Intensive martial arts courses

[sengokou]

Does anyone know of any intensive martial arts courses here in Japan???

Im trying to look into intensive courses for internal martial arts, ANYWHERE in Japan. I know about the Tokyo Riot police Yoshinkan aikido course (4hrs daily mon- fri with optional CS spray training :-) ) but Ive heard its pretty harsh on the knees & well Id like to be able to walk after the age of 56.

Ive studied some tai qi in china for a while & whilst Im keeping that up in my own time Id really like to find something thats gonna force me into a decent training routine (Im too lazy or stupid to manage that alone)

Im interested in yoshinkan `cept for the knee capping they give you but Id seriously consider anything else internal (or soft) I just really wanna avoid the "almost sporty" things like judo or karate which personally I just dont rate.

any suggestions anyone?

[Mike Cash]

So you're looking for something intensively gentle?

[Ewok85]

Depends what you mean by intensive - I studied Shorinji Kempo 6 days a week, 3-6hrs a day for almost a year. Didn't seem that intensive to me, but I put in over 1000hrs of practice.

You could check that out, theres no specific courses, but if you join several clubs you could train daily and once you have some experience take specialised trained such as Busen.

[sengokou]

Ｉｍ　mｏｒｅ　ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔｅｄ　ｉｎ　ｕｎａ� 窒高�ｄ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍｓ，weapons can coime later.

The tai chi I practice is very close quaters and lots of grappeling moves, I figured aikido would compliment that.

[Ewok85]

Where in Japan are you now? And are you willing to take up something and stick with it for a while?

[sengokou]

Im in nagano pref, but can move anywhere I find a good course.

As for stickin at something for a while, theres really no damn point of taking something up unless youre gonna stick with it & take it as far as you can. I was lookin into the yoshinkan honbu dojo`s classes, they run mon - fri 4 hours a day, with a minimum commitment of 12 months.

Obviously Id keep up training myself even after that initial year, being new to Japan Im just trying to put the feelers out so as to not jump at something I later decide isnt pracital & give up on.

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

柔術(Jujutsu)
Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu
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日本古武道演武大会
All Japan Traditional Martial Ways (Kobudo) Demonstrations
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Of Kobudo please refer to it.
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日本古武道協会
Japan Kobudo association
http://www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/shinkou/html_1/main9.html

The International Seminar of Budo Culture(2007)
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[Ewok85]

Your not going to improve by "training yourself", you need someone to train with, and someone to correct and guide you.

Maybe take up yoga?

[sengokou]

Im not sure how long Im gonna be in Japan for, mabye only 3 more years. So what I was meaning when I said "train by myself" was that Id keep training AFTER a year or two on an intensive. course Im not gonna learn anything new by prancin about in the bamboo by myself!

[sengokou]

長嶋さん，ども。 Ill check out those links