多田師範の本を読んでいたら、中村天風先生についての記述が出てきて少し調べてみた。心と体の関わりについて独自の理論を築き、各界の著名人に影響を与えた人物である。彼の教えは天風会という財団に引き継がれ、現在もその教えを広げているとのことである。調べたことをきっかけにおすすめ動画に出るようになったわけだが、その名言集のなかに、ありがとうから始まるという名言があった。こんなあたりまえのような名言でなぜか私は腑に落ちた。
この歳までありがとうには理由があると思っていた。ありがとうには理由がいると思っていた。〜してくれてありがとう。〜でいてくれてありがとう。それを知らなければと、いろいろなことが世界で起きていると、できる限り知るべきだと思っていた。でも知れない自分はありがとうの権利がないと思っていた。でも天風先生は違うと教えてくれた。ありがとうから始まると。そもそもありがとうから始まればいいと。少し楽になった。確かに全てありがとうだ。よくわからないし、何があったか全て把握しているわけではない。でもそもそも全てありがとうなんだ。それでいいんだと知った。
今日はこんな話を稽古の前にお話しした。ある若者に伝えたかったからだ。大人の方と、子供では伝えるべきことが違うと思う。先々週から子供達には、体操を最初から最後まで辛抱してやり遂げることを伝えている。それぞれが違う課題だ。体操から始めることが一番本質である時もある。
遊び稽古
１体操
２クマ歩き、クモ歩き
３膝行
４杖になれる
５逆半身片手取り外回転投げ（杖の手引き）
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４転換法
５逆半身片手取り呼吸投げ（小さい足捌き）
６肩取り二教表裏
７肩取り三教表裏
８５逆半身片手取り入身投げ
９逆半身片手取り外回転投げ裏
１０逆半身片手取り前落とし呼吸投げ
肩取りは逆半身片手取りの動きが基本になっている。次が三級のメンバーもいるので、より理解が深まるように逆半身と片取りは織り交ぜながら行ってみる。しかし調子、間合いが違ってくるので、何度も繰り返したい。そのために正しい受けの動きも鍵になってくる。受けも練習、繰り返し伝えていこう。
While reading a book by Master Tada, I came across a mention of Mr. Tempū Nakamura, which led me to do a little research. He was a figure who developed his own theory on the relationship between the mind and the body and influenced many prominent people across various fields. His teachings have been passed down through a foundation called the Tempukai, which continues to spread his philosophy today.
After looking him up, videos related to him started appearing in my recommendations. Among them was a video of his quotes, and one of them said:
“Start with thank you.”
It was such a simple, obvious kind of quote—but for some reason, it really resonated with me.
Until now, I had always believed that you need a reason to say “thank you.”
“Thank you for doing this.”
“Thank you for being like that.”
I thought that unless I understood the situation—what had happened in the world—I had no right to say thank you. I believed I had to know, as much as possible. But Mr. Tempū taught me something different. That we can begin with “thank you.” That it’s okay to start from there. That was enough for me to feel a bit lighter.
Indeed, everything is “thank you.”
I don’t fully understand everything.
I don’t know everything that has happened.
But even so—everything is thank you.
And that is enough.
Today, I shared this story before our training.
I wanted to say it for a particular young person.
I believe that what we should convey to adults and what we should convey to children are different.
Since a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been telling the children to try and complete the entire warm-up from start to finish with patience. Each of them has a different challenge. Sometimes, simply beginning with the warm-up is the most important and essential part.
Play Training
- Warm-up exercises
- Bear walk, spider walk
- Knee-walking (shikkō)
- Getting used to the staff
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori sotomawari-nage (staff hand guidance)
Main Training
- Aiki warm-up exercises
- Footwork
- Ukemi (falling techniques)
- Tenkan method (turning movement)
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori kokyū-nage (with small footwork)
- Shoulder grab nikyō (front and back variations)
- Shoulder grab sankyō (front and back variations)
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori irimi-nage
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori sotomawari-nage (ura)
- Gyaku-hanmi katate-dori mae-otoshi kokyū-nage
Shoulder grabs are based on the same movement as gyaku-hanmi katate-dori. Since there are members preparing for their 3rd kyu, I tried combining both to deepen their understanding. However, the rhythm and maai (distance/timing) change between them, so I’d like to repeat the practice many times. Correct ukemi is also key to this. I’ll continue to teach and repeat the movements of ukemi as well.
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