Hey, thank to those who emailed me, I got it. So for the Nagamaki the blade is somewhat different and the shaft length is as said before, but there are also 4 shaku long shaft on some Naginata as...
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Hey, thank to those who emailed me, I got it. So for the Nagamaki the blade is somewhat different and the shaft length is as said before, but there are also 4 shaku long shaft on some Naginata as...
Karsten:
Hi! And thank you for replying to my post. Thanks for the correction, my bad. :p
I saw the Sohei booklet by Mr.Turnbull, but I do not recall anything about the Nagamaki. I believe he...
Hi! Hope all is well and going good for all. Its been a long time since I posted something here, but here I am again. :cool:
In my research I have found that the Naginata is a bladed staff which...
John:
Now that I did not know, I mean, I knew of some, but I did not realize it was more common.
Thanks John!
Arnold
Hahahaha! Good observation Fifthchamber! :D
Anyhow, seriously what I meant was the clothing... See? It does not look japanese. :)
Take care!
Arnold
These guys look kind of chinese...Chin Na?
Arnold
Gregory:
Hi!
Listen, I know that there is a Sanuces-Ryu Jujutsu school in Orange County in California, but its not traditional, although very good and it provides weapons training as well.
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Thnaks Joe! :)
Well I know that in Japan they used the Kama and maybe the Sai. But I do not know if they used other tools as well as the Nunchakus, the Tonfa(Tuifa), etc...
I know the systems...
Greetings! :)
I was told that sometimes in the "old days" the farmers had revolts against samurai and used their farming tools as weapons to do so. Now my question is:
Were the farming tools...
Troy:
No problem, I am glad to help in any way I can.
Take care,
Troy:
Try this site, see if ti what you are looking for.
http://budogu.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page41.html
Best,
Um? What? Maybe its not that important....:(
Oh well, life goes on...:wave:
Best,
John:
Its interesting...Are they sure where the amulets cvame from and all?
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Greetings! :)
As an active member of Sanuces-Ryu Jujutsu, you can ask me anything at all. If I do not have all the answers I will do my best and personally look them up and ask forward and give...
Greetings to all! :)
Question:
I believe the farming tools of Okinawa and Japan are most identical, but if anyone knows different ones then I ask the question... Are all the faming tools used...
Hi again! :)
Well, ok. So Zen Buddism had influence from Taoism and so Chan Buddhism also had influence from Zen Buddhism as well, right? So Taoism influenced the branches of Buddhism it got in...
Thanks a lot Joe! :smilejapa
Best,
Thanks Jason! :smilejapa
I was wondering if before the Japanese invasion if there was any sword besides the Tinbei(sword and shield) as for the use of the goverment guards? Or maybe spears?
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Thanks Doug and Ken for the info. :smilejapa
Ken I will email you for a copy, ok? Thanks! :smilejapa
And yes, this is interesting because hardly anyone talks about the Okinawans before the...
Jari:
Thanks for your reply. :) I will look into it.
Now, does anyone know about my second question?
Best,
Greetings to all! :)
I have two questions about the relation/influence between the Okinawan MA and the Japanese MA. (I know they might not admit it, but lets give it a try! ;) )
1) How did the...
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I was wondering, most people forget or do not recognize that the Okinawan people dealt with their own before the Japanese invasion. We think of Okinawan MA as just Karate and...
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Since my question is related to the above question of Rahul, I will add mine to his(I hope you do not mind Rahul...:) )
I would like to first thank Manaka sensei for his time with...
Greetings to all! :smilejapa
I would like to ask why did some of the koryu in the past changed the name of their art from Taijutsu to Jujutsu?
I know that not everyone did this change, but some...
Mr. Lucas:
Thanks for your reply, very inderesting detail.
Best,:smilejapa