I personally think Wayne Roy was in the right. Why should he not have been given a 10th dan when Mr Hatsumi was busy handing them out like...
and why does Richard van Donk call himself "Master Richard van Donk"?
Any idea about this place? http://www.todaidojo.com/ I noticed they offer a "Leadership Program"? http://www.todaidojo.com/programs.htm...
Jigoku Dojo website copied from the Skosses? Someone recently emailed me and told me that if I wanted to see great Bujinkan kenjutsu I should go...
Anyone know who this person is? http://www.darrenhorvath.com/ Not saying anything about his ability, but why does he call himself Shihan...
Ok, since I seem to have developed a reputation as a "crusader" here, I may as well go ahead and ask another taboo question that no-one else seems...
Yep. And proud of it too! IMO, the way Otake does it is the way to run and disseminate a classical Japanese martial art. Just my opinion though.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, with a bad heart, and not understanding "the feeling", but ... Why on Earth are people not learning tameshigiri...
I read a thread recently about the first French student of Mr Hatsumi, Sylvain Guintard, having quit....
People are missing the point with all these medical doctor and continuing education analogies. Yes, doctors continue to go on professional...
Why? what is there to hide?
How much quality training can you get with 100 people there? Is there much personal interaction with the teachers?
Well it's just a question! After all, the Katori shrine in Japan is satisfied that what the Katori Shinto Ryu demonstrates at the shrine is...
Garth gets a lot of flak on this forum, but I for one think that he is among the most intellectually honest posters here. Maybe it's just me,...
Didn't the clergy at the shrine ask to see proof of a historic link between the shrine and the ryuha?
Just for info, Meik Skoss made his post on eBudo but I can't find it. Its discussed n Dave Lowry's book though.
It was bencole who asked for the names of the commitee.
I agree inspecting the body is a bit extreme, but then again they say koryu do thing differently. But anyway, it seems I was wrong about it being...
Is there any link to the Musashi Ryu Jujutsu that apparently once challenged Mr Takamatsu when he was a child?
So in other words they've gone to fake or illegitimate Katori Shinto Ryu teachers and you've used that to conclude that I'm lying. :rolleyes: I'm...
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