• Peter West's Avatar
    16th May 2013, 08:43 PM
    Peter West replied to a thread Bokuto as a Training Aid in Iaido
    Are you coming to Intensive (was called squad) training next month? I think I can promise some suburi.
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  • rottunpunk's Avatar
    16th May 2013, 05:52 PM
    rottunpunk replied to a thread Bokuto as a Training Aid in Iaido
    I would further add to the question above, what is it you want out of your suburi? If its the technique side then a bokuto can help try doing the...
    9 replies | 489 view(s)
  • tango's Avatar
    16th May 2013, 08:23 AM
    tango replied to a thread Torikeshi a "forfeit"? in Concepts
    Sorry.. I thought you were asking a serious question.. I've gone back and reread your original post: Since this is shinpan practice and a kids'...
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  • Peter West's Avatar
    15th May 2013, 11:39 PM
    THE REASON WE BLINK HAS NO DIRECT RELEVANCE TO HOW THE STATE OF MIND AFFECTS OUR NEED TO DO IT. (sorry about caps lock) It should be possible...
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  • rottunpunk's Avatar
    15th May 2013, 08:11 AM
    just had another thought on this if you are using correct metsuke (something i struggle with myself) then the eyes should move and change focus...
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  • Wraith's Avatar
    14th May 2013, 06:49 PM
    I thought this was cancelled due to the Koryu seminar and Taikai?
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  • Peter West's Avatar
    14th May 2013, 05:02 PM
    It's a simple matter of optics: the clearest image is the one through the centre of the lens, and the least clear image is the one where the frame of...
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  • Ookami7's Avatar
    14th May 2013, 12:51 PM
    Ookami7 replied to a thread How not to blink during kata in Iaido
    Hey Tim. On the specs question probably most of us are guilty on that one!!!! I do it for sure!!!! In Kono Hyakuren's book he uses the same theme ie...
    32 replies | 1338 view(s)
  • tango's Avatar
    14th May 2013, 04:25 AM
    tango replied to a thread Torikeshi a "forfeit"? in Concepts
    This was my thought as I was reading the OP, notwithstanding the specifics of the scenario...
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  • tango's Avatar
    14th May 2013, 04:23 AM
    tango replied to a thread tozando sales in Bogu
    quite frankly, the easiest thing to do is simply to email them and ask them...
    9 replies | 574 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    13th May 2013, 10:05 PM
    Peter West replied to a thread 2nd Dan 'graveyard' in Iaido
    We used to have a kind of pro forma mark sheet, but most grading panelists ignore it. the problem is we have to assess 5 people doing the same kata...
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  • Peter West's Avatar
    13th May 2013, 05:03 PM
    Peter West replied to a thread 2nd Dan 'graveyard' in Iaido
    From what you say it seems as though you are making progress. I have a saying: The more you know the more you realises you don't yet understand...
    92 replies | 4735 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    13th May 2013, 04:07 AM
    Peter West replied to a thread 2nd Dan 'graveyard' in Iaido
    very unlikely. Its all in personal code. I might write, for example Xoxxo Meaning 3 of the kata not good enough Or X- meaning weak nukitsuke O...
    92 replies | 4735 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    13th May 2013, 01:42 AM
    Peter West replied to a thread 2nd Dan 'graveyard' in Iaido
    Having sat on many grading panels, and often been asked for feedback, i am becoming increasingly reluctant to give it. This is not due to meanness,...
    92 replies | 4735 view(s)
  • chidokan's Avatar
    12th May 2013, 07:09 PM
    chidokan replied to a thread old iai videos in Iaido
    Mori Shigeki sensei had a bad accident when he was a young farmer.... This explains the odd shape of his right arm, however even with this you can...
    15 replies | 2037 view(s)
  • chidokan's Avatar
    12th May 2013, 07:01 PM
    is it me spotting a habit with various people, or do people who wear specs always tend to drop the head forward and look over the top of them? I...
    32 replies | 1338 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    12th May 2013, 05:49 AM
    Narrowing the eyes is not much help, in my opinion, though i have seen people senior to me do it. My feeling is that the eyes are more like a snake...
    32 replies | 1338 view(s)
  • Wraith's Avatar
    12th May 2013, 04:17 AM
    Wraith replied to a thread How not to blink during kata in Iaido
    Work with your wife, do you?
    32 replies | 1338 view(s)
  • Wraith's Avatar
    12th May 2013, 04:03 AM
    Wraith replied to a thread 2nd Dan 'graveyard' in Iaido
    And yet, you still read (and reply) to to an Iai forum thread, even after 18 months away; seems to me all you need is a spark to get you going...
    92 replies | 4735 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    11th May 2013, 12:10 AM
    I didn't say that. I didn't give an opinion one way or another. All I said was that your argument doesn't convince me.
    18 replies | 635 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    10th May 2013, 07:05 PM
    The problem here is that you are considering "uninterrupted longest transmission from our present to the past" but then by implication saying that...
    18 replies | 635 view(s)
  • Ookami7's Avatar
    10th May 2013, 02:01 PM
    Working on rough translations of both Kono Hyakuren book and One of Jushin books as well!!!! There is a lot of interesting tidbits like the Katori...
    18 replies | 635 view(s)
  • tango's Avatar
    9th May 2013, 06:49 AM
    tango replied to a thread Dodai questions in Bogu
    Hey yo... V.Lee --- congrats on 1st place Mudansha at the Nabeshima Taikai this past weekend... very nice work and good final match!!
    44 replies | 1491 view(s)
  • tango's Avatar
    9th May 2013, 03:49 AM
    tango replied to a thread Dodai questions in Bogu
    Scott -- I've got the same beni-tame dodai from ebogu.. Needless to say, I was shocked when I opened it because i thought they'd accidentally sent me...
    44 replies | 1491 view(s)
  • tango's Avatar
    9th May 2013, 02:19 AM
    tango replied to a thread tozando sales in Bogu
    I agree with Cailin...
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  • tango's Avatar
    9th May 2013, 02:15 AM
    tango replied to a thread Dodai questions in Bogu
    yup.. The total cost of that particular Do would be $550...
    44 replies | 1491 view(s)
  • Peter West's Avatar
    9th May 2013, 01:32 AM
    Peter West replied to a thread 2nd Dan 'graveyard' in Iaido
    I thought he meant the opposite, that some koryu is not iaiDO,
    92 replies | 4735 view(s)
  • Ookami7's Avatar
    8th May 2013, 02:37 PM
    Probably because MSR is a koryu!!!! If it was just seitei waza then you would have a point.....
    18 replies | 635 view(s)
  • tango's Avatar
    8th May 2013, 05:49 AM
    tango replied to a thread Dodai questions in Bogu
    i have decided that the longer i do kendo, the less i care about what somebody's dodai looks like... but that's just me...
    44 replies | 1491 view(s)
  • rottunpunk's Avatar
    8th May 2013, 03:28 AM
    do you wear spectacles? Strangely enough this seems to have an effect on how often one needs to blink. As well as the good advice above of...
    32 replies | 1338 view(s)
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