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I understand, but your question was interesting and it sparked one in my mind around the legality of posting video with identified individuals.

Here's Avvo's take on it: http://bit.ly/1btGPl7

Congratulations, Thunder! Enjoy the moment but the work continues.

This sounds horribly trite because it is, but you just need to keep on practicing until you make better quality mistakes. I read that somewhere, but it is a fundamental aspect of success and...

I don't what to think here. He seems sincere about whatever he is doing.

My advice is only that of a new nidan but it is what I noticed in your video. It resonated with me because I have a similar issue (relying upon my upper body strength instead of my whole body).
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It would help if you pushed from the hips more so that you don't lean forward and down when you strike. Off-topic: Are you the woman from Conan O'Brien's "Fan Correktion" video?

There is a concept that the left eye connects to one's heart (or their soul or what have you) and this is a way of pressuring them.

"Sun and Steel" is a great book too but also not for the kids.

That kind of tsuki is dangerous indeed. I got one like that a few weeks ago. It snapped my head back and I had head and neck aches for 72 hours. Since then, my chin is down and my posture is...

I have this book and it is about this school. They are required to do the big swings because their emphasis is on kendo that approximates actual sword use. It's obviously not for everyone but I do...

These guys seem to have embraced their pre-war kendo heritage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVnK1Sw7HuI

Pity, because it is quite a good story and that particular scene was not indicative of the larger story. Anyway, the guy with the pellet gun should not have stood so close to the guy with the shinai.

I learned that too as a foil fencer.

I second that motion. The author seems to be caught up in himself a bit and I think he has an issue with whatever politics and issues of hierarchy exist in his karate system. Especially when he...

Bad kendo then means they are not the senior one can learn from. Maybe his sempai or sensei should speak with him and say, "Hey Hulk, no one wants to play with you because you're a brute." Or...

I love it when I am pressured and pushed to my limits. I also feel that it is a sign of respect. Conversely, I hate it when a senior just lets me hit them or takes it easy. The only way one will...

Congratulations on passing 2 dan! Hope your bad back sorts itself out. That can be a tricky issue.

Hai! :jaguar:

Hey there #63, yes you were! I believe we nodded enigmatically to each other as befitting the moment. :)

I felt that those testing for nidan all made a strong showing, focusing on big and strong...

As an update to this thread, I passed my nidan exam this last Saturday. The last six months were a real "back-to-basics" program for me and I am grateful for my sempai's guidance and time as well as...

Thanks enkorat, really interesting. Can you share which papers you used? I too am curious about how to quantify our efforts.

I don't know. It is supposed to compete with Nike's Fuelband and that could mean that it somehow will track your effort and convert that data into fitness points, calories burned, or the number of...

Looks as if it will rolled out this Spring. I wonder if it would work being under one's dou, maybe even turned around so the device is on one's back. I've always wanted to track my exercise output in...

lol - I bet you could if you made them run to the dojo first! :devious: