Our family house had a dojo attached to it,
and in the beginning I wanted to practice Kendo.
When I told to my mother about it, she told me that girls practice Naginata.
There was a Dojo called "Shubukan", in Itami, and I was part of the first generation of its Naginata club.
I was in 6th grade.
From then I didn't stop practicing Atarashii Naginata.
From a very young age, at Shubukan during events,
many teachers would come to teach Tendo Ryu.
Even if they were not regular trainings of Tendo Ryu.
I went to university in Tokyo, and that's when I had the opportunity to practice Tendo Ryu.
Since I preferred Tendo Ryu over Atarashii Naginata,
I continued my training.
Then I started teaching at the "International Budo University",
on the one hand I was teaching Atarashii Naginata,
and also, thanks to extracurricular activities, Tendo Ryu on the other,
three times a week.
So I could train in many various ways,
and I kept that habit when I became a teacher myself.
In the end, I continued to go to the Shubukan twice a month
when the former Soke was there.
Since I was invited,
I used to go twice a month,
and I have to say that at the time I was practicing wholeheartedly.
Then...
The Soke passed away, and there was a three-year break,
after which I was offered her position by the professors of the comittee.
Well, the more I was practicing, the more I was making interesting discoveries,
and the true feeling of satisfaction it brought me was appealing to me.
In competitions [Atarashii Naginata], you have to win,
it's the goal you have to reach,
but it was not really bringing me pleasure.
No, actually, my only experience of modern Budo, in a way,
is from Ogasawara Ryu's ceremonies when I was studying at university.
It has a strict code that requires students, whatever their activity, that they learn how to move around according to protocol.
So I was taking those lessons myself, too.
The practice of Tendo Ryu and Budo are indeed at the center of my life.
My mother herself graduated from the "Busen" training center (ancient pro school specialized in martial arts),
I always had a deep respect for her and here righteousness,
and I practiced Budo with a desire to get as close as possible to that character I admire.
That's why, well...
I want everybody to see me as an active and impeccable practitioner.
That's, I think, something that is allowed by the practice of Tendo Ryu,
and I wish to pass those values on to my students.
Currently, they all tell me that the lessons are nice,
so I am very happy.
When it comes to Kobudo, and depending on what you study,
were you a beginner that came for a try,
or, of course, a more experienced practitioner,
I consider, as a teacher, that there are always so many things to learn.
Actually, my students give me their opinion when they notice something,
for instance when my posture is not correct,
they don't hesitate to tell me,
so it makes me think about the way I teach,
and for me today, it is very interesting,
and quite moving.
And in the end, thanks to that emotion...
I think that I become more aware of myself and of the teachings that my lessons bring me.
Yes, I can feel when someone is under the weather,
and that's not specifically thanks to the practice of Budo,
but I developed a sensibility.
I think that with some training we can overcome our negative thoughts,
but to explain such a thing to people...
it is very difficult, because each individual has their own emotional outlet, or stress-relieving method,
but I think that the joy you feel when swinging the Tachi (long sword) and the Naginata
and the bond that links you with your partner,
that can bring you some peace when you're troubled.
It's something you have to pay attention to,
not only as an instructor,
but also to one another, and that's how you mutually develop your sensibility.
At "Busen", I mean, at the Butoku Kai, Naginata was taught as an academic subject.
As for Tendo Ryu, it was transmitted from master to apprentice at the time.
but it was abandoned when Naginata became an academic subject.
Professor Mitamura Chiyo, who was teaching at the Butoku Kai, tried to oppose that change,
and she resigned her seat in the organization
to create her own private lessons by herself.
Well, it's true that wood used today is different from the old day; it's not dried enough and sometimes it warps.
Even though their prices went up, wooden weapons lose their shape quicker,
so much so that the Hozoin school bought a plot of land in the mountains last year to plant oak trees,
so that in about 50 years they can produce quality spears.
Transporting those long weapons is also an issue, both in Japan and abroad.
That's why...
they could think of weapons that could be taken apart, or something like this.
But for Naginata, we use all the parts to strike: the tip, the middle and the "Ishizuki",
If we were to assemble the Naginata, there would be weak points
so it's not possible.
My mother's Naginata, which is in Kansai, isn't warped at all.
My mother would be about a hundred years old if she were still alive, and I think she was already using it when she was a student.
The specialists I consulted on the subject told me that it had been dried naturally,
and that to make such a weapon today with that kind of material would cost tens of thousands of Yen (hundreds of dollars).
It's a magnificent weapon.
Besides, we wear gloves.
We are looking for quality gloves, but nobody makes them anymore.
Well yes, I was teaching at the "International Budo University" and at the "Seishin Joshi Daigaku" (university for women).
I did not have any other profession.
Most of them are volunteers,
which means they don't get any income.
There is an organization called the "Japanese Culture Successors' Association"
and if it were to establish a payment system, we could take care of the next generations' training.
However, well...
As the saying goes, "a Bushi (warrior) should eat too",
and if most of the instructors teach voluntarily for now,
that situation will probably be a problem in the future
and one should be able to make a living out of teaching Naginata.
Even with the organization of competitions,
or with manga about Naginata such as Asahi Nagu, which had a great success on TV,
we will never make any profit.
The only benefit is to make us known better.
Women, because of marriage, motherhood, children's education, and also supporting their own parents,
they don't have much time for themselves anymore.
Some of them who could compete in their youth
but who had to stop to take care of their children or parents, they wish to start again,
and they come back to us little by little to practice.
In that way, we can say that Naginata has a depth that is attractive for them.
Recently we have organized more and more Tendo Ryu trainings for beginners.
Practitioners appreciate those a lot,
and we have had very positive feedback, so I'm quite happy about it.
Those who also practice at the All Japan Naginata Federation
are very busy with competitions, refereeing, rank exams, etc.
So in a way it's beginners who are the most devoted to their practice [of Tendo Ryu].
Well actually, we would like to find sponsors, or at least people to support us.
I am in touch with the International Naginata Federation, and they say that overseas too,
to promote Naginata is costly and therefore difficult.
That's why I think it's important to find sponsors to support us,
but they are hard to find.
Several foreigners come to train in Japan before going home to teach by themselves.
The Nippon Budokan has been organizing for a while the "Kokusai Budo Bunka Seminar",
which are aimed at an international audience.
On that occasion we also teach Naginata,
and foreigners, actually, are showing admirable commitment that you cannot find with Japanese.
In that regard, actually,
I wonder why Japanese lack that spirit.
For instance, when I practice with Alex, I can feel a level of commitment and earnestness
that Japanese don't have I think.
So I think that we have to train those practitioners very conscientiously,
and it would be a terrible waste not to do so.
I urge them to do all they can to come.
I want them to know that Naginata is a very enjoyable martial art
for men as well as women.
[Jordy: Even if they don't speak Japanese?]
Yes, even if they don't speak Japanese.
Even in that case,
it wouldn't be a problem.
I really have to say... I really have to say that Tendo Ryu is a great and thorough practice.
After all, it has been invented and founded by our ancestors,
and everyday I reflect that it is something truly exceptional.
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