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www.hanako.co.uk January 2012 Volume 15 Number 1 Providing information to Bujinkan members in 67 different countries around the world 花の巻 1Dojo Newsletter for the Bujinkan Lincoln a friend of mine from Texas asked.hanako. he was one of the first students of Masaaki Hatsumi of the Bujinkan. I would try my best to smash his face in and the next thing I knew. When he was young. I remember discussing his experiences with a wall in Afghanistan that turned out to made of dried human feces. “Is he the one that could make a man smell his own butt in four (easy for him ) moves!” My response was.uk A kind. I was mangled and crying in the corner. I remember him talking about the ways that Takamatsu hit him. Strong winds could have blown him over. After the news of his death reached us. To those of you that do not know. where they met on an elevator and Oguri took the time to open up to him and talk instead of hurrying on to wherever he was going. yet he made guys built like NFL linebackers scream in shock and pain. He frequently travelled with his teacher when they went to teach overseas. Several times I KNEW I had him and he was going to be sailing across the room. January 19.www. he defied reality and just was not there when my fist was supposed to connect. “No Clint. A small Asian man who smiled a lot and grinned as he wrapped you up in knots. When I posted a photo of him on facebook. 2Dojo Newsletter for the Bujinkan Lincoln . he travelled the world and lived out of a backpack. But for some strange reason.” Oguri sensei was the stereotype you see in movies. and he was one of the students taken to see Toshitsugu Takamatsu.co. gentle man who could wrap you up like a pretzel Thursday. demonstrating on another Japanese student and me on the side of class as everyone else was practicing. He will be missed. 2012 Koichi Oguri passed away this week. a friend called and shared his experience with him at an event in America. he could bend me over so I was smelling my own farts in what seemed to be just ONE move. such as adding in extra moves or correcting other people’s movements on your own. All others are mine. In most cases. We talked about many things. We talked about things going on in Japan. He was very human and down to earth. another to feel it. Instead of explaining to the class. or could be suppressed by even a little old man with the right dynamics. He would come around and do the technique on you. I would sit down and talk to him. most of them not related to martial arts at all. He was not a teacher that showed something and sat back as you tried to figure it out. He shared his knowledge with us and asked little in return. I regret a lot of things in my life. and had taken time off from teaching for a while. part of me always thought I would have a chance to see him again. it was just what he considered the basics. I guess it was because of this that I became so vocal in my opposition to video training courses. Despite the fact that I knew he was sick. When he was alone. Because you never know when the last goodbye will come. pointing out what he was doing that you weren’t. If you did not actually feel the level of control he had. you would think that his victim was just going along with him with no real resistance. But the lessons I gained from being pounded on by him can’t be explained. My request to those of you reading this is to tell someone you love just how you feel about them today. and a generous one. If you did not do anything that showed ill intent. he concentrated on me and I got instant understanding of how my actions either gave him something to work with. It was different than when I helped him demonstrate.co. he would take the time to try to help you individually. and things we had done.www. and “Beard Man” for the top one. He was a kind man.hanako.uk What I really enjoyed most about his classes was the attention he would give to a few of us. (Thanks to Antonis Mitrou for the black and white photo. It was one thing to see what he was doing. I guess I was in a state of denial. One thing I regret now is not really showing him how much I treasured him and what he shared with me.) 3Dojo Newsletter for the Bujinkan Lincoln . I might miss those conversations most of all. and I will miss him. Then he went back. Oguri has now been training under Hatsumi for 32 years. and asked if his hair was still burnt off. and young son.hanako. Hatsumi told him to go away. it was his advice I asked for. but the Jutaijutsu from Takagi Yoshin Ryu.www. For the full story ask Chris Bell in Sweden. and he was the first of Hatsumi's students to study the Daisho Sabaki Gata (this can be seen on the new Quest videos). 4Dojo Newsletter for the Bujinkan Lincoln . He had a Dojo up until the middle 80's. Article by Don Roley. He passed away this week. something that is almost impossible these days. So 32 years ago Oguri knocked on Hatsumi's door.me. But it is not the Kosshijutsu that he has become good at. Oguri says that he remembered Chris. his guidance I sought and whom I looked to as my teacher. With him at the Taikai was his wife.uk Oguri sensei was the man I thought of as my teacher. He now has a Dojo in his home town of Tochigi. I have published it again for those who have never read the early issues. Don Posted this on his blog and gave us permission to reproduce it here in memory of Oguri sensei so that all in the Bujinkan and see what a wonderful man he was Visit his blog http://web. but training had already started. When asked if this was to be his next student he laughed and said maybe. but due to a fault on a regulator on top of a gas cylinder the Dojo burnt down. and read that they were good a Kosshijutsu.com/keldaerismaster/Colorado_Springs_Bujinkan/ Welcome. He used to read a lot of books about Ninja. One day someone told him that Hatsumi was a master of Koppojutsu. When asked why he wanted to study Ninjutsu he said as a child he always wanted to be a Ninja. and Hatsumi took him as his student. He is so good that Hatsumi has made him a master of this school. so he did. I was lucky enough to be sat with him and Someya sensei for a short while on my own.co. but in the end. and Kosshijutsu.html Oguri Sensei (UK Taikai 1994) I wrote this about Oguri sensei after I met him for the first time at the UK Taikai in 1994. I trained with many people in Japan. Originally printed in this newsletter Volume 1 No2 1994 As Oguri Sensei was a Shihan of Takagi Yoshin Ryu I wanted to add this picture of Takagi Oriumon with a translation of the text in honour of Oguri sensei A short biography of Japanese Kendo Painted by Kuniyoshi Chouourou Takagi Oriemon He was the strongest man of all time and there weren’t people who were as skillful in Bujutsu as him. but he always gets it right in the end. but I omitted them. he did mention that training now is very soft. He met pilgrims in Hitachi country (Now it is Ibaraki prefecture) Kazusa-ya and he stayed overnight with them at an inn in Shiinoki village.uk When you watch Oguri he looks as though he gets everything wrong. Oriemon wrote about defeating of the thieves in big letters on the wall. An inhabitant of Oushu Shiroishi (Now it is Miyagi prefecture). there was a big stone hung with a thin rope.hanako. as always he his the correct point.co. He is famous for various stories like this. he found an old man stand at the side of pillow and said. “Watch out! Watch out!” He awoke from his dream and thought.www. 6 Rokubus defeated them with no pain at the same place. but he make everything look wrong. But watch carefully. Hatsumi says that Oguri's memory is not so good. it was nothing for someone to stop training for a few weeks due to a broken bone. In order to escape from his stepmother’s slander. or a sword cut. the host and 5. Oriemon prepared quietly and left the inn. Taking various articles back from the rascals. They became happy and saw close at hand. Not knowing this. Mr. he ran away from home and became Rokubu(Rokubu is one of Buddhists). “That’s strange. 5Dojo Newsletter for the Bujinkan Lincoln . While he dropped off into a doze. When he was a beginner. So-and-so of Takagi defeated many thieves here. “This is the reason why he said. At that time. rascals cut the rope and dropped the stone. Oriemon.” He sneaked away and concealed himself. Then he went out to perfect his skill in the martial arts. The hostess gave a feast to repay an obligation.” Then he looked up the beam of the house. We don’t have time for petty childish Bujinkan Politics.www. and may b e copied and distributed to anyone free of charge. This is not an official Bujinkan newsletter. Lincoln LN22DP. Ermine East. training. please E-mail us at [email protected]. England. any comments. 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