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    The tachiaibattojutsu set is demonstrated by...

    The tachiaibattojutsu set is demonstrated by Sasamori Takemi and an uchidachi whose name I don't remember on the Ono-ha Itto Ryu video from the Nihon Budokan's Nihon no Kobudo series. To me as an...
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    In my opinion, tsuka size is more important in...

    In my opinion, tsuka size is more important in matching your hands and grip than in meeting some absolute standard. If you've got big hands, a thicker tsuka is going to better than if you've got...
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    Jeez, this is getting embarrassing. Oh, and...

    Jeez, this is getting embarrassing. Oh, and it's Kendo Kyohon (textbook), not Kendo Kyohan (teaching method).
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    That one's not even good Japanese--the yama is...

    That one's not even good Japanese--the yama is normally pronounced san in that case.

    The La Brea Tar Pits
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    What Ren said. The hakama aren't actually...

    What Ren said.

    The hakama aren't actually gray. They have narrow vertical stripes. What looks gray is black and white and possibly another color mixed in. My understanding is that black...
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    Mr. Rabenstein is correct. Domo is also used as...

    Mr. Rabenstein is correct. Domo is also used as a casual greeting. どうも doesn't inherently have anything to do with "Thanks" on its own. It's an adverb that basically means something like...
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    While you'll not go wrong with the above, just to...

    While you'll not go wrong with the above, just to add to the confusion, around here (I don't know if it's a Miyagi thing or a Tohoku thing) "Ohayo" can be used the first time you see someone in a...
  8. Thread: Kendo Armor

    by Enfield
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    A small point: though the All Japan Kendo...

    A small point: though the All Japan Kendo Federation and many other national kendo organizations have iaido divisions, iaido is not part of kendo. You could go from a brand-new beginner in 1st grade...
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    Now you've caused me to wonder which one makes...

    Now you've caused me to wonder which one makes more noise: the cat or the practitioner.
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    Tanken just means short sword. Straight has...

    Tanken just means short sword. Straight has nothing to do with it. It's mijikai/tan, meaning short and the same as in tanto, plus ken. It is used for a detached bayonet, but that's not its primary...
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    Tasuki are attached to the cords of the do where...

    Tasuki are attached to the cords of the do where they cross on the upper back, not to the men.
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    Oh, and just for completeness's sake, the title...

    Oh, and just for completeness's sake, the title screen says:



    I don't know what video this comes from.
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    As of others have already pointed out, it's...

    As of others have already pointed out, it's Takano Sasaburo as uchidachi. This footage isn't exactly rare. It's one of two standard pieces of film of the two. There's this one outside (I don't...
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    I've got agree with Josh. I live in the...

    I've got agree with Josh.

    I live in the northwest corner of Miyagi. The "big" towns in my area have 15,000 people in them. But that said, in my "city" (in an official sense only--until 2005 it...
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    I don't study "sword".

    In Japanese martial arts, most people don't study "katana" or "naginata". They study "kendo", "Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu", "Tendo Ryu", etc. Almost all the non-katana stuff is going to be koryu. I...
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    It depends what you're comparing. Comparing...

    It depends what you're comparing. Comparing beams of the same mass, the I-beam will be stiffer. Material farther away from the centroid is more effective at resisting bending. So, rearranging the...
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    Names of the Developers of Nihon Kendo Kata

    So, at those times when I start to think I'm getting decent at Japanese, I've been breaking out and plodding through Takano Sasaburo's "Kendo" and "Kendo Kyohon". In the introduction of the kata...
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    Ask a historian . . ....

    Ask a historian . . .
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    And to add to the fun, sometimes, particularly in...

    And to add to the fun, sometimes, particularly in older stuff, you'll see descriptions of the kendo kata like:

    "Kodachi kata (uchidachi wa chouken, shidachi wa tanken)."

    "Chouken" and "tanken"...
  20. Thread: Ware

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    Outside of toddlers, I've heard exactly one...

    Outside of toddlers, I've heard exactly one person do this, and it was in direct and immediate response to using her name instead of a 2nd person pronoun. But then 14-year-old girls in Tohoku no...
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    I've also heard people say that zagi. Same...

    I've also heard people say that zagi. Same kanji, but onyomi instead of kunyomi.
    My Japanese isn't stellar, but that sounds odd to me. He doesn't say "suwatte" (a "request") or "suware" (a...
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    Put "okinawa kendo renmei" into Google in...

    Put "okinawa kendo renmei" into Google in Japanese and you get:

    http://okikenren.jp/

    There's an e-mail address at the bottom of the page.

    Every prefecture in Japan has a kendo federation. ...
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    Huh?

    Just so I'm clear, you want to make fake souvenirs of a celebration you didn't have of a rite you don't understand? Maybe it's just me, but that seems rather odd.
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    Takano Sasaburo's Kendo Kyohon

    I've been reading Takano Sasaburo sensei's Œ•“¹‹³–{. So far it's been quite interesting, but being written in pre-war language with some regionalisms thrown in, it's also a bit difficult. I finally...
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    For me, this is one of those 1 Corinthians 8...

    For me, this is one of those 1 Corinthians 8 "meat offered to idols" kind of thing. Some people think it's wrong; some don't. Those who don't should be sensitive to those who do.

    As Christianity...
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