You have to keep your body fit and strong at all times

Love your body as you love your soul. You are the one who decides. 

* Your body is your boat, sailing across the sea of ​​life. Guide it with a compass and a purpose so that your boat sails where you most want to be. And you have to keep your boat strong and seaworthy to withstand any weather. 

*One thing is clear, of course. Anyone who doesn't like themselves and drifts through life is simply an ant in the world, running where the crowds are.

* I keep fit and healthy with traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu.

 

Combination of Yoga and martial arts for anti ageing

 

Age is just a number

Age is just a number says Master Horst D. Lindenau.
It is really true, you are as old as you feel. The whole concept of age by numbers is mainly wrong as it leads to the wrong perspective and attitude towards the own being.

Master Horst is a very good example that age is more a challenge than a restriction. Find out more about it here on 115 blog.

Do it like Master Horst. Just passed his 4th Dan graduation at age of 70!

Longevity with martial arts

 The fountain of youth! Wouldn't it be nice to find it?

In my case I can clearly say, it is my life long committent to the martial arts. The body needs to stay active and kept in good condition and my training, especially the Jiu-Jitsu training is what keeps me on top of the game. At the age of 69 I have recently passed my latest test and received my last grading. I am a 4th Dan master grade Jiu-Jitsu now.

Find yourself a physical activity, a sport which keeps you fit and healthy, but does not absorb your body while practising. Jiu-Jitsu is the gentle art, the soft art. And there are very little injuries in this kind of sport.

Grand master Horst D. Lindenau promotes longevity and martial arts

 Grand master Horst D. Lindenau combines anti-ageing longevity with the martial arts. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit."

No one is born a master.

I still remember exactly when we went to Hamburg for the seminar. A master of mine and two other students were there. After the workshop, we naturally went out to Hamburg's nightlife. The next day, another "higher" master complained to my master that he was going out with us "student grades" in the evenings instead of with him. He was supposed to be a master!
My school's master replied that everyone is a master in some way. One gives birth to a child, and the other is a master carpenter.

Now, what does the title of master mean in martial arts? In yoga or any other art form? I mean practice, practice, practice, and iron discipline. And I would like to add another thing: Any "enlightenment" that might be achieved with mastery only lasts 14 days. Then it must be earned anew.

Photo: Budo belts

 

Super seminar - Super success

Over 700 people, teachers, students, and many visitors, gathered in Aurich for three days over Pentecost for the TAO Super Seminar 2009 at the TAO School Aurich run by Herbert and Christa Bruns (http://www.tao-aurich.de/index.php?section=schule). 

 

Perfect organisation paired with East Frisian spirit and humour made this WCA (World Combat Association http://www.w-c-a.de/) seminar a highlight in the budo, yoga, fitness, and health scene.

 

  

Top-class grandmasters demonstrated their knowledge on four mats. Jan Slopecki, 10th Dan Jiu-Jitsu, and Christof Dawidowicz (7th Dan Jiu-Jitsu) travelled from Poland, as did Edgar Bonar and Herbert Bruns, both 6th Dan Jiu-Jitsu, and Gert Gatschke (Karate), all 5th Dan. Another 25 masters from 1st to 4th Dan inspired students of all ages in their disciplines. 

 

Ile Bonar was impressed with her wonderful yoga, while Christa Bruns and Verena Coordes taught their participants aerobics with energy and music. Marc Bonar, 3rd Dan, successfully led a friendly kickboxing tournament on the third day of the course. 

 

A total of 14 theoretical blocks were offered, covering topics ranging from personality development to learning proper etiquette. My personal highlight, of course, was my own seminar leader with the Stop Smoking program http://www.stop-smoking.de/. And I bet there's at least one more non-smoker now... ;-)

Original in German with the links

Horst D. Lindenau (Martial arts teacher und Seminarleiter für TerLiMa Stop-smoking) trifft Tobias Vandrej (2. Dan Jiu-Jitsu aus Augsburg). Tobias ist ein Schüler von Axel Schulz-Gora, 5. Dan Jiu-Jitsu http://www.budo-gym.de/gym/i_gym.html.

Über 700 Menschen, Lehrer, Schüler und viele viele Besucher trafen sich über Pfingsten an drei Tagen in Aurich zum TAO Super Seminar 2009 der TAO Schule Aurich von Herbert und Christa Bruns http://www.tao-aurich.de/index.php?section=schule. Perfekte Organisation gepaart mit ostfriesischem Geist und Humor machten diesen Lehrgang der WCA (World Combat Association http://www.w-c-a.de/) zu einem Highlight in der Budo-, Yoga-, Fitness- und Gesundheitszene.

Hochkarätige Großmeister zeigten ihr Wissen auf vier Matten. Jan Slopecki, 10. Dan Jiu-Jitsu und Christof Dawidowicz (7. Dan Jiu-Jitsu) waren aus Polen angereist, Edgar Bonar, und Herbert Bruns, beide 6. Dan Jiu-Jitsu,  Gert Gatschke (Karate), alle 5. Dan .Weitere 25 Meister vom 1. bis zum 4. Dan begeisterten Schüler aller Altersklassen in ihren Disziplinen.

Ile Bonar überzeugte mit wunderbarem Yoga, während Christa Bruns und Verena Coordes ihre Teilnehmer mit Power und Musik in Aerobics unterrichteten. Marc Bonar, 3. Dan, leitete am dritten Lehrgangstag ein Freundschaftskickbox Turnier mit vollem Erfolg.

Insgesamt 14 theoretische Blöcke wurden geboten. Themen von Persönlichkeitsbildung bis zum Erlernen von richtigen Umgangsformen. Mein persönliches Highlight war natürlich mein eigenes Angebot als Seminar Leiter mit dem Stop-smoking Programm http://www.stop-smoking.de/. Und ich wette es gibt jetzt mindestens eine/n Nichtraucher/in mehr….. ;-)