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Also, I am looking forward to reviewing this book myself, and again this blog is great and I hope to converse with you all again soon.

I`m not that much excited as the other guests but still am waiting
to see the book and how the material will be presented in there.

I see it the same way as Mr. Cole (if I understood right!!):
whatever will possibly be apparent in this book,
the greatest part will nevertheless be not.

What I`m especially curious about is the “waza-collecting-thing”.
Can photos (even if step by step) be as clear as a moving icture
and therefore stop or at least heavily constrict the waza-collectors?

Hopefully this book will help to stop the many unnecessary discusions
about which or those teacher(s) have really “understood” Hatsumi soke.

In the end most of us will probably keep their training as usually
with only “just” a (likely very good, of course) further source
helping their everyday training and understanding of things.

Criticism - which has nothing to do with your work itself - aside,
I`d like congratulate you on doing such a difficult, decent work
and for sure I will buy this book at the time it will be available.

Best wishes from
Berlin, Germany
Wilf Muecke

What about “our” budo as it relates to the never-ending study of Soke’s Budo? Should we not study the densho? I shall.

What again is the title of the book? i hope to pre-order it

Soke’s budo is what is *NOT* written in the densho.

-ben

Many thanks to you and Craig and who ever else is involved in doing the translating. I have always appreciated your clear and concise work.

During your work, was there any inkling from soke that he was at all apprehensive that people would take this book the wrong way. Is he worried at all that people will focus only on the Kata in the book? Does he see this potentially as a way “thin the ranks” of the unfocused?

Thanks,

Marty

This book will be a major turn concerning our vision and understanding of the Bujinkan system developped by Hatsumi Sensei over the last 40 years. I see this as the beginning of a new era for the Bujinkan and I urge you all to continue to train hard and also to continue coming to Japan.

Don’t forget that, after Shioda Sensei (Yoshinkan Aikidou), Hatsumi Sensei remains the last “real Sensei” still alive in Japan!

Over the years, many Bujinkan high ranks have been spending more time arguing over one another than really training. This new book means that playtime is over and that it is time to go back to work.

I wish that this new era will see more people listening to Sensei and train hard than it has been the case until now.

Remember that this year is “Menkyou Kaiden” and that we have to develop a new “Kuukan”!

Regards

Arnaud Cousergue

Greetings from Belgium, Christophe