Thanks, Fred. Your comment about William C.C. Chen is exactly what I am talking about. If you can expound some more on Mr. Chen's teachings, I would be grateful, and I think that the ideas could...
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Thanks, Fred. Your comment about William C.C. Chen is exactly what I am talking about. If you can expound some more on Mr. Chen's teachings, I would be grateful, and I think that the ideas could...
Don, In order for the soft to be truly soft, it must overcome the hard. Whether uke cooperates or not is irrelevant, if the technique is correct. We are trying to understand how yin and yang work...
Snort. I must have been asleep, relaxing. So how are you, Don? What I am trying to get at, and see if anyone else out there is of similar mind, is the heart of relaxation. I have read several...
I'd like some feedback here. I started martial arts in college in '74 in a style of karate that was hard and soft. The soft side always fascinated me. I had read some books at around the age of...
Hyaku-san,
Probably the reason no one responded to your (implied and unjustified) derision of pumpkin cutting is that they, unlike you who has lived in Japan for far too long, know the facts...
Hey Joe,
Glad your damage was minor. My car was crushed during Hurricane Charley by a rather massive oak tree. It took us a week to get chainsaws and cut away enough of the tree to get it out. ...
Don't know the particulars of your friend's situation, but bushwhackers, thieves, and other assorted nefarious types rarely give warning. Assaults most often come from behind and usually include a...
Hey Don,
I had a similar thing happen to me at an aikido seminar in South Florida where a certain group of folks were dead set against atemi, fists, kiai, fighting, fussing, fooling around, fun,...
Sorry, Meat, I forgot the links:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/rosa/ Religion of the Samurai (on-line)
Japanese Religious Resources
Here is a link to some pretty good stuff on Japanese religious resources. Have fun with your paper.
Hey Meat,
There is an book/article you can find online. Just do a Google search for "The Religion of the Samurai" by Kaiten Nukariya in 1913. I don't know how historically accurate it is, but it...
I had a similar experience recently. Since undergoing a (very painful) divirce, I lost my dojo (wife got the building) and have been teaching outdoors in a local park. I was with my student, a...
No Szczepan, not uke. It's a joke, son. I say, it's a joke! However, the joke's on you. Didn't O'Sensei say something to the effect that his art was all about atemi?
And Don, I teach my...
Don,
Now you've got me confused. I don't see much difference in training form and feeling. For me, they are inseparable because only correct form allows the proper "feeling" to occur. Without...
Call Tom White at 288-4711 for his Aikido schedule. There also is an aikido dojo in West Palm Beach. There is another dojo in Stuart run by Dennis Fritchie and Ted Gonzales. They are good guys and...
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Masters of Agricultural Management and Resource Development (read that as resource exploitation economics and agricultural profit maximization) which I have nicely turned to public benefit by...
Charlie,
I just don't think you get (what I see as) the true spirit of budo. If I were getting ready to duel in one year, I'd spend the year fully engaged in licentious aerobic (for training, of...
I have thought about this a little more and I realized that one of the biggest impediments to training with any real speed is the generally poor quality of ukemi many aikido students exhibit. Bad...
I'm with Don on this. There are a lot of folks where the technique just will not work without atemi. In fact, my technique sucks because I cannot throw Don unless I hit him (hard) or he decides to...
Not sure where you are posting from, but this kind of thing occurs a lot in the martial arts world, and in the Aikido world, as well. AS a kyu rank, you should be able to attend (I was going to say...
Joe,
You really should wear a hat when you go outside in the sun. It's way stronger here in Florida than it was back up north. Also, communism is an economic system, not a political one. We've...
I was taught that swinging the sword all the way back behind you is a beginners' exercise to develop a sense of centering the weapon line and to develop full extension and body movement. I learned...
There are some independent organizations that may be able to assist you within the proper protocols. AAA founded by Toyoda Sensei is seeking member dojos and they are "Tohei" style as Toyoda was...
A few drops of visine is a good coffee additive.
Well guys,
How about a First Annual Smokin' Mullet Invitational Tournament. I propose Orlando (I can borrow us a dojo there for a Saturday or a Sunday) because it's about as central as I can...