直心影流 法定 春夏秋冬

高歩院 鉄舟会禅道場では剣を通じた禅の修行として、直心影流の法定の稽古を行っています。
木刀を使う稽古では、相対する二人が「打太刀」と「仕太刀」に分かれて演武します。常に打太刀が始動して技を仕掛け、仕太刀はその影として打太刀より先に動くことなく、遅れて動くことなく一瞬一瞬に呼吸を合わせ、一挙手一投足に集中します。自分を無くし相手の影としてひとつになりながら、最後に「仕太刀」が技の応酬に勝つ。禅の神髄である「今」をつかむことを目指しています。
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　The main hall of the Tesshu-kai Zen Dojo is a boarded-up kendo hall. It was here that Omori Roshi once taught the sword of the Jiki-shin Kage-ryu style. His teachings were passed on to his disciples. The dojo is still the place where Jiki-shin Kage-ryu (Kendo) is practised today.
　In Kendo practice, the two participants play the roles of the uchi-dachi (instructor) and the shi-dachi (student). The uchi-dachi always initiates the technique, while the shi-dachi shadows his or her movement. The shi-dachi never moves before or after the uchi-dachi, but rather in perfect synchronicity concentrating on each movement. In this way the shi-dachi learns to lose themself, become a shadow of their opponent, and in the end is able to win the exchange.
We are aiming to grasp the "Now" as the essence of Zen.
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