It could be argued that anything that makes mortal combat safe enough to practice regularly, has a corruptive effect as it removes the psychological element that comes with the very real possibility...
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It could be argued that anything that makes mortal combat safe enough to practice regularly, has a corruptive effect as it removes the psychological element that comes with the very real possibility...
First I'd like to say it's good to see you posting again. Seems like it's been awhile.
And how is this issue different from any other school? I'm sure that Araki Ryu, Tenshin Katori Shinto...
That's pretty similar to our flavor of MJER as well. Assuming you are holding the tsuka with proper tenouchi(this part is important to have right as poor tenouch could change the measurement by a...
No, not really. And I find that curious. I'm not at all interested in the sparring vs waza debate. It's been done too many times. A search of the archives would reveal all the arguements on both...
None of us do either. But we do tend to spend at least a few moments thinking about what we're saying and at least attempting to use decent grammer, punctuation, and capitalization. How you speak...
Actually, that was good advice on this forum. People really will tend to dismiss you if your writing is particularly bad, and frankly yours is pretty bad.
So if you're not interested in real training, why come here?
Seriously, do you even read this site? There's a post at the top of the forum which does a pretty good job of explaining the community sentiment regarding self teaching and backyard whackysmacks.
Ask Big Tony about my wife some time. I'll never forget the day she practically climbed up in his lap to look down at him and demand what he meant by his "wannabe Mexican" comment. I looked over at...
Heh. I wish. Besides, I used that excuse back in 2003. She's not gonna let me get away with it again this early. My leash is short.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall(with cameras), but the distance is just to great.
Ok, so are you looking for specifically MJER Iaijutsu as taught by the Jikishinkai(Shimabukuro-sensei's organization)?
I think these new posts are coming just a LITTLE bit late to help the original poster.
Iaijutsu is kind of a broad term which means different things to different people. Are you looking for something in particular? I doubt I'll be able to help at any rate. The closest oppurtunities...
It seems to me that the initial use of the word "story" was in all liklihood a less than ideal translation of the word bunkai.
Ray,
This is a topic that was discussed many times at great length a few years ago. If you are genuinely interested in the topic, and not just trying to stir up something, you should spend some...
I think it's mostly a difference in how the concept is described. The danger in referring to it as a story is that then that's what students become concerned with. They start to be concerned with...
Because we can.
With lots of practice under a good instructor.
I think in this case the "Eishin Ryu" which is being referred to is Tate Hiza No Bu and not the entire MJER curriculum. Still there are a couple of katate-kesagiri in the Eishin Ryu curriculum, and...
Seattle is also home to Scott Irey-sensei of Yamanouchi Ha Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu. He's worth checking out if you get the chance. I believe he's up on the north side of Seattle.
I think you are overestimating the level of stridency of my objection. See the response to your pm. This is polluting an otherwise good topic.
I know who he is. I was just curious why Shinkendo was brought up in this thread. Shinkendo is perhaps the gendai art with the greatest grounding in koryu principles, but it's still gendai. The...
Actually Paul. I'd say you know of at least one. We put our fingers on the "blade" all the time, and I can think of a couple of instances where you could say I am "grabbing" the blade. Based on...
Then why bring it up in a thread about Tameshigiri in koryu?
It's not outlawed, just regulated.