Effective today, I am leaving all online communities, including Martial Arts Planet, Martial Talk, and BudoSeek. This past weekend, I had the...
Well, if you recall, Matt Thorton videos were posted *SEVERAL TIMES* by the "alive guys" with the admonition that if we weren't allowing free form...
None. But what they call "alive training" is not what the Japanese call "randori." Check YouTube if you don't believe there is a...
Yes. Because he actually does progressive resistance training, which accords with your philosophy of training. :bang: If you go back to *YOUR*...
None of these issues were at play six months ago, when I made my original comments. Was it you who pasted copies of fingerless gloves and...
A better use of Kuoshu's time would be to actually *ANSWER* Steve Greenfield's questions, seeing how nearly *EVERYTHING* in Kuoshu's original post...
I agree, which is why *ALL KATA* (yes, even the simple ones) are vehicles for playing with when to "engage the kukan." Consider how Soke...
It's funny how a statement such as this can go without comment from KempoFist and others, while when I made the same assertion about six months...
I agree that it is not immediately relevant to the title of the thread "Unusual for Hatsumi Sensei to leave his house." Nevertheless, I do...
Yes. This is what happens when people take "creative license" when describing something that they don't understand. :rolleyes: Had people...
How can you "obstruct" when there is *NOTHING THERE*?!? Did all the WMD evaporate when Western devils touched foot on the sand? Remember...
Congress authorized use of force *IF* diplomatic attempts failed; the latter were never tried nor exhausted. Congress never authorized "the...
This is precisely why people who have no experience in the Bujinkan have difficulty understanding what we are doing. They are working from the...
Close. "That might mean vous".... :love: Typo fixed in original. Thanx! -ben
I think part of the test is realizing that (1) you cannot, and should not, try to control everything, and (2) things are not always as they seem,...
I think it depends on who you train with, honestly…and your particular skill level. The former has always been a key input into painful...
Jeff, you have found yourself joining a very long debate between those who train in what they call "alive methods" and those who train in more...
I hate to inform you of this, but it's not like you can pick up quality budo documents and weaponry at any corner convenience store in Japan....
The "jumpiness" that you are writing about comes about because people refuse to let go. They actually (and wrongly) believe that *THEY* are...
The idea that Hatsumi-sensei is some hermit that never leaves his house is pure fantasy. Hatsumi-sensei is extremely busy. There has been...
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