- NGUYEN Thanh Thiên
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- Philippe NGUYEN Thanh Thiên
was born in 1962 in Vietnam from Vietnamese and English parents.
He has been practicing martial arts since 1970 and started Kinomichi
in 1980. His first master in Kinomichi was Lucien FORNI. From
1982 to 1984, he was also the student of Master Masamichi NORO.
He is currently studying with Master NORO in Paris.
Among the arts he studied, we may include Judo, Aikido, Tai Chi
Chuan Chen style with Master WANG Yang and Kenjutsu of the Hyoho
Niten Ichi Ryu school in which he is a direct student of the
headmaster. He has traveled several times to Japan to study the
sword with his master.
He teaches children and adults. Classes are located in Paris
and Vincennes. In Paris, they are bilingual English / French.
His students come from more than 10 different countries. Their
age ranges from 4 to 72.
- Nguyen Thanh Thiên's crest,
- Futaha Zuki : 2 blades and the
moon
- " Kinomichi is truly an
art, even more a Way, within which man or woman must face the
human core. Deeply rooted in the extreme oriental tradition,
its understanding of individuality and its use of the body, of
breath and spirit have opened paths for research and renewed
ways of doing when this tradition came to meet the West. I am
convinced that our generation must embrace its duty of thoroughly
understanding the ways of both East and West. It must overcome
cultural opposition and push forward toward the heart of our
being. As has been said of Chinese thought, Kinomichi "
undergoes a process that is neither linear nor dialectic but
rather spiral shaped. Its choice is not to sum its purpose in
a set of definitions [or techniques], but more so by closing
in on its aim by winding in circles. Such a manner is not a sign
of indecision or imprecision but more the will to deepen a meaning
rather than clarifying a concept [or a practice]. To deepen in
this sense is to let go down within ourselves, inside our own
existence, the aim of a lesson (inspired by Classic authors),
of a teaching (given by a master), of an experience (from personal
encounters)." (1) Kinomichi is about being in relationship
to ourselves, to other selves and to the world. Fingers stretch
open, palms give out, attitudes straighten upright. It is a martial
art where accomplishment does not imly wiping out all will that
does not fit our own -- a martial art that does not seek domination.
It teaches to go with, to blend, freeing encounters from the
urge of opposition. It remains an experience that requires a
first step, a step that opens before us the Tao, the Do, The
Way."
Philippe NGUYEN Thanh Thiên
- (1) Free translation of "
Histoire de la Pensée Chinoise, Anne CHENG, éditions
du Seuil, 1997, p.34 "
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