I believe, which someone already mentioned, that it was a representation of kusari gusoku (chainmail).
Don't forget the Korean ninja (Sulsa) :)
Not that it matters with the timelines of the books mentioned, but... Leung Tings original book Skills of the Vagabonds (the first edition) was...
What would you do if you were in a confrontation and your glasses were knocked off? Do you wear contacts when you are out and about? If you...
BTW, here is an article by Stephen Hayes called "History of the Go-dai No Kata" http://www.bujinkandojofinland.fi/uraomote/96march.htm#hist Looks...
This was written by John Lindsey on E-Budo about several elements and one of the three Gyokko-ryū bowing methods which correlate to the three...
Nope, there are no "Beginning Earth, Water, Fire, etc." We have a mukyū (before they reach any rank) and then 9th-1st kyū.
I have all of the training manuals (old and new) and I don't recall seeing any "godai" mentioned in them. And I have been in the Genbukan since 1994.
I have never seen or heard Tanemura Sensei describe a feeling for a movement that deals with elements. So it not a Genbukan thing either.
The title and the wikipedia are wrong... The phrase starts with "Shikin" as in "Shikin Haramitsu Daikōmyō" (詞韻波羅蜜大光明) and not "Shinken".
I think I started a trend :)
I don't necessarily disagree with this, but one needs the basics and knowledge of the ryuha to be able to do this. By following what Hatsumi...
Nope, not what I was referring to.
Would the use of "poppycock" suffice?
Well, it is true he was a bodyguard, but not for an emperor. I can't talk about it at this point due to a promise I have made.
Separate names with a comma.
