Nihon Jujutsu in Berlin TV

Shihan Carsten Schroeder (4th Dan Nihon Koryu Jujutsu) had an invitation to the live-broadcast "Japanorama on 17.11.2008, which was broadcasted in the Open channel of Berlin to introduce his dojo. A brief presentation of his two practiced martial arts followed by two interviews.

the studio

before the broadcast

Some tests for the camera settings

Last collusion with one of the moderators

immediately we go

First Carsten presented Basic Kata with Anne Rosenberg (2nd Dan Nihon Koryu Jujutsu):

technique: Sote gote

technique: Yoko gatame

technique: Ude garami

technique: Kote gaeshi

technique: Kote Hishigi

technique: Samidare

And finally a little bit of Tanbo

technique: Katate dori

After about three minutes demonstration an interview followed in which Carsten answered various questions:

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Question: Would you like to introduce yourself again? Your name - I had already mentioned it! As a coach of this group - how exactly do you call yourself? You also teach various martial arts, perhaps you could tell us something about that?

Carsten: I am the head of the Tenshin Jikiden Dojo Berlin. Tenshin Jikiden means "divine truth as it has been passed by", e.g., in our dojo, we are trying to transmit traditional techniques exactly like they are trained for centuries and do less self-defense-related work or competitive sports. That was just a short presentation of the Nihon koryu jujutsu from my grandmaster Jun Osano and also, even more, we will see examples of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu from grandmaster Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi. Question: You are the coach of this group, how long you are doing this and how long you are training in martial arts in general? Carsten: I am training martial arts for over 20 years now, about 18 years Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu and three years Nihon Jujutsu.

Question: And how did you come up with the idea to combine two martial arts and not just practice one?

Carsten: Well, I've started with the Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, it is - you can say - my origin martial arts, and I just wanted to have a complement of traditional work. Id liked to take a deeper look where it all comes from: the history of Japan, different weapons or the sword techniques. Unfortunately I can not show them here for reasons of space. So I found the Nihon jujutsu and my grandmaster Jun Osano. Question: Where are the differences and similarities of these arts, you show us today? Carsten: The similarities are rooted in the history of Japan. Through the martial history of this country a variety of combat-related schools were created. The Nihon jujutsu is purely traditional, these techniques are continuously transmitted, while in the Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu techniques are also applied for self-defense work in modern times. Question: What do the sounds mean that you do? They are quite strange? Carsten: It depends... it is the so-called Kiai, the battle-cry. At the beginning of a technique, it means simply that we are ready, prepared for the techniques to come and that the partners is not injured. Originally, a Kiai should make fear the enemy. Question: And how long do you train now? Anne: I am training Bujinkan budo taijutsu since eight years and nearly two years Nihon jujutsu now. Question: And how did you come to do this? Anne: Since early childhood I knew that I want to make something in this direction and as I had the opportunity, I just begun. Question: And why nothing more common, like Karate for example?

Anne: I have chosen it for me; then I saw Carsten, saw the forms of movement and the processes and I liked it very much so that I knew, that's the right art for me.

Question: You are now only two but how big is your group or club? Or if you perform? You were also at the Japan Festival, how big was the team? Carsten: So, we need at least to be two. At the Japan Festival and the Nihon Jujutsu Enbu on the big stage we were five and about 10 people for the Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu performance. It depends on who have fun and enough time - because it requires a little time to practice. And if e.g. students participate or people are working, we are just a few less. Question: How many times a week do you train and for how long? Carsten: Personally, I train four times a week, 1-1/2 up to three hours, depending on how many courses are in a row and often also on weekends. <>

Question: How long does it take for a beginner so that he learned a little bit? Or is it a martial art where you need a long time? Or can you see the first progress soon? Carsten: There are differences. Indeed training in Nihon Jujutsu is so, because it is more static and that is easier for most students. I would say that after three up to six months the first progress is to see. In Bujinkan budo taijutsu it depends a bit on whether you have a good body feeling. It's like dancing: one has talent, than learning is a little faster. Others hobble through the area and then it takes a little longer until the body knows what to do. <> Question: You already said that the first martial art is traditional, more forms and meditative effects. How dangerous is it really? So I think as a spectator, if you would make it fast and with enough force, then it can cause a lot of damage? Carsten: Anything can cause damage, for example a friend accidentally or plates thrown by a woman. Seriously, of course the martial arts have been developed to kill. In the early days it was mainly not for competition but someone wanted to survive the battlefield. So if the art would be practiced with this intension, then one could also injure or kill someone. Question: And you have learned this in Japan or did the master come to Germany and then found you? Carsten: I must differ between the two martial arts. In Bujinkan budo taijutsu the Japanese grandmaster visited Europe twice a year and also many good teachers have grown up over the last 10-15 years who someone can visit now. In Nihon jujutsu there is only one, my teacher Shihan Michael Stapel, who lives in Freiburg, besides I will now go to Japan every year, in order to learn from Jun Osano. It followed a demonstration later in the Bujinkan budo taijutsu and an equally long interview block. Some pictures below.

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