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Ben, Sorry. I wrote about Leonard Bennett earlier and his info got deleted in the paragraph where I was talking about liars, thieves and drunks..lol. Leonard Bennett is with me, Wado Guseikai. So is Floyd Smith. Mr Smith trained with Sakurai Sensei in Iwakuni. He was one of the original American ser...

Ben, The history of the US is really not very interesting. And this is not exactly the forum for me to tell the unblemished truth. Wadokai is dysfunctional in the US. Doug Jepperson is seeing this and is rallying the American Wado practictioners to fill the void. Good luck to him. This past Wadokai ...

So the Euros on this board has something to strive for - to be the first!. Blackcat, Gary, perhaps someday you guys can be the first true JKF Wadokai 8th dan. I doubt it, not for me anyway. Shimura sensei told me how much training he puts in each week, I wish I could do half that and have him as in...

I was just thinking. In recent years there is a whole new crop of Westerners that have become really good and there is no reason they can't surpass what the others have not been able to do so far. And these people are still physically young. Robbie Smith, Norma Foster have technical 7th dans. Robert...

For some reason people outside of Japan do not make the distinction of dan grades earned by recommendation or by technical ability. So far no one outside of Japan, dead or alive has ever earned a technical 8th dan. That means so far no one has been able to pass the test. Everyone is still failing. E...

i think Otsuka Sensei is teaching them how we use our jodan uke. contrasting it with the Goju/shotoryu age uke.
Classic Otsuka Sensei explanation. I think others here have also seen him teach how we use jodan uke this way.

@gusei21, like your mentioning of the resetbutton. This often occurs when one tries to apply kuzushi with too much enthousiasm. Turning the table looking at the role of ukemi, people tend to resist too much which is unrealistic after kari ate / atemi etc or the 'give up' too early. They giving up t...

Thanks gusei21 for your post. Especially liked the armpit fart. Although we ended up at the last movement, isn't it interesting how to get there? AJ Yes 'armpit fart' has that, oh I dunno sorta je ne sais quoi about it and much more piquant than serratus anterior and magnus. My Kushanku will never ...

Hi there, Talking about kuzushi I wanted to add my two cents since I did not see anyone mention the following. Perhaps no one talks about it because it is common knowledge? And Gary brought up Takagi Sensei's clip so I want to talk about what Takagi Sensei is doing but is not obvious by just watchin...

The first bow was originally meant for the mat. HI Gusei21, good to see you back here. Your new nick and writing style gave you away immediately ;). Anyway... what do they think the first bow is for then? Or do they just bow because of bowing? They see that everyone is bowing twice so they just bow...