markku Kyyronen
Koulukatu 24; 53101 Lappeenranta/phone: 358-53-4163334

Bujinkan Dojo Tampere - Aki Tuominen
Vaajakatu 5 E 113; 33720 Tampere/phone: 358-31-178946 or e-mail:
se...@cc.tut.fi

Bujinkan Dojo Turku - Rasmus Nystrom
YO-kyla 2A 17; 20540 Turku/phone: 358-21-375689 or e-mail:
rnys...@ra.abo.fi

Bujinkan Dojo Vaasa - Jyri Naarmala
Rantakatu 2; 65100 Vaasa/e-mail: b71...@uwasa.fi

FRANCE
Yan Bellaunay
7 Avenue J. Cartier; 0146 Montreal la Cluse

Bujinkan Dojo France - Arnaud Cousergue
7, Villa Raphael; 91860 Epinay S/phone: 33-1-6047-2002

Bujinkan Normandie - Jean-Francois Beaudart
c/o Virginie Gillet; 7, avenue de la Marne; 92 120
Montrouge/e-mail:Gil...@obspm.fr

F.F.B.N. - Samir Saad
47, Avenue de Verdun; 92390 Villeneuve la Garenne/phone: 33-1-4798-6632

Christian Haessler
76 Rue Lavoisier; 68330 Huningue

GERMANY
Bujinkan Dojo Bad Schwalbach - Henry Naporra & Roger Westerweller Am
Westring, Friedrich Ebert-Schule; Bad Schwalbach, 65307/phone: ++49 069
513728 or e-mail: uwe_ku...@f.maus.d

Bujinkan Dojo Darmstadt -Eike Kujaw
Wiesenau 38; Wehrheim, 61273/phone: ++49 06081 56510 or e-mail:
10041...@compuserve.com

Bujinkan Dojo Duesseldorf - Niko Stefanidis
Bundesleistungszentrum des DFJJ Bushido-Duesseldorf; Ernst-Poensgen-Alee
17; D-40629 Duesseldorf/phone: ++49-211-636623

Bujinkan Dojo Frankfurt am Main -Gerhard Schvnberger
Sudermannstr. 16; D-60431 Frankfurt am Main/phone: +49 069 95297755 or
e-mail: scho...@stud.uni-frankfurt.de

Bujinkan Dojo Kassel/Dojo Schule am Junkfernkopf - Michael Winkler
Wegmannstr. 50 or Freiherr von Stein Strasse 11 or John-F.-Kennedy-Strasse
22A Kassel/phone: ++49-05551-61635

Bujinkan Dojo Koeln (Cologne) - Michael Horschel
Pro Aktiv GmbH; Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 1; D-50226 Frechen/phone: Pro
Aktiv GmbH (a Fitnesscenter) ++49-2234-57712, (via Joachim Hoss)
++49-221-329321 or e-mail: Joachim Hoss: j...@k.maus.de

Bujinkan Dojo JG Nord - Roger Westerweller
Hartmann Ibach Strasse; Frankfurt am Main, 60389/phone: ++49 069 51 37 28
or e-mail: uwe_ku...@f.maus.de

Bujinkan Dojo Stadtmitte -Gerhard Schvnberger & Eike Kujaw
Langestr. 36, Julius-Leber-Schule; D-60311 Frankfurt am Main/phone: +49
069 95297755 or e-mail: scho...@stud.uni-frankfurt.de

Bujinkan Dojo Ulm -Dieter and Dimitra Kania
Meinlohstr. 26 89081 Ulm/Soflingen/phone: (+49) 731-387634

Bujinkan Shinobi Warrior Dojo - Robert Hirschfeld
Turnhalle der technischen Universitdt Ilmenau; D-98693 Ilmenau/phone:
++49-(0) 3677-77461

Bujinkan Shinobi Warrior Dojo - Torsten Riemer
Turnhalle des Gymnasiums 4; Erich-Muesahm-Str. 41; D-07546 Gera

Heinz Meyer
Rubekamp 6; Bremen

Ninjutsu Dojo Bielefeld - Mark Schomaker
Bielefeld, 33607/phone: 0521 270 35 83

Oni-ko Dojo e.V. - Ralf Schomaker
c/o Postfach (P.O. Box) 3371; 49023 Osnabrueck; Germany/e-mail:
the...@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE
Training on Monday 20.00 - 21.30 and Friday 19.00 - 21.00

Germany - Shin-den no michi
Shin-den no michi - Andrea Rees
P.O.Box 6174; D-61424; Oberursel, Germany/phone: (+49)06171 - 980249 or
e-mail: Thoma...@frankfurt.netsurf.de

All groups in the following list can also be reached via Andrea Rees:
Dai-Sho Ninjutsu Center - Bujinkan Kasumi-An - Andrea Rees and Stefan
Jung
Gunzostrasse 3; 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany/phone: 06172 - 457760 or
e-mail: Thoma...@frankfurt.netsurf.de
Class starts: Tuesday, 18:00 - 22:00 and Thursday, 19:00 - 22:00/We also
offer special weekend training sessions.
Please call for more information. Training taught also in English
language.

Shin-den no michi Dojo Mainz - Michael Korbl
Emrichruhstrasse 10; D-55120 Mainz, Germany/phone: 06131 - 680106
Class starts: Tuesday, 19:30 - 22:00/Training taught also in English
language.

Shin-den no michi Dojo Osnabrueck - Dirk Linnemeyer
Sandstrasse 9; D-49205 Hasbergen, Germany/phone: 05405 - 69499
Training taught also in English language.

Shin-den no michi Dojo Goettingen - Philip Schulte
Neustadt 12, D-37073 Goettingen, Germany/phone: 0551 - 46926 or e-mail:
psc...@gwdg.de
Wednesdays:(intermediate), Fridays (beginners) and Sundays (open
mat)/Training taught also in English language.

Shin-den no michi Dojo Karlsbad - Gerrit Deike
Friedrich-Speidel Strasse 32 D-76307 Karlsbad, Germany/phone: 07202 - 1374
Training taught also in english language.

Nin-Po Saar, Ninjutsu Dojo St.Ingbert - Marc Jahan
Suedendstrasse 9; D-66383 St.Ingbert, Germany/phone: 06894 - 87342
Class starts: Monday, 18:00 - 20:30 and Wednesday, 18:00 - 20:30 Training
taught also in English and French language.

Ninjutsu Dojo Worms - Christian Stumm and Hilmar Wege
Maximilianstrasse 6; D-67547 Worms/phone: 06241-46166
Training taught also in English language.

Shin-den no michi Dojo Rommerode - Andreas Korbl
Kasseler Strasse 26; D-37247 Grossalmerode/phone: 05604-7856 or
0172-416093
Training taught also in English language.

Musha Jamadera Dojo e.V. - Ulf Frenzel
Clara-Zetkin Strasse 19; D-01796 Pirna/phone: 03501-528773
Class starts: Monday, Wednesday 18:00 - 20:00 and Saturday, 10:00 - 12:00

Stichting Martial Arts Dojo - Jean Debets and Carlo Bonnie
Stationsplein 59; NL-6372 GR Landgraaf/Netherland/phone: 045-531 5136 or
e-mail: Thoma...@frankfurt.netsurf.de
Training taught also in English and German language.

Empowerment Projects - Hans Fliervoet and Hepke Jongsma
Postbus 723; NL-9200 AS Drachten / Netherland/phone: 0512-541 085 or
e-mail:Thoma...@frankfurt.netsurf.de Class Starts: Wednesday, 20:00 -
21:30 and Friday, 20:00 - 21:30/Training taught also in English and German
language.

GREECE
Kostas Dervenis
Taigetou 6; Kiffisia 14562

IRELAND
Bujinkan Byrne Dojo - Steven Byrne
Digges Lane; Dublin, Eire 1/phone: (635) 0402 35290 or e-mail:
pat...@underground.ie

Tom McCann
13 Fitzroy Ave; Belfast, Northern Ireland/phone: 31 10415 1057

Gary McConville
55 Allenhill Drive; Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland

ISRAEL
Doron Navon
Haprahm - St 3; Kiryat - Shaul; Ramat - Hasharon; Israel 47321/phone:
927(3)49382

ITALY
Bujinkan Italia - Enzo Rossi
Via Venossa; 1-20137 Milano/phone: +39 2 55019340

Palestra "Move It"
via Mangagnina 3; Ravenna 48100/phone: +39 544 66676 or e-mail:
pro...@zeus.csr.unibo.it or pro...@137.204.72.8

JAPAN
Dr.Masaaki Hatsumi, Ph.D
636 Noda, Noda-Shi, Chiba-Ken/phone: 0471-22-2020/fax: 0471-23-6227

MALAYSIA
Night Warriors Ninja Society - Adam A. Wong
14 Jalan Perwira, Century Gardens; 80250 Johor Bahru, Johor, West
Malaysia/phone: 065073335821

NETHERLANDS
Bujinkan Dojo Almere - Robbert Masselink and Joop Onsia
phone: 032-5343067

Bujinkan Dojo Amsterdam - Jos Heuvel and Peter Thoolen
phone: 075-210887

Bujinkan Dojo Apeldoorn -Jos Reijnders/Sveneric Bogsater
phone: 055-423747 or 05712-75732

Bujinkan Dojo Arnhem - Gerbrand Martini
phone: 05700-11878

Bujinkan Dojo Deventer - Gerbrand Martini
Ganzenboomseweg 5; Deventer (Schalkhaar)/phone: (31) 5700-11878

Bujinkan Dojo Eindhoven - Stan Skrabut
phone: 011-622523

Bujinkan Dojo Rotterdam - Marco Verheij
phone: 010-4156284

Bujinkan Dojo Schagen/Alkmaar - Edwin van Oeveren
phone: 02240-98376

Bujinkan Dojo Schalkhaar - Gerbrand Martini
phone: 05700-11878

Hans Hesselmann
P.O. Box 5050; 3502 JB Utrecht

Shinobi Iri - Jan Boy Bosma
Assendelftstraat 4; Amsterdam, 1013 SP/phone: +31-20-6881800

Ron Sleeswijk
Plassingel 17; 3043 GS Rotterdam/phone: (31) 10415-1057

NEW ZEALAND
Bujinkan Dojos Australia & New Zealand - Gary Crosland
PO Box 145; Palmerston North/phone: (06) 356 6221 or e-mail:
a...@mtvsound.co.nz

Bujinkan Maai Hyoshi Dojo - Michael Gent
Auckland/phone: (09) 4244097

Togakure Ryu Ninpo Taijutsu Seishin Dojo - Stuart Campbell
30 Barton Street; Marton/phone: (06) 327-6508 or e-mail:
Stu...@pecnz.pec.co.nz

NORWAY
Elias Krzywacki
phone: 04-562536

PORTUGAL
Ernani Pinto Bastos
P.O.Box 99; 8000 Firo

SOUTH AFRICA
Black Dragon Ninjutsu Federation - William Barbosa
17 Lang Street Rosentenville; Johannesburg, Gauteng 2197/phone: (011)
497-2046

Pretoria Budo -Dennis Doward
576 Rabie Str; Centurion, Gauteng/phone: (012) 841-3428 or e-mail:
jzwa...@Aerotek.csir.co.za

SPAIN
Bujinkan Madrid Dojo - Jesus Eguia
Pza. Moreria, 7; 28033 Madrid/phone: (91)2662862

Jose Maria Conejo Abello and Julieta Laorga Martinez
Avda. de Alicante No 2, Entlo. P 4.; 03203 Elche, Alicante, Spain/phone:
07 - 34 - 6 - 5453859 or e-mail: jmo...@alicante.hnet.es

end of April 1996/part 6

[Ashidome]

Ura & Omote/April 1996

Part 7 of 8

SWEDEN
Borlange Bujinkan Forening -Hans Jornlind
Borlange Bujinkan Forening co% Hans Jornlind; Svardsjogatan 18a; 791 31
Falun/phone: +46 (23) 177 29 or e-mail: ni...@big.hfb.se

Bujinkan Bo Dojo c/o Kuro Yama Kai - Shidoshi Bo Munthe
Ibsengatan 9; S-161 59 Bromma-Sweden/phone #46 8 877420 or e-mail
bo.m...@mailbox.swipnet.se

Bujinkan Dojo Gotland -Peter Andersson & Torbjvrn Rium
Lummelundsv 4893B; S-621 41 Visby/e-mail: buji...@mail.gotlandica.se

Bujinkan Dojo Katrineholm & Hallstahammar - Mats Brickman
Herr Stens v. 19; 125 30 Alvsjo/phone: 08.647 5063 or e-mail:
mat...@rsv.svskt.se

Bujinkan Dojo Norrkoping - Roger Anderson
Nelinsgatan 22; 603 55 Norrkoping

Bujinkan Kane Dojo - Chris Bell
Sunneplan 13; 123 43 Farsta/phone:+88(9) 604-11-38 or e-mail:
chris.bell@.student.mm.se

Goteborgs Ninposallskap Bujinkan Dojo - Conny Gustafsson
Karl Johansgatan 60; S-414 55 Goteborg/phone:+46(41) 126640

Kampkonstcentret Bujinkan Dojo Kungsholmen - Per Uke Carlsson Hjarnegatan
1; Stockholm/phone: 08 601-9432 or e-mail: thy...@aristotle.algonet.se

Kuroyama Kai - Bujinkan Bo Dojo - Bo Munthe
Ibsengatan 9; 161 25 Bromma/phone: +46 (8) 87 7420 or e-mail:
&ltm...@stud.hoe.se

Malmoe Taijutsuklubb-Bujinkan Dojo c/o Peter Carlsson
Solgaten 13; 212 20 Malmoe, Sweden/phone: ++46(40) 293942

Stockholms Budo Skola - Johnny Lindroth,
Jungfrugatan 28; Stockholm, 114 44/phone:08 667-3330

Sundbybergs Ninpo Taijutsu Forening - Mats Hjelm Hans Nilsson Albygatan
117 Baksidan NB; S-172 31 Sundbyberg; Stockholm/phone: (46) 8 985743 or
e-mail: hel...@algonet.se, h...@algonet.se

For a list of Swedish dojos contact Peter Carlsson at: dato...@sbbs.se

SWITZERLAND
Bujinkan Dojo Chur - Michael Leupi
P.O. Box; CH-7007 Chur; Switzerland/e-mail: bu...@spin.ch

Bujinkan Dojo Rapperswil - Rainer Hauser
Merkurstr.35; 8640 Rapperswil, St. Gallen/phone: ++41-055-275955 or
e-mail: bleid...@ping.ch

Bujinkan Dojo Sihltal -Martin Spring
Albisstr. 78; 8134 Adliswil, Switzerland (not Dojo address)/phone: (00411)
710-3138

Bujinkan Dojo Wetzikon - Marc Waelti
Stationsstrasse 52; 8623 Wetzikon/ Switzerland/phone: ++41 1 946 22 63 or
e-mail: marc....@cch.cerberus.ch

Bujinkan Dojo Zuerich - Rainer Hauser
Bettlistr. 35, 8600 Duebendorf ZH/phone: ++41-081-220919 or e-mail:
bleid...@ping.ch

Bujinkan Shinobi Warrior Dojo - Michael Leupi
Turnhalle der Sportanlage Chur; 7007 Chur/phone: ++41-081-215188

Bujinkan Shinobi Warrior Dojo - Stefan Marcec
BC Samurai; Glaerwischstr. 13; 9500 Wil and Kiron Albisriederstr. 226;
8037 Zuerich/phone: ++41-073-234959

U.K.
Kevin Addison
Wandsworth Asian Community Centre; 57-59 Trinity Road; Wandsworth, London,
UK/phone: 0956 306884 Wednesdays 7p - 9p

John Atkin
4 Callerton Avenue%2C Moor Park Estate; North Shields, Tyne - Wear; NE29
8AB, England

John Brazier
Shoshin House; 34 Haymarket; Lytham, St. Annes, Lancs, UK/phone: 01253
725075 or e-mail: jbra...@uk.es.com

Birmingham University Ninjutsu Centre - Karle Thomas
Edgbaston, Birmingham/phone: 0121 472 7826

Bristol Budokan - John O'Connor
Chalks Road; St. George; Bristol, England/Thursdays 8pm - 10pm

Brian Davis
15 Chepstow Court; Yeovil, Somerset; BA2 15DN, England

Paul Genge
Rivermead Leisure Center; Thames Suite, Studio 2; Richfield Avenue;
Reading, UK Fridays 8:30p - 10:30p/phone: 0956 306884

Fl Lt Paul Hannigan R.N.
46 Nanscober Place, Water-ma-Trout; Helston, Cornwall; TR13 0SP, England

Paul Harper
Crown Street Hall; Crown Street West; Lowerstoft, Suffolk, UK/Thursdays 7p
- 9:30p phone: 0956 306884

Dave Heald
10 Mill Lane, GODALMING, Surrey GU7 1EY/phone: (+44) 1483 428013

Philip Hill
67 Wilkes Road; Codsall, Wolverhampton; WV8 1SF, England

Honto No Kokore - Trevor Robinson
102 Kent Street; Barrow-in-Furness; Cumbria, Englad/Mon & Wed 20:00 to
22:00

Abdul Malik Kalim
Kings College London (Chelsea site); Main Building, the Gym; Manressa
Road; London, England Wednesdays 7pm - 9pm/phone: 0956 306884 or e-mail:
k...@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk

Peter King
Baptist Church Hall; Brighton Road, UK; South Croydon, London/Monday 7 pm
- 9pm/phone: 01459 102063

John Laitey
The Lamb Inn; Clandown, Radstock, England/Tuesdays 7pm - 9pm

Jon Lish
16 Buckfast Close; Swanwick, Derbyshire/phone: (44) 1773 609933

J.E. Lunn
4 Rockingham Street; Darlington, Co. Durham; DL1 5DN, England

Philip McNulty
Tuesdays 8p - 10p (at St. Christopher Church Hall; Cheam, London)
Wednesdays 7p - 20p (at Southampton University, The Judo Room) UK/phone:
0956 306884

Jullien Midda
The Deaf Centre, Kings Square
Sunday 5pm - 7pm

Brin Morgan
PO Box 22; Rock Ferry, WIRRAL, Merseyside l42 4RR/phone: (+44) 151 644
6137

Phil Mullins
Manor Park Hospital, Fishponds/Tuesdays 7 PM

Simon Morris
The Unitarian Church; The Flyover; East Croyden, London, England/Fridays
7:15p - 10p/phone: 0956 306884

Laurie Muskett
Cricklaide Leisure Centre, Swindon
Tuesday 8.30pm - 10.30pm (L3)

Angus Neilson
76 Coburg Street; Edinburgh, Scotland/phone: (44) 131 5388383

Gary Pace
99 Greets Green Road; West Bromwich, West Midlands; B70 9ET, England

Penn Dojo - Alan Chapman
Church Road; Penn, Bucks/phone: 01494 815 981

Ian Phillips - Yondan
KewStoke Hall; KewStoke, Weston Super-Mare, England/Saturdays 2pm - 4pm

Keith Porter
The Sea Cadets Hall; Whitstable, Kent, UK/Thursdays/phone: 01227 277082

Chris Roworth
53 Collingwood Road; Hillingdon, Middlesex UB8 3EJ/phone: (+44) 181 569
3535

Shoshin House - John Brazier
34 Haynmarket; Lytham, St. Annes, Lancs/phone: 01253 725075

Norman Smithers
41 Quarry Spring; Harlow, Essex;CM20 3HR, England/phone: (44) 1279 303351

A.C. Thomas
17 Dayslondon Road%2C Purbank; Waterloovill, Hants.; PO7 5NN, England

Gary Tonkin
40 Swansea Road; Hirwaun, Mid Glamorgan, Wales

Wexham School - Alex Bradley
Norway Drive, Wexham; Slough, Berks, UK/Mondays 7:30p - 9p, Wednesdays
7:30p - 9p, Sundays 5p - 6p (Juniors under 15), Sunday 6p - 7:30p (Weapons
class) phone: 01753 646012

Brian Whitaker
48 Lavidge Road; London, SE9 3NF/phone: (44) 181 8578407

Nigel Yates
132 Abbotswood Road; Brockworth, Gloucester; GL3 4PD, England/phone:(44)
1452 864518

U.S.A.
Arizona - AZ
Arizona Bujinkan Ninpo/Budo Society - Peter Crocoll
@the Gentle Strength CoOp; Tempe, AZ/phone: (602) 929-0593 or e-mail:
kle...@amug.org

Bujinkan Yamaneko Dojo - Jeffery Prather
P.O. Box 1801; Tucson, AZ 85734/phone: (520) 889-6165

Phoenix Ninjutsu Academy - Scott Harrington and Byron Harrington 5720 West
Camelback Road, Suite 3; Glendale, AZ 85031/phone: (602) 242-8020

Arkansas - AR
Bushinkai Dojo - Dr. Richard D. McCall
PO Box 23413; Little Rock, AR 72221/phone: (501) 664-5540

California - CA
American Bujinkan Dojo - Richard Van Donk
147 S. Morrissey Avenue; Santa Cruz, CA 95063/phone: (408) 479-1314

Bujinkan Martial Arts/Tenchijin Dojo-San Diego Shibu - Doug Wilson 7811
Mission Gorge Rd, Suite S; San Diego, CA 92120/phone: (619) 287-6264

Bujinkan Millis Dojo - Lifeskills Martial Arts - Kevin Millis 15315 Culver
Drive, #150; Irvine, CA 92714/phone: (714) 551-9335

Bujinkan Ohoko Dojo - Ron Blackwood
4071 Escudero Drive; Irvine, CA 92720-3212/phone: (714) 559-1766 or
e-mail: OH...@aol.com

Bujinkan Orange County Dojo - Kyle Hayes
Three Flags Center; 27601 Forbes Road, Suite #47; Laguna Niguel, CA
92677/phone: (714) 831-5540 or e-mail: ura...@ix.netcom.com

Bujinkan Tenchijin Dojo - Doug Wilson
8895 Towne Centre Drive 105-119; San Diego, CA 92122/e-mail:
wil...@ucsvax.sdsu.edu, rcha...@rohan.sdsu.edu

David Lyle - Glendale, California.
Class every Sunday, and "refresher" classes on Thursdays/phone:(818)
507-1839

Meiro Itachi Dojo - Dale Seago
1601 Ocean Avenue, Ste. 316; San Francisco, CA 94112./phone: (415)
333-6078 or e-mail: ita...@crl.com

San Jose Bujinkan Dojo - Ken Lux
Pegasus Gymnastics Academy; 690 E Calaveras Blvd.; Milpitas, CA 95035/Tues
& Thurs 7 - 9pm/phone: (408) 932-3047 or e-mail:
mher...@leland.stanford.edu

Stockton Bujinkan Dojo - Dave Furakawa
3063 E. Waterloo Road; Stockton, CA 92513

Tengu Dojo - Paul Oei
Concord, CA 94518/phone: (510) 825-8546 or e-mail: po...@hooked.net

Colorado - CO
The Denver Dojo of Togakure Ryu (Ryushinkan) - L. Speakman
5835 W. 6th Ave. (6th Ave. & Sheridan Blvd.; Lakewood, Colorado
80214/phone: (303) 232-2429

Shiroi Washi Dojo Bujinkan Ninjutsu - White-Eagle Perry
12861 S. Ridge Rd.; Conifer, CO 80433/phone: (303) 697-5235 or e-mail:
Eagle S...@aol.com

Connecticut - CT
New England Ninjutsu - Greg Kowalski
P.O. Box 1431; Wallingford, CT 06492/phone: (203) 269-9407 or e-mail:
Sh...@aol.com

Florida - FL
Bujinkan Melbourne Dojo - Bobby D. Stevens
phone: (407) 259-4127

Bujinkan Palm Beach Dojo - Paul Fisher
The Flamingo Building, 433 Flamingo Drive; W. Palm Beach, Florida
33401/phone: Paul Fisher 407 832-5255 or Chris Stotz 305 797-9493 or
e-mail: Paul...@ix.netcom.com

The Central Florida Bujinkan Dojo - Greg Cooper
4326 South Semoran, in Weatherford Square; Orlando, Florida/phone: (407)
281-7794

Keith Detore
Lake Worth, FL/phone: (407) 965-0191

David L. Heald
New Port Richey, FL/phone: (813) 848-0384

Rob Labosco
Coral Springs, FL/phone: (407) 734-3883

David Scherer
Lakeland, FL/phone: (941) 858-8899 or e-mail: oni9...@gate.net

Dick Severance
713 Badger Drive, NE; Palm Bay, FL 32905/phone: (407) 727-2852

Shibui Fighting Arts - Mark Russo
Tampa, FL/phone: (813) 973-7709

ThunderBolt Martial Arts
Ft. Myers, Florida/phone: (813) 337-4705 or e-mail: Mystc...@aol.com

Georgia - GA
Bujinkan Atlanta Dojo, Inc.
5865 Jimmy Carter Blvd. Suite 100;Norcross, GA 30071/phone: (770)
368-1010 or e-mail: b...@mindspring.com

Bujinkan Gainesville Dojo - Randy Sessions
PO Box 5776, 622 Shallowford S.W. Road, Building E/phone: (770) 534-1686

Bujinkan Martial Arts
7811 Mission Gorge Rd. # S; San Diego, Ca 92108/phone: (619)287-6264 or
e-mail: Sev...@aol.Com

Ninjutsu International - John Orth
1475 Buford Drive, Ste 403-216; Lawrenceville, GA 30243/phone: (404)
995-0099 or e-mail: led...@ra1.randomc.com

Hawaii - HI
Hawaii Bujinkan Taijutsu Shibu - David R. King
2124-C Coral Street; Honolulu, HI 96818/phone: (808) -836-4783 or e-mail:
oahu...@aloha.com

Illinois - IL
Bujinkan Chicago Dojo - Mark Agostino
P.O. Box 388940; Chicago, IL 60638/phone: 312-586-6433 or e-mail: Beer
Fa...@aol.com

Illinois Martial Arts Academy, Inc. - Wayne A. Bearstler
1901 West Irving Park Road; Schaumburg, IL 60193/phone: (708) 351-0375 or
e-mail: Fle...@aol.com or ji...@net.com

Windy City Ninpo - Bob Benham
Chicago, IL/phone: (312) 772-9338

Indiana - IN
Bujinkan Indianapolis Dojo - Robert Johnson
P.O. Box 2452; Indianapolis, IN 46206-2452/phone: (317) 876-0020

Bujinkan Purdue Dojo - Mark Gross
Room 155 of the Mechanical Engineering building on the Purdue University
campus in West Lafayette, IN/phone: (317) 746-1913 or e-mail:
shi...@expert.cc.purdue.edu or ni...@expert.cc.purdue.edu.
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30pm.

Circle City Ninjutsu - Rick Sears
PO Box 17458; Indianapolis, IN 46217-0458/phone: (317) 783-4806

Kentucky - KY
Bujinkan Akahige Dojo - Kevin Schneider
5265 Madison Pike; Independence, KY 41051/phone: (606) 356-2967 or e-mail:
MFaz...@iglou.com

Louisiana - LA
Kelly Hill
7777 Hennessy, Suite 115; Baton Rouge, LA 70808
e-mail: khi...@ix.netcom.com or write for more info (by invitation only)

Maine - Me
Discovery Institute - John Poliquin
P.O. Box 181; Presque Isle, Maine 04769/phone: (207) 764-0864 or w-mail:
poli...@delphi.com or disc...@discover.sdi.agate.net

Maryland - MD
Bujinkan Dojo Washington DC - Ray Hayes
Washington D.C./phone: (703) 525-1684 or email: fel...@his.com (Contact is
David Lyle.)

Bujinkan Musha no Tomodachi Dojo - Jeff Mueller
6000 Route 197; Bowie, MD 20715/phone: (301) 464-0406 or e-mail: Jeff M
7...@aol.com

Bujinkan Yume Dojo - Chris Davy
PO Box 3109; Crofton, MD 21114-0109/ phone: (301) 858 - 0057 or e-mail:
JCD...@DOL.GOV

United Martial Arts Academy - Will Maier
Oakland Building 9042 Route 108; Columbia, MD 21045/phone: (410) 964-5425

Massachusetts - MA
William Louis
P.O. Box 907; Assonet, MA/Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 - 9:00 PM and
Saturdays 10:30 - 12:00 noon/phone: (508) 644-3422

New England Ninpo Society - Mark Davis
161 Harvard Avenue, Suite 4E; Boston, MA 02134/phone: (617) 789-5524 or
e-mail: John...@FMR.Com

Michigan - MI
Bujinkan Ki Oni Dojo - Otto Cardew
9631 Trinkle Rd.; Dexter, MI 48130/phone: (313) 475-4232
Grand Rapids Ninpo Training Group - David C. Sink
Xavier Hall -- St. Mary's Hospital; Grand Rapids, MI/Thursdays 6 - 8pm
phone: (616) 456-6941 or e-mail: SAMYAG V...@aol.com

Kalamazoo Bujinkan Dojo - Hans J. Gonzalez
P.O.Box 19936; Kalamazoo, Michigan 49019-9936/phone: (616) 226-9793 or
e-mail: hgo...@net-link.net
Training at Gonzalez home or local parks. Flexible class scheduling.

Kent State University Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu Club
Kent State University Gym Annex Room 121 (Wrestling Room)/call Keith
Weaver at (330) 673-3614 for more information or E-mail ToraN...@aol.com
Meeting Sundays 2-4 PM; Classes for all levels of training
Instructed by Regina Brice

Tatsujin Ninpo Center - Terrence McKelvey
44526 Leslie Lane; Canton, MI 48187/phone: (313) 454-3113

University of Michigan Ninjutsu Club c/o Michael Asuncion
555 E. William #12B; Ann Arbor, MI 48104/phone: (313) 665-8684 or e-mail:
Jir...@aol.com

Missouri - MO
Bear Clan Bujinkan Dojo - Dan Rhoads
740 Whispering Willow; O'Fallon, Missouri 63366/phone: (314) 240-2595

Missouri Bujinkan Dojo - Ken Harding
8336 Watson Road; St. Louis, MO 63119/e-mail: Shado...@aol.com

New Hampshire - NH
Myo Fu An Dojo - Leon Drucker
159 Savage Road; Milford, NH 03055/phone: (603) 672-4053 or e-mail:
Shado...@AOL.com
Affiliations with New England Ninjutsu, Bujinkan, and Myo Fu An Japan

New Hampshire Ninjutsu - Dennis Mahoney
Unit 27 Box 168; 55 Crystal Ave.; Derry, NH 03038-1702/phone: (603)
437-3054

New Jersey - NJ
Bujinkan Middlesex Dojo - Don Houle
288 Carlton Ave.; Piscataway, NJ 08854/e-mail: dah...@aol.com

Jack Hoban
Red Bank YMCA, teaches Mon & Wed./call for info.

The Musan Dojo, Inc. - Robert Carcano
P. O. Box 59; 425 Paterson Avenue; East Rutherford, NJ 07073/phone: (201)
804-0352 or e-mail: 75501...@compuserve.com

New Mexico - NM
Bujinkan Kamisori Dojo - Robert Geyer
5101 Creek Trail; Las Cruces, NM 88012/phone: (505) 382-3931 or e-mail:
rge...@nmsu.edu -- Bujinkan Members visiting Las Cruces are invited to
stop by.

New York - NY
Bujinkan New York - Joe Maurontonio
27 Milburn Street; Bronxville, NY 10708/phone: (914) 337-3339 or e-mail:
al...@columbia.edu

Hudson Valley Bujinkan Dojo - Kevin Harrington
117 Fulton Street; White Plains, NY 10606/phone: (914) 877-6598

Kyorei Bujinkan Dojo - Warren B. Young
Elmsford, NY/phone: (914) 345-3465 or e-mail: Tho...@eWorld.com

New York Budo - Jean-Pierre Seibel
12 West 27th Street, 4th floor; New York, NY 10001/phone: (212) 725-7388
or e-mail: NYB...@aol.com
Visitors welcome; please call to schedule a visit.

New York Taijutsu - Albert DeGuzman; Victor Acevedo; Michael Lefkowitz 440
Lafayette Street, 5th Floor/phone: Victor (718-803-1706) or Michael
(212-463-6038) Thursdays 7PM - 9PM

Oriental Arts Bujinkan Dojo - Don & Ginny Gilkinson
RD#1 Box 339; Otego, NY 13825/phone: (607) 988-2639 or e-mail:
Gen...@aol.com

Brian Stein Martial Arts Center - Brian Stein
1-04 Schwab Road; Melville, NY 11747-1130/phone: (516) 427-4600

North Carolina - NC
Bujinkan Shugendo Shibu - Brandon Sommerfield, S.C.Rutherford
111 South Main Street; Spring Lake, NC 28390/phone: 919-497-3777

The Hidden Mountain Bujinkan Dojo - Karl Koch
229 Butler Ct.; Chapel Hill, NC 27514/e-mail: Ten...@aol.com

Ohio - OH
Bujinkan Akahige Dojo - Kevin Schneider
5265 Madison Pike; Independence, KY 41051/phone: (606) 356-4445 or e-mail:
mfaz...@iglou.com -- Located 10 miles south of Cincinnati, OH.

Bujinkan Kage Dojo - Thomas J. Maienza
5022 Sinclair Road; Columbus, OH 43229/phone: (614) 848-3524

Bujinkan Lorain County Dojo - Regina A. Brice
P.O. Box 87; Oberlin, OH 44074/phone: (216)774-4807 or e-mail:
Ha...@aol.com

Dayton Bujinkan Martial Arts - Shawn Havens and Gary Busch
4716 Payne Avenue; PO Box 292722; Dayton, OH 45429/phone: (513) 275-5647

Ninpo Training Group - David L. Burkhead
Akron, OH, near the University/phone: (216) 253-4401 or e.mail
r3d...@dax.cc.uakron.edu

Stephen K. Hayes' Kasumi-An Dojo
Personal training under the direction of Stephen and Rumiko Hayes
Washington Square Center; Southwest Corner of Far Hills Ave. (Rt. 48) and
Whipp Road; Exit 4 B (Northbound) off I-675 ; Washington Township, south
of Dayton, Ohio/phone: (513) 436-9990

Oregon - OR
Bujinkan Tenchijin Dojo
Kiwanis park; SE Centennial and Roosevelt; Redmond, OR 97756
For more information call John Sulliven at 317-9050 or e-mail Casey
Cardwell at: Casey_C...@bendnet.com

Peter Kramer
Portland, Oregon/Phone: (503) 645-9861

Pennsylvania - PA
Bujinkan Seishin Dojo - Harold Stewart
Latrobe, PA/phone: (412) 836-3614

Lehighton Dojo -Eric Garner
6 Penn Drive; Lehighton, PA 18235/phone: (610) 377-3980

Miller's Martial Arts Academy - Jeff M. Miller
619 Market Street/PO Box 311; Sunbury, PA 17801/e-mail: JMMi...@aol.com

Self-Defense Unlimited (Bujinkan Sanchez Dojo) - Robert Sanchez P.O. Box
301; Whitehall, PA 18052-0301/phone: (610) 434-1788

Texas - TX
Austin Kunren Sukisha Dojo - Kendall Kelsoe & Chris Crane
phone: (512) 832-8401 or e-mail: Chri...@onstage.ima.infomail.com

Bujinkan Honshin Dojo - Brent deMoville
431 E. Ave. C; Box 390; San Angelo, TX 76902/phone: (915) 949-7287 or
e-mail: bdem...@webstar.net

Bujinkan Ninjutsu Dojo - Mike Hipp
2700 W. Anderson Lane, Suite 301; Austin, Texas 78758/phone: (512)
453-7753
Classes Held: Monday and Wednesdays 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Budo Arts of Austin - Stef Boeckmann & John Sims
2700 W. Anderson Lane #301; Austin, TX 78757/phone: (512) 453-7753

Castleberry Bujinkan Dojo - David Castleberry
P.O. Box 640; Liberty Hill, Texas 78642/phone: (512) 355-3111
Classes Held: Monday and Wednesdays 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Jason Hardy
Southwest Texas State University Recreation Center; San Marcos, TX
78666/e-mail: mh2...@academia.swt.edu

Dr. Glenn Morris
PBI; 2825 Wilcrest Suite 350; Houston, TX 77042 or e-mail:
spi...@firstnethou.com

San Antonio Bujinkan Dojo -Bill Vives
P.O. Box 481; RAFB, Texas 78233/phone: (210) 656-2192

Texas Bujinkan Dojo - Dr. Edward F. Sones
P.O. Box 275; Wimberley, Texas 78676/phone: 512-847-9364 or e-mail:
DocS...@aol.com
Multiple schools & training oportunities

Texas Ninja Center - Peter Brown. Richard Cearley & James Wood 13155
Westheimer, #133; Houston TX 77077/phone: (713) 558-4739

Woodlands Bujinkan Dojo - Dave Bolin
58 Marabou Place; The Woodlands, TX 77380-1825/phone: (713) 367-4818

Virginia - VA
Bujinkan Millis YamaShika Dojo - Mike Fenster
1726-2B Allied St.; Charlottesville, VA/phone: 804-286-3285 or e-mail:
MS...@Virginia.edu or wh...@virginia.edu

Bujinkan Sanrin Komichi Dojo - Scott Grenz
P.O. Box 521; Midlothian, VA 23113/phone: (804) 763-0106

East Meets West Bujinkan Dojo - Jeff Duncan
P.O. Box 13544; Roanoke VA 24035/phone: 703-362-7150 (Dojo)

Washington
Bujinkan Tenchijin Dojo Yakima - Mike Tari
PO Box 8146, Yakima, WA, 98908/phone(1-509) 965-8443

Northwest Ninpo - Joseph M. Bobovsky
1111 W. Spruce #32; Yakima, Washington 98902

Pierce Taijitsu Dojo - Jon Pierce
700 Fieldston Rd.; Bellingham WA 98225/phone: 360(734-2516) or e-mail:
jpi...@shs4.bham.wednet.edu

West Virginia - WV
Sukisha Bujinkan Hombu Dojo - Jon Donaldson/Thomas Stowers
Rt. 8 Box 275; Fairmont, WV 26554/phone: (304) 366-5926 or e-mail:
WVN...@aol.com or AraM...@aol.com

end of April 1996/part 7

[Ashidome]

Ura & Omote/April 1996

Part 8 of 8

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
If you would like to have upcoming seminars listed, please e-mail

Ashi...@aol.com with the details. This is a FREE service.

Seminars - Ongoing Calendar
April & May 1996

April 1 - 2: Michael Wedekind - Dormund, D/contact (+49) 2596 4506

April 5 - 7: "UK International Spring Festival" with Shihan Stephen K.
Hayes - UK
3 days of training with the western worlds foremost authority on Ninjutsu.
Mark your calendar now.

For more information please contact:
Gary Arthur
10 Sandpiper Close; Burton Latimer; Kettering, Northhants; NN16 8EE ,
England
or phone: 0589-420191 or 01536-82663

April 6 -7 : Mark O'Brien - Austin, TX
Jim Matteson, (512) 453-7753

April 6 - 7: Bujinkan International Shihan Seminar - Dublin, Ireland
The 'Shi Tenno'- described by Hatsumi Soke as the "Four Kings of European
Bujinkan" - will be in Dublin next Easter. All four - Sveneric Bogsater
(Sweden), Peter King (England), Pedro Fleitas (Spain) and Arnaud Cousergue
(France) - will give a special two-day training seminar.

For more information contact:
Steve Byrne
21 Carrigmore Park, Aylesbury, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland
phone: 087-425592 or e-mail: DOGO...@mee.tcd.ie

April 8-9: Mariette Van Der Vliet - Copenhagen, DK/contact (+45) 312 026
46

April 8-9: Steffen Froehlich - Allgaeu, D/contact (+49) 6106 76662

April 13: Joe Maurantonion - Bronxville, NY
Taijutsu, Kenjutsu & Jojutsu/Cost: $15 6:30 to 9:30pm
Contact: Joe Maurantonio at al...@columbia.edu for info

April 13 - 14: Stephen K. Hayes - Atlanta, GA
Stephen K. Hayes will be coming to the Bujinkan Atlanta Dojo to teach as
only he can do. Mr. Hayes' insights and discoveries are always
enlightening to those participants from white belt to the highest ranked
black belt. He is an ordained Mikkyo priest and the foremost authority on
ninjutsu in the US. The focus of the training will be Ninpo Taijutsu and
the Five Phases (faces) of Wisdom presented to us in the Taizokai and
Kongokai mandala. The fee for the training will be $135 if paid before
March 31, 1996, and $175 after that date. Make checks payable to the
Bujinkan Atlanta Dojo.

For more information contact:
Jim Zerylnick at: 5865 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Suite 100, Norcross, GA 30071;
or (770) 368-1010.

April 13 - 14: Mariette van der Vliet -Ulm, Germany/contact(+49)
731-387634

April 13 - 14: Mark O'Brien - San Diego, CA
Doug Wilson, (619) 283-4550

April 14 - 16: Mini Taikai (10th Dan) - Zuerich, SW/contact (+41) 1 273
5225

April 19: Jeff Miller - Sunbury, PA
Close-range Defenses/$15/7-9pm Friday eve. workshop

April 20: A Series of Talks and Guided Meditations with Kadam Morten
Clausen - New York, NY
New York Budo - April 20, 27, May 4; 3 Saturdays, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. /It
becomes more and more apparent, as one progresses through the ranks, that
one must resolve the inner conflicts - the conflicts in one's mind - if
one wants to achieve mastery in ninpo taijutsu. Please join us for a
series of talks and meditations with this great teacher, examining the
practical applications of the Buddhist approach to inner conflict
resolution./The cost is $10 per session, or $25 for all three. Please call
212-725-7388 to register or contact Ashi...@aol.com.

April 20 - 21: Pedro Fleitas - Stavanger, Norway
Elias Kzwacki; Dr. Graeslivei 5a; N - 4011 Stavanger

April 20 - 21: Stephen K. Hayes - Chicago, IL
Weekend workshop on taijutsu, weapons training and energy awareness/phone:
708/351-0375

April 20 - 21: Kevin Schneider - IN
Rokushaku-bo and taijutsu; Bujinkan Purdue Dojo, IN. For more information
e-mail: jus...@tools.ecn.purdue.edu.

April 20 - 21: Mark O'Brien - Twain Harte, CA
Bill Atkins, (209) 533-9116 or e-mail: buji...@mlode.com

April 21: Joe Maurantonion - Bronxville, NY
Gyokko Ryu Kosshijutsu & Kenjutsu/Cost: $25 9:30 to 1:30pm
Contact: Joe Maurantonio at al...@columbia.edu for info

April 22 - 23: Michael Wedekind - Nordkirchen, D/contact(+49) 2596 4506

April 22 - 23: Wolfgang Ettig - Eberswalde, D/contact(+49) 3334 22148

April 22 - 23: Steffen Froehlich - Kecskemet, HUN/contact (+49) 6106 76662

April 27: A Series of Talks and Guided Meditations with Kadam Morten
Clausen - New York, NY
New York Budo - April 20, 27, May 4; 3 Saturdays, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. /It
becomes more and more apparent, as one progresses through the ranks, that
one must resolve the inner conflicts - the conflicts in one's mind - if
one wants to achieve mastery in ninpo taijutsu. Please join us for a
series of talks and meditations with this great teacher, examining the
practical applications of the Buddhist approach to inner conflict
resolution./The cost is $10 per session, or $25 for all three. Please call
212-725-7388 to register or contact Ashi...@aol.com.

April 27: Joe Maurantonion - Bronxville, NY
Kenjutsu & Jojutsu /Cost: $15 6:30 to 9:30pm
Contact: Joe Maurantonio at al...@columbia.edu for info

April 27 - 28: Mark O'Brien - Salem, OR
Rob Bascue, (503) 391-8230

April 27 - 28: Sveneric Bogsater (Sweden), Peter King (England), Pedro
Fleitas (Spain) and Arnaud Cousergue (France) - Barcelona, SP
Contact: Francisco Roldan Belmonte; c/o Providencia, 136 Badalona/phone:
(+34) 3 3832655

April 27 - 28: Sveneric, Peter, Pedro, Arnoud - Barcelona, Spain
Francisco Roldan Belmonte; C/ Providencia, 136 Badalona/phone: (+34) 3
3832655

May 4: A Series of Talks and Guided Meditations with Kadam Morten Clausen
- New York, NY
New York Budo - April 20, 27, May 4; 3 Saturdays, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. /It
becomes more and more apparent, as one progresses through the ranks, that
one must resolve the inner conflicts - the conflicts in one's mind - if
one wants to achieve mastery in ninpo taijutsu. Please join us for a
series of talks and meditations with this great teacher, examining the
practical applications of the Buddhist approach to inner conflict
resolution./The cost is $10 per session, or $25 for all three. Please call
212-725-7388 to register or contact Ashi...@aol.com.

May 4 - 5: Pedro Fleitas - Telde, Canary Islands
Paco Roldan; C/ Eduardo Dato; 35200 Telde/phone: (+34) 28 68.04.64

May 4 - 5: Mark O'Brien - Orlando, Florida
Greg Cooper, (407) 281-7794 or e-mail:JWhit...@aol.com (through John
White, who will relay messages to Greg)
and Paul Fisher, (407) 832-5255 or e-mail: ducha...@aol.com

May 6-7: Sveneric Bogsaeter - Stenungsund, SWE/contact (+46) 303 891 71

May 10-11: Pedro Fleitas - Prag, CSFR/contact (+42) 2 54 75 46

May 10 - 12: Ninja Fest '96 - Featured Instructors: Ed Martin * Bob Trojan
* Dan Rhoads * David Castleberry * Linas Gribinas * Bert Patania * Otto
Cardew * Other instructors still signing up*

For further information about attending or teaching at the Ninja Fest '96,
please call or write to:
Bear Clan Bujinkan Dojo
Attention: Dan Rhoads

740 Whispering Willow; O'Fallon, Missouri 63366/phone: (314) 240-2595

May 10 -12: Pedro Fleitas - Praga, Rep. Checa
Lubos Pokorny; P.O. Box 218 Preslova 12; Posta Praha, 5 - 150 00

May 11 - 12: Phil Legare - University Of Bc International House,
Vancouver,BC
Contact: Dorsun Satoglu; VoiceMail: (604)-739-7315; Email:
dor...@ola.bc.ca
The Bujinkan Taka Seigi Dojo is proud to present Shihan Phil Legare in
Vancouver, BC. The theme for the seminar will be Kukishinden Ryu
Bikenjutsu (sword techniques) with an emphasis strategy, awareness, and
all aspects of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. This follows Hatsumi Sensei's
theme of the "Year of the Sword." Seminar discounts available for early
registration.

May 13-14: Michael Wedekind - Dortmund, D/contact (+49) 2596 4506

May: 13-14 S. Froehlich, A. Doerfler - Dietzenbach, D/contact (+49) 6106
76662

May 16 - 18: Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi - Tai Kai - Amsterdam, Holland
For more information contact:
Mariette van der Vliet
Duistervoordseweg 27; 7391 CA Twello, NL
phone: +31-5712-75732 or e-mail: 73444...@compuserve.com

May 17: Jeff Miller - Sunbury, PA
Beating Tae-kwon-do kicks/$15/7-9pm Friday eve. workshop

May 24-25: Pedro Fleitas - Arrecife de lanzarote, Canary Islands
Carlos Morales Paez; C/ Palma de Mallorca, 8; 35500 Arrecife de
Lanzarote/phone: (+34) 28 811232

Late May: Stephen K. Hayes, Bud Malstrom & Jack Hoban - San Francisco, CA
For more information contact:
Mark Hodel at: E-mail: 76327...@compuserve.com; or voice mail
(209)479-3291; or fax (209) 931-9674.

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SEMINARS -- ADVANCE NOTICE

June 1 - 2: The Midwest Ninja Training Convention VIII featuring Kevin
Millis - St. Louis, MO
Mr. Millis has been involved in martial arts for more than 20 years, and
began his Ninjutsu training with Stephen K. Hayes. Receiving his first
degree black belt directly from Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi, Mr. Millis
was commissioned by the Grandmaster to establish a Bujinkan Dojo in
Southern California. He travels yearly to Japan for continued training,
and he was awarded a ninth degree black belt at the 1994 Daikomyosai. He

is widely recognized as one of the truly excellent Master Instructors in

the Bujinkan Dojo System.

For more information contact:
Ken Harding at: Shado...@aol.com

August 1 - 4: International Ninpo Summercamp 1996 - Sweden
The second summercamp arranged by Bujinkan Bo Dojo. There will be training
in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, Jujitsu, Goshinjutsu, Tanbojutsu and law
enforcement techniques. Also we will work with Ki-ai, do-in and kijutsu.

For more details contact Bo Munthe at: bo.m...@mailbox.swipnet.se (bo
munthe)

August 31-September 2: Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi - Tai Kai - Atlanta, GA
Dr. Hatsumi will return to Atlanta for the fourth time for a 3 day
training session. This training is open to anyone who would like to
attend. It will be held at the Omni International Hotel (the same hotel as
1992 and 1994). Make your hotel reservations as soon as possible. More
information on the event and fees will be sent out very soon.

For more information contact Jim Zerylnick at (770) 368-1010.
October 4 - 6: Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi - Tai Kai - Alicante, Spain
The theme is Taijutsu and Biken Jutsu. The cost of the Tai Kai is: 30,000
Ptas (Only the training)
The Tai Kai's payment can be made in Yens, but if you have problems
finding Yens, Pesetas are accepted.

For more information contact:
Jose Maria Conejo and Julieta Laorga.
C/ Avda. de Alicante, no 2, Entlo. P.4; 03203 Alicante; Spain.
Phone: 07-34-6-5453859. National: 96 - 5453859
Fax: 07-34-6-5458688. National: 96 - 5458688
e-mail: jmo...@encomix.es

September 6 - 8: Shidoshi Stephen and Rumiko Hayes - 4th Annual European
Shadows of Iga Festival - Frankfurt, Germany
Theme: "Exploring the elements of physical combat and self-defense"
For more information contact: Andrea Rees, Shinden no michi or e-mail:
Thoma...@frankfurt.netsurf.de

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FOR MORE INFORMATION. . .
Here are some other information resources available to ninpo
practitioners.

BUJINKAN DOJO HOMBU
636 Noda, Noda-shi, Chiba-ken 278, Japan
PHONE: 0471 22 2020 and FAX. 0471 23 6227

Sanmyaku Offices:
ARGENTINA
Editor: Daniel Hernandez; Avenida Mitre 3233-1605 Munro; Buenos Aires,
Argentina/Phone: 756-0207

AUSTRALIA
Editor: Ed Lomax; 2/5 Avondale Street; Clarence Park; S.A.
5034/Phone:(08)271-5192 or e-mail c/o: 9308...@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au

BELGIUM
Editor: Benedikt Sas; Nachtegalenstraat 7; 2300 Turnhout /Phone:
014-415057 or e-mail: benedi...@rug.ac.be

CANADA
Editor: Edward Brown; Sanmyaku - Canada; P.O. Box 27589; Yorkdale Postal
Outlet; Toronto, Ont. M6A-3B8

CZECH REPUBLIC
Editor: Lubos Pokorny; Holeckova 31/A-103; 150 00 PRAHA 5/Phone: 02-547546

DENMARK
Editor: Morten Balle; Vennermindesvej 48, 4th; 2100 Kobenhavn/Phone:
31202646

FRANCE
Editor: Arnaud Cousergue; Bujinkan Dojo France; 7, Villa Raphael; 91860
Epinay S/ SCnart/Phone: 33-1-6047-2002

GERMANY
Editor: Steffen G.Frohlich; Leiziger Ring 142; D-63110 Rodgau/Phone:
061-06-7662 & Fax: 061-06-76573

GREECE
Editor: Kostas Dervenis; Taigetou 6; Kiffisia 14562
HOLLAND
Editor: Mariette van der Vliet; Duistervoordseweg 27; 7391 CA
Twello/Phone: (0)5712-75732 or e-mail: 73444...@compuserve.com

IRELAND
Editor: Steve Byrne; 21 Carrigmore Pk - Aylesbury; Tallaght, Dublin 24

ISRAEL
Editor: Doron Navon; Haprahm - St 3; Kiryat - Shaul; Ramat - Hasharon;
Israel 47321/Phone: 927(3)49382

ITALY
Editor: Enzo Rossi; Via Venossa; 1-20137 Milano/Phone: 02-5513651

NORWAY
Editor: Elias Krzywacki; Godesetkroken 4; N-4033 Fors/Phone: 4751-802861

PORTUGAL
Editor: Ernani Pinto Bastos; P.O. Box 99; 8000 Firo

SPAIN
Editor: Pedro Fleitas Gonzales; C/Eduardo dato; 9 - 35200 Telde; Gran
Canaria/Phone: (928)694351 & Fax: (928)680464

SWEDEN
Editor: Sveneric Bogsater; Duistervoordseveg 27; 7391 CA Twello; The
Nederlands/Phone: (0)5712-75732 or e-mail: 73444...@compuserve.com

U.K.
Editor: Peter King; P.O. Box 207; South Croydon; Surrey, CR2 2ZD

USA
Editor: Mark Hodel; WIN Publishing; PO Box 30338; Stockton, CA
95213/e-mail: 76327...@compuserve.com

Other Information Sources:
American Bujinkan Dojo
PO Box 10; Santa Cruz, CA 95063/phone: (408) 479-1314
Source for Hatsumi Soke training videos, training tools, etc.

Hannya (Jeff Miller's newsletter)
Miller's Martial Arts; Bujinkan Kuryu Dojo; PO Box 311; Sunbury, PA
17801/$20 per year

Heart, Faith & Steel (Joe Maurantonio's newsletter on "Insights to Martial
Training")
P.O. Box 146; Yonkers, NY 10710/$20 per annual subscription

Insights and Perspectives (Richard Sears' newsletter)
PO Box 17458; Indianapolis, IN 46217-0458/cost: $19.95 per year -
Buddhist-Mikkyo information

Stephen K. Hayes' Nine Gates Institute Shadows of Iga Society
PO Box 291947; Dayton, OH 45429-0947
Information on ninjutsu schools, seminars, books and videos.
Subscription to monthly Musubi Journal is $25 for 12 issues.

SHADOWGRAM (Shidoshi Harding's newsletter)
Missouri Bujinkan Center; 8336 Watson Road; St. Louis, MO 63119/cost:
$20.00 per year/12 issues

The Warrior Information Network (WIN)
P.O. Box 30338; Stockton, CA 95213/Publishes list of schools, groups,
seminars etc.
e-mail: 76237...@compuserve.com

Training Materials Sources:
the Buki Co. - Kyle Hayes; Three Flags Center; 27601 Forbes Road, Suite

#47; Laguna Niguel, CA 92677/phone: (714) 831-5540 or e-mail:

ura...@ix.netcom.com/Training weapons, weapons bags, leggings

Rex Johnston; 2305 Masterson Court; Santa Rosa, CA 95403/Training weapons

Magic Tabbies - 359 Roundbottom Road #193531; Cincinnati, OH
45244-3026/Hand-made leather-sole tabis, wraps and leggings

Dick Severance; 713 Badger Drive, NE; Palm Bay, FL 32905/phone: (407)

727-2852/Training weapons

Andrew Young; 201 Matsuwa Villa 1-484-1 Minami Shin-Matsudo; Matsudo-City,
Chiba-Prefecture, 270 JAPAN/Tabi and leggings.

Internet Sources:
On America On-line, the Martial Arts forum can be found by typing "GSARTS"
under keyword (command-K on the MAC). This will take you to "The Dojo".
There is a Ninjutsu section there.

On the Compuserve, check out the Japan Forum, the Hong Kong Forum and the
Health and Fitness Forum; all three have martial arts sections.

On the internet, add REC.MARTIAL-ARTS to your newsgroups. This is an open
forum for all martial arts, but occasionally good threads are started in
regard to ninjutsu.

On the internet, add ALT.ARTS.BUJINKAN to your newsgroups. The following
is information regarding this new newsgroup:

This group will be for the discussion of "Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu" a 3,000+
year old martial art as taught by Grandmaster Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi.
Students (and other interested parties) of this style of martial arts are
encouraged to discuss the techniques, training, traditions, history and
culture of Bujinkan. Also the newsgroup will serve as an announcement
point for coming events on the Bujinkan calendar, and is ideal for the
public posting of several of the on-line magazines devoted to Bujinkan.

At this time there exists a rec.martial-arts newsgroup. As this group
covers ALL martial-arts (sports or otherwise) the volume of traffic is
getting quite high. Also the level of "white-noise", that is
pointless/inane postings is always a factor. Also an increase in the "my
style is better than yours" posts has prompted most of the Bujinkan
devotees on the net to seek their own newsgroup.

Any questions regarding this newsgroup should be directed to Patrick R.
Browne at pbr...@dove.mtx.net.au

Mats Hjelm's Martial Arts Network
Mats Hjelm's MAnet (Martial Arts Net) is not dead, it is still alive and
well. If you are interested in MAnet please understand that this is a
Fidonet kind of network and you cannot reach my BBS or MAnet through
Internet. For more information, please get informed on how Fidonet
Technology works, since MAnet works the exact like Fidonet. You can read
more about Fidonet at: http://www.fidonet.org and about MANet at or
http://www.algonet.se/~helmet/MNT/.

For a nodenumber application and more information, the easiest way is to
"Filerequest" MANETAPP.ZIP from my BBS 2:201/2123.0 (Fidonet nodenumber),
199:199/0 (MAnet nodenumber), or log into the BBS by phoning
++46-8-985948.

Web Pages:
http://alhazen1.rug.ac.be/bujinkan
http://aristotle.algonet.se/~helmet/bujinkan.html
http://deepthought.armory.com/~shadow
http://dove.mtx.net.au/~pbrowne/ozbujin.htm
http://expert.cc.pudue.edu/~ninpo
http://members.aol.com/ohkuni/private/shiromi/home.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/bj1/
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Michael_Mueller/djchome.htm
http://users.aol.com/ninjutsu9/ninjutsu.htm
http://www.algonet.se/~helmet/BUJINKAN/
http://www.centuryma.com (Century Martial Arts Supply)
http://www.clam.com/home/shaig/ninpo.html
http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~nparis/bujinkan/bujinkan.html
http://www.ed.ac.uk/~arm04/bbd1.html
http://www.gate.net/~oni9dave/index.htm
http://www.gstand.com/fwn (Fighting Woman News)
http://www.his.com/~feline/bujinkan.htm
http://www.hooked.net:80/users/poei/index.html
http://www.io.org/~jcebujin/musashi.html
http://www.lehigh.edu/~sjb3/martial.html
http://www.luna.co.uk/~philc/ninja.main.htm
http://www.mcs.net/~kinsella
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cchrenka/umninpo.html

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.
- Hugh Prather

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END NOTES
by Liz maryland

Having nothing new to say this month, except for "Thank God its done!," I
will leave you to enjoy the knowledge shared by the contributing authors.
(I'm going home to catch up on some sorely needed sleep!)

As always, please e-mail the authors with your support and recognition.
Also, please e-mail me with any errors or adjustments to this newsletter
(I have a feeling that there are several in this month's edition).

See you next month!

*Background*
This newsletter was started to connect budo/ninpo taijutsu practitioners
from all backgrounds together. Ura & Omote's goal is to provide a forum
where we can easily gather and disseminate information (both "obvious" and
"hidden"), ask questions and, more importantly, get answers, and share
experiences while living the art.

*Here's the Standard Disclaimer*
We (the publisher and authors) are not responsible in any manner
whatsoever for any injury which may occur through reading or following any
instructions in this newsletter. Remember, these are martial arts
techniques which may result in injury or death. Find a proper instructor
wherever possible. Please consult a physician before engaging in the
exercises described herein. Keep in mind that all articles herein are of
their author's opinion/research and the publisher of this newsletter will
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_____
-- Liz maryland is the editor of this newsletter. She is a graphic
designer by trade and an information gatherer by choice. She trains under
the guidance of Jean-Pierre Seibel at New York Budo, where she is doing
her best Houdini impersonation as she tries to disentangle herself from a
botched kyosetsu shoge practice session. Recently bombarded by insane
amounts of work and overtime - she hasn't gotten more than 5 hours of
sleep a night for about 3 weeks - Liz has successfully managed to prevent
herself from throwing live shuriken at her boss (although she did threaten
him with a iai-to!) Lack of sleep not withstanding, she keeps her sense of
humor as she furtively prays to catch the flu (hey, it would be a week or
two off!) Liz may be cajoled, praised and/or made fun of via
e-mail:<Ashi...@aol.com>.

end of April 1996 Ura & Omote