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i seem to have misplaced some of my notes. Can someone please help?

There is a famous quote by Kenwa Mabuni, "Karate-Do is a lifetime study"
how is this said in Japanese (romanji)?

Thank you!

definately Tendo Ryu
primarily known for Naginata-jutsu, but lots of other elements including paired Kodachi
very distinctive footwork too in the naginata/sword paired forms - the retreat and...

keywords would be an excellent place for all those words and phrases

anything you can think of that a prospective student might punch into a search engine

i have always found that the best...

i remember hearing "all techniques end in a pin" when i studied Iwama Aikido in the early/mid-nineties, the only exceptions that i remember being when the opponent was thrown so violently that it was...

thank you! what a pleasure to see.

very enjoyable movie, i also recommend

this is really wonderfully well done - congratulations - and thank you for sharing!

i have not yet seen notice of this here, so for those interested:

on January 4, 2008, Professor Imi Louise Okazaki Mullins passed away.

She was the youngest daughter of the founder of Danzan...

Karatenomichi World Federation (KWF)
Chief Instructor - Mikio Yahara
Address: (office) 29-33-408 Sakuragaoka-Cho, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Address: (dojo) 3-15-9 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo,...

correct me if i'm wrong, but it did seem that Hokama Sensei's Suparinpei WAS a bit sped up according to the counter (like you'd get transferring from 8mm)

regardless, that is one impressive...

-tonic water (quinine)
-rolling the soup can (prefer progresso, but whatever works)
-pulling in newspaper or towel with toes to work arch muscles
-calf stretch & heel raise - hang your heel off...

if you get the chance, please let us know how it goes for you and your impression of the tournament overall.

Thanks!

now i'm a guy who usually likes movies - i suspend my disbelief well, so i'm not much of a critic. keep that in mind when i say:

see this movie - if you like Batman, i think you will really...

i have no knowledge of georgia, but google showed a couple things that may help you in your search:

2 places that mention tea ceremony in atlanta: http://www.japanatlanta.org/TeaCeremony.htm
...

rather than talk about myself, here's text stolen from an interview with the late Haruna Sensei (a Kendo legend)

"Haruna Matsuo sensei, 1925 - 2002, 8th dan Hanshi Iaido, died September 2002 at...

i saw FLCL! it was really fun and the music was awesome.

http://www.iwama-aikido.com/Media.html
click on 'seminar video' on the left, and kubi-nage is the 2nd to last demonstrated by Sensei Robert Koga.
Koga Sensei does this technique a little...

everyone is correct - Paul Chen does not appear to sell his own swords, but they are available through many different distributors.

Upon further questioning, looks like something was...

thanks for the information - your recommendations are appreciated.

p.s. i am told he dealt directly with the paul chen people and that customer service was quite rude and was unwilling to do...

has anyone else had bad experiences with the Paul Chen swords? are there any other manufacturers that are "must avoid" ?

(the bad experience was my student's, not mine; horrible quality saya that...

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does anyone have a good picture of him? This is the Yamashibu who was widely known as 'Musashi' and the same one who trained Haruna...