Iwama Uchideshi 2009: 47th All Japan Aikido Demonstration

47th All Japan Aikido Demonstration

So yesterday we all went off to Tokyo to the 47th All Japan Aikido Demonstration, travelling by train the journey was a simple one with only a couple of quick transfers and a short walk to the Nippon Budokan.

The Budonkan itself is a great venue with seating for ~14,000, it was built in 1964 at a cost of 2 Billion Yen. It has an octagonal structure that provides a great atmoshphere and equally good views all round, two minutes walk from Kundanshita Subway. The event started with some speaches and then a group Rei, then followed four hours of demonstrations from various groups and senior instructors. Most of the demos were 1.5 minutes long with some of the instructors demos being a little longer. The final demo was performed by the Doshu. Eight deshi of Nemoto Sensei performed and it was one of the better demonstrations, keeping fairly good awase throughout (I will let you spot the mistakes for yourself).

The Shibu Dojo Group had a group performance, which went well. Three of the instructors also had demonstrations, Inagaki Sensei, Owada Sensei and Watahiki Sensei (not filmed as was on at the same time as Inagaki Sensei). All of their demonstrations went well. The ukes for Inagaki are two uchideshi from Myanmar and Enzo who is from New York - the ichiban uchideshi from Shibu Dojo. You should be able to recognise them from the TV performance shown in an earlier post.

Inagaki Sensei:

Owada Sensei:

This clip is especially for Lara:

Last but not least the Doshu demonstration:

It was a great day, we all really enjoyed ourselves.

The Heart Sutra
Maka hannya haramitta shingyo (The Heart Sutra) Kan ji zai bo satsu. Gyo jin han-nya ha ra mi ta ji. Sho ken go on kai ku. Do is-sai ku yaku. Sha ri shi. Shiki fu i ku. Ku fu i shiki. Shiki soku ze ku. Ku soku ze shiki. Ju so gyo shiki. Yaku bu nyo ze. Sha ri shi ze sho ho ku so. Fu sho fu metsu. Fu ku fu jo. Fu zo fu gen. Ze ko ku chu. Mu shiki mu ju so gyo shiki. Mu gen ni bi zes-shin ni. Mu shiki sho ko mi soku ho. Mu gen kai nai shi mu i shiki kai. Mu mu myo yaku mu mu myo jin. Nai shi mu ro shi. Yaku mu ro shi jin. Mu ku shu metsu do. Mu chi yaku mu toku. I mu sho tok-ko. Bo dai sat-ta. E han-nya ha ra mi ta. Ko shin mu ke ge. Mu ke ge ko. Mu u ku fu. On ri is-sai ten do mu so. Ku gyo ne han. San ze sho butsu. E han-nya ha ra mi ta ko. Toku a noku ta ran san myaku san bo dai. Ko chi han-nya ha ra mi ta. Ze dai jin shu. Ze dai myo shu. Ze mu jo shu. Ze mu to do shu. No jo is-sai ku. Shin jitsu fu ko. Ko setsu han-nya ha ra mi ta shu. Soku setsu shu watsu. Gya te gya te. Ha ra gya te. Hara so gya te. Bo ji sowa ka. Han-nya shin gyo.Thanks you for visiting my blog. Hope that it was enjoyable. Ja Mata The Heart Sutra (Maka hannya haramitta shingyo) Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when deeply practicing prajna paramita, clearly saw that all five aggregates are empty and thus relieved all suffering. Shariputra, form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form. Form itself is emptiness, emptiness itself form. Sensations, perceptions, formations, and consciousness are also like this. Shariputra, all dharmas are marked by emptiness, they neither arise nor cease, are neither defiled nor pure, neither increase nor decrease. Therefore, given emptiness, there is no form, no sensation, no perception, no formation, no consciousness; no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; no sight, no sound, no smell, no taste, no touch, no object of mind; no realm of sight, no realm of mind consciousness. There is neither ignorance nor extinction of ignorance; neither old age and death, nor extinction of old age and death; no suffering, no cause, no cessation, no path; no knowledge and no attainment. With nothing to attain a bodhisattva relies on prajna paramita, and thus the mind is without hindrance. Without hindrance , there is no fear. Far beyond all inverted views, one realises nirvana. All buddhas of past, present and future rely on prajna paramita and thereby attain unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment. Therefore, know the prajna paramita is the great miraculous mantra, the great bright mantra, the supreme mantra, the incomparable mantra, which removes all suffering and is true, not false. Therefore we proclaim the prajna paramita mantra, the mantra that says: Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi svaha!

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