Ishizuka Sensei

[Vonbek]

Ain't the politics surrounding martial arts fun...

Why can't everyone just TRAIN?

Because the size of Ego grows with the rank?

 

[stephen]

Ain't the politics surrounding martial arts fun...

Why can't everyone just TRAIN?

Seems to be one of the great things about the Bujinkan, if you don't like the policital situation, just opt out. You can always (as you should be doing anyway) go to Japan and skip the intermediaries.

With no rigid hierarchies there's no need to train under anyone you don't agree with.

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

With no rigid hierarchies there's no need to train under anyone you don't agree with.

Except for the times when there's no one else to go to.

 

[stephen]

Except for the times when there's no one else to go to.

So the rest of the unquoted portion had to do with going to Japan.

To pre-empt the next post:

In the case where you don't like the people around and you can't afford to go to Japan (or somewhere between there and where you are): Maybe you could spend that time improving your situation to make that a possibility in the future. If THAT's not possible, well, I may want to be an astronaut, but...

 

[Bujingodai]

Accomplished alot in this thread, no?