Sebastion : I think you hit the 'problem' right on the head with this statement, but not just in reference to Japanese, but to all practitioners everywhere. There seems to be 2 main camps of...
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Sebastion : I think you hit the 'problem' right on the head with this statement, but not just in reference to Japanese, but to all practitioners everywhere. There seems to be 2 main camps of...
Excellent post.
While I do not have the kind of pedigree in my training history that you have, the substance of your post hits home for me. I do my best to pressure test everything I practice and...
While I agree with most of your post, I believe Sean Askew has done exactly that in several MMA matches in Japan. I can't offer links, but perhaps someone who is still in BJK knows more of this?
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Hey Carl
I think unfortunately that the same 'bad teacher/students' we were talking about before are creating a situation where everyone in the BJK is being painted with the same brush, if you...
Uhm....if its the students job to be sure the teacher is teaching properly/effectively, and the Organizations job to police the teachers, how do you explain all the crappy teaching going on? You...
Forgive my over-generalization about 'center'. I will direct all comments about medieval martial arts to the library, where you will find ZERO lineages that exist today. Lots of study groups,...
This is just the standard excuse to dodge/redirect blame for the existance of high rank crappy teachers in the Buj. It most certainly IS the Organizations responsibility to police the quality of the...
Sorry Jeff but that is not what I said. Tom was originally asking about the Yamabushi-Ryu website, but then suddenly swerved sideways and launched several unpleasant attacks on Mr.Williams and his...
Well,
I accept that my personal perspective on what 'Budo' is and how it should be practiced doesn't jive with everyone's, and maybe I am out in left field on this issue, however....
Tom said...
I'd add the fact that our society actively promotes 'personal space' so a lot of people are becoming inclined to avoid close contact in day to day life...this would see to be a natural carry over...
Hi Guys
Sorry I mislead you guys a touch with the 'gear' comment. I simply meant eye protectors and maybe mouthguard/cup in case someone goes a lil overboard on the nastier potential strikes. I...
This comment would be fine except by what standard is a new person in martial arts supposed to evaluate a teacher in the Bujinkan by, if not by grade? After all, the grades are given by the...
I was refering to Richard Ray or "MakotoDojo".
Cheers
I just wanted to say Wow.
People who are willing to step up and back up everything they say on their sites, and all the other people linked to the site then do the same thing....no excuses, no...
Hi
Sorry Richard, I was generalizing, this comment was not directed at you or the Genbukan in particular.
I think this is more than trolling...and I think throwing out the accusation of trolling everytime someone questions the various X-Kan histories is often a knee-jerk reaction that shows a...
Hey
If you really want to look at it, there is nothing to believe or dis-believe.
Togakure via Hatsumi : Its his way (which changes every demo) or the highway and he makes no apologies for all...
Back when I was with the Buj, those of us who trained constantly outside got our own badges done up simply to save some cash. One day in the rain/mud in BC and the 'official' kyu ones were...
Well I will chime in for two secs and then dive for cover.....
As an ex-pat in the X-kan arts, I have sparred full contact using the skills taught. Too deadly is a ridiculous statement,...
Hi all,
In my training (am an armed guard) the combat distances that we work with for armed assailants is 21ft (unarmed is 6ft and a different set of actions). If they are inside 21, its too late...
Well I started to train out of both personal interest (yes it had a high cool factor) and self preservation but I continue out of pure enjoyment.
But an interesting phenomenon has occured....the...
Just a quick bit to revive this thread about arrow cutting and such.
Having watched the recent special on Nova, about sword making etc, I was rather impressed with the cutting display on the show....
Howdy,
Well here is my only Yakuza story.
I was in Osaka in 2004 fighting in a full contact competition, and was introduced to a 'sponsor' of the event. I was told by my fellow fighters (some...
Considering that Nawa is well respected in M/A as well as the individual who introduced Hatsumi to Takamatsu, he probably knows what he is talking about. Hard to believe he would make an error on...
Hello all,
In regards to Sylvain I would follow the advice given by several gentlemen already and contact him directly for best results.
As to the website(technicals), that is my doing so typos...