As a student of the Bujinkan for the last 8 years or so, I’ve benefited much from the training. The word Bujinkan means the Training Hall of the Warrior Spirit, and is a Japanese martial arts organization composed of 9 schools of traditional Japanese martial arts, 3 of which were ninjutsu schools.
The Warrior Creed is something I first learned from one of the Bujinkan’s most senior practitioners, Jack Hoban, who learned it in-turn from Robert L. Humphrey. Instead of the warrior as someone who wages war for ego or profit, it redefines the warrior in a larger, more enlightened sense: as a protector and guardian.
The Warrior Creed
By Robert L. Humphrey
(Iwo Jima Marine)Wherever I go,
everyone is a little bit safer because I am there.Wherever I am,
anyone in need has a friend.Whenever I return home,
everyone is happy I am there.
The interesting bit about the Warrior Creed is that it’s not limited to soldiers, policemen and women, or martial artists. Whether you’re a teacher, a banker, a social worker, a politician, a programmer, a parent, a friend or a stranger, you can carry it around with you and let its creed enrich your life.
June 7th, 2007 at 7:36 am
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June 15th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
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