Training with a shinken

[rottunpunk]

Feed who...? The original poster? I believe since starting this thread, he is now teaching shinken kenjutsu in London. Got about 8 students if I remember correctly.

er, down to 6.45 now i think. i might go along. got a nice set of three sharp swords in red and black from blackpool. the sheath is nice and square like the hilt and theyve got golden blades, none of this silvery rubbish. i have my teenage mutant hero turtle plastic mask and tabard costume from when i was a kid. will that be ok as armour? its raphael so mit mathes the sword colour.

[Anjin-san]

i have my teenage mutant hero turtle plastic mask and tabard costume from when i was a kid. will that be ok as armour? its raphael so mit mathes the sword colour.

We have an open door policy at our club, but we have to draw the line somewhere. Without at least using si's like the original raphael-ryu as set out in the seminal 'Book of Five Turtles' to show your respect for the art, I'm afraid we can't admit you. I'm sorry those are the rules. I'm normally pretty easy going for this kinda thing but Gibbo's big on the traditional aspects of super-hero ninja ryu.

[rottunpunk]

well, the costume only came with one. its grey plastic, so it looks nearly real, if i stick some razore blades on it will that do? or i could paint the band bue so i would be leonardo, but then the swords wont match. oh how annoying.

oh i know, ill go and get one of those tiny bits of metal the real samurai soldiers used to wear for forehead protection, then it will be ultra genuine and traditional. do you know if i can get them of ebay, or will i have to go back to blackpool for it?
...did you chamge my quotey name? grrg.

[Galo]

Dear Anijn-san, bouncer of the ultimate divinely respected super-hero-ninja-ryu,

I come to you humbly to ask for entrance to your so exclusive-yet-awesome club. I got my super-dupper-cut-throu-everything ninjer sword for $10 in eBay (a real steal!) and the must-have "Book of the five turtles". I read it all in one night.... 10 times!!!! I've already done test cutting as suggested in yer all-cool 30 min video "How to flip-and chop like a real super-hero-ninjer for dummies". I can say I have successfully chopped the head of a parrot, the ear of my dog, and the sidearms of two of my mom's chairs (she's not quite happy with it but I keep telling her that tha way of the ninjer is misterious and dangerous). I am an expert at broad-daylight camouflage and managed to slip in a WalMart all nude and no one noticed!!!... well.... only the security guards (but everyone makes a mistake, rite?) I have no experience in actual combat, but I'm fully trained and ready by fighting against myself (shame on Richard Norton, he's such a wuss) Can I join your exclusive club???? Please please pretty please??


Sincerely, your devoted fan and ultimate-super-hero-ninjer-wannabe
Galo

[ScottUK]

I got my super-dupper-cut-throu-everything ninjer sword for $10 in eBay (a real steal!)

'Real Steal' is not acceptable. Only Stainless Steal.

[Paburo]

what about Remington Steal? uk's best....

[ScottUK]

I think you're gtting mixed up with Wilkinson Sword...

[The great I AM]

Why do you keep feeding him? He is either one of two things;

1. He's a troll, which means he's just here to bother us and get some flames going.
2. He's serious but thinks we are incredibly naive for believing that any sane kendo/kenjutsu teacher would ever "spar" with a student whilst using live steel and "titanium" armour.

It's no use agruing with him. We all know that you it's difficult to find even a mid-range Japanese style sword for any less than $1000USD. We know that no teacher in their right mind would ever fight his students with live swords. And we know that there is no way this kid has "titanium" armour. I wouldn't even waste my time, because he's probably going to leave the forum tomorrow anyway. Just a thought.

I for one left this forum the moment I posted my first post in that thread, which only goes to show that you were absolutely right. I also have absolutely no intention of ever practising kendo, which I think is the biggest load of old wank since that other pile of bollocks called ee-eye-doe.

But, and this is a big butt (like yo momma's) Anjin DOES have titanium armour. He is a true rich boy show off. He is totally impervious to harm, which is good because my mate Dave has recently decided that the easiest way to beat a person is to skewer them in the testes and twist. Anjin's tit-anium armour renders him impervious to Daves new Ball-stroker attack (as he called it) but on the flip side he can't move, as his armour contains no joints and is in fact a box roughly the size of a large suitcase. So that particular encounter often ends in a blood soaked draw.

And I bought my shinken for $25.99 plus tax and shipping, which shows how much you don't know, punk.

[Rookie M]

Wow. Having spent 2weeks in my bedroom practicing martial arts, I can now do almost all of the moves from my Samurai Pizza Cats video and have looked at a book about Bruce Lee in Waterstones. How wrong i was in thinking that i was now a master of the martial sciences. I know now that my training is not complete and wish to study your most noble style. I enclose permission from my Mum and a cheque for £25,000 for my first months training. Unfortunatly i do not have my own shinken but i do have an old cricket bat wrapped in tin-foil, a pair of welding gloves and an american football helmet (Miami Dolphins) I hope this is accectable.

yours sincerely

[Galo]

'Real Steal' is not acceptable. Only Stainless Steal.

Oh, man!!!
I feel robbed... my 10 buck and an sleepless night all for nothing

[Smasher666]

Hey, I'm just wondering if its the same elsewhere. We regularly have kendo/kenjutsu training sessions with shinken, typically we do armoured practice and then kata without armour.

A lot of people say that shinken are too expensive for this kind of thing, but really you can get one for quite cheap. I got mine on ebay for £25. They last longer if you go easy on the tree-cutting practice.

That’s pretty funny. Real Japanese swords start at about $6000.00 U.S. Please give us a link so we can all get rich by buying Shinken for $25lb and selling for thousands.

Also I got a good laugh to think of people doing Kenjutsu practice with real swords. Wow that would be a short practice. Maybe the Sensei should call 911 about 15 minutes before class starts. To give the ambulance a running start.

Thanks for making me laugh.

Peace!

[Martino]

Sorry Smasher666 your over a year to late.

I most states digging up corpses is illegal. (Thread Necromancy is bad)

[David G]

I must thank Scott for sending me the link to this thread!

Just spent the last few minutes laughing more than I have for weeks!

Anyone who hasn't read this yet I recommend you go to the first post and read from there.

I like America and most of the Americans I have met . . but they don't usually get the British sense of humour, espeicially irony . .

. . . . tamahagane irony anyone?

Sorry . . . I'll get my coat . . . . .

[Suhail_Merchant]

Haha! Thanks for resurrecting this. Classic. Especially 豚肉の剣。Just priceless.

You know, I bet someone else will bite after reading the first couple of posts...

[easye]

sparing with shinken????

E