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Hi Sam,
There is a Roshukai member living in Manchester who regularly trains in Preston.
I am not sure if he is doing anything in Manchester, but can send him your contact details if you wish.
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Hi all,
not sure if this is exactly the right place to post this but...
I am typing up some notes from an Iai seminar a couple of weeks ago.

The teacher was describing that the sword must be...

hi all thanks for the replies.

Kim, Jari has one of your chunky kodachi. I will remind him to email you.

Chris, good luck in your wait. I am guessing you havent paid him yet?
I have a bowyer...

Hi all,
I was just wondering if anybody knew of a source for Otake dojo style naginata and bo.

the only website i have found is:
http://www.koryubokken.com/shop/1_Katori-Shinto-ryu

which is...

we do this as part of a kihon excersise.
It allows a bigger smoother cut and emphasises the looseness of the grip as well as the hand movement which would normally be much smaller

interesting...

indeed, i have been around them long enough to know this.

How is the school going? and the jigen?

There is lots of shout in in your ryu, what about hara application and breathing or not...

Sorry Scott i am too bad at taking hints
It's obvious i respect them, as i do tim, titles are not always neccessary
but lets not get into that

Thierry told me how old he is, as old as my knees...

Hi Tim
You going slow? hahahahahha ;)
hmmn, i have now tried with the hara, and it is true that it restricts breathing, though it is still possible to breath
i was trying to use similar things in...

hmmn, interesting
despite age then as nagaoka is about 70 and iwami soke has bad hips
one can see a definite difference in the way the hips move between
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pkGJrp9HlI...

Thanks for the article kim
it was an interesting read
now the end posture in sassen seems to be somewhere between the two you described, but the tsuki itself is direct, this seems more appropriate...

Hi
thanks for the thoughts so far

Kim; indeed i am doing Iwami's niten, but i am also doing Iwata's Iai, so both very dynamic
Perhaps the iai is less so with the speed that i am doing everything...

so, at a niten seminar this week i was told not to breath when doing sassen, or cutting for that matter. It works really well, but i am in the habit of breathing out in iai

any thoughts on why...

Hi there. Has the issue regarding the new memberships been sorted yet? Thanks

theres lots of stuff in the north west
what kind of thing are you looking for?
:p

ive posted this message on other boards, so my apologies for those who have already read it. but it is important, not just for us brits
for intance, sword distributers and makers will loose out...

too true, iaigoshi is way harder on the knees than kneeling on them :D
:p

perhaps for now she would be better using a niten bokuto
or one homemade from an ultra lightweight wood like birdseye maple

this way she would have an intermediatry stage between empty hand and...

i got an email with the link to the white paper yesterday
they are taking comments and suggestions until 28th May

if everyone makes some good positive reasonable suggestions on the paper it may...

or more commonly ''set number one'' :D
a bit more nit picking
but if we are talking jikiden, should it be waza not kata?
:p

i believe its how the dog is raised
yes pitbulls have been bred to be fighters (so are all terriers-except yorkies they are bred to yap and annoy), but ive known a couple, and they are soft as...

hmmn, perhaps toronto is the new japan?
you will have to move house mr ben :D

jrock, i do iai, but have played at naginata once
id say both have excellent qualities
and are equally difficult to...

you should be in good hands then
good luck in finding the iaito that suits you best
dont forget to post pics when you have got it
:p

good news on the higher budget
im not familiar with ninjitsu, but i asume that it is for solo practice not pair work?
:p

of course it all depends what you are goind to be using it for, and what your art demands
though i would not recommend a chen for iai

one of the students at the club (being of the female...

the most reputable place in the uk is www.ninecircles.co.uk
and i think they start at over £200
eurobogu is cheaper for around the same quality but there is extra shipping and handling costs to...