Does your shinai have a name?

[SaitoHajime]

Before you ask. No I do not sleep with my shinai, nor do I hug it or tell it how much of a friend it is to me. Actually I haven't named it either simply because I haven't been practicing a lot but I soon think I'll be practicing kendo and iaido in which case I'll name my sword and then my shinai though I can't think of a good name right now. In any case, have any of you given a name to your shinai?

[Swissv2]

I like to call mine sparky. Yup that shinai is very loyal, everytime I say "here sparky, sparky" it comes a runnin.

Is this a joke? :D

[SaitoHajime]

I like to call mine sparky. Yup that shinai is very loyal, everytime I say "here sparky, sparky" it comes a runnin.

Is this a joke? :D

Just one of those fun post, everything can't be serious all the time. That'd be no fun. On the other hand would you really mess with a guy walking with his shinai behind him on a leash? :)

[Hotei]

I tend to call mine "pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou". Or sometimes "Jason."

[SaitoHajime]

I tend to call mine "pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou". Or sometimes "Jason."Has anyone seen pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou around? I'm looking for pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou :)



Lol must be made of some platinum laced bamboo or something :)

[mystic_kendoka]

skull crcka!

[SaitoHajime]

skull crcka!


Ahhh so what happens when skull crcka meets pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou for the first time :)

[mystic_kendoka]

since pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou doesnt have a skull, skull crcka would get confused, go into a state of despair then end it self by harakiri.. only thing is.. it doesnt have a hara.. so it goes for SaitoHajime's stomach...

[SaitoHajime]

since pleasedontbreakIcantaffordtoreplaceyou doesnt have a skull, skull crcka would get confused, go into a state of despair then end it self by harakiri.. only thing is.. it doesnt have a hara.. so it goes for SaitoHajime's stomach...

and that's when the skull crcka gets cracked or at least heavily blocked util a cracking can be arranged :)

[taganahan]

i call mine....shinai...............

~taganahan

[SaitoHajime]

i call mine....shinai...............

~taganahan
Now that's one freakin evil name :)

[Cheese_Man]

I think my shinai would appropiately be named Frankenstien considering its built from like 3 different shinais.....I am sure im not the only one who has attempted to give life to what seems to be a broken useless shinai..

[SaitoHajime]

I think my shinai would appropiately be named Frankenstien considering its built from like 3 different shinais.....I am sure im not the only one who has attempted to give life to what seems to be a broken useless shinai..

Naw it's still good, you just have to leave it out on top of the house in a thunderstorm, but don't be suprised when you find yourself beating villagers up with it. I learned that one the hard way.

[Twobitmage]

Well I write my name on my shinai

does that count?

[don_lubo]

My shinai name is "SaitoHajime made a fool of himself".

[YAMAFELL]

I call mine woody sometimes.

it's a running joke at my dojo because my Japanese friend was walking around one day with a shirt that said "It's a good day when you wake up with a woody." and he thought it ment going camping.

Other then that, when mine end up breaking I call them abunai shinai.. and make a little jingle out of it.. and put it into the box of unused shiais and then grab a different one for the time being....

But I think a good name could be Men wacker. or 4 rods.. or.. ok.. maybe there are just no good names for shinais..

[mystic_kendoka]

this is my shoto.. it is approximately 8 times my size... i will call it.. mini me..

[itachi]

mine is called Aun. (in harmony)

[Kote-Men]

i wish i had such a close relationship with my shinai...



*drops shinai on foot* Stupid ****ing piece of wood!!!





and the legend of the rent was WAY HARDCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mystic_kendoka]

as soon as i qualify for tsuki, i will change its name to toothpick..

[YAMAFELL]

Hahahaa.. toothpick! that's a great one! You made my day. Thanks.

[delphideo]

Mine is either "The Big Sharp Pointy Stick" or Amaterasu, since I have her kanji written on it. Now my opponents can see the sun godess before I strike them and send them to hell (metaphoricly speaking, I wouldn't dare harm a fellow kendoka)

[Kyros Nighle]

i always refer to mine as "shinai" .........though it would be cool to have a sword with name, kinda classy, but im a begginer, so ill wait a while before baptising my shinai............lol

[mystic_kendoka]

BTW baptise with oil NOT holy water..

[Marine_Boy]

Stupid post but I'll join in on the fun...

Exchange rifle for shinai.

"Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name, because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece. This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful!"

[Nanbanjin]

Stupid post but I'll join in on the fun...

Exchange rifle for shinai.

"Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name, because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece. This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful!"

After reading this I thought momentarily about starting a thread titled "how often do you bang your shinai" but thought better of it.

[Marine_Boy]

After reading this I thought momentarily about starting a thread titled "how often do you bang your shinai" but thought better of it.

How about a thread "How often do you get shafted by your shinai?" :smiley:

[Zaphiel]

I myself call my shinai 'Shiranui'....
well I call my bokken shiranui too......
I just like the sound
......I will call my new bogu shiranui......:)
I'm a fanatic.....shiranui, shiranui!!!!!!!:evolved:

[SaitoHajime]

My shinai name is "SaitoHajime made a fool of himself".

Thanks I'm honored you named it after me and we barely know each other. Good to see that you're not shy though :)

[SaitoHajime]

How about a thread "How often do you get shafted by your shinai?" :smiley:

Lol now want to call one of mine "SHAFT" :)

[Ralutin]

Pretty lame thread, so I will respond with an equally lame, if not lamer post:

My shinai has a first name. It's: O-S-C-A-R...
My shinai also has a second name. It's: M-A-Y-E-R...

Let the moaning, groaning and hurling of fruit begin...

[SaitoHajime]

Pretty lame thread, so I will respond with an equally lame, if not lamer post:

My shinai has a first name. It's: O-S-C-A-R...
My shinai also has a second name. It's: M-A-Y-E-R...

Let the moaning, groaning and hurling of fruit begin...The funny thing is that I've been waiting for someone to say that from the start of the thread :). Though it would have been more interesting had you made up some lyrics.

[Ralutin]

The funny thing is that I've been waiting for someone to say that from the start of the thread :). Though it would have been more interesting had you made up some lyrics.


I warned you the whole thing was lame, so what did you expect? :P

[SaitoHajime]

I warned you the whole thing was lame, so what did you expect? :P

Good point, your lameness surpases mine in every way. Who taught you this technique and where can I find such a sensei? :)

[Ralutin]

Good point, your lameness surpases mine in every way. Who taught you this technique and where can I find such a sensei? :)

Sorry, the lameness ends here...:P

[SaitoHajime]

Sorry, the lameness ends here...:Ptease, don't hold out on me :-P

[Ralutin]

tease, don't hold out on me :-P

Oooookay...maybe the lameness doesn't end for you...:P

[SaitoHajime]

Oooookay...maybe the lameness doesn't end for you...:P

It's a never ending battle I suppose.

[Marine_Boy]

Lol now want to call one of mine "SHAFT" :)

Who is the man
Who would risk his neck for his brother man?
(SHAFT!)
Who's the cat who won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
(SHAFT!)
He's a complicated man
And no one understands him like his woman
(JOHN SHAFT)
You say this cat Shaft is a mean mother-
(Shut ya mout'!)
I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft!
(Then we can dig it!!!)


That's John Shaft to you punk! Treat it with respect or it'll kick your ass! :smoker:

[Random]

Aww.....now I want a theme song for my shinai....* ponders *

[Marine_Boy]

Aww.....now I want a theme song for my shinai....* ponders *

How about this for stupidness.

During shiai, each competitor comes onto the "ring" with their own theme song. Just like WWF! :confused2

[Nanbanjin]

How about this for stupidness.

During shiai, each competitor comes onto the "ring" with their own theme song. Just like WWF! :confused2

Like I've said before, I'm walking in to "It's raining men"
To make it completely clear, I mean men as in men cuts.

[Marine_Boy]

Like I've said before, I'm walking in to "It's raining men"
To make it completely clear, I mean men as in men cuts.


Is your kendo nickname "twinkle toes" by any chance? :)

Ps do you have fancy neat armour and do you know how to iron a hakama properly? :wink:

[Zaphiel]

Like I've said before, I'm walking in to "It's raining men"
To make it completely clear, I mean men as in men cuts.
hahahaha!!!!
IT'S RAINING MEN!!!!!!:laugh: :laugh:
I have tears in my eyes....of laughing
WUHAHAHAHA
(I mean it)

[SaitoHajime]

Is your kendo nickname "twinkle toes" by any chance? :)

Ps do you have fancy neat armour and do you know how to iron a hakama properly? :wink:
OMG lol too funny :)

[Nanbanjin]

Is your kendo nickname "twinkle toes" by any chance? :)


Yeah, that's what I have on my zekken.
(BTW, I did the embroidery myself)

[SaitoHajime]

Yeah, that's what I have on my zekken.
(BTW, I did the embroidery myself)


^This guy scares me, taking a beatdown from twinkle toes, you'll be the laughing stock to the dojo

[Nanbanjin]

^This guy scares me, taking a beatdown from twinkle toes, you'll be the laughing stock to the dojo
'Cause yo mother gives me embroidery lessons every time I sleep with her!

[SaitoHajime]

'Cause yo mother gives me embroidery lessons every time I sleep with her!
That makes me want to commit sepuku here and now. Can you commit sepuku with a shinai, I mean has anyone tried? Fine I'm gonna do it now. If you see me posting later I guess that means it doesn't work and I'll be even more dishonored and ashamed :)

[Nanbanjin]

Is your kendo nickname "twinkle toes" by any chance? :)

Ps do you have fancy neat armour and do you know how to iron a hakama properly? :wink:
My kendo nickname is embroidered on the back of my dogi. Under the words "You've just been hit by". I'm sure you'll get to see it sometime. :smoker:

[SaitoHajime]

My kendo nickname is embroidered on the back of my dogi. Under the words "You've just been hit by". I'm sure you'll get to see it sometime. :smoker:

This discussion is getting too hardcore for me, better tone it down fellas. I'd hate to see all this skill erupt in a flurry of named and nameless shinais



"Everybody was kendo fighting" HUH!!!!!!
"Those sticks were fast as lightning"

[Marine_Boy]

Yeah, that's what I have on my zekken.
(BTW, I did the embroidery myself)

(Im a high shrill voice)

"Ooooo get you!"

[Nanbanjin]

(Im a high shrill voice)

"Ooooo get you!"

Sequined keikogi, mirrorball do. How far do you want to take this?

[KhawMengLee]

(Im a high shrill voice)

"Ooooo get you!"


Isn't that what Sensei Simmon says?


http://www.livwell.com/richard_s.jpg

[Marine_Boy]

Isn't that what Sensei Simmon says?


http://www.livwell.com/richard_s.jpg

I think this is as far as I'll take it...

Can't take commands from a guy in stripy lycra.

[taganahan]

Isn't that what Sensei Simmon says?


http://www.livwell.com/richard_s.jpg
eww....hate that guy. that guy started popping out again from nowhere! it gives me goosebumps whenever i see him wearing those short shorts...."shivers from the picture of it".

"who wears short shorts?".......i know girls do but i don't know about guys. "shivers again". STOP THIS INSANITY!!!......lolhahaha

~taganahan

[KhawMengLee]

http://www.livwell.com/richard_s.jpg
Gives a whole new perspective to a Sensei saying:

"Com'n boys! Go for the MEN!!! Hit on the MEN!!!"

[kenshin13]

http://www.livwell.com/richard_s.jpg
Gives a whole new perspective to a Sensei saying:

"Com'n boys! Go for the MEN!!! Hit on the MEN!!!"
....(shiver)....

[SaitoHajime]

http://www.livwell.com/richard_s.jpg
Gives a whole new perspective to a Sensei saying:

"Com'n boys! Go for the MEN!!! Hit on the MEN!!!"
You people are fools, when sensei richard returns from Sanfran you shall bow before him or die by the deal a meal technique :)

[nalogg]

I call my shinai "Lucille"
and i speak to it

"let's ruckus this guy Lucille!"

[Zaphiel]

I call my shinai "Lucille"
and i speak to it

"let's ruckus this guy Lucille!"
a famous guitar is called lucille too!
this is out of place but.......well....who cares?

[SaitoHajime]

a famous guitar is called lucille too!
this is out of place but.......well....who cares?
BB king would care hehe, lucille is actualy famous and worth quite a sum of money. I wonder if a shinai could ever be as famous?

[mystic_kendoka]

i think there are a few famous shinais..

i saw some website with a guy who had a collection of shinais a couple of centuries old..

[SaitoHajime]

i think there are a few famous shinais..

i saw some website with a guy who had a collection of shinais a couple of centuries old..
This is about as close as it gets on expensive but no word yet on a famous one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16044&item=3689546594&rd=1

[Zaphiel]

hmmmmm

for a carbon shinai 400$
I'm not used to carbon shinais and I don't like them so I'm sorry for asking but....isn't that MUCH too expensive?

[mystic_kendoka]

maybe not.. if it lasts 30 years or so as the ad's say, and u go through 2 or 3 shinai per year and they cost 20 bucks, in thirty years thats between 60 or 90 shinais.. which results in a cost of about 1200 to 1800 bucks..

so a $400 shinai would save u about a 1000 bucks on the long term, but its not a very good shinai, and personally i would rather use bamboo..

[Zaphiel]

maybe not.. if it lasts 30 years or so as the ad's say, and u go through 2 or 3 shinai per year and they cost 20 bucks, in thirty years thats between 60 or 90 shinais.. which results in a cost of about 1200 to 1800 bucks..

so a $400 shinai would save u about a 1000 bucks on the long term, but its not a very good shinai, and personally i would rather use bamboo..
:) only bamboo has a soul!!!

[mystic_kendoka]

i don't believe people have a soul... so..

[nalogg]

i know all about BB king's guitar, that's why i thought of the name lucille

DUH!

PS: BB king rules

[Zaphiel]

i don't believe people have a soul... so..
:)
atheist?

[mystic_kendoka]

yes but not strictly so, im just scientific..

[Wout]

science can only tell things about what it can know.
Their are no scientific statements about wether things have a soul or not.

Scientificly speaking things could have souls (or not) as much as scientificly speaking there could be an afterlife (or not)

[mystic_kendoka]

the soul part i agree, when i said i was scientific i wasnt relating to EVERYTHING, but just the atheist part, that i don't believe in god, for scientific reasons,

however i think scientifically there is no after life, an after life would exist if there was a god, which scientifically doesnt exist, also when looking at evolution and the mechanics of humans its very difficult to think they have souls and these souls will go to the afterlife, determined by how good they were on earth..

[Wout]

where does it say that souls can't die, scientificly speaking it's possible souls could die, no scientific evidence sais they can not :)

[SaitoHajime]

where does it say that souls can't die, scientificly speaking it's possible souls could die, no scientific evidence sais they can not :)

Silly people the point is that we don't know the answer and are only guessing. One of my favorite things to say is this. "The only thing I know is that I don't know"

[Zaphiel]

everyone should decide for himself if there's a god or if there's not......

[tapioka]

I'm a little confused as to how this thread got onto the subject of God, but nonetheless, I have about 4 shinais in my posession and so naming them kinda gets hectic. for now, I call them pierre, robert, albert, and jeffrey. but then it gets confusing when several staves get all splintered...then I end up creating shinais that are, for example, 1/4 robert and 3/4 jeffrey. what do I call it then? robffrey? or jeffbert?

[mystic_kendoka]

it went tht way because i mentioned tht i prefer bamboo over carbon, then zaph said only bamboo has souls, then i said i dnt believe in souls.. then he called me an atheist, i agreed etc.etc.



Silly people the point is that we don't know the answer and are only guessing.

its not really guessing.. if it was vague then it might be believable, tht there is someone up there similar to the descriptions.. but all these religions are SO precise... like the color of their hair, whether they have a bushy moustache or not... tht sort of accuracy is only achieved if they saw him in person (not likely) or they made the whole thing up, and as the centuries progressed, it became taken on as true (more likely)... ok lets stop talking about religion now... i feel tht i am starting to do a daqo'tah... :confused2

[autophile]

but then it gets confusing when several staves get all splintered...then I end up creating shinais that are, for example, 1/4 robert and 3/4 jeffrey. what do I call it then? robffrey? or jeffbert?

How about, "child of an abominable act of genetic engineering"?

Oh heck, I'm beginning to sound like Hai Hai now. Sorry :)

--Rob

[louisvandalen]

I never gave my shinai a name but:

my wife called my shinai "Big Dude", I never understood why.

Untill she left me.

Regards,

Louis
www.uiteindhoven.nl (http://www.uiteindhoven.nl)

[Hai_hai]

...ok lets stop talking about religion now... i feel tht i am starting to do a daqo'tah... :confused2
You are daqo'tah.

[mystic_kendoka]

um... is tht a joke or what..?

[Hai_hai]

um... is tht a joke or what..?
Um...what do you think?

[mystic_kendoka]

didnt u say i was the same person as yowai and ali g as well?

[Caleb]

I'm a little confused as to how this thread got onto the subject of God, but nonetheless, I have about 4 shinais in my posession and so naming them kinda gets hectic. for now, I call them pierre, robert, albert, and jeffrey. but then it gets confusing when several staves get all splintered...then I end up creating shinais that are, for example, 1/4 robert and 3/4 jeffrey. what do I call it then? robffrey? or jeffbert?


Lol, You crack me up. Thats why bamboo shinai shouldn't have names, just the carbon graphite ones, but then again, you would still get those mixed up

[mystic_kendoka]

for example, 1/4 robert and 3/4 jeffrey. what do I call it then? robffrey? or jeffbert?

havent u seen DBZ? goten and trunks makes gotenks or troten

goku plus vegeta makes gogetta and vejitto

piccolo and kami makes kamiccolo

[SaitoHajime]

How about, "child of an abominable act of genetic engineering"?


Niiiiiiice :)

[Nanbanjin]

I never gave my shinai a name but:

my wife called my shinai "Big Dude", I never understood why.

Untill she left me.

Regards,

Louis
www.uiteindhoven.nl (http://www.uiteindhoven.nl)
Lately my girlfriend has been spending a lot of time at the dojo.
People have seen her hanging around a strange shinai. Oh my god, could it be the same one!

[louisvandalen]

Yeah it might be, he was wearing a white hat and white boots when I last saw him. Looks a bit oriental and has a kanji tatoo.

Regards,

Louis

[Nanbanjin]

Yeah it might be, he was wearing a white hat and white boots when I last saw him. Looks a bit oriental and has a kanji tatoo.

Regards,

Louis
Gotta watch those guys with the kanji tatoos.
Hope the biatch gets splinters!

[mystic_kendoka]

Hope the biatch gets splinters!

ouch... tht would hurt..

[tapioka]

I agree. (o_O)

[SaitoHajime]

Gotta watch those guys with the kanji tatoos.
Hope the biatch gets splinters!

Trojan man and the guy with kani tatoos square off :)

[Kyros Nighle]

well even if my shinai does not have a name, that doesnt mean i cant have a katana with one right? (maybe thats not exactly the threads name but its somehow related:rolleyes: )

i have two so i call one masa (left one, 10 cms shorter, golden blade, no tsuba design, a fenix carved on the saya) and mune (right one, longer, dragon black tsuba, silver blade, and a dragon on the saya)

together they are masa and mune = masa-mune :) .....:evolved:

[litige]

How about, "child of an abominable act of genetic engineering"?

Oh heck, I'm beginning to sound like Hai Hai now. Sorry :)

--Rob


boooooooh!!!!

[litige]

I don't call my shinai because he hasn't got a phone!

hihihihi!

Glad i'm the first one to make it!

Ho and mystic, if you don't accept that there is a soul, than you are not a true science guy. Most scientifics sucks because they sey occult science are false...well hope when day they'll get punch in the face by a ghost...Ghost are just pure science.

[Nanbanjin]

I don't call my shinai because he hasn't got a phone!

hihihihi!

Glad i'm the first one to make it!

Ho and mystic, if you don't accept that there is a soul, than you are not a true science guy. Most scientifics sucks because they sey occult science are false...well hope when day they'll get punch in the face by a ghost...Ghost are just pure science.
And your keikogi doesn't smell 'cause it doesn't have a nose right?

[litige]

And your keikogi doesn't smell 'cause it doesn't have a nose right?

how d'ya know?????

[mystic_kendoka]

And your keikogi doesn't smell 'cause it doesn't have a nose right?

no my keikogi doesnt smell becuz it has been washed...

[Hai_hai]

didnt u say i was the same person as yowai and ali g as well?
Neh. Gen-cha-nah. Nanun busting your chops. Your FOB-ish English is enough to differentiate you from DaQo'tah.

[mystic_kendoka]

Nanun busting your chops.
hahaha

FOB-ish?

[not-I]

FOB-ish?
"Fresh off the boat."

Try http://www.urbandictionary.com/ for "FOB" and all of your other slanguage needs. Almost as good as online OED, and most def funnier.

:smoker:

[litige]

no my keikogi doesnt smell becuz it has been washed...

he wasn't talking to you, punk!

[litige]

I don't call my shinai because he hasn't got a phone!

hihihihi!

Glad i'm the first one to make it!

Ho and mystic, if you don't accept that there is a soul, than you are not a true science guy. Most scientifics sucks because they sey occult science are false...well hope when day they'll get punch in the face by a ghost...Ghost are just pure science.

what a shitty english I have...It's almost funny.

[xioulin]

I (my sensei) named my bokken kenshin

[gdane1989]

My shinai name is "SaitoHajime made a fool of himself".
First of all, it was very common practice in Fuedal Japan to name your sword. Sometimes the smith would name it, and other times the owner would, I do not believe he made a fool of himself.

[reg]

i call my shinai 'bender'. i call my other "shinai" 'bend it', coz everybody wants to bend it like reg. geddit geddit..:laugh:

[Nanbanjin]

i call my shinai 'bender'. i call my other "shinai" 'bend it', coz everybody wants to bend it like reg. geddit geddit..:laugh:
Go you good thing Reg!

[tapioka]

kenshin? good choice. :)

[Paburo]

my shinai is called broken...

[litige]

First of all, it was very common practice in Fuedal Japan to name your sword. Sometimes the smith would name it, and other times the owner would, I do not believe he made a fool of himself.

Are we talking about swords?
Are we still in Feudal Japan?

[PhoenixProfile]

My shinai has to be called Dirrrty because where the handle is it really is Dirrrty, it even leaves a hand print outline of where i hold it lol

[Kage Ki Ken]

I'd name my shinai, but then they break, and it would be wierd. I'd be like sorry about that crack bob, or cindy, it wasn't my fault that the men gane is that hard . yea. so. right. anyway, I actually have named my shinken. Nothing foolish about that. We might not be in feudal Japan, but the swords, and arts we love are.

[mystic_kendoka]

nothing wrong with naming swords/shinais/bokkens...

just a long hard sometimes shiny dangerous teddy bears really...

[SaitoHajime]

I'd name my shinai, but then they break, and it would be wierd. I'd be like sorry about that crack bob, or cindy, it wasn't my fault that the men gane is that hard . yea. so. right. anyway, I actually have named my shinken. Nothing foolish about that. We might not be in feudal Japan, but the swords, and arts we love are.

You have a point there. I have yet to break one in a way that couldn't be repaired but if I did I guess I would be put in a really weird space. Funeral, last rights, last wish... etc :(

[Twobitmage]

name your iaito something then

[Nanbanjin]

name your iaito something then

I always thought Old McDonald would be a good name for an Iaito. Like in the song...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai, iai-doh.

[reg]

I always thought Old McDonald would be a good name for an Iaito. Like in the song...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai, iai-doh.
you've been waiting to use that for a while, haven't you? =P

[Nanbanjin]

you've been waiting to use that for a while, haven't you? =P

It'll be two years next month.

[PhoenixProfile]

It'll be two years next month.
Once it reaches two years "old" are you going to throw a party for your shinai Old McDonald and invites its other shinai friends over? Would be amusing if that did happen ;)

[tapioka]

I always thought Old McDonald would be a good name for an Iaito. Like in the song...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai, iai-doh.
(cracks up) :cheeky:

[ramamaiden]

Well..im new here, so havent think about it yet, although i like the idea of naming tour shinai.
I think like Iron Maiden??? ir Eddie,??? or Butcher??? jaja...." the blitzkrieg" sounds cool too....well....im going to think on a name...although i think a japanese name would fit better..... :)

[kenshin13]

hehe. Trusty Steed for me :D :D :D

[Jacynth]

I hav'nt got a Shinai yet but when i do i think i'll call it Guardian or Shadow

[kanyil]

I always thought Old McDonald would be a good name for an Iaito. Like in the song...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai, iai-doh.oh man, I was sitting here having a lunch box at work and this song almost made me choke on the food (and spray the monitor with chewed drumsticks and rice). it's just too funny.

[Zaphiel]

hey guy....as we talk of giving names.....
has someone heard of the trdition of samurais to call their sword after the first person they kill with this sword...sounds strange and i wanted to know if you think this is rubbish or if it really was common??

[Zaphiel]

oh man, I was sitting here having a lunch box at work and this song almost made me choke on the food (and spray the monitor with chewed drumsticks and rice). it's just too funny.as for this i heard a simular one in this forum......
it's raining men.........but men named after the strikes:wink: ...liked it really much so i'm telling it here

[louisvandalen]

hey guy....as we talk of giving names.....
has someone heard of the trdition of samurais to call their sword after the first person they kill with this sword...sounds strange and i wanted to know if you think this is rubbish or if it really was common??
It was exactly like that. Mine is called JFK.

Best Regards,

Louis

[litige]

It was exactly like that. Mine is called JFK.

Best Regards,

Louis
I don't think this was a joke to make, I don't feel comfortable with it, so I some United-Statians won't be either. Humm bad call anyway.

[senki-kendo-jos]

the name's Cracker... Nut Cracker... after I made a rather nasty mistake and skewered one of my sempai in the balls with hilarious results... he siad if i'd stopped him from having kids he'd return the favour... kinda hard seeing as i'm a girlie!!:redface:

[senki-kendo-jos]

:cheeky:
I always thought Old McDonald would be a good name for an Iaito. Like in the song...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai, iai-doh.
hee hee hee hee hee!
Even my non-kendoka mate had hysterics it's that amusing!
Think I might write it on my iaito bag!!!

[kanyil]

the name's Cracker... Nut Cracker... after I made a rather nasty mistake and skewered one of my sempai in the balls with hilarious results... he siad if i'd stopped him from having kids he'd return the favour... kinda hard seeing as i'm a girlie!!:redface:
ouch, that name is extra ouch.

[kanyil]

It was exactly like that. Mine is called JFK.

Best Regards,

Louis
mmm..someone call Mulder and Scully.

[senki-kendo-jos]

Lol, of course it's ouch... 6ft of muscly Geordie with big kiai transformed into pile of whimpering former man... it was a mistake of course, i'd never do it on purpose... well maybe...

[Nanbanjin]

:cheeky:
hee hee hee hee hee!
Even my non-kendoka mate had hysterics it's that amusing!
Think I might write it on my iaito bag!!!
I appreciate the e-cred.
It could be "Iai-iai-toh" of course.
I don't practice iai, so I couldn't think of much material to fill the song out with. I guess you could say:

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh (doh)
And Old McDonald cut some men,
Iai iai toh.
With a men men here,
And a men men there,
Here a men, there a men,
Everywhere a men men,
Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh.

Or you could incorporate renzoku waza...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh (doh)
And Old McDonald cut kote men,
Iai iai toh.
With a kote men here,
And a kote men there,
Here a kote, there a men,
Everywhere a kote men,
Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh.

Anyone know the chords for Old McDonald?

I am sorry if this post has made anyone out there more stupid. I feel pretty dumb for having written it.

[senki-kendo-jos]

Hee hee hee, mind if I print it off, my iaido sensei would highly appreciate it! Will try and get chords, although guitar is something I tried, sucked at and quit!!

Just went to get lunch and was singing it all the way there! Yay, go nanbanjin!!

[GBN]

I can't believe it hasn't been said.

My shinai has a first name it's O-S-C-A-R.
My shinai has a second name it's M-A-Y-E-R.

Brian

[Nanbanjin]

I can't believe it hasn't been said.

My shinai has a first name it's O-S-C-A-R.
My shinai has a second name it's M-A-Y-E-R.

Brian

Actually, it has....

http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showpost.php?p=52435&postcount=31

[KOMA]

I call it Easton!! Easton the bat

[elssha]

Why stick to old McD???

My old sensei had a sword
Iai iai-do


love the thread ppl, had me ROFL for a good 20min...
^_^

[elssha]

(and just so I actually contribute something here...)
I got myself a shinai
doo-da, doo-da
hit the men, let out kihai
all the doo-da day.

[EzzzE]

mwhahahaha
okay so no we've got two songs alowed in the doyo,
its raining men
and old mcdonald was a sword...

lol.....
*still laughes*

[Kaoru]

I appreciate the e-cred.
It could be "Iai-iai-toh" of course.
I don't practice iai, so I couldn't think of much material to fill the song out with. I guess you could say:

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh (doh)
And Old McDonald cut some men,
Iai iai toh.
With a men men here,
And a men men there,
Here a men, there a men,
Everywhere a men men,
Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh.

Or you could incorporate renzoku waza...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh (doh)
And Old McDonald cut kote men,
Iai iai toh.
With a kote men here,
And a kote men there,
Here a kote, there a men,
Everywhere a kote men,
Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh.

Anyone know the chords for Old McDonald?

I am sorry if this post has made anyone out there more stupid. I feel pretty dumb for having written it.
Hi Nanbanjin-san,

Ooooo!! ROFL!! :D That was too funny!! And it only took me about 3 months to discover these little verses of yours! hahaha!! May I copy these and send them to my sensei please?
:D

Do you still want the chords? Tell me and I'll write them out for you guys. Heck, I can write the whole thing out on manuscript paper and then scan it and post it if anyone wants the notes of the song too. :D

Kaoru

[Nanbanjin]

Hi Nanbanjin-san,

Ooooo!! ROFL!! :D That was too funny!! And it only took me about 3 months to discover these little verses of yours! hahaha!! May I copy these and send them to my sensei please?
:D

Do you still want the chords? Tell me and I'll write them out for you guys. Heck, I can write the whole thing out on manuscript paper and then scan it and post it if anyone wants the notes of the song too. :D

Kaoru
The chords would be nice. Feel free to do what you want with the lyrics.

[#2 mouse]

"Splinter" works well as a name for mine.

Of course there's always "Bi*ch Slap".

Once it has finally broken you can take it out to the grill and call it "Towering inferno" as you throw it on the funeral pyre. I suppose "Smokey" would work too. (Makes for tasty burgers and 'brats!)


(I can't believe you guys couldn't come up with better lyrics, like..)

My shinai has a first name it's B-A-M-BOO,
My shinai has a second name it's S-H-I-N-AI
(verse)
(verse)
...and that's how I spell K-E-N-D-O!

So there....!

[Andou]

Yes. John Smith.

[Kobo]

It reminds me of a senpai's black bokken, he called it "Nightmare" and he was always threatning the other senpais with it...

[Trey]

I appreciate the e-cred.
It could be "Iai-iai-toh" of course.
I don't practice iai, so I couldn't think of much material to fill the song out with. I guess you could say:

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh (doh)
And Old McDonald cut some men,
Iai iai toh.
With a men men here,
And a men men there,
Here a men, there a men,
Everywhere a men men,
Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh.

Or you could incorporate renzoku waza...

Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh (doh)
And Old McDonald cut kote men,
Iai iai toh.
With a kote men here,
And a kote men there,
Here a kote, there a men,
Everywhere a kote men,
Old McDonald was a sword,
Iai iai toh.

Anyone know the chords for Old McDonald?

I am sorry if this post has made anyone out there more stupid. I feel pretty dumb for having written it.


Hahaha, Holy mother of god.
I love you. You are a Genius.

[Trey]

Think it'd be pretty neat to name my Shinai something like "Swift" or "Swift Attack" or "Flowing" ....something along those lines, in Japanese of course :P

[nodaka]

I like to refer to my shinai as "smackdaddy"

[Yiu Fai]

I'd like to highlight Nanbanjin's literary genius for coming up with his rendition of Old McDonald, thats genius we see once in a lifetime imo!

[piggy]

I'd like to highlight Nanbanjin's literary genius for coming up with his rendition of Old McDonald, thats genius we see once in a lifetime imo!

yea it was hysterical.

i could write out a mandolin or sitar part to it (if i ever got around to it)

anyway, im going to name my new shinai dirty harry.

[Mr. Donigan]

If I name one, I'd have to name them all. And I'm just not prepared to do that.