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Yeah, and you looked so cute that you had to fight off your sempai with a large stick. :)

Guys, get a room.

Seriously, thanks again.

Cheers guys. Will try there over there.

Hello all,

I was wondering if there was any type of bujutsu associated with the Takeda family.

Thanks,

Hello fellow Kenshi,

I am a kenshi who is currently living and training in Japan. I'm headed to the UK in a couple weeks and was wondering if it were possible to get some training in. I became...

Does anyone know who was the first foreigner to receive shodan while training in Japan?

Sean, What's your dojo address again?

In regards to pictographs (kanji), I pondered a long time whether a Japanese person could be dyslexic. I was later told by a doctor friend that there are many cases of dyslexia here. In fact,...

If you push it back to Nov 3 (Culture Day) many folks (me) will be in town for the Meiji Jingu Kobudo demos.

Feelin' awfully thirsty,

Kimpatsu wrote:
"There is one vending machine for every 25 people in Japan, a statistic I remember from a quiz show 15 years or so ago."

I remember reading that the power needed to run all those...

I am aware that the mudras used in many koryu styles and in Ninjutsu have origins in Tantric Buddhism. Is there any evidence of these or similar mudras in Chinese tantric or in Tibetan Buddhism?
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I am a longtime fan of judo, mostly from reading the excellent research done by Joseph Svinth. (Does that dude ever sleep?) I would like to actually get on the mat and begin training, but I am...

I'm a sucker for good training stories. What are some of the better martial art biographies out there?

Thank you.

A quick question on modern Japanese culture. Why do train conductors point in various directions as they navigate a train? In big cities, it's almost like they're pointing out apartments, "Yep....

Long term aikidoka tend to have incredibly dense wrists. The reason why seems obvious, but I am curious physiologically how this happens. How many muscles are in the wrist? Are they that dense?
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I practice in a doin in Japan.

Hey all,

I've mentioned in a few previous posts that despite the level of experience at my dojo, I feel like some things are lacking in my training. I am especially curious whether there are any...

Were the martial arts the first to use the suffix "-do"? If so, when did other traditional arts (sado, chado, etc.) begin to use it?

Thanks,

I recently was involved in an interesting conversation with a high ranking Korean kendoka. She was talking about the strength of the Korean woman, traditionally left to defend the homestead during...

No, I read Secrets a few years ago, and it was the first time I'd heard of kiai-jutsu. Yesterday I was reading a mystery novel, The Samurai's Wife, in which the murderer used kiai to kill. It got...

I was reading a book recently which brought up kiai-jutsu. I am curious about historically valid ryu, and whether any of these still exist. (aside from its modern form as halitosis:) )

Thanks,

I am wondering if ninja-type espionage was used by Japan during its modern wars, ie. from the Meiji period onward.

Thanks,

Did they steal the theme song from Bob Marley's "Buffalo Soldier," or was it the other way around?

I'm looking for a copy of the Samurai documentary that was on History Channel last month. Does anyone have a copy they'd like to trade for the Japanese equivalent?

Please let me know...

Does anyone have a copy of both these shows? I returned to the US the day after they aired and missed them. I would be happy to trade a samurai documentary which aired this month on History Channel...