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I get accused of never blinking, but must do so...Maybe its timed so it occurs when people don't notice? Or maybe I just wait until the kata is finished...?? Must get a video to see what...

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 see how strong his hara is. If you try and cut with...

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 aways used to see a 'flash' in my sensei's eyes...

it's a strange thing that feeling isn't it... I was always fine training and just getting on with it, and knowing sensei's beady eye was watching. However when he used to pull me out front to do a...

oh.. sorry, its an exercise where you exaggerate certain moves in mae, such as opening the chest, with shoulders back and cutting really wide to help this work. Driving the hara really hard forward,...

I tend to lose people at Xmas and other holidays, which seems to be the break point when students go home and do something else... or maybe can't be bothered to come back... Next is when they move...

What I find the really hard part is the timing... If the analogy is the sound of a bell, ie loud then fading, we should say it stops fading at about 30% left so you still have some power left.
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at least you now know what you are looking at...some people never get this apparently.....hence them never moving past 7 dan. The coordination is hard, but being consistent and using it naturally all...

watch this carefully at the 2 minute point.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbE5PAKfAU
The 'arched back/tilted hip' moves in a very subtle way, in that the hip tilt is forced forwards and up...

sounds more like your grip is wrong.... see Peter next time for a check. My guess is you are doing this through a shibori action... Do you start with elbows well away from the head for instance??? if...

I prefer them to silk.... and have had one for many years. They do get dirty, same as silk, but feel softer textured on the edges of the twists, unlike silk which takes a bit of time to bed in. One...

I picked up an interesting point on doing kamiza rei this year, due to ours being on a table , and not the usual height we have it... the bow must be lower then the kamiza, so rei must be done...

I was moving there a couple of years ago but the job fell through...or you would have a club there already! However I did meet Greg Huff at a Greenville (SC?)dojo (yes, I know its a couple of hours...

There is a a 'tradition' for us that it is used on long fast marches, where you tie in the sword to prevent it falling out (and potentially causing an 'unpleasant' incident) Tying into the belt is...

now the proper advice is here, I can't believe Lee hasnt jumped in with some smutty comments about having stiff ones. He must be having a bad day...:laugh: I usually just soak them overnight... that...

sageo are a 'modern' addition (1970's) for MJER so you dont need them. Wear the waki between first and second belt layer next to the body, then the katana with another layer between that and the...

very true... you learn what you need to at that time, not something more complex or difficult... you may also pick up points that sound 'garbage' for you today, but five years later make perfect...

you already have some stress risers due to its being bent from whatever happened the first time. I guess it would be possible to use a bike fork straightener (not sure at their reaction when you turn...

Dowel? never thought of that although I use it for other kihon... I like it, quite vicious and sneaky as a teaching technique as it really would rub it in!:laugh:

for ultra cheap sageo, go to a climbing shop. They have these carabiner slings that are just the right length if you cut them at the join... great for bokken saya!

Maybe improved technique with 'macho strength' removed?:wink: I had an excellent lesson one time on this....Iwata s. once picked up a plastic saya and started to get us to go between nukitsuke and...

my favourite is where you get shown three different ways of doing it wrong, and lastly a quick blast of the right way....You can GUARANTEE most of the students will pick one of the wrong ways, and...

and if they make a mistake...how many people would copy it? Iwata sensei told me he once changed his grip to the 'right way round' at the end of tsuke komi, rather than just leave it as per the way...

I am wondering if I know kamesan... he has a lot of stuff I have already... "Your quest, should you choose to accept it, is to find out who kamesan is. (This tape will self destruct in 10...

but a bit pointless, once the important stuff has been said...