KIYAMASA
15th January 2009, 07:16 AM
Oh, that’s different! Now we have opportunity to be more intelligent and candid. I'm told someone in the WKF has been very astute. Perhaps noticing a Shidoist (Shido Ryu) web site, but not being used, Peter West was asked a question about my writing and the background of what we’re doing. As, why do we laugh? etc,. Supporting Peter allows for a different quality of writing. But, even so, truth can be stranger than fiction..!
Subject: Promotion of Kendo. Status: Dojo Leader. A dojo never makes money. So, if I’m ambitious, how do I get myself (and Kendo) a nice big dojo that I actually own? (Info: Fujii Sensei, 1976: “There are no Kendo dojo in Britain, yet. All dojo are based in schools, or church halls, etc,.”)
Subject: Interfacing Kendo: A Kendo authority (this is fact not criticism) that represents a collective of dojo has a problem if all ‘its’ dojo are based in venues provided by non-Kendo authorities. No matter how benign an authority might be, such dependency doesn’t support dojo autonomy. The dojo leader will be caught between three interrelating bodies of authority: A first authority, which owns his local dojo. A second, which governs his dojo from afar as a national authority. And a third authority, as the people from those two who by making rules for a dojo, interface with each other! Sorry to be so laborious, but there is a point… That structure of interface never gets Kendo enough money to do large scale promotions, of Kendo. (Example: Why would I want my dojo used to promote Olympic sport?)
So, how are both of those subjects, as problems, solved? There is only one way: Simply, go it alone. And find some way to make some big dosh. It’s a hard way. And until any dosh is made and deeds of ownership of a Kendo dojo are held in the hand, reputation is: a penniless, hermetic fool. But, are you reading this in a crowd? Aren’t all WKF Kendoka, hermetic?
Like the idea of the da Vinci code, everything in theology, which is life, has a code. Even the entirety of Kendo itself is a code, as a codicil from Japan of the past. But, what did Dan Brown, the American author of the da Vinci Code, actually do? And by doing, achieve? He walked about in London with his camera. Read about various aspects of the second Christ theme. Imagined a lot, and wrote his simple little hero and heroine story. For that, he achieved £20million in his bank account, in a very short time.
At the time of the change of Millennium, all the big movie names made £millions, making films of their versions of the second Christ theme. Dan Brown’s book, which reads like a film script anyway, also became a film. Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Arnie all did Christ themes. And of course, the Christ II theme provides a background for all kinds of entertainment. But did you know, the real Christ II prophecy is, of a sword philosopher? Hence the legend of King Arthur, and other stories of sword-grail heroes. But, those stories and film scripts have to be written, by ordinary people.
In 1985 an idea was put to me by some of my students. Do something in the nature of the Christ II theme? Which could possibly promote Kendo? At first, I rejected that idea. But later, in curiosity, I began to research that idea on the basis of… If I wanted to write a book (make some dojo dosh) what would it take for any man to become Christ II, in this era? It didn’t take me long to discover that, that task is impossible. Many have tried it. But everyone fails. The best version was Imitation of Christ, written by a German monk, Thomas a Kempis (c.1380 - 1471.) It’s still in publication! But, Kempis wasn’t a swordsman; so no ‘sword was drawn from a stone.’
But I also discovered a fact that I found really amazing! Some form of Christ II prophecy is a universal concept in almost all nations and groups. And despite the task of becoming a Christ existing only in the theoretical, almost all people defer the idea of solving all world’s problems, until the second Christ turns up and solves them!
I also found two items of information on that subject, that are awesome! Japan waits for the next Musashi as the second sword Christ. And in the tomb of Muhammad (peace be with him) at Mecca, there is another tomb right next to him, reserved for the second Christ. !
We Kendo fools might be an irreligious lot. But when we get a bit wiser, we can ask ourselves a question: Islam and Japan is rather alot of people! Billions of believers! Can the belief of that many people, be wrong?
In 1986 I wrote a book, Spiritual Warlord, and offered it to a publisher. He replied, saying, “It must be published.” But it wasn’t his category. He also wrote, as advice, “The problem now is, what to do with it next? Try giving it to someone who knows something about writing.” Oh wot?! Ha! So, I educated myself. And scrapped and rewrote the book four times.
23 years later ! after alot of hard work and endless research I’m trying to get a book published on that subject, The Crepuscular. It’s a first book in a series titled, Christ of Swords. I designed it to sell rather alot of copies.
(I have competition, in the U.S. book market… There’s another version, badly written by a garage hand. In it, God is a fat coloured lady living in a ghetto. Heaven is a wooden chest in her lounge. Satan is an apple. And angels are boxes of chocolates. But, even that version, is a best seller. !!)
Shido Ryu is a theology, but also a dan grade system comprised of 240 Kendo waza. But it’s also a courtesy. After my book is published, people might think I represent all of Kendo! Which would be a discourtesy, and absurd. So if my Kendo is Shido Ryu, then unless other dojo advertise as being that style, there’s no reason to believe a Kendo dojo is that style.
The dojo, as a venue for Kendo only (in Britain) is not my dream. I first walked into a Kendo dojo in 1976, confused, angry and going nowhere in life. The dojo idea I picked up from Fujii Sensei. Kendo has served me so much, if I can give something back, it won’t be my ego, but my privilege.
And the laughter? Kendo is pantheistic. We can study all philosophies…
500 years BC, a Greek philosopher, Democritus advocated striving to be cheerful. He also explained atomic theory, accurately! So rocket science existed, 500 years BC! If you practise Kendo you don’t have to be happy. You only have to study rocket science if you practise Shido Ryu Kendo.
Hatamoto dojo. Phil Wright: Shido Ryu.
Post Script:
There’s a publishing problem. Rowling’s books made nearly a £billion! So, of course, vast numbers of people are tapping away on computers… And publishers are overwhelmed with offers from ‘authors’ trying to get that rich. Their ‘slush piles’ as they call their book offer options lists, are so enormous they don’t even want any more offers. In 1986 I began with a publishable book, a publishing success. But I worked on it for 23 years, improving it (so it could not be rejected). The problem now is, finding a publisher to even read my book. Rowling was rejected 12 times before she got published. But, at least her first book was read, to get rejection.
(There’s a race. Get published, gaining enough money for a Kendo dojo, before I’m thrown out of my sports centre dojo venue when an ‘Olympic excellence’ building works development is completed.)
Subject: Promotion of Kendo. Status: Dojo Leader. A dojo never makes money. So, if I’m ambitious, how do I get myself (and Kendo) a nice big dojo that I actually own? (Info: Fujii Sensei, 1976: “There are no Kendo dojo in Britain, yet. All dojo are based in schools, or church halls, etc,.”)
Subject: Interfacing Kendo: A Kendo authority (this is fact not criticism) that represents a collective of dojo has a problem if all ‘its’ dojo are based in venues provided by non-Kendo authorities. No matter how benign an authority might be, such dependency doesn’t support dojo autonomy. The dojo leader will be caught between three interrelating bodies of authority: A first authority, which owns his local dojo. A second, which governs his dojo from afar as a national authority. And a third authority, as the people from those two who by making rules for a dojo, interface with each other! Sorry to be so laborious, but there is a point… That structure of interface never gets Kendo enough money to do large scale promotions, of Kendo. (Example: Why would I want my dojo used to promote Olympic sport?)
So, how are both of those subjects, as problems, solved? There is only one way: Simply, go it alone. And find some way to make some big dosh. It’s a hard way. And until any dosh is made and deeds of ownership of a Kendo dojo are held in the hand, reputation is: a penniless, hermetic fool. But, are you reading this in a crowd? Aren’t all WKF Kendoka, hermetic?
Like the idea of the da Vinci code, everything in theology, which is life, has a code. Even the entirety of Kendo itself is a code, as a codicil from Japan of the past. But, what did Dan Brown, the American author of the da Vinci Code, actually do? And by doing, achieve? He walked about in London with his camera. Read about various aspects of the second Christ theme. Imagined a lot, and wrote his simple little hero and heroine story. For that, he achieved £20million in his bank account, in a very short time.
At the time of the change of Millennium, all the big movie names made £millions, making films of their versions of the second Christ theme. Dan Brown’s book, which reads like a film script anyway, also became a film. Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Arnie all did Christ themes. And of course, the Christ II theme provides a background for all kinds of entertainment. But did you know, the real Christ II prophecy is, of a sword philosopher? Hence the legend of King Arthur, and other stories of sword-grail heroes. But, those stories and film scripts have to be written, by ordinary people.
In 1985 an idea was put to me by some of my students. Do something in the nature of the Christ II theme? Which could possibly promote Kendo? At first, I rejected that idea. But later, in curiosity, I began to research that idea on the basis of… If I wanted to write a book (make some dojo dosh) what would it take for any man to become Christ II, in this era? It didn’t take me long to discover that, that task is impossible. Many have tried it. But everyone fails. The best version was Imitation of Christ, written by a German monk, Thomas a Kempis (c.1380 - 1471.) It’s still in publication! But, Kempis wasn’t a swordsman; so no ‘sword was drawn from a stone.’
But I also discovered a fact that I found really amazing! Some form of Christ II prophecy is a universal concept in almost all nations and groups. And despite the task of becoming a Christ existing only in the theoretical, almost all people defer the idea of solving all world’s problems, until the second Christ turns up and solves them!
I also found two items of information on that subject, that are awesome! Japan waits for the next Musashi as the second sword Christ. And in the tomb of Muhammad (peace be with him) at Mecca, there is another tomb right next to him, reserved for the second Christ. !
We Kendo fools might be an irreligious lot. But when we get a bit wiser, we can ask ourselves a question: Islam and Japan is rather alot of people! Billions of believers! Can the belief of that many people, be wrong?
In 1986 I wrote a book, Spiritual Warlord, and offered it to a publisher. He replied, saying, “It must be published.” But it wasn’t his category. He also wrote, as advice, “The problem now is, what to do with it next? Try giving it to someone who knows something about writing.” Oh wot?! Ha! So, I educated myself. And scrapped and rewrote the book four times.
23 years later ! after alot of hard work and endless research I’m trying to get a book published on that subject, The Crepuscular. It’s a first book in a series titled, Christ of Swords. I designed it to sell rather alot of copies.
(I have competition, in the U.S. book market… There’s another version, badly written by a garage hand. In it, God is a fat coloured lady living in a ghetto. Heaven is a wooden chest in her lounge. Satan is an apple. And angels are boxes of chocolates. But, even that version, is a best seller. !!)
Shido Ryu is a theology, but also a dan grade system comprised of 240 Kendo waza. But it’s also a courtesy. After my book is published, people might think I represent all of Kendo! Which would be a discourtesy, and absurd. So if my Kendo is Shido Ryu, then unless other dojo advertise as being that style, there’s no reason to believe a Kendo dojo is that style.
The dojo, as a venue for Kendo only (in Britain) is not my dream. I first walked into a Kendo dojo in 1976, confused, angry and going nowhere in life. The dojo idea I picked up from Fujii Sensei. Kendo has served me so much, if I can give something back, it won’t be my ego, but my privilege.
And the laughter? Kendo is pantheistic. We can study all philosophies…
500 years BC, a Greek philosopher, Democritus advocated striving to be cheerful. He also explained atomic theory, accurately! So rocket science existed, 500 years BC! If you practise Kendo you don’t have to be happy. You only have to study rocket science if you practise Shido Ryu Kendo.
Hatamoto dojo. Phil Wright: Shido Ryu.
Post Script:
There’s a publishing problem. Rowling’s books made nearly a £billion! So, of course, vast numbers of people are tapping away on computers… And publishers are overwhelmed with offers from ‘authors’ trying to get that rich. Their ‘slush piles’ as they call their book offer options lists, are so enormous they don’t even want any more offers. In 1986 I began with a publishable book, a publishing success. But I worked on it for 23 years, improving it (so it could not be rejected). The problem now is, finding a publisher to even read my book. Rowling was rejected 12 times before she got published. But, at least her first book was read, to get rejection.
(There’s a race. Get published, gaining enough money for a Kendo dojo, before I’m thrown out of my sports centre dojo venue when an ‘Olympic excellence’ building works development is completed.)