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by Tim49
Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:37 pm
Forum: Events and Reports
Topic: JKF Wadokai Seminar - Manchester
Replies: 23
Views: 25795

Re: JKF Wadokai Seminar - Manchester

Hi all, Just thought I’d drop a quick few lines in about the course at the weekend with Shimura and Katsube sensei. It was a great course and it was good to hook up at long last with Shep. It’d be interesting to know if there were any other “All Wado” folk there that we weren’t aware of? I couldn’t...
by Tim49
Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:03 pm
Forum: Non Martial Arts Talk
Topic: Earthquake
Replies: 13
Views: 17447

Earthquake

As many of us here have contacts with Japan either directly or indirectly. I thought I’d put up a notice of solidarity and heartfelt sympathy for the people of Japan, and in particular the communities affected by the earthquake and resulting tsunami. Personally I was both horrified and saddened by t...
by Tim49
Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:25 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Niels Bohr - Master of Go no sen ?
Replies: 11
Views: 12535

Re: Niels Bohr - Master of Go no sen ?

This is propably not the same thing and I am not sure if should deal archery here.... However, I think that to some extent archery share similar mind settings than wado..... I found a little bit similar reaction-phenomenon in archery. I usually train with conventional, unmovable arcehry targets. I ...
by Tim49
Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:29 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Niels Bohr - Master of Go no sen ?
Replies: 11
Views: 12535

Re: Niels Bohr - Master of Go no sen ?

This was really interesting. As I see it the stimulus comes from the initiator. Thus the initiator has to calculate when is the right time to begin the action. As indicated, this probably activates a different kind of brain mechanism, one that is more calculating (maybe left hemisphere). The reactiv...
by Tim49
Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:58 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Ah finally..
Replies: 2
Views: 4764

Re: Ah finally..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-WADO-KARATE-Patch-/370488574185?pt=Vintage_Sports_Memorabilia&hash=item5642d700e9 I've been wondering what to do with that old jockstrap..!! oneya Too funny... I wonder why an Aiwakai badge is classified as 'vintage'? Oneya, I can fully understand if you advertise yo...
by Tim49
Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:17 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: syllabus differences
Replies: 51
Views: 43824

Re: syllabus differences

Hi Claas, Stepping back, stepping forwards, stepping to the side, all you are doing is changing your position in relation to your opponent and depending on how you choose to react to him. Words like ‘retreat’ and ‘advance’ have semantic baggage attached to them. We also know how human nature works i...
by Tim49
Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:38 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: syllabus differences
Replies: 51
Views: 43824

Re: syllabus differences

I had a hard nosed American chap once told me that he had previously been a SEAL. Imagine my disappointment when I found out that he couldn't balance a ball on the end of his nose.

Tim
by Tim49
Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:35 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: syllabus differences
Replies: 51
Views: 43824

Re: syllabus differences

At the recent course, someone was taking 3rd dan grading. The opponent was using a metal tanto, blunt edge but pointy enough to be a pain. An American friend then asks were they just being flash with the metal knife, as he assumed all gradings were done with a wooden tanto. I laughed out loud, we'r...
by Tim49
Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:50 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: syllabus differences
Replies: 51
Views: 43824

Re: syllabus differences

I just wonder if the instruction has been diluted over the years.... Health and safety ?? I'm told the shortest way there is the longest way round..... I would say that the answer to this depends partly on whether you have access to good instruction or not. I think there is dilution and unhealthy c...
by Tim49
Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:18 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: Gedan Barai
Replies: 10
Views: 13314

Re: Gedan Barai

Hi Inagokun, In my group, we practice both gedan barai and soto harai uke (or at least what I think you mean by this) against maegeri in our pair work, however as Tim says, the most important bit is how you move your body - not what you are doing with your arms. With reference to the move in Pinan ...