BIRTH

(Thanks to Marcus)

“… These three gods looked down to earth, and saw that there was no order in it, everything was confused and had no sign of progress or life in the inert and powerful.
The gods looked upon the earth and the long time in contemplation, consulting each other about what they could do to bring order and life in it … ”
I always found it interesting so important accumulation of “things and utensils” that Hatsumi Sensei is at home. First in the house “so special” in which he lived in Nodashi, which then became a new home “so special” multi-storey.
I remember when I first came home, my sense of order was laid bare and all my expectations thrown to the wind as if it were ash. But I found over time that this way of feeling the life of Hatsumi Sensei was for one side to the art of prioritizing, first things first and second entropy, which can be regarded as a measure of uncertainty. Can live with that feeling of being deep and not at the same time, with that feeling of “living in another time but definitely at this time” is an experience felt by the great artists and “special human beings.”
As you enter the house of Hatsumi Sensei, the right has a table-free environment in the Canary Islands in 1991 Taikai. This table is the poem of the Sea Canary artist Nestor de la Torre. The Poem of the Atlantic (or Poema del Mar), belongs to the Artist’s life project: the “Poem of the Elements”, which would join the unfinished “Epic of the Earth” and the Poems of Fire and Air, which could only imagine. There are eight tables that form the Poem of the Atlantic, representing the sea conditions and the times of the day within a symbolic content.
The elements make up life. Water teaches us the importance of adaptability and change, to accept change. It is very important to train properly gogyo no kata, being aware of each element in the movement and its implementation. Know and experience will help us to transcend them.
I leave you with a letter from Shihan William Lugo, I urge you to read between the lines to understand the depth of his soul. We only share what Hatsumi Sensei has given us. Every day I am more convinced of the benefit so important for the Bujinkan martial artists are for today’s societies. Enjoy it.
“On August 7, 2010, following the tradition of all the years and for this date in Gran Canaria Richard Atik organizing a class taught by Master Peter, which come from different dojo practicing Spain in which besides the Pedro received master’s teachings all share our friendship and the maturity that martial note of each one of the instructors, so they do, what they say, ultimately by what they say.
The Master Pedro said he would work with the idea of Yoshin Waraku (benevolent heart who enjoys Peace)
Technically it worked Gyokko the basis of Ryu and development with Henka, Master Peter emphasized the basis of our movements, but now we continuously from a level of maturity in our taijutsu. He commented that it is complicated from a technical development as it has been obtained by returning to the kihon instructors, technology base, what I understood about this whole process is that a tree but what we see is the trunk, branches, leaves and fruits, the base is still mainly root and there is where it feeds.
To end the class the teacher Pedro grouping of participants and the shihan asked to speak about the impressions of the class, all of them forwarded its views in a natural way in a vocabulary understood by all participants.
In regard to my impression as uke, in all classes, courses and try to be Taikai zero there are times when I get it and others not, in this particular felt like a candle goes out, comes to my house after the small flight linking Gran Canaria and Tenerife, get my dog and went to bed, was wrecked do not remember giving me a lesson as deep as yesterday, when sleeping, and I changed position of the pain woke me gave me the movement, Pedro told me it was like sensei taught and how teaching is transmitted to the 15 Danish. When Peter finished master every technique I felt peace within me a thrill soaked not let me or talk just wanted to continue training was what I was telling my training partner Richard, go go, do not get up.
I think it is the destiny of every soul feel at peace, thanks to Peter for teaching master. ”
Guillermo Lugo
Note: The original text in italics is from the book “Japanese tales and legends”