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    Thanks for all your private responses. I "found"...

    Thanks for all your private responses. I "found" him. He is "Sensei Roger Pratt" of "FightingWeaponry.com".

    If anyone can now put me in contact with either him or his CURRENT website, I would...
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    Hand-Made Kobudo Weapons Maker?

    I am looking for a specific maker of hand-made kobudo weapons, but I forgot both his name and the name of his company.

    I'm pretty sure that it was not "Crane Mountain" or "Weapons Connection",...
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    Red / Gold Belt?

    The gold stripe denotes the mastery of kobudo, as well as karate.
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    Teaching karate to the homeless?

    I'd be a little concerned about teaching karate to "the homeless". YES, I agree, they deserve to defend themselves, but I'd be somewhat concerned that SOME of "the homeless" might be doing most of...
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    My choice...

    If you are buying it for hunting, then I'd suggest the Mossberg 935, because it is a good, tough, easy-to-use, all-purpose shotgun, that can handle some of the most powerful 12-gauge game and fowl...
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    Dojo?

    Where'd you train, Sir?

    There are TWO traditional, Okinawan-style dojos near Savannah:

    Lake Mayer Shorin-Ryu -- Tue / Thu, 6-9pm -- a bunch of guys who trained in Shorin-Ryu, and who get...
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    Sticky: FM-what???

    When are they going to either put it BACK, or put it on a ".pdf" document, so I can download it?
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    Bumfuzzled in the USA?

    What'll we do in the USA, if the Supreme Court on November 9th says that the "militia" is a "collective" of persons, and their weapons belong to the "collective", not the individual?

    I know the...
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    Hmmm... ...Corruption = $ ?

    Funny, I guess everything's all better, now, because my federal retirement (which is about 20% invested in the Nikkei) is shooting up, uP, UP!!!

    Great for me?

    Later,
    Stephen W.
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    Roger Pratt's FightingWeaponry.com

    Already received from Roger Pratt Sensei:

    Nitan-bo (2') in Ipe Wood -- hit them so hard together, that my arms ached, without a dent on either of them.

    6' Octagon Bo in Coco-Bolobo Wood -- dark...
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    Jody Paul (of Jody Paul's Okinawan Karate...

    Jody Paul (of Jody Paul's Okinawan Karate Academy) is in Kings Bay, GA (about 20min. South of GLYNCO / FLETC off I-95). He's a BB Hall-of-famer, and "THE expert on Okinawan weapons in the U.S.A.",...
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    I'd go to ATL, but I have other obligations...

    I'd go to ATL, but I have other obligations keeping me near Savannah right now, and my Gulfstream is in the shop. :)

    I've heard of Genbukan, so you are CERTAILY welcome to come to Savannah to...
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    The Shorin-Ryu dojo is no longer on HAAF. My...

    The Shorin-Ryu dojo is no longer on HAAF. My Sensei moved to Seattle, and the school broke up. As far as I know, I'm the only one still training. As for Kendo / Iaido, I'm looking for someone to...
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    Gun-Do

    Please read below:

    >If you are sincere, this will help. I am not being mean, I simply am >identifying where you are at.

    >Marksmanship and range training are not CQB. Do not confuse them.

    I...
  15. Thread: Gun-Do?

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    Gun-Do

    I will answer each question in kind:

    >Can you please expand on what your military, law enforcement, and civilian >training in "Gun Do" has been?

    I have had ZERO training in "Gun-Do". I...
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    Gun-Do

    "Gun-Do" - as a term - I learned from the book I mentioned (above). I was not aware of the other (more appropriate?) term.

    In my training (military, law enforcement, civilian), I can remember...
  17. Thread: Gun-Do?

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    Gun-Do

    No "spray-n-pray" gun-nuts need apply. I'm talking about the perfection of a martial skill, here.

    I'm asking, because mastery of the rifle was specifically mentioned in "Secrets of the Samurai"...
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    As soon as I can AFFORD it.....

    As soon as I can AFFORD it, I'm getting a Taitsuki Nihonto #3, with a special-order tsuba shaped like my Master's organizational symbol (see my avatar). They go for around $800, plus $90 each for the...
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    Gun-Do?

    How do you feel about the importance of training in Gun-Do?

    Do you introduce your class to small arms as a part of your "traditional" kobudo training? If so, do you take your class to the range?
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