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Lick yourself.
SJJRSJJS
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For one(myself) who actually studied Shotokan Karate and for awhile collected genuine Samurai Swords, and who belonged to the Southern California Japanese Sword Club, I should have recognized the word. I appologize for my oversight. PS, I still have my member's card, and way back, we met once a month in Hollywood, California to discuss Katana and Tachi sword construction details and history. My only regret is that I do not speak Japanese, although I know Japanese History and periods rather well. A top secret that is not taught in Japanese Schools is that there was another Emperor between Mejii and Taisho, one who was mentally retarded, but the Japanese history books do not mention him, and what happened to him, I do not know. Domo Arigato
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In addition to posting here as SJJRSJJS, he meets once a month in Hollywood, California to discuss Katana and Tachi sword construction details and history.
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I said that I used to go to the meeting way back, not now, and I have since gotten rid of my sword collection.
blackascoal
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As a long-time student of Isshinryu, I find that interesting. Kumite with Shotokan black belts provided the opportunity to match the hardness of their style with the more fluid style of Isshinryu.
Isshinryu, having its orgins in Okinawa, taught weapons such as the wooden Bo and the Sai. The Japanese had taked away all metal. I was not aware that Shotokan taught the sword .. but being of Japanese orgin, I guess that would be natural.
There are many disciplines of the sword.
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Darla
Hmmm. Your posts certainly are racist enough that my wondering if you hadn't been disguising yourself as webway/razor not so crazy.
Well, I give this persona 1 star. Frankly I thought the character spinoff, RJS, was much funnier and better done. But then I did start out as a copy editor back in the day and I am nothing if not expert at taking an idea and making it 100 times better. And of course, I'm just much funnier.
Well, I give this persona 1 star. Frankly I thought the character spinoff, RJS, was much funnier and better done. But then I did start out as a copy editor back in the day and I am nothing if not expert at taking an idea and making it 100 times better. And of course, I'm just much funnier.
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My Shotokan experience was again way back, and led to my interest in Japanese culture and thus swords, although I never studied Kendo. The President of our Sword club was Willis Hawley, who wrote many books about the Japanese sword, including a large book on sword values using a numbering system, with a Masamuni Sword being one of the most valueable at 600 points, I still have many of those books. My best sword was a Tsunahiro, 3rd generation Wakizashi worth 100 points. A very well made sword now in Japan is worth only about 20 points because it has never really been tested in battle, or actually tested by decapitating dead bodies, and then having one of the famous sword tester families enscribe how successful the test was. Concerning Shotokan Karate, at the time, Mr. Oshima, I believe a Japanese radio broadcaster from Little Tokyo, was the highest graded Shotokan Sensie(10th dan?) in the USA, and Gichen Funakoshi, from Okinawa was the father of Japanese Karate. My spelling may be off with the Japanese words. You have any questions?
blackascoal
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I find that very interesting and a door to further study. Thank you.
I studied under, and was awarded my black belt by Sensei Angi Uezu, son-in-law of Master Tatsuo Shimabuku.
Martial arts in all its forms has always been fascinating to me.
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One of the tests for a Black Belt in Shotokan was to hold oneself in the Horse Stance for one hour without any movement whatsoever. Of all the Karate systems, Shotokan seemed to be the least in it for the Money, as they might say. Taikuando, mostly kicking, started commercially with Chuck Norris's very first Dojos, one being in Paramount, California and it was one early on that I looked into. The greatest of all was Bruce Lee and he actually called Japanese Karate too rigid, which I agree with actually. Bruce invented Jeet Kune Do, where he said that he combined the foot speed of one of my heros Muhammid Ali and the hand speed of Floyd Patterson, with the fluidity of motion of Gungfu, which used animal movement, like the Crane bird, or the Preying Mantis, etc, all true. Again my spelling may be an issue. Also Mike Stone, protege of Hawaian Kempo Sensei Al Parker's style was pretty good, Stone taught Elvis Presley, and ended up dating Pricilla after she and Elvis broke up. As good as Elvis was with his "Black Belt" Stone would have mopped the Floor up with Elvis if it came to that. Elvis was not skilled enough, from what I saw, to get a Black Belt in Shotokan, Shotokan was no joke, but very rigid, I like Bruce Lee's style the best, Bruce had so much natural speed and timing, very difficult for the average man to achieve no matter how much they trained, ask Lee's student Kareem Abdul Jabbar or after Bruce's death, sensei Danny Intosantos. . Look up the YouTube tapes of Bruce Lee at The Internationals in Long Beach, California demonstrating his famous Side Thrust Kick, simply the greatest of all time, so powerful and so fast. On the street Bruce Lee would destroy any UFC fighter, because in Gungfu(Kungfu), the eyes, balls and throat are all targets, and without rules, it is over in seconds, lightening quick, with power and superb timing.