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by yabumi
Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:47 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sad news on the passing of Reg Kear
Replies: 14
Views: 30904

Re: Sad news on the passing of Reg Kear

It is with a very heavy heart that I bring news of Reg's passing late yesterday.
He will be sadly missed by his family, his friends and his many students.
by yabumi
Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:04 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Documentary
Replies: 13
Views: 29073

Re: Documentary

I'm downloading a copy as we speak (read?) Reg.
I'll drop it in the mail for you.
by yabumi
Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:47 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Emergence of Wado tachi dori, tanto dori & idori from SYR
Replies: 24
Views: 27685

but you ain't ever gonna really know... are you? What has been passed on, by various students of Ohtsuka's method, has been enough to occupy us for the last 30 or 40 or 50 years and it still seems to excite us. So why worry? The people who taught us had the same difficulties as we do. They worked wi...
by yabumi
Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:21 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sanbon kumite
Replies: 14
Views: 15599

Re: Sanbon kumite

Tim49 wrote:That's nine minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Tim Shaw
Phew, That was close! Thanks for the warning Tim, I almost clicked that one myself.
by yabumi
Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:43 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Changes in kata
Replies: 39
Views: 29915

Re: Changes in kata

Nice post Gusei21, I'm in much the same mind. I would never think of changing the kata either. It just doesn't occur to me. There may come a time though when the person who you normally look to for guidance on the arrangement of your shorts in kata, is no longer there. At a time like this you may al...
by yabumi
Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:12 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Form and function in Wado
Replies: 10
Views: 10577

Re: Form and function in Wado

My opinion is that form and function cannot be completely separated, at least within the context of Wado Ryu. They are joined together in a perpetual dance, each one always leading back to the other. So that both are required in order to continue and continuing, rather than arriving, is both the rea...
by yabumi
Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:25 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: What was Suzuki sensei like?
Replies: 35
Views: 29250

Re: What was Suzuki sensei like?

oneya wrote:...he's had his fifteen minutes of anonymous fame and reflected glory...

oneya..

Not to provide any further scope or continue this further but 'anonymous fame' what an odd thing to desire
by yabumi
Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:30 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: What was Suzuki sensei like?
Replies: 35
Views: 29250

Re: What was Suzuki sensei like?

Awww no fair. Scaredycat
by yabumi
Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: What was Suzuki sensei like?
Replies: 35
Views: 29250

Re: What was Suzuki sensei like?

So Acer, no straight answer to Tim's direct question and no straight answer to Oneya's previous direct question about your true identity. Seems you're not able to give any straight answers only hooks. What is it you're so afraid of, apart from all those hook punching, low kicking scary attackers out...
by yabumi
Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:21 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Wado, budo, self-defence.... What's it all about?
Replies: 96
Views: 79983

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

Acer, You are disturbing the equilibrium. Do be a good fellow and be quiet for a while.