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ShadowWarrior
27th September 2001, 12:13
Wolfgang Ettig has a book about Kuji-In, but After searching the net I still have not found a place where I can find it?

Thank you in advance for your help!
Ninpo Ikkan
ShadowWarrior;)

Mark Brecht
27th September 2001, 12:41
Be so kind and sign with your full name. This is a e-budo rule.

Btw, the book is written in German.

ShadowWarrior
26th October 2001, 08:54
I have read that it's in three languages!??

Do you know where I can find it ???

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Jason Chambers
26th October 2001, 10:45
You might try www.ninjutsu.com

I believe there are a couple of works offered through them.

ShadowWarrior
26th October 2001, 17:46
Thank you, I have already spoken about this with Shihan Shidoshi Richard Van Donk ( BTW a wonderful teacher!). Only I also would have liked to know about Ettig's book ;)

Mark Brecht
26th October 2001, 18:07
You are correct I forgot, the book is trilingual (German, French and English). It is currently out of print, last edition came out in 1991. The book has 112 pages. The ISBN is: 392486201X
To be honest I have read his other books, and was not very impressed, you find probably more and better info on various websites...

Jason Chambers
26th October 2001, 23:53
Mark,

Any word?

kabutoki
20th May 2002, 04:10
our dojo has a seminar with wolfgang in june and i might be able to ask my teacher to ask him about a copy. iŽll try to contact him myself.
the book itself is out of print.
maybe i can manage to get a copy from somewhere. please email me to
karsten@helmholz-castle.com


karsten

telecino
23rd June 2006, 02:31
Hi Jason,

Please don't see this as spam, but as an honest answer to the threadstarter's question. I'll even throw in some free gravy to be cool with everyone :)

This is a video of some guy (doh!) doing a kuji-in ritual set, using the japanese mantras (original mantras are sanskrit, used for advanced studies).
http://www.livemaster.org/archive/KujiIn_side_low.wmv

A first here, i'm giving you a few pages of the introductory book:
http://www.livemaster.org/archive/Kuji-in_EN_78_85.pdf
http://www.livemaster.org/archive/Kuji-in_EN_93_95.pdf

The second book (Advanced Kuji-in) relates to the self-transformation aspect, where spirituality joins with the technical application.

I'm curently writing the third book of the trilogy, where the original sanskrit mantras are explained, the japanese shinto and buddhist approach, the reasons for each of the finger positions...

The first two books will be available on amazon (next month when they update their titles database) and booksurge:
http://www.booksurge.com/author.php3?account=POAG00003

Sorry about the links galore. Here is what i know about other authors:

Wolfgang's book is out of print. I couldn't find it myslef; as an author and kuji-in enthusiast, i like to read all that exists on the subjetc.

There is allways the gloomy unexplained shinto work, wonderfully translated by Sati, an essential to those who wish to read the original manuskript, but then, you are left alone without explanations. http://www.ninjutsu.com

There is also a transcript somewhere of the chinese manuscripts by Ge Hong (Bao Pu Zhi, 300 AD), which demonstates that the chinese (thus the hindu) were using the nine hand seals a thousand year before the japanese, for much more purposes than martial arts. I just love telling to ninjutsu lovers that kuji-in is not exclusive to martial arts, sorry about that :). Hope you'll enjoy the reading nevertheless.

telecino
23rd June 2006, 02:34
PS: I even read Ashida Kim's book, so much i wanted to know all that had been written about it! (Now, now boys, let's not judge other fellows seekers,... let us just change subjects.)

william northcote
20th July 2006, 10:02
After a quick search, I came up with these 3:

http://www.ryoku.dk/content.php?article.11

http://www.ninjaa.com/kuji2.htm (This one has jpeg links to drawing of the finger positions)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuji-kiri

telecino
22nd October 2006, 20:09
Hi guys,

I an everlasting wish to answre this thread's question, i have made available yet another part of my book's content accessible for free, for those who would like to know the complete technique of the first kuji-in step (RIN). You can find it here: http://www.kujiin.info/rin.php

william northcote
22nd October 2006, 22:43
Okay, so you want to learn Kuji? I bet you speak very good Japanese to learn the intricate subleness of the language to get all the meanings. If not, then you are just being someone who is chasing shadows.

telecino
23rd October 2006, 01:30
The origins of Kuji-In are Hindu, then Chinese buddhism. If you speak Japanese, but don't have faith, THEN you're in trouble. We use the term Kuji-In because it is the most popular way of describing the technique, instead of the english "Nine Hand Seals" or sanskrit "Navamudrani". In the same way, there are a lot of great holistic healers that use the art of Rei-Ki, and don't have a clue of japanese language. Terminologies are used so that we can understand each other.

The key component to kuji-in is your attitude of self-development. If the technique is a quick guide to personal power, then you have some work to do. If it is a tool of personal growth, then you got it. Call it how you want, but do it right.

roninseb
23rd October 2006, 06:57
The origins of Kuji-In are Hindu, then Chinese buddhism. If you speak Japanese, but don't have faith, THEN you're in trouble. We use the term Kuji-In because it is the most popular way of describing the technique, instead of the english "Nine Hand Seals" or sanskrit "Navamudrani". In the same way, there are a lot of great holistic healers that use the art of Rei-Ki, and don't have a clue of japanese language. Terminologies are used so that we can understand each other.

The key component to kuji-in is your attitude of self-development. If the technique is a quick guide to personal power, then you have some work to do. If it is a tool of personal growth, then you got it. Call it how you want, but do it right.


Gotta give it to you. You either have a lot of guts or just have no respect for yourself. You are already in Baffling budo but yet you still try to sell us your used Pinto. Unbelievable!

william northcote
23rd October 2006, 07:27
The origins of Kuji-In are Hindu, then Chinese buddhism. If you speak Japanese, but don't have faith, THEN you're in trouble. We use the term Kuji-In because it is the most popular way of describing the technique, instead of the english "Nine Hand Seals" or sanskrit "Navamudrani". In the same way, there are a lot of great holistic healers that use the art of Rei-Ki, and don't have a clue of japanese language. Terminologies are used so that we can understand each other.

The key component to kuji-in is your attitude of self-development. If the technique is a quick guide to personal power, then you have some work to do. If it is a tool of personal growth, then you got it. Call it how you want, but do it right.

but if you have to learn the Kuji in, you have to know a Japanese Soke who may want to teach you. There are a few but they are known fromthe people that live out there to think of them as the loonies that have no idea and secretly laught at them behind their backs when leaving.

you want to sell me a book on Kuji. No thanks. I will do Kuji in my training anyway along with the kamae. Why do all the finger Kuji when I can do Kuji that looks like kamae.