難得啊！難得！
由於老師多年的奔走，終於邀請到了常駐泰國的八段 深草基弘師範，來台灣主持國際段的晉段檢證考試。後學恭逢其盛，當然二話不說，立馬報名參加檢定。
在本次檢定的過程中，緣就初學的眼界抒發所得，跟前賢後進分享。
１． 見山非山：
由於這一年多來，專心致志於工作上的突破，
因此減少了在道場上和師兄弟手把手的練習時間，
平時在家所做的素振，基本劍操和身體的鍛鍊亦止於筋絡的伸展和呼吸的調配，
所以身手體感連自己都可以察覺變鈍了。
這些年，由於老師繞著地球轉地奔走，在世界各地和多位高段師範廣結善緣，
有幸地邀請到 深草師範 來台中主持晉升國際段的檢定儀式，
剛好，工作上階段性的任務完成，產品也順利穩定地出貨。
所以，趕緊回道場惡補這些日子的落後。
結果，第一天回道場，就傻眼了，
怎麼大家現在做的技法和一年前的不同了？
乍看很熟悉，近看不一樣。
技法轉折間，還穿插了很多的”輔助動作”？ （ A.te.mi?註1）
練習了多次之後，
原來這是老師周遊列國之後，
調和了國際間通行的標準技法和東京總部道場的原生技法，
將多年以來武少林道場中一直練習的技法作了調整。
大意為：
在之前的技法動作轉換之間，加入了Atemi的心法，
這就好比原本是單主音的基本技法，
加入了飾音後，變成了更精彩動人的和絃！
如此一來，在基本教習的技法動作主軸中，增加了 Atemi 的轉場機制之後，
除了技法的運行更圓轉舒暢外，
受方更不容易預測到取方的多手策略。
取方也更容易於技法施展的中途藉由 Atemi 的出現，讓受方迷惑、失焦，
進而讓取方有更多的機會取得接手的主導優勢。
技法高強部份，留給高段位師兄描述，個人就來描述一下我所見師範所展現的處世修養。
２． 雖千萬人，吾往矣
在職場上，常有跟日本廠商合作的機會，
一般來說，臨正式出貨前，
日商客戶都會派遣稽核人員前來逐一檢證公司的各運作流程細項，
是否符合國際的企業運作規範。
通常的情境：只要一位日本工作人員帶著一本稽核SOP（標準作業程序），
就足以搞定整家公司數週或數天內，整個大翻新！
如果，夠認真的企業，還會藉機提升運作體質，為日後擴大營業規模打下基礎。
而大和民族的這種認真和仔細的人格特質。
這種主導全場的氣魄，就在於有堅定的信念和可依循的流程，
加上不斷地臨場練習，累積實戰經驗，
才能在初來乍到的陌生之地，以單槍匹馬 面對 萬馬千軍，而泰然自若。
因為，有著 “信念”，對合氣道－愛的武術的一股推廣信念！
所以可以面對群眾時，我一人亦往矣的大無畏精神。
而這不就是合氣道在道場上，揮汗勞動所要培養的 尚武精神 和 持志鍛鍊，
有了入身同化技法準則和教習標準動作，所以身體有所遵循；
有了愛的武術系統理論和用武時機規範，因而心志有所依恃。
看著古稀之年的師範，依然生龍活虎地在場中施展技法，
眼神中盡是堅定專注的銳氣。
我想，當人專氣致志時，一定會感應週遭的天地人，
有了這種態度，才有根基，滙集 財/侶/法/地, 進而 由武入命，
提升自己，往上探討一身一命的意義和目的。
不管世事如何幻化，
學習師範的行止和所為何事，
一心追尋武道的”更高境界”，
才能鼓舞自己不斷地在修行的路上日新又新。
如是我得，這才是檢定這個儀式的意義！
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附註: 維基百科裡談到"當身".......
(註1) 当て身技:
当身（あてみ）もしくは当身技（あてみわざ）とは、
日本古来から伝承される古武術や武道で急所を「突く・殴る・打つ・蹴る・当てる」などの技術の総称である。
中身（あてみ）、当、中（あて）とも書く。
流派によっては砕き（くだき）、活殺術ともいう。
時代劇などで、腹部を打って気絶させる技も当身の一つである。
(http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%93%E8%BA%AB)
又
當身技，日本自古武術傳承之對要害的刺、毆、打、踢．．．．等之技術的總稱
20130426_合氣道國際段位晉升心得_蔣昌言
Re: 20130426_合氣道國際段位晉升心得_蔣昌言
英文版本
The Day of First Dan grading
Rare to this island. Per the effort of Master James FENG, the Motohiro Fukakusa Shihan is on invitation to visit Taiwan and take the chairman of the grading of Taiwan Akido members.
This is a golden opportunity once in a lifetime. Apart from anything else, I immediately enroll in this qualification upgrading.
During this grading process, I’d like to share what I see and what I get to my dear friends:
1. Mountain as I see, not as my prejudice be:
For single year long, I have dedicated all myself to career jobs and got break big through. In the other side, my pay back is the less time to practice techniques of Aikido. Although stick on daily home work to practice basic swordworship and skill. It can only maintain the body stretching and breathing development. Since the effort is not as enough as the practice in dojo, I can feel my technique is become tardy.
In the same time, FENG sensei has travelled over the Earth, to take place of seminars and make friendship with lots of Shihans of global dojos. Finally, it is a great fortune to invite FUKAKUSA Shihan to visit Taichung and become the chief grading qualification officer.
It is chance my work is completed well between phases. For this upgrading qualification, I re-schedule my daily work to make up the delay progress of prior year.
Oh, My! The first practice of after back to dojo is a big shock to me.
What the technique is so unfamiliar to me and different to what I have learned 1 year ago?
Between techniques, there is some extra Atemi appended! (A.te.mi? [1])
After practice of classes, I got the points. All they are the fusion with the techniques of standard international and Tokyo Hombu dojo native ones. What I get is an improvement technique sets from traditional techniques of this very Wushaolin dojo.
I try to includes the changes as:
Interpolate Atemi between movements of technique,
as compare to music, it is more like to add Major third and Perfect fifth into root keys and then the single key will become beautiful and harmonious major chords. In such a way, with Atemi the transition techniques additional to basic techniques, the movement comes to more smooth and Uke can not guess out the next movement of Tori’s. Also the Tori can deploy Atemi to confuse and defocus the Uke, and takes more advantage from this.
For advanced techniques introduce, all my senior classmate will take the job. For me, I’d like to go on narrate what I learned from Shihan’s accomplishment.
2. Confront million people ahead, I courage myself to walk through in faith
In my career, lots of time to run projects with Japanese companies.
Generally speaking, before the goods shipping out, Japanese customers will send the audit people come to vendor site to qualify all the operation details.
Customers need to make sure every processing step is strictly following the industry standards.
The scenario will become: During the audition days, just only one Japanese auditor brings one SOP book then all the processes of this vendor will be huge changed. If this vendor has set the mind on, they will upgrade his operation flow to a new improvement. Sometimes this improvement will be the good base to jump to high revenue in future.
That is the special characteristic of Yamato people: Serious and careful.
And the imposing manner of put everything under control is based on the solid faith and SOP. Make skill with thousand times of practice and accumulate the experience.
The single man can stand before million people at the place where he visits first time.
I guess it is the ‘Faith’ for people to keep in mind. The faith to spread forward Aikido- the martial art with Love.
With the faith in single I can stand before the messes.
And this very spirit is just what we want to get through sweatily practice on the mats every time? With the international standard of Irimi and Awase, our body knows what to follow; with the martial are concept of love and timing to deploy skill, our mind knows where to stand at.
Although Fukakusa Shihan is 72 years old but he keeps moving smoothly and swiftly.
On the mats, sharp mind lightning out through his eyes.
I believe, once a man dedicates himself in one focus, ambient everything will telepathy to response.
Coming dojo with this attitude, people have the base to gathering fund/partner/approach/arena, and through the martial way to achieve the final truths.
Also sublimate myself; upwardly explore the meaning of physic and fate.
Never mind the world change, take Shiahan’s exploit as my model ever after,
dedicated myself to discover the next level of Aikido day by day.
Above all is what I get from this upgrading event.
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Reference:
[1*] Atemi: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atemi)
In Japanese martial arts, the term atemi (当て身?) designates blows to the body,[1] as opposed to twisting of joints, strangleholds, holding techniques and throws. Atemi can be delivered by any part of the body to any part of the opponents body. They can be percussive or use 'soft' power. Karate is a typical martial art focusing on percussive atemi. The location of nerve and pressure points, such as might be used for certain acupressure methods, also often informs the choice of targets for atemi (see kyusho).
Some strikes against vital parts of the body can kill or incapacitate the opponent: on the solar plexus, at the temple, under the nose, in the eyes, genitals, or under the chin. Traditional Japanese martial arts (the ancestors of judo, jujutsu and aikido) do not commonly practice atemi, since they were supposed to be used on the battlefield against armoured opponents. However, there are certain exceptions.
Atemi can be complete techniques in and of themselves, but are also often used to briefly break an opponent's balance (see kuzushi) or resolve. This is the predominant usage of atemi in aikido.[2] A painful but non-fatal blow to an area such as the eyes, face, or some vulnerable part of the abdomen can open the way for a more damaging technique, such as a throw or joint lock. Even if the blow does not land, the opponent can be distracted, and may instinctively contort their body (e.g., jerking their head back from a face strike) in such a way that they lose their balance.
The development of atemi techniques arises from the evolution of the Japanese martial arts, in particular jujutsu. Early styles of jujutsu from Sengoku-era Japan were created as a means of unarmed combat for a samurai who had lost his weapons on the battlefield. The purpose of jujutsu was to disarm the opponent and use their own weapon against them. As such, strikes to the body were limited as the intended victim would have been wearing extensive body armour. However, in later styles of jujutsu from Edo-period Japan bare-handed strikes to the body became more common as full-scale military engagement began to decline. This meant that the jujutsu practitioner's opponent would not have been wearing armour and the vital points that form the crux of atemi-waza were more exposed. Thus atemi began to play a pivotal role in unarmed killing and restraining techniques, which later gave birth to martial arts such as Atemi Ju-Jitsu.
The Day of First Dan grading
Rare to this island. Per the effort of Master James FENG, the Motohiro Fukakusa Shihan is on invitation to visit Taiwan and take the chairman of the grading of Taiwan Akido members.
This is a golden opportunity once in a lifetime. Apart from anything else, I immediately enroll in this qualification upgrading.
During this grading process, I’d like to share what I see and what I get to my dear friends:
1. Mountain as I see, not as my prejudice be:
For single year long, I have dedicated all myself to career jobs and got break big through. In the other side, my pay back is the less time to practice techniques of Aikido. Although stick on daily home work to practice basic swordworship and skill. It can only maintain the body stretching and breathing development. Since the effort is not as enough as the practice in dojo, I can feel my technique is become tardy.
In the same time, FENG sensei has travelled over the Earth, to take place of seminars and make friendship with lots of Shihans of global dojos. Finally, it is a great fortune to invite FUKAKUSA Shihan to visit Taichung and become the chief grading qualification officer.
It is chance my work is completed well between phases. For this upgrading qualification, I re-schedule my daily work to make up the delay progress of prior year.
Oh, My! The first practice of after back to dojo is a big shock to me.
What the technique is so unfamiliar to me and different to what I have learned 1 year ago?
Between techniques, there is some extra Atemi appended! (A.te.mi? [1])
After practice of classes, I got the points. All they are the fusion with the techniques of standard international and Tokyo Hombu dojo native ones. What I get is an improvement technique sets from traditional techniques of this very Wushaolin dojo.
I try to includes the changes as:
Interpolate Atemi between movements of technique,
as compare to music, it is more like to add Major third and Perfect fifth into root keys and then the single key will become beautiful and harmonious major chords. In such a way, with Atemi the transition techniques additional to basic techniques, the movement comes to more smooth and Uke can not guess out the next movement of Tori’s. Also the Tori can deploy Atemi to confuse and defocus the Uke, and takes more advantage from this.
For advanced techniques introduce, all my senior classmate will take the job. For me, I’d like to go on narrate what I learned from Shihan’s accomplishment.
2. Confront million people ahead, I courage myself to walk through in faith
In my career, lots of time to run projects with Japanese companies.
Generally speaking, before the goods shipping out, Japanese customers will send the audit people come to vendor site to qualify all the operation details.
Customers need to make sure every processing step is strictly following the industry standards.
The scenario will become: During the audition days, just only one Japanese auditor brings one SOP book then all the processes of this vendor will be huge changed. If this vendor has set the mind on, they will upgrade his operation flow to a new improvement. Sometimes this improvement will be the good base to jump to high revenue in future.
That is the special characteristic of Yamato people: Serious and careful.
And the imposing manner of put everything under control is based on the solid faith and SOP. Make skill with thousand times of practice and accumulate the experience.
The single man can stand before million people at the place where he visits first time.
I guess it is the ‘Faith’ for people to keep in mind. The faith to spread forward Aikido- the martial art with Love.
With the faith in single I can stand before the messes.
And this very spirit is just what we want to get through sweatily practice on the mats every time? With the international standard of Irimi and Awase, our body knows what to follow; with the martial are concept of love and timing to deploy skill, our mind knows where to stand at.
Although Fukakusa Shihan is 72 years old but he keeps moving smoothly and swiftly.
On the mats, sharp mind lightning out through his eyes.
I believe, once a man dedicates himself in one focus, ambient everything will telepathy to response.
Coming dojo with this attitude, people have the base to gathering fund/partner/approach/arena, and through the martial way to achieve the final truths.
Also sublimate myself; upwardly explore the meaning of physic and fate.
Never mind the world change, take Shiahan’s exploit as my model ever after,
dedicated myself to discover the next level of Aikido day by day.
Above all is what I get from this upgrading event.
***********************************************************************************
Reference:
[1*] Atemi: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atemi)
In Japanese martial arts, the term atemi (当て身?) designates blows to the body,[1] as opposed to twisting of joints, strangleholds, holding techniques and throws. Atemi can be delivered by any part of the body to any part of the opponents body. They can be percussive or use 'soft' power. Karate is a typical martial art focusing on percussive atemi. The location of nerve and pressure points, such as might be used for certain acupressure methods, also often informs the choice of targets for atemi (see kyusho).
Some strikes against vital parts of the body can kill or incapacitate the opponent: on the solar plexus, at the temple, under the nose, in the eyes, genitals, or under the chin. Traditional Japanese martial arts (the ancestors of judo, jujutsu and aikido) do not commonly practice atemi, since they were supposed to be used on the battlefield against armoured opponents. However, there are certain exceptions.
Atemi can be complete techniques in and of themselves, but are also often used to briefly break an opponent's balance (see kuzushi) or resolve. This is the predominant usage of atemi in aikido.[2] A painful but non-fatal blow to an area such as the eyes, face, or some vulnerable part of the abdomen can open the way for a more damaging technique, such as a throw or joint lock. Even if the blow does not land, the opponent can be distracted, and may instinctively contort their body (e.g., jerking their head back from a face strike) in such a way that they lose their balance.
The development of atemi techniques arises from the evolution of the Japanese martial arts, in particular jujutsu. Early styles of jujutsu from Sengoku-era Japan were created as a means of unarmed combat for a samurai who had lost his weapons on the battlefield. The purpose of jujutsu was to disarm the opponent and use their own weapon against them. As such, strikes to the body were limited as the intended victim would have been wearing extensive body armour. However, in later styles of jujutsu from Edo-period Japan bare-handed strikes to the body became more common as full-scale military engagement began to decline. This meant that the jujutsu practitioner's opponent would not have been wearing armour and the vital points that form the crux of atemi-waza were more exposed. Thus atemi began to play a pivotal role in unarmed killing and restraining techniques, which later gave birth to martial arts such as Atemi Ju-Jitsu.