Historia de takamatsu sensei biography
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Yesterday I had dinner with Yuji Kogure, Quest Videos CEO, and we spoke about the importance of History to understand what is the Bujinkan.
The Tsurugi was a major step in our training as it linked the ancient past to the modern world. Since Sensei explained that the Tsurugi was the origin of the Sanshin no kata, we were able to link the evolution of sword warfare: Tsurugi, Tachi, Katana.
The Tachi created during the Heian period (end of 10th century) was “en vogue” during the warring states period. The use of the Tachi lasted, more or less until unification was completed by Tokugawa Ieyasu after his victory at the Battle of Sekigahara (1600).
Then the katana took over when wearing a Yoroi was not so common (peace time = no need for Yoroi). Before that, during the warring states periods: Kamakura jidai, Muromachi jidai, and Azuchi Momoyama jidai, (roughly 1185-1600), the Yoroi was needed. The Bujinkan techniques were developed during these four centuries of nearly
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Toshitsugu Takamatsu Sensei was born on March 10th, 1889 in Hyogo prefecture Japan. At the age of nine he began studying the martial arts, and mastered the various schools from his uncle Toda Shinryuken as well as from Ishitani Matsutaro, and Mizuta Yoshitaro Tadafusa. Takamatsu Sensei also lived in China and Korea for a while, where he had a teacher by the name of Kim Kei Mei. After returning from his first stay in China, he lived in his grandmother’s house. At this time, he was suffering from Beriberi, he was told that his condition was incurable. Not wanting to be a burden to his grandmother with his ailments, he decided to leave. He took a few pounds of rice with him and went up Mayasan (Maya Mountain) to be alone, perhaps to die there. Takamatsu Sensei stayed by the Kame-no-o (Turtle Falls). There surrounded bygd nature, living on natural food (fruits, nuts from the trees, and on the fresh air and the “space” of the mountains), he managed to recover some of his heal
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Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai
La Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai es una organización internacional de Karate bajo la dirección de Yasuhiro (Takehiro) Konishi, 10.º Dan, hijo del fundador de la organización Yasuhiro Konishi. Tiene sucursales en más de 20 países bajo la dirección de Kiyoshi Yamazaki, 8 º Dan, Director Internacional y Jefe Instructor.[1]
El estilo de karate impartido por la JKR es el Shindo Jinen Ryu, que fue creado por Yasuhiro Konishi, quien estudió junto a Gichin Funakoshi, Chojun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni y Choki Motobu. Konishi también entrenó extensivamente con el fundador del Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, y el linaje de JKR se remonta a las tradiciones del siglo XVI de Takenouchi-ryū Jujitsu. La Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai es el único órgano rector de Shindo Jinen Ryu, y es la única organización de karate importante que nunca ha experimentado un cisma interno.[2][3]
La formación en la Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai destaca los valores tradicionales