Nakamura Tempu
was a Japanese martial arts, Japanese martial artist and founder of Japanese yoga. He was the first to bring yoga to Japan and founded his own art called , and taught it at Tempu-Kai that he established.
Biography
Early life and family backg ...
and is also known as Japanese
Yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
. It is a study of the principles of nature and how they can be refined to help us realize the truths of nature and our full potentials.
History
Nakamura Tempu created his Japanese Yoga from a variation of
Raja Yoga
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in history of South Asia, South Asia and History of ...
and
Karma Yoga
Karma yoga ( sa, कर्म योग), also called Karma marga, is one of the four classical spiritual paths in Hinduism, one based on the "yoga of action", the others being Jnana yoga (path of knowledge), Rāja yoga (path of meditatio ...
, with an emphasis on the latter, which he learned from his
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n teacher Kaliapa (also spelled Cariapa and Kariappa), who took him to
Gorkhe
Gorkhe is a town and Village Development Committee in Ilam District in the Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of St ...
, in eastern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
.
Goal and means
The goal of this ''way of mind and body unification'' is the free use of our mind and bodies and realize our true nature as
human beings
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, an ...
. We must be able to use our most fundamental tools (the mind and body) naturally, effectively and in coordination of each other to artistically express ourselves in life.Villa Rica Aikido Martial Arts: Shinshin Toitsu /ref> Three elements that are key in this process are:
#Training to reveal the nature of positivity.
#Reformation of the subconscious.
#Regulating and maintaining a balanced condition in the nervous system.
Principles and methods
The teachings recognize four basic principles to unify mind and body ():
#Use the mind in a positive way (
fudōshin
''Fudōshin'' ( ja, 不動心) is a state of equanimity or imperturbability (literally and metaphorically, "immovable mind",Davey, H.E. (2006). Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation' Berkeley, USA. . "immovable heart"Hiroshi Tada
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Masatomi Ikeda
Masatomi Ikeda (池田 昌富, いけだ まさとみ, ''Ikeda Masatomi'') (April 8, 1940 – June 21, 2021) was a Japanese aikido teacher who held the rank of 7th dan Aikikai.
Dynamic meditation Dynamic meditation is a form of meditation in which physical actions are involved. The term appears in the early 1970s when Osho's descriptions of his "Rajneesh Dhyan Yoga," developed at meditation camps in the Indian mountains, were translated into ...
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Ki Aikido
or is a Japanese martial art, a gendai budo (contemporary martial art).
It is part of the martial arts derived from aikido, which appeared after its founder's death in 1969. It started in early 70's with the creation of the Ki Society of Koichi T ...
References
Davey, H. E., (2013) ''The Teachings of Tempu: Practical Meditation for Daily Life'', Michi Publishing, Albany CA, US
Sawai, Atsuhiro (2014) ''The True Paths to'' ''Meditation'', Michi Publishing, Albany, CA, USA