On my screen, the bottom of the first page in this forum has a last post date of April 11, 2017. One year and about 20 threads. Gambatte!
Shihan Ed Martin, AKA Papa-San or Flyboy, passed away yesterday. He was 81. Mr. Martin trained in the bujinkan for about 34 years. He was a 15th...
Much as we'd like to make it easier, it seems that improvement in this art is a doing thing, rather than a reading/rational understanding thing....
I'm saddened to report that Darryl Caldwell passed away this weekend.
Interesting. Isn't "takamatsu den" exactly equal to transmissions of takamatsu, by definition?
Yes, this is merely a question about vocabulary. Are people being brainwashed? Are people unable to exit? Are people give up their families? No....
Hey PR, have you read this: http://blog.bushinbooks.com/archives/date/2011/01
I agree strongly. They are likely correlated (when you have the chance to train with Japanese Shihan, you train more). Sometimes, I myself am...
It's hard to know if some people are better because they are closer to the source, or because they train more.
Yes, I continue to miss Oguri Sensei. He kindly drove us from the train to his dojo a couple times, and his classes at Hombu and at his home were...
Soke wants us to train with all the ****enno when we're there.
Space has a cost associated with it, so some of that money is going directly or indirectly to the cost of space. Spending $20 for a good 2 hour...
i knew the number in the second statement would be large based on the first statement. the relevance is both additional detail regarding the...
Hatsumi happens to be 83; the same age that Takamatsu was when he died.
The system is inconsistent, substantially unrelated to martial ability, and generally inflated compared to other arts, but it is not dishonest....
I remember these same conversations happening in the early 80s. It is a matter of only theoretical interest, since by far the biggest source of...
I agree. People make Japan out to be some extraterrestrial place where the rules are incredibly different. They aren't. Just be nice, smile, speak...
Go to Japan, and take as many classes as you can afford. Take notes, but assume they'll make no sense when you return. Don't embarrass your...
Almost :whistle:
1) High-quality stretching programs usually take 15 minutes a day, much of which can be done at work. 2) Taijutsu classes are not meant to get...
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