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Training with Shihan Duncan Stewart at the Kashiwa Shin Gi Tai Ichi Bujinkan Dojo was one of the many highlights of my recent trip to Japan. Duncan’s primary teacher is Nagato Sensei, who had advised Duncan about 2 years ago to start teaching. Well, finally Duncan Stewart has followed his teacher’s instructions and started teaching at a community center in Kashiwa City, Chiba, Japan. Many Bujinkan practioners have become very familiar with Kashiwa recently because it is strategically located between Noda City and Tokyo Ayase, about 20-30 min by train in either direction. The Shin Gi Tai Ichi Dojo is located less then a 5 minutes walk from the Kashiwa Plaza Hotel or the Kashiwa Train station. It is great to get a perspective of a foreigner who is living in Japan and training properly in the Bujinkan with Soke Masaaki Hatsumi and Shihan Nagato.

I sincerely advise people travelling to Japan to make time and seek out training with Duncan Stewart Shihan in Kashiwa City, Chiba Japan.
He has classes conveniently scheduled Sundays 6-8 PM, which will not conflict with the teaching schedules of Soke or one of the Shi-Tennou.

For more information please visit Shihan Duncan Stewart’s training Blog for the Kashiwa Shin Gi Tai Ichi Bujinkan Dojo:
http://tazziedevil.wordpress.com/shin-gi-tai-ichi-dojo/

Contrary to popular belief it is never too late to learn a new language. All it takes is desire, faith, and determination to succeed. I just recently read an article that Tom Cruise preparing for the Last Samurai, spent 2 years to learn Nihongo, the Japanese language, as well as Iaido and Kenjutsu, the arts of the Japanese Sword.

Coming back from Japan for the 5th time in less then 2 years, I am surprised how much I have been able to pick up on basic Japanese. I have been studying on and off, and have not been very consistent in the past. But now I have a new will and determination to master this language. I have come to the conclusion that if you are studying Japanese Budo, then it is imperative to know Nihongo. How else can you capture the feeling and the spirit of the Japanese people and their culture? You can not entirely rely on translators, as they do their best in the moment, but there is alot being missed and not translated.

It is never too late, and no you dont have to be 5 years old to start learning languages. With the right language program that suits your needs and honest determination you will speaking it in no time. Patience and Nindure!

Article on Tom Cruise: http://tinyurl.com/c98dfq

Suggested Japanese Language program: http://tinyurl.com/dkrvvp

A great Article by Don Roley regarding Japanese Culture and the difference in mind set with Eastern and Western Philosophy.
http://www.ichinendojo.com/article6.html

Bujinkan Bujutsu Kan located in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Licensed instructors of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, founded by Soke Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei to preserve the arts of the Samurai and Ninja martial art traditions. Japanese Certified teachers located across New Jersey and New York. Please visit http://www.NewJerseyNinja.com for more information.