ENG: 2018 Noda, Japan. I was about to enter my first training session and was puzzled. I was happy to at least meet one person I knew and who trained with me (eternal gratitude: Florian Nikl). During the break in Nagato Sensei’s class I got to know Stefan Jährling who
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ENG: I was thinking of writing a long blog, but all I feel is gratitude towards the people who recommended me. Will this change anything? I don’t know. Most of all does it matter? It is surely a personal milestone and also a new obligation to study and train more.
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ENG: Third session of our training year and we continued working on Takagi Yoshin Ryu. We concentrate on working on a specific kata for a longer period instead of working on many to „cover“ the school, which will never happen. To the end it is one life = ony ryu
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ENG: After a short(er) break compared to 2021 we could have a first training of the year with people attending. Last year Hatsu Geiko I recorded the session for this dojo’s members with no one allowed to attend. The more I was happy that all (boostered) members could join yesterday’s
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ENG: Today is December 22nd, 2021. Yesterday we had our last training of the year. Of course these past twelve months were lived under the shadows of Big-C, but I take the positive things with me: When we could train, we trained very well. I am thankful for having great
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ENG: School break in Hamburg. I have this little kunoichi in the making who wanted to train again. This Ninja-Princess‘ wish is my command. Today we had a little fun in the dojo. Of course I took care that she executed the movements correctly, but most of all it was
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ENG: We were practising/applying do gaeshi in some of our practises lately, as a „finising move“, when uke lands on his back in order to control our partner, while lying on the stomach. After that the wish came up to practise something from Takagi Yoshi Ryu. As I didn’t have
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ENG:This week, we covered a combination of movements, leading to a two punch scenario with omote gyaku, a controlling juji dori and bringing uke down. Before we ended there, we broke the whole thing down to the single movements and put them together at the end. It was a great
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ENG „Yesterday there were so many things, I was never shown.Suddenly this time I found, I’m on the streets and I’m all alone“ (Guns n‘ Roses, „Yesterdays“) Luckily I was never alone, I was on my own for quite a while but always had the right people to guide and
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ENG: Finally some members who were injured and who were on vacation are back. It was a great class and we all – including me – had lots of fun. I try to savor every minute in the dojo and train with all the members with fun. One particular member,
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