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Ken,

I agree. It seems that the variations are endless. I really wanted to add to my own library and have a reference for the various nuances of the ryu.

Thanks.

Dan

Right now in our dojo I lead the class in the ZNKR kumi-tachi once every week. I think its important for students to understand mai and these movements really impress that upon everyone. The least...

We used to have to do our training walking on red hot coals until our sensei decided it was too easy and buried us in the coals. We got points for breaking our opponents blisters. We worked in our...

I remember doing kata before I was born. My first teacher was my youngest brother. We both trained my father after he was born. Sometimes we had to do tameshigiri on ice sculptures of Sylvester...

You had it soft. We had to use bales of hay for cutting targets and with wooden swords it was pretty hard to make a clean cut and if we didn't cut well we had to go to bed without any supper with...

Back when I was a kid we did iaido as we walked ten miles to school and twenty miles home in the snow and uphill both ways. :laugh:

Dan

Tim,

I'm glad that your friend can still go into seiza with two knee replacements. I wish I could go into seiza but my other knee is so arthritic it just can't bend that way any more. Maybe after...

I've had a complete knee replacement. Its been four years now and I still practice MJER almost every day. I can't go into seiza but I do all the kata standing up. I had the surgery on December 5th...

Neighbors,

Chris, I would add in your list the concept of role model. I believe that a teacher should be a positive role model to their students both in and out of the dojo. A teacher, no matter...

Neighbors,

An interesting discussion to say the least. I do think that both sides are right. (How about that, I should run for office:))

I think that in many ways it depends on the child. Some...

Neighbors,

When my wife and I moved into our present home I decided I needed an office that could accommodate my 3,000 plus books and give me room to work so we converted the attached garage to my...

Andrew,

Our sensei, Michael Kleppin, studied with Thompsno Sensei who at the time was the Midwest regional representative of Shimabokuro Sensei's organization.
Kleppin Sensei then lived a year...

Charles & Erik,

Thank you so much for your prompt replies. I will approach this set differently and I thank you again for your clarification & your information about this set.

Take care,

Neighbors,

In the Eishin Ryu Battoho set what is the proper chiburi? In the book & dvd by Teruhisa Nanno Sensei he does a kasa no shizuku o harao (wet umbrella) on the first technique and then...

Neighbors,

Well I had surgery on my right shoulder a week ago tomorrow and had the first rehab session today. It was painful - about on par with my knee replacement. The therapist manipulates my...

Neighbors,

Here are some facts to think over.

The homicide rate in Canada in 1975 was 3.09 per 100,000, that is the year before Canada abolished the death penalty. In 1980 the homicide rate was...

Neighbors,

We should all get together and form a club - The Joint Commission might be a good name.

I had my first knee surgery back in 1966 - I was eighteen. Three years ago I had orthoscopic...

Chris,

Oh my God you're right!!!

Could it be that we are all really the same person, cloned and then sent to populate various parts of the world until we receive our orders to all walk the dogs...

Neighbors,

I also like to read history books - mostly Greek and Roman military history but just about anything with a story that catches my attention will do just fine. I also collect books on...

Neighbors,

As far as the situation with Mr. Cirone in Argentina it seems to me to be another example of "Cultural Manifest Destiny" - I can take it so I will. Very sad.

As far as Tom I find...

Neighbors,

I think that the ability to open a school should be a matter discussed between the student who wants to open the dojo and his long time teacher.
The teacher/mentor should be the one...

What do we have here? Perhaps a modern day hero - The Scarlet Pumpernickel. Could be a take on Samurai deli by John Belushi. :)

By the way for all you middle ages men who read comics in the "good...

Neighbors,

Are there any dojos in east central Illinois that teach the jo?
I live in Champaign/Urbana - about 150 miles south of Chicago and about 100 miles west of Indianapolis. I have studied...

Neighbors,

I think that humans are political animals. We are different from each other in our wants and needs and therefore are always in a state of conflict or compromise - each vital components...

Eamon,

There are several books that might give some background in the myths and legends of feudal Japan.

"Japanese Proverbs & Sayings" by Daniel Crump Buchanan, University of Oklahoma Press
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