"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
The Queen of Hearts - Through the Looking Glass
It is a world in which you must run fast in order to remain where you are. And while you are running you may often not even realize how self-neglect is affecting your forward progress.
Your progress in all aspects of life is determined by seeing through "real eyes"; that is, realizing that the attributes we possess are all dependent upon the balance of our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Character, creativity, inspiration and drive define our productivity in personal, social and professional endeavors. The integrity which each of these attributes depends upon is the balance of body, mind and spirit.
Technically, any body which is free of disease can be said to the "healthy"; however an unfit, neglected body has few defenses against disease, making "health" a fragile state at best. Once a neglected body is attacked, its resistance already low due to poor fitness, it deteriorates at phenomenal rates. The individual's attitude is influenced as well, which negatively affects every action and attribute of what would have otherwise been a successful human being.
The seminars Kawika Sensei offers represent a course of direct action to identify, confront and defeat the causes of self-neglect leading to total burnout. Because the stakes are the very highest, life and death, the avenue to success is one that every corporate warrior needs as a foundation - what Kawika calls "Ninjitsu Mastery" from his 10th degree black belt in Gozan Tengu Ryu Ninjitsu. Shibumi training is not like Karate, which teaches the individual soldier to duck and fire in response to ambush. Instead, it is like having generalship over the entire theater of operations.
Shibumi seminars focus on the proven vital principles of the ancient and relevant art of Ninjitsu to redefine and redirect you. Kawika Sensei tailors the training to your theater. Approaches may include physical fitness, self-defense for home or street, combating the hypertension and stress of the work environment, and developing strategies for social or professional engagements. Mastery of this training will lead you toward full realization of the old adage, "Success is found within yourself", nevertheless, "The Master Matters"!
Shibumi…At the soul of Japanese art, poetry and warfare, it is the feeling of effortless perfection. The aura of a Japanese tea garden, the simple magnificence of a Zen temple, the flawless dance of a Samurai swordsman - all are encompassed in Shibumi.
For the highest of Japanese corporate executives, Shibumi is at the heart of their daily "warfare". The poetry of negotiations, the art of landing a contract, the battle for the market share - are practiced with the same impeccable and grace by the 20th century Japanese corporate warrior as his Samurai ancestors practiced their martial dances. His striving for Shibumi - that moment when all the pieces fall into place and victory is assured - is part of his heritage, indeed part of the very fabric of his being.
If the swordsmaster has no openings, if his actions are effortless, if his strategy is impeccable, if his strike is piercing, he cannot be defeated. How is the American business executive to deal with a Japanese counterpart with centuries of this martial grace behind him? - Shibumi.
Shibumi International is a corporation designed to teach the American corporate warrior to do battle in the Pacific Basin, or any battle field, by giving him or her in-depth cultural understanding of the oriental way of Shibumi. We are based in San Diego, where the executive can step into a Japanese sanctuary for a one-week seminar which includes training in oriental etiquette (the tea ceremony), and psychological and physical self-defense through martial arts. This one-week immersion in the how's and why's of the warrior's thinking from the inside will instill full confidence and create the composure under pressure that the masters of battle and business alike seem to exude.
Shibumi International is best described as the complete training compound for corporate warriors. Under the watchful eyes of one of the western hemisphere's true martial arts masters, corporate executives undergo a regime which includes the following: learning the basics of psychological and physical self-defense, Oriental etiquette (the tea ceremony), health rejuvenation (Taiji), therapeutic massage and "How" and "Why" workshops targeting the Pacific Basin market place. All these emphasize the traits which will instill full confidence in you negotiation tactics.
Exposing the myths of the infallible Oriental business competition and practicing those psychological tactics which have made the Japanese and Chinese appear invincible, produces a graduate armed with the emotional stability, physical grace and most importantly - a whole new degree of confidence.
The concept of personal and professional growth as conceived by the creator of Shibumi permeates every layer of the client's personality. It is not intended to alter one's basic values as some groups do; it is focused on the positive attributes of ones own freely chosen values. To polish what is there and to give it back - a totally, focused, concentrated, decisive, mentally, happily balanced persona, with the serene confidence of an elegant spirit, calm and centered. The warrior is an enlightened spirit not an agitated and fickle ego - he or she acts and resounds with "Shibumi"!
The seminars offer rejuvenation physically and emotionally, not only with oriental exercise and therapeutic massage, but because the setting is serene and beautiful, away from stresses and headaches of every day corporate life. At the same time, our facility has complete resource centers and conference rooms so that the executive can stay in touch with day to day business at his office, if necessary, and even hold key conferences in the elegant surroundings. There are also the comforts of a resort - horse back riding, hot springs, massages, facials, swimming and much more.
Each hour of each day is tailored and designed to create a corporate warrior from the body and mind of an American businessperson. While immersed in an environment specifically created to nurture the warrior attitude of problem solving, clients will not be shut away from their own corporate world. They will be encouraged to use the daily corporate issues to test the application of the warriors thinking processes to problems as they arise. Sponsoring corporations will be invited to incorporate lectures or briefings from their own Human Resource programs into the training schedule. Shibumi wishes to be a partner in honing and tuning your greatest assets - your people - the corporate warriors of the 21st century!