Took part in a webinar over the weekend with Shihan Phil Legare from takesaigi.org. Topic of conversation was the western influence on martial arts and the importance (or lack of importance) that should be placed on obtaining rank.
My thought is it depends on your goals in training. If you want to learn some self defense techniques and feel good about yourself with your new found confidence then maybe black belt is a good stopping point. Shihan Phils stance is that once you get a black belt all you have done is learned the basics. I think that if one wants budo to be a way of life then you are never done training regardless of what you know or how good your taijutsu is
These are the people we martial artists need to surround ourselves with other with the same life goals. and understand that Bujinkan budo taijutsu is a way of life and not just some techniques. The true beauty of it is that it is a undefined way and a path that each individual must make on their own.
This blog is about the Trinity Bujinkan Keikokai based in Olympia Washington. We are a training group that focuses on the techniques of the Bujinkan organization but also practice other styles of martial arts and combatives training.
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