I've had alot success with the Paul Verstegen's Core system workout. Many of the excercises seem to come right out of a martial arts workout, particularly in the movment prep excercises. They even...
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I've had alot success with the Paul Verstegen's Core system workout. Many of the excercises seem to come right out of a martial arts workout, particularly in the movment prep excercises. They even...
Indeed. Ihave to admit that Pat Morita's character of Mr. Miyagi was one of the primary influences on my desire to study true budo. May the lord and bles him and keep him, and thanks Pat Morita for...
Lacy...I agree. Surely they're not shanty Irish.
Not sure on that one, as my knowledge on waraji is probably as limited as yours. I thought wafu had something about tying them. Try asking one of the e-budo members living in Japan, they may know or...
Try Tozando's sister store, Wafu-living. They have a great selection of tabi and zori.
No, that would be a very bad choice for iai practice. If he want's something from 888knives, then have him look at the Chen Gorin or Nami iaito. Or point him to Tozando, E-bogu, BoguBag etc.
Gene Gabel and his group in Mobile are indeed a sincere, and fairly good group of JSA practitioners. I'm personal friends with Gene, and it is true that their dojo is now an affiliate of the...
Interesting also from a sword arts perspective, as the main murder weapon of choice seems to be a sword or tanto. Pretty graphic too.
Don't be too hard on yourself if your not able to practice all the time, or as much as you would like. With our many varied committments in life sometimes there is not enough time, and in some cases...
Very nice clips, and a great demonstration. I also liked the intro soundtrack, very inspiring.
That's terrible, and it has no place in proper training. I feel really sad for the parents who trusted this "coach" or "sensei" with their son.
So true Jean, so true. But it is better to heal and train another day, than to not be able to train at all. Good luck with your practice.
Sorry to hear about your issues with your shoulder, and I hope your able to recover from injury soon. A lighter iaito may help, but your best bet would be to lay of using your sword for awhile. I...
The ones that are being printed in the States right now in graphic novel form are being put out by Dark Horse comics. I also have on of the original comic book versions, but that one I'm keeping...
I have one of the newer graphic novel versions, Volume one, if your interested. I was thinking of collecting them myself, but more pressing financial matters has overridden that idea.
I'll throw in for you Gene. If anyone is living in the Mobile area and would like to practice traditional JSA, then you can not go wrong studying with Gene and his group. I have had the pleasure of...
I got introduced to Robert Johnson by a friend in the Navy, and have loved his stuff ever since. It's funny though how a lot of his songs were later redone by CCR.
That's really cool. Is that shop in Yokosuka, Robert, or somewhere in Yokohama or Tokyo?
As Rocky said, you should ease yourself back into it Matt. However, there have been times I've layed off working out consistently and then hit the gym hard like you did. Same effect you had as well....
I have a really nice, all black, size 6 heavy weight karate gi made by Shureido for sale. It has been worn only once and has been well maintained. After the one time I wore it I had it dry cleaned,...
Though I practiced Shito ryu briefly while living in Japan, I have much admiration for this style and the teachings of Mabuni hanshi and others. Seems we have lost, yet again, another one of the...
We of the MJER Iaijutusu group at Big Green Drum dojo also send our deepest condolonces to the family, friends, and the dojo of the late Mr. Arno.
My only advice is to have lots of disposable cash handy, because the cost of things are steep. Going rate for one Asahi super dry was baout $5 a bottle in a cheap bar. As far as where to stay, that's...
Robert Stroud at Bogubag is a really good seller, I truly enjoyed doing business with him. I ordered a pair of the Toray brand tetron hakama and they've been great. There was a mix up with the...
I used to do the heavy weight training/bodybuilding thing, but recently got turned on to this program called CORE training by Mark Verstegen. I really like it, and incorparates all aspects of...