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by kyudo
Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:56 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Moving up in ranks
Replies: 40
Views: 54795

Re: Moving up in ranks

Belts are just that, belts. A Goju grade can hardly be compared to a Wado grade. A kyu grade in my dojo can hardly be compared to a kyu grade in the next. You may be right that you won't be able to move through the ranks fast in your dojo. It just depends on the criteria for the grades. That said, l...
by kyudo
Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:17 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: How long are your lessons?
Replies: 13
Views: 14786

Re: How long are your lessons?

We do 60 minutes for kids (long enough). For adults there's a session of 60 minutes and 90 minutes (never long enough). And at the moment I train 30 minutes each morning by myself, which is warming up, kata, kihon and stretching all rolled in one. So I tend to work with what I have. The 60 minute tr...
by kyudo
Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:42 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic
Replies: 20
Views: 25429

Re: Excited about Sensei Wicks' clinic

Yeah but being critical of the swordsmanship in a Wado tachi tori is like complaining about the popcorn at the movies. The sword is not the showcase. It is not our thing. Our thing is the guy at the wrong end of the sword. Then again, if the popcorn is awful, are you able to enjoy the movie? There'...
by kyudo
Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:31 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3
Replies: 49
Views: 40893

Re: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3

are there any really GOOD examples of these and more Wado techniques on say, YouTube? Video is full of pitfalls. 1: Many techniques have to be felt rather than seen in order to understand the experience. 2: Many techniques are so subtle that video won't convey it. 3: Everyone develops in his own pe...
by kyudo
Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:02 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3
Replies: 49
Views: 40893

Re: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3

Gusei21 wrote: You offer your proposal of the name change from Tobikomi Nagashizuki and I will propose monkey butt.
Let's see if any of ours has a chance of acceptance.
For the sake of worldpeace, let's find a common solution. I propose Tobimonkey Nagashibutt.
;-)
by kyudo
Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:33 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3
Replies: 49
Views: 40893

Re: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3

Gusei21 wrote: Igor you are going to tell them how it should be called?
Sure. Everyone should adhere to the new language I'm creating: Japadutch.
;-)
by kyudo
Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:48 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3
Replies: 49
Views: 40893

Re: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3

Tobikomu means to leap in(dive in). So in theory you can't do nagashizuki unless you leap forward in some fashion. Semantics. Fun, fun, fun.... The way I see it, tobikomizuki is diving in with the intent of diving in and attack head-on. Nagashizuki is also a forward motion, but with the intent of p...
by kyudo
Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:37 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3
Replies: 49
Views: 40893

Re: Sanbon Jodan Uke #3

...much to my chagrin and I don't know how it got started but there are people in the Wadokai (I cannot speak for Wadoryu or WIKF because I don't know) calling it Tobikomi Nagashizuki. It's getting even worse. I just received the latest issue of the magazine of the Dutch karate federation. In an ar...
by kyudo
Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:04 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: A funny
Replies: 54
Views: 48919

Re: A funny

I remember reading about a 16th century Italian fella who reckoned:‘The great majority of mankind was satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities' To which this 21st century fella may add: The great majority of mankind is satisfied with realities, as if they aren't illusory. But perha...
by kyudo
Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:23 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: A funny
Replies: 54
Views: 48919

Re: A funny

Is that all it's about Igor? the way you're perceived by others. I would have thought there was more to it than vanity. It's not about vanity in the first place. It's about perception. And it's not so much about other's perception, as well as your own. A bubble alters your own perception. From with...