My hair grew long, unkempt and somewhat knotted.

I smelt pungently… fresh.

I,.. Shiro… did not notice nor care.

I… also felt good.

Connected somehow.

 

The Cave that was my then HOME,..

had no mirror and i studiously avoided

looking into the watery reflection when

at the Lake/Large Pond…

 

where i quenched.

Au Natural indeed.

 

(Music Link)

 

…STAY OUTSIDE…

AND TRAIN WITH NATURE.

 

Thus Our World LEGENDS of yore oft hinted

with Tales of Heroes and Heroines

battling through Mountains, Desert or Plains.

 

Nature was all around and keenly felt

and widely written about as background

to such usually encouraging Moral

Messages and Inspiration (click).

 

For those that studied the MARTIAL WAYS too…

outside… was more natural.

 

I felt good… inside… tho’ looked bad… outside.?.

A Shaman Student… dreaming indeed (click).

 

 

Such a retreat more common-place in ages past,..

twas now though… i had the Time.

My career in the Security Field, my Motor-cycling,..

my Training too.

 

ALL… on pause (click).

 

Two moderately traumatic Bike v Car

accidents within a short time…

before healing the first had passed.

 

My Fault, My choice.

I chose to ride again.

 

After;.. My Work and Training were not even possible…

for many years.

Once semi-healed;..

I… told none concerned and simply

“…Went Bush…”  (click)… Btw… No.18… (click).

 

My Fault, My choice, My ride.

My time to Heal.

 

Now,.. i felt good.

 

Outside i was…

…well… inside a Cave really.

 

Over time wounds slowly healed.

My personal Training was lots of Trail

Walking, a lil’ Mount Climbing.

In the morns i stretched using SAN SHIN

and KIHON HAPPO (to do…click-avail soon)

as the base for some slow

 

Tai-chi like actions…

i came to Term these…

 

Nin-Chi btw.

 

 

Sunlight, Moonlight, Fresh Air + Water + Food (click).

In the day, Greens and Browns colored my World

with a lid of Sky-Blue and Our Sun beaming (click).

When night, the inky Purple-Blues hue

lit the way… ‘cept when Moon was aglow.

 

 

OUR SUN,.. with a nod to the ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

ANCESTORS… was named… RA…

(…WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE…

Shiro’s Birth initials…= Roberti Amodeo…a Male…

so too the Sun…click);

 

…whilst the MOON,..

with a nod to the OLDEN

GREEK ANCESTORS… became named (click),..

 

…the wondrously elusive… and oft cloaked,..

Goddess SELENE.

 

(Music Link)

 

From Training in Japan, Adelaide and

with the Tenets/Concepts of NINPO,..

ensured the night was known.

 

My first two forays with the Shinobi

of the Bujinkan in Japan

into the night to train,..

 

are typical of Nature AND Moonlight

adaptations and uses within Martial

Traditions that still honor this aspect.

 

(…though not sure how the

” The Community ” per se would have felt.!?…)

…From the Dojo proper we were gathered

and told to keep SILENT AS CAN…

 

and led to… GREENERY.?.

 

Both sites were close though

i had not seen or noticed them

on my way to the Dojo…

we walked a lil’… then,..

they were there… wherever that was really.

 

The first was a Golf Course or Park Corner type area…

with many terrain mounds ups n downs etc…

which we made use of etc. Shadow

 

Work/Walking WAYS emphasised. By

that i mean we had to keep and stay

silently within Nature’s Shadows…E.G.,..

NOT MAKE OUR OWN…

 

whilst moving to where indicated.

Tis tricky at times.

 

 

Worked also on spotting others…

trying to do same Shadow concealing. At

night,.. after your eyes adjust

(…= app.27mins for MALE/NINJA…

= app.18 MINS for MALE/NINJA

with long hair and approx. 9 mins

for FEMALE/KUNOICHI…).

So the LEGENDS say.

 

Silent Walking was the Training Concept

and Eye adjustment helped much in

avoiding things that go crackle and snap…

and pop too (click).

 

The session ended with muted as possible…

Unarmed surprise take-downs + Weapon

steals v Stick wielding Opponent…

 

on uneven lil’ slippery and rocky ground.

 

At night’s end… The Moon Light revealed,..

several bruises on the way.

I felt good.

 

 

The second Greenery…

was easier to figure out.

Tabi’s… soaked. First step. Squelching

 

every step, then on.

RICE PADDY.

 

 

At least noise not an issue.

SPEAR WORK.

 

Long sweeping movements…

with room to move here.

Sensei’s picked a good spot…

away from the Main sown crops to

where a pool had gathered still

 

and only sparsely covered

with the young rice plants.

A 2-3 inch deep mini-Lake/Pond area.

 

Nevertheless;..

Tabi’s soaked. First step.

 

 

The Spear though, helped release pent

up inner energies too. Required some

oomph and focus. Moderately heavy

weapon made more complex

 

by the moving and sinking ground under…

which required constant/auto Body

positional adjustments for targeting

offensive and/or defensive.

 

The Water eventually too

made the clothes heavier and damp…

though an upside here…

you could easy flick water too

as a distraction or defense. Movements

 

overall though were hindered

immediately per se. Feet heavy

with wet… real soon etc. ALL

 

Placement was oft critical… as

the muddy underground meant

some slippery sliding too per se.

This slippery sliding too had

 

to be accounted for with hand-grip

soon enough as well,..

 

requiring a mode of auto adjust essential.

 

Such uses of NATURE all but

impossible within a Dojo proper…

(…Swimming pool perhaps.?.).

 

I mean we had open spaces, sky, clouds,

stars, wind, water… LIFE.

A big pointy Stick… too.

 

A SOKE… who says ” …Go… Play…” … (click);..

 

so we did.

 

 

 

 

Tired yet refreshed, thirsty yet sated, drunk

on Nature… and dirty Rice Water.!.

 

Later, after,..

we gazed at Stars and swapped Stories,

mostly of Family and Home.

 

And… One about Dogs

and their Water Love and Play.

 

I felt good indeed.

 

(Music Link)

 

Get back or stay,..

…outside… Train with Nature.

 

Feel good.

Connect and exchange stale energies for fresh.

Feel…

FEEL… the Rain, the Wind, the Dirt. Just feel.

And Play.

 

Live a Life… worth Dreaming of.

Live your Dreams… whenever you may.

Take care.

 

Our World Legends.

Be One.

 

 

I… Dream of Ninja.

Do YOU have a Dream.?.

 

… I oft too,.. go… BACK.

 

 

Till next…