Andrew Smallacombe
Aikido Kenshinkai
JKA Tokorozawa
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I'm missing something Andrew. What's the theme?
David Noble
Shorinji Kempo (1983 - 1988)
I'll think of a proper sig when I get a minute...
For now, I'm just waiting for the smack of the Bo against a hard wooden floor....
Hint: Look at the dogi carefully.
Andrew Smallacombe
Aikido Kenshinkai
JKA Tokorozawa
Now trotting over a bridge near you!
You are going to tell me that only dead people cross the jacket with right side in front of the left? You sir, have an eye for detail and spend way too much time looking at uniforms!
David Noble
Shorinji Kempo (1983 - 1988)
I'll think of a proper sig when I get a minute...
For now, I'm just waiting for the smack of the Bo against a hard wooden floor....
Still doesn't beat the backward hakama in my opinion ...
Paul Smith
"Always keep the sharp side and the pointy end between you and your opponent"
I almost started a new thread for this, but wasn't sure if it should go under "worst kendo keikogi" or "cruelty to shinai".
And this one coming from a martial arts supplier under the category "complete kendo uniform".
Well, it is being worn completely wrong, and the shinai is complete with shipping strings but no tsuba. Go figure.
Andrew Smallacombe
Aikido Kenshinkai
JKA Tokorozawa
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It was originally from a Museum Replicas catalogue about 6 or 7 years ago. Gotta wonder what they thought they were replicating.Oh, my! Where did you get that?
Or more importantly, where did they dig up a production crew who couldn't get that right?
Paul Smith
"Always keep the sharp side and the pointy end between you and your opponent"
It may be that the images were "flopped" (a graphic arts term that means that a photo or illustration is printed in reverse). That is done a lot in marketing materials to make the design fit and flow better with the copy (text) or on the page.
When I was learning graphic design for magazine and newspaper advertising, we were taught, for example, to have a person who is waving or pointing, to face "inward" toward the centerfold of the publication and to avoid having them looking or pointing off the page. It was so the reader's eye would naturally follow into the publication instead of off to the side. So, we might "flop" a photo so that the person is pointing in the desired direction. In the photos above, the models are punching and kicking in the desired direction for the graphic design of the catalogues.
I don't, however, have an explanation for the backward hakama. Maybe it's a stab-proof steel belly-plate, not a koshita, to protect against spears to the gut!
Cady Goldfield
Omg Im loling so hard, thanks guys
Cady,
I did see a few examples of "flipped" photos - the label / tag is a dead giveaway.
Notice that the dogi in the second picture doesn't appear to have a label, and the first one still seems suspect.
Anyway, happy hunting!
Andrew Smallacombe
Aikido Kenshinkai
JKA Tokorozawa
Now trotting over a bridge near you!
David Noble
Shorinji Kempo (1983 - 1988)
I'll think of a proper sig when I get a minute...
For now, I'm just waiting for the smack of the Bo against a hard wooden floor....
This could be an addiction. I may need help.
David Noble
Shorinji Kempo (1983 - 1988)
I'll think of a proper sig when I get a minute...
For now, I'm just waiting for the smack of the Bo against a hard wooden floor....
I suspect this image was "flopped" as Cady suggested - look at the label.
But no flopping here.
Andrew Smallacombe
Aikido Kenshinkai
JKA Tokorozawa
Now trotting over a bridge near you!
Yes, some are flopped, others are just wrong dressing. Or maybe they're just dead people! The cartoons and illustrations are of course not flopped, but obviously the artists are not martial artists.
Cady Goldfield