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THOR HAMMER this is GREASE MONKEY, over.

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tyler
, 16th February 2009 at 09:10 PM (4905 Views)
Today while attempting to get back into the swing of things in practice, I was struck simultaneously by both a shinai and an idea.

Call signs. I mean, we already look like bloody pilots. Demented pilots, albeit, but pilots none the less. We strap cumbersome equipment on and carry our helmets by our sides as we saunter off to do battle. The fact that the battle doesn’t happen to be airborne is a peripheral detail.

Imagine it though. Discreet, tastefully stitched into the back of your hakama in the color of your choice – “ICEMAN”. Sorry, but it has to be all caps. Call Signs from famous movies and TV series starting coming to mind as I stretched after practice. “MAVERICK”. “BOOMER”. "GOOSE".

I mentioned it to Gibbo who ran with it and suggested some others. So I’m going to shelve this with my other idea for anti-tenegui, the idea being that we have some printed with hitherto undesirable concepts such as machi-ken (待ち剣), or perhaps the 4 diseases of the mind. I feel we should have these done up for next year’s gaijin smash.

At any rate, please leave your ideas for hakama call-signs as comments here. I see no reason why this shouldn’t extend into MC/DJ names and straight on into the ridiculous. Shotgun ‘PLIERS’ (song of the post)

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Updated 18th January 2011 at 07:58 PM by tyler

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  1. The great I AM's Avatar
    I seem to remember my suggestions not being fit for human consumption....

    Change BOOMER to BOOMSTICK and you're getting close.

    How about LOVE HAMMER? Or PORK SWORD! Yeah!! PORK SWORD!

    edit : I don't have a penis fixation, honest!
    Updated 16th February 2009 at 09:53 PM by The great I AM
  2. GothMelancolia's Avatar
    What about Target Practice or Hit Me or This is MEN
    ok
    now seriosly hm.... i see you prefer Top Gun and Galactica, maybe ....Number One (Star Treck), Rebel, Darth Vader, C-3PO and R2-D2, Millenium Falcon and of course Chewbacca
    signed Star Wars fanatic
  3. The great I AM's Avatar
    I just guffawed out loud at DIRTY PILLOWS on the forum....
  4. tyler's Avatar
    can you imagine, visiting another dojo and finding yourself in line behind DIRTY PILLOWS? i think i'd feint or something. freal though i'll be Pliers if someone else will be Chaka Demus
  5. Alex's Avatar
    What about a couple of fingers doing the bird?That would be really rubbing salt in the wound when running through after scoring a valid strike.
  6. Aurélien's Avatar
    Yea the running through thingy opens a lot of doors like: 'ALL IN 1ST GEAR' for fast and furious fans or maybe 'KISS IT' wouldn't be too bad or even 'TOLD YA'. I'd be quite amused if I saw someone wear a 'BAAAAAAAAM' after striking me. No no true.... shouldn't be amused during a fight.

    The problem when you get to write whatever you want wherever you want, marketing always puts its dirty nose in everything. Can you imagine 'Redbull gives you wings' at the back of your hakama? Or maybe 'BP fuel up your engine'... It never stops...
  7. b8amack's Avatar
    Anti-tenugui?
  8. tyler's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by b8amack
    Anti-tenugui?
    well, not 'anti', but the idea was, instead of the usual inspirational phrases found on tenugui, to make some with tongue-in-cheek phrases, like the 4 diseases of the mind, or maybe a recipe for scones.
  9. tyler's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alex
    What about a couple of fingers doing the bird?That would be really rubbing salt in the wound when running through after scoring a valid strike.
    'Eat my dirt' bumper sticker style! I wonder if Chiba Budogu has a template for that.