适应或死亡Adapt Or Die

过去 36 年我一直研习忍法体术，武神馆的训练让我时刻准备应对意外之事，就像 “黑天鹅事件”—— 那些难以预料的事件总会发生。疫情重创了世界经济，我们的生活方式受到严重冲击，许多训练馆不得不关闭，其中一些将永远不再开放。

在法国，政府于 6 月底允许我们返回道馆，但需佩戴口罩且避免密切接触。得益于武神馆丰富的训练内容，我们已在户外教授了几周的棒术。尽管重返道场的感觉很棒，但我仍为其他武术形式感到担忧。

武神馆很幸运，拥有多种可训练的忍者武器。而柔道、空手道、合气道、巴西柔术等现代武道需要身体接触。当 7 月底禁令部分解除时，我们得以在户外训练兵器，而我那些练习现代武道的朋友们却因身体接触仍未被允许而无法恢复训练。

你知道，在道馆拥有稳定的学员并将他们留存下来有多难。疫情可能意味着我们所熟知的武术形式的终结 —— 很大一部分现存的训练馆在禁令解除后将不再开放，而那些重新开放的道馆也可能因缺乏适应能力而消亡。

如果你读过我出的书《运动的精神》，就会知道在进入武神馆之前，我练了很长时间的柔道。我放下了柔道，选择了武神馆，因为我无法在兼顾日常工作的同时并行学习两种武术。但有些人却能妥善做到这一点，比如我的西班牙兄弟胡安・曼努埃尔・塞拉诺（Juan Manuel Serrano）。他不仅是著名的武神馆大师范，还获得了柔道六段！要在柔道中获得这个段位并不容易。即便在今天，他仍继续同时教授这两种武术，这令人钦佩。疫情期间，他通过教授兵器课程得以继续教学，而他的柔道同行们却不得不待在家里！

武神馆传授了诸如韧性、毅力和卓越等品质，我的朋友胡安马（Juanma）正是这三个方面的化身。武道训练教导我们在变化来临时学会适应并接受改变，不接受改变，我们就无法调整自己的行为。查尔斯・达尔文曾写道：“生存下来的不是最强壮的物种，也不是最聪明的物种，而是最能适应变化的物种。” 这句话听起来就像是初见宗师在课堂上会说的话。

在日语中，“适应” 一词是 “atehameru”（合わせ込める）。

武神馆、武道乃至生命的本质，皆在于适应。武器、战术与思想历经数个世纪不断演变 —— 武道始终在适应变化。

倘若武者拒绝改变，武道绝无可能存续至 21 世纪。

这正是武神馆的本质，亦是其传授的核心。

今日的变化是 “口罩”。你无需喜欢它，戴上口罩，便获得了新的机会去调整行为以适应这一意外处境 —— 只管去做！

从 “适应” 到 “再适应”（apply and adapt）。

我们是户隐忍者，自 1161 年起便已佩戴面具。停止抱怨，重返训练吧。你所追寻的自由，正存于训练之中。

作者: kumafr （武神馆黑带十五段大师范）

Taijutsu for the last 36 years. Bujinkan trained me to be ready for the unexpected. Like the Black Swan (1), unexpected events occur. The pandemic blew out the world economy. Our way of life is badly hit, and many training halls had to close. Some of them will never reopen. 

At the end of June in France, the government allowed us to go back to the Dōjō. With a mask and with little contact. Thanks to the Bujinkan wide range of possibilities, we’ve been teaching Bō jutsu (outdoor) for a few weeks. If it feels good to be back on the mats, but I’m concerned about the other martial arts.

If the Bujinkan is lucky, to have plenty of weapons to train. Gendai Budō (2) such as Jūdō, Karatedō, Aikidō, BJJ need physical contact. When they lifted the ban partly at the end of July, we went to train long weapons, outdoor. My Gendai friends couldn’t resume training, as physical contacts were not authorized.

You know how hard it is to have regular students in the Dōjō and to keep them. The pandemic might spell out the end of martial arts the way we know them. A large part of existing training halls will not reopen after the ban. And those reopening might also die by lack of adaptation. 

If you read the “Spirit of Movement” (3), you know that, before entering the Bujinkan, I trained Jūdō for a long time. I let down Jūdō, and chose Bujinkan. I couldn’t learn two martial arts in parallel and manage my daily job. But some do that correctly like my Spanish brother, Juan Manuel Serrano. Not only is he a reputed Bujinkan Dai Shihan, but he also earns a 6th dan in Jūdō! And to achieve this rank in Jūdō is not easy. Even today, he continues to teach both arts at the same time. That’s impressive. During the pandemic, he was able to continue by teaching long weapons. But his fellow Jūdō teachers had to stay at home! 

The Bujinkan teaches several qualities such as resilience, perseverance, and excellence. Three aspects impersonated by my friend Juanma. Budō training teaches to adapt and to accept change when it comes. Without accepting change, we cannot adjust our behaviours. Charles Darwin wrote that “It is not the strongest of the species that survives. It is not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” This could be a sentence said by Hatsumi Sensei during class. 

In Japanese, “to adapt” is “atehameru”. 

The essence of Bujinkan, Budō, and Life is adaptation. 

Weapons, tactics, and mentalities evolved through centuries. Martial arts have always adapted to change. It would never have survived to the 21st century if the warriors didn’t welcome change. That is what Bujinkan is and what Bujinkan is teaching.

Today’s change is the “mask”. You don’t need to like it. Wear the mask, and get a new chance to adapt your behaviour to this unexpected situation. Just Do It!

Atehameru to atehameru (apply and adapt).

We are Togakure ninja. Therefore we have been wearing masks since 1161. Stop complaining and go back to training. The freedom you seek resides in your training.

Author: kumafr

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