COURSE IN FRANCE / Aix en Provence
For over 10 years since I saw my friend Agustin Martinez, he was many years serving on the Foreign Legion. But last weekend in January, the circle closed. Invited by him to give a course of Bujinkan Martial Arts in Aix en Provence city I moved from Gran Canaria to the airport in Marseille.
Aix en Provence is located in Southern France, near Avignon, less than 1/2 hour from the airport of Marseille.
Provence Aix is the historical capital of Provence, university town, a city of art with an extremely rich architectural heritage, Aix en Provence is an ideal place to enjoy and walk.
The Cours Mirabeau with its lively terraces, the countryside very close and numerous cultural and sports activities available are the main advantages of this dynamic city that looks to the future.
Their quality of life and the incomparable light fascinated many wonderful artists and country landscapes inspired the painter Paul Cézanne's famous paintings throughout his life.
It was a very special reunion, we told each other our stories after so many years since we met. Between technique and technique we confessed ourselves, it seemed the time had not passed, but for more than 10 years I've not seen him. Before I lost touch with him I used to give martial arts seminars at its center in Zurich (Switzerland) where he used to live before.
For over 10 years since I saw my friend Agustin Martinez, he was many years serving on the Foreign Legion. But last weekend in January, the circle closed. Invited by him to give a course of Bujinkan Martial Arts in Aix en Provence city I moved from Gran Canaria to the airport in Marseille.
Aix en Provence is located in Southern France, near Avignon, less than 1/2 hour from the airport of Marseille.
Provence Aix is the historical capital of Provence, university town, a city of art with an extremely rich architectural heritage, Aix en Provence is an ideal place to enjoy and walk.
The Cours Mirabeau with its lively terraces, the countryside very close and numerous cultural and sports activities available are the main advantages of this dynamic city that looks to the future.
Their quality of life and the incomparable light fascinated many wonderful artists and country landscapes inspired the painter Paul Cézanne's famous paintings throughout his life.
It was a very special reunion, we told each other our stories after so many years since we met. Between technique and technique we confessed ourselves, it seemed the time had not passed, but for more than 10 years I've not seen him. Before I lost touch with him I used to give martial arts seminars at its center in Zurich (Switzerland) where he used to live before.
His family is great, now I have three new nieces, since they call me Uncle Peter, even so my friend Agustin, with his special sense of humor, sometimes referred to me as Grandfather, so I hesitated.
The seminar was fantastic, very well organized with simplicity and in a dojo with a beautiful and wonderful participants. We had participants from France, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain. Some members of the Legion participated in the event.
I tried to show the danger of the concepts of form and no form, base and variation, of concepts themselves as well as the human habit of labeling all in excess without evaluating the options that life gives to live it fully every day.
From the taijutsu (close combat fighting) to the sword and knife techniques.
On Saturday we enjoyed a very pleasant dinner with the participants.
Thank you Agustin for your invitation, your family and students for their hospitality. Also thanks to all participants for their effort in these so special moments we are living. And I say goodbye for a while, because I´ll be back to this means, if I may, because in a few days we go to Japan to train with Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi with a group of 20 people.
And I say goodbye for now remembering the love for human beings is what gives us strength to the teachings of our art. Action, Reaction, Passive , Dynamic. Forget for a moment one's existence let you recognize the value of living every second and sometimes the minute which corresponds you with a smile on your face and soul, even when you're crossing the hell.
A hug and see you soon
Pedro Fleitas
The seminar was fantastic, very well organized with simplicity and in a dojo with a beautiful and wonderful participants. We had participants from France, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain. Some members of the Legion participated in the event.
I tried to show the danger of the concepts of form and no form, base and variation, of concepts themselves as well as the human habit of labeling all in excess without evaluating the options that life gives to live it fully every day.
From the taijutsu (close combat fighting) to the sword and knife techniques.
On Saturday we enjoyed a very pleasant dinner with the participants.
Thank you Agustin for your invitation, your family and students for their hospitality. Also thanks to all participants for their effort in these so special moments we are living. And I say goodbye for a while, because I´ll be back to this means, if I may, because in a few days we go to Japan to train with Grand Master Masaaki Hatsumi with a group of 20 people.
And I say goodbye for now remembering the love for human beings is what gives us strength to the teachings of our art. Action, Reaction, Passive , Dynamic. Forget for a moment one's existence let you recognize the value of living every second and sometimes the minute which corresponds you with a smile on your face and soul, even when you're crossing the hell.
A hug and see you soon
Pedro Fleitas
