18 - Heiho




The Heiho is the strategy, inside the Bugei. Treats-itself of a discipline that is part of the history of the humanity since the Antiquity. In particular noticeable in all the nations that were at the center of wars, she acquired different forms, handlings and directives in each culture, and evolved, so that itself obtivesse more efficiency in the results.




In the East, some works that try the matter became famous, as "THE Art of the War", of Sun Tzu, and "Go Rin in the Sho" (THE Book of the Five Rings) of Miyamoto Musashi. In the history of the Japan, full of wars and conflicts, the strategy performed an important paper, helping the military leaders it will carry out the best maneuvers.

Conhecida as Heiho, in the Japan, in some schools assumed also the name of Bohiyako, that composed a reasoning come back for the field of battle and the actions of the enemy. In the Kaze in the Ryu Bugei, in particular, is one of the matters more strong, doing integral part of the road of the student since the graduation of Uchideshi, that obtém his formation in such matter with eight years of study.




The military formation and the maneuvers utilized in his actions did of the strategy the fear than did not it know. Of fact, the strategy penetrate the majority of the physical disciplines of the Bugei, since itself interacts constantly with an opponent, in each technique applied. On the other hand, she includes a sphere of action still bigger, when applied in the field of battle, through the planning of the tactics of war. In the present world, in that the wars come back itself to the corporate and marketing field, the strategies assume decisive paper. In the area of administration and marketing, the old jargons and maneuvers of war are used until today, however transported to a new economic reality.

Of way simplified, strategy would be "what do" and "by that do". It is the determination of the tactics it will be applied in field. Several schools dedicated part of the training to the matter that, ally to studies of tactics, training and theories, composed the military strategy as an in itself own art. In the century XVII, such disciplines were like this divided:

Heiho - military strategy;

Senjo Jutsu - tactical, maneuvers and manejamento of troops;

Soren - training and preparation of troops (formation, movement etc.);

Gungaku - theory of the military art (study of his nature and beginnings).




In the Bujutsu, of a practical form, some of the basic strategies of battle differ of the tactics utilized in the routine one. All are exhaustively coached by the practitioners, to knowledge:

Attack - is going to employ a technique before the opponent do him. Based itself in the initiative , in the element-surprise and in the speed.

Counterattack - is going to apply a technique when the opponent initiated its attack. It based itself in the timing , in the reaction well-calculated that uses the enemy attack as environment of defense.

Defense - consists of neutralize the action of the opponent, stopping that this reach his objective.

All they possess advantages and disadvantages and, for that are utilized successfully, involve the study detailed and the integration of diverse factors, as: perception, coordination, breath, auto-control etc.