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Thanks, Simon. I know of that particular association - I am really looking for some detail of the link and history between Abbe and Bleakman

I am trying to find any information any of the "oldies" here may be able to share on the link between Reg Bleakman (deceased) and Kenshiro Abbe in the UK around the 50s and 60s.

TIA

I have been visiting a local Judo club recently. I am a jujutsuka (Japanese) who has done a fair bit of judo in the past, but none for 12 years or so. In the last couple of years I have been...

updated already!

For those of you with a couple of spare minutes - some budo related cartoons, many based on actual events, that will resonate with some of you I am sure

http://www.mikkabouzu.co.uk/

enjoy

thanks, glad you enjoyed it

beware angry old ladies!

enjoy

http://www.chumfm.com/MorningShow/bits/march24.swf

"Mind over muscle" by Jigoro Kano



he he he!

oh I see, thanks. Interestingly, we also have a similar two part written test.

harvey,congratulations. Could you clarify for me, was this your 3rd Dan grade or the third part of your Shodan test?

thankyou for reminding me of the need for humility and the irrelevance of high grades. I have no intention of wearing this belt unless the man who gave it to me asks me to on a formal occasion. since...

Thanks chaps

No I mean a red and white alternate blocks one (6-8th Dan in Judo/Jujutsu)

Hi Harvey - yeh I know I can get them abroad, but the shipping is a bit stiff so I would prfer to get one here if I can.

Does anybody know, where can I buy a red and white (block) belt in the UK? - please don't say Playwell.com.

I would be grateful for any help.

Never give up - it is so easy, so simple. Do not ever give up!

Unfortunately there are much easier things to do than "never give up" and we instinctively resort to those paths.

practise (at...

Well my (ex)wife carried on with Aikido for quite some time.
jujutsu on the other hand has more lifting and the risk of being struck in the abdomen, especially with kicks. Heavy falling is out tho'...

Very sad news

my condolences, Philip

Jeff, I am a Judoka and a Jiu jitsuka also. I was talking purely from the perspective of Judo competition rules. "crudely" was probably the wrong word to use since the shoulder crank is clearly...

agreed, crudely done with an upward lever, it catches the shoulder, but compacted in and up it gets the elbow.

well, depending on the quality of the aikido - "prance and dance" or "flow and go"

i was posed this once by a colleague at work who was sat next to me. I immediately stood up and moved towards him in a threatening way (pretend of course). I said, "get your gun out then", to which...

Thankyou for that awful story.

It should be posted to every martial arts forum and be included in every book anybody ever writes about the martial arts , or self-defence.

reality sucks.

Yes, he was, my instructor met Koizumi before hipkiss went his own way.

i have some stuff on this, but it means a whole load of typing!. I can do this if anyone is interested, but please be really...

Yup, a few of us. I started in Kano Jiu Jitsu in 1979. My teacher, Tony hughes started in 1955, his teacher was James Hipkiss and his (or one of his, he also trained with Kenshiro Abbe amongst...