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    I'm scanning the boards trying to connect a...

    I'm scanning the boards trying to connect a friend with a dojo, and noticed this entry is rather out of date: the Seiryukan Dojo of Seizankai Toyama Ryu is presently taught from 4:00-6:00 on Sundays...
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    I was telling a friend about these today; he...

    I was telling a friend about these today; he wanted to know how many times the steel was folded. :p
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    I should know better than this...

    All right, this was my first public demo, so please be at least a little kind... :rolleyes: We were invited to perform at a fundraiser for the Japanese garden at Normandale Community College (plug)...
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    Pity...there's an uppercut thrown in the first...

    Pity...there's an uppercut thrown in the first five seconds, and no "Shoryuken!"?
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    I would think it would be like any specialized vocabulary: either you are using terms she hasn't yet encountered, or - as in the case of tameshigiri - they may simply be so esoteric she hasn't had...
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    Dear Buddha: Please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket and...

    The parents tell me I have a big smelly box o' tatami on its way! :D I also got Toshishiro Obata's Shinkendo and Shinkendo Tameshigiri books (I so wanna go back and watch him in Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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    Yeah, I do see how it can work in the context of...

    Yeah, I do see how it can work in the context of Western name order, but it still bothers me for some reason, comes off as inauthentic. We take all these trappings from the original Japanese art -...
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    I guess I should tack on "...or some other...

    I guess I should tack on "...or some other precedent" to keep a serious question from sounding snobbish. Hope it didn't come off that way.

    Never time to do it right, always time to do it over...
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    Use of Japanese titles

    'Morning, all:

    There's a trend I've been seeing, mostly on sites linked from Baffling/Bad Budo (and maybe that's all it is, and where I should have deposited this thread), of martial arts...
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    That's the funny thing, they didn't actually name...

    That's the funny thing, they didn't actually name their style beyond calling it kenjutsu. I'm just wrapping up a little something for the Toyama newsletter on the show they put on; I'll give you a...
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    Tangent to edge blocking

    I don't mean to reopen old wounds here; I just saw a technique in a bokken sparring match that looked a little peculiar to me, and was hoping someone might know if this belongs to an actual style or...
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    An older Shinsengumi thread on the Kendo World...

    An older Shinsengumi thread on the Kendo World fourms just got a bump. Among other things, someone mentions a "fundamentals of TRR" DVD for sale online. I've read elsewhere online (take that for...
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    Thank you for the welcome and the compliment. I...

    Thank you for the welcome and the compliment. I do appreciate the samé wrap a little more since I accidentally put a small split in my iaito saya. I guess if I'd had a choice, I would have gone...
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    Hello, all- I'm new here and this looks to be...

    Hello, all-

    I'm new here and this looks to be a good place to drop a first post. My name's TJ Hara and I'm a student of Toyama Ryu battoujutsu under Robert Steele. I've recently received my Last...
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