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by Chiefobrien
Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:22 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Wado, budo, self-defence.... What's it all about?
Replies: 96
Views: 79976

Re: Wado, budo, self-defence.... What's it all about?

Acer, in our club we also practice stuff from outside the syllabus. And nearly every time when doing so we try to apply the principles learned from wado kihon, kata and kumite. The syllabus does not dictate what we can or should practice. The syllabus is something more like which we can use in gradi...
by Chiefobrien
Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:26 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Uniting wado groups
Replies: 54
Views: 37433

Re: Uniting wado groups

Ah, so maybe you are not so much a chief as an plain ol' Indian after all, Are those restrictions to keep you in - or to keep the undesirables out..? I'm thinking more what Gusei has posted in another topic: Shoji and I are friends but we can't be seen training together for obvious reasons... We ha...
by Chiefobrien
Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:45 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Uniting wado groups
Replies: 54
Views: 37433

Re: Uniting wado groups

I'm kind of imagining or hoping that everyone from the 3 groups could practice with each other with complete freedom. You'll find that many members of this forum already do exactly that. I, for one, am member of JKF-Wadokai but have always been treated in the most hospitable way when attending WIKF...
by Chiefobrien
Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:37 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Uniting wado groups
Replies: 54
Views: 37433

Re: Uniting wado groups

Ultimately I don't care as long as we get to practice together with whomever we want without being bound by ridiculous rules based in fear which seems to be the norm in certain circles these days. Now this just might be what made me start this thread. I think I didn't realize it at first. I'm kind ...
by Chiefobrien
Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:35 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Uniting wado groups
Replies: 54
Views: 37433

Re: Uniting wado groups

Do you mean the creation of another group, or consolidation of existing? I mean that the existing ones would join together. Gusei: Yes, I think I'm seeing this from a different perspective than you. I wasn't even born yet when the first split occurred. ... I was planning to write some more, but I n...
by Chiefobrien
Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Uniting wado groups
Replies: 54
Views: 37433

Uniting wado groups

Hi everyone! I've been thinking lately about the different wado organisations and reasons for their existence. Of course I don't know the complete facts, but it's not important. What do you think, will the wado style be practiced only in one main organisation someday in the future? As opposed to the...
by Chiefobrien
Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:19 am
Forum: Events and Reports
Topic: Shingo Ohgami in Finland 30.9.-2.10.2011
Replies: 0
Views: 6160

Shingo Ohgami in Finland 30.9.-2.10.2011

Hello everyone, I'd like to inform you that Shingo Ohgami 8.dan will be holding a seminar in Joensuu, Finland from Sep 30th to Oct 2nd 2011. So, if you'd like to meet the strange but friendly Finnish people of North Karelia and enjoy the high level of Wado teaching by Sensei Ohgami then this is your...
by Chiefobrien
Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:23 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Wado in the USA
Replies: 21
Views: 28217

Re: Wado in the USA

I assume you are referring to the Starship Enterprise? If so then I hope you read the whole manual...otherwise you will crash the spaceship...lol You are taking 7.1.3 out of context. Go back to the heading of Article 7. ... I'm sorry, I have this annoying habit of speaking (or writing and clicking ...
by Chiefobrien
Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:19 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Wado in the USA
Replies: 21
Views: 28217

Re: Wado in the USA

Some people carry membership in all 3 organizations. Doug Jepperson is a member of Wadoryu, Wadokai and the WIKF. So this is not "illegal"? I read from the JKF Wado Kai website from the Overseas Regulations "7.1.3 No concurrent membership in any other style association or involvement...