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I have a couple of students who checked him out before coming to train with me. Needless to say they weren't impressed.

That would be New York :-D

IIRC, and that is not saying much given my memory retention deficiencies, Hatsumi sensei talks about kamae and their feeling in the ken, tachi, katana dvd. To me it seemed like he was trying to make...

Chris,

If you look on their 'Whats New' page, This Group has a member from Richmond who was recently promoted. They may be able to point you towards training in the Richmond area.

How do you define moving your hips? Where does the power come from in strikes where there is no step?

Their employment opportunities page should tell you all you need to know...

"Instructor: We are looking for an instructor. Black Belt is not neccessary we will train you but we do require...

Mark Davis

I ordered a few pairs of these from Pero and was not disappointed in their quality. The common consencus among those who have seem them is that they are finely crafted and will be a great training...

Not to be a smart !!! or anything, but have you even read the first post in this thread? :confused:

Who then does the actual signing of the lease? I haven't read all the threads in here but I'm assuming that you are doing this through a corporation. Is the another official representative of the...

Yes, that would be Scott Robbins. The site (http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/) that he does have doesn't have that picture on it. I'll ask him about it the next time I talk to him.

My Canada comments were more in jest as I had heard Tony was claiming to be from Canada.

You would think that people would be more aware when using a false identity and notice things like "IP...

ROFL

You have got to be kidding me. I've been sitting on the sidelines and enjoying the show for a few months now but this takes the cake. A cripple? Scott is the furthest thing from a cripple...

Rough paraphrase follows.

As Hatsumi sensei says in the Takamatsu DVD, the only/real secret is that there are no secrets.

One of the many thoughts I have when thinking about that statement is...

I agree 100% that anyone who tries will be hard-pressed to find where Rick has said anything negative; it's amazing how one can easily engage in revising history by using such a simple technique as...

None of his business eh?



Unfortunately, based upon your cycle of indecision in the past, I'm expecting that we all will be "blessed" by a reply from you. :cry:

Maybe I'll ask Sensei next month when I'm in Japan, although I can't make any promises as I have better things to do (like train with Sensei and the Shihan) than checkup on the ping pong ball of the...

This reminds me of something I was wondering not too long ago...When someone "leaves" the Bujinkan, do they also leave their rank behind? If so, do they get their old rank back when they "rejoin"? ...

This information is based loosely on what was said by Sean Askew so I apologize in advance to him for butchering his words.

Many of these ideas, concepts, and techniques that people "import"...

http://www.daytonbujinkan.com/BKR/BKR-history.html

This interview with Sean Askew makes mention of this old way of training. Hope it helps

Many countries have mandatory military service, so regardless of your religious beliefs you may end up in a war. Also, when you look at the variety of jobs found in the military you will see that the...

A good question! I think that it is important that meanings are defined as we all have different conceptions of what these words mean.

I am spiritual but do not consider myself to be religious per...

Manaka Sensei,

Thank you for taking the time to answer my previous questions. My next question is a follow up to your answer to my question concerning newaza question as well as additional...

Eric,

Have you seen and trained in these strong suwari and newaza yourself and/or heard this directly from Manaka Sensei himself? I think that many of us have heard that Takagi Yoshin Ryu and...