Uh… where in Australia are you? The only place to learn Tatsumi Ryu is in Melbourne, the only (official) place to study Tenshinsho Den Katori...
Yeah, I understand that it's not an easy thing to get your head around, particularly early on in your martial career… the thing is, martial arts...
Fudoshin Ryu isn't a Koryu… and the question is far too vague to give any real answer. There is a connection between Aikido and Katori Shinto Ryu...
Kid. You swing sticks you shape yourself (with no real way of knowing if they're correctly weighted, balanced, shaped, or anything). Dean trains...
Yes. The one you were called out on pretty well straight away? What do you think it tells us? My reading of it is someone who has...
And what is your understanding of that stance? Why is it the way it is? Why do you use it?
The thread begs to differ.... and, frankly, to tell you what we know would take far too long... although you've been pointed in the right...
I didn't say I'd beat you, I said you'd end up in hospital. And no, you haven't got any experience or training in "the art of swordfighting", as...
So how do you know that it has the properties required for a bokken? American Oak is different to Japanese, you know... How do you know what the...
And here's the addition... Son, you don't have a clue about ninjutsu. You don't have a clue about kenjutsu. You have no experience of either,...
That's the thing, son. You're not. You're just completely uneducated, and are avoiding any way to remedy that. (Just adding the quote, as you...
Right, you added a bit... Yes, it's a bad take on perserverance. You're not perservering (against the odds and lack of understanding of...
No, I didn't, son. You seem to have missed, well, reality. By a lot.
Without going back across every post of yours in this thread, no, that's not where much of the "wrong" comes from.... most of it is just you...
Hmm, perhaps you misunderstand what wabi-sabi is... It's a particular trait of Japanese artistic measures and methods, including martial arts. I...
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