Effective today, I am leaving all online communities, including Martial Arts Planet, Martial Talk, and BudoSeek. This past weekend, I had the...
I'll remember those hints the next time a car knocks over a utility pole just as some evildoers attack! LOL! :) -ben
Because he's the only one would can pick up the ****ing! thing! LOL! :) Have you ever tried to pick one of those things up? Let alone *YIELD*...
So you are dissatisfied with people who don't leave Japan frustrated by a supposedly overpowering senior? I still don't get it, Nim.... The...
Away from what? Japan? Or the Bujinkan? I did not get the feeling that this person was leaving the Bujinkan, just moving back to his home...
Really? Curious.... I don't think most people are very good. :) Or that Japan itself demands a certain type of person.... You say this...
Nim, I'm sorry, but I not quite sure what the takeaway of this "rant" was supposed to be. So far, I got, "Someone your teacher thinks is good...
Japanese Shihan selling their footage? Sorry if I don't believe you.... You are speaking about foreign "Shihan", correct? -ben
Because you need to have *PERMISSION* to post it publicly for the world to consume. I guarantee you that this individual *NEVER* received...
Conflict is a good thing. It means that people believe in something. -ben
I came across this historical oath recently, and was so astonished by it, that I thought I should share it with the Ninjutsu community. I have...
So this isn't a "martialtalk.com" specific rant, and more of what you've seen elsewhere? -ben
What are the "online choir boys" and how do they relate to these three 15th dans? -ben
That's a good list, Norm. Don't forget Andrew Macdonald, Greg Alcorn, and Anthony Brien though.... All have several years in Japan as well....
Thanks for posting that, Brian. It is important to remember that not everyone's "kyusho" will be located in the same place. This is why Soke has...
I agree. :) -ben
I certainly hope this is not what Shawn was suggesting when he stated, "This to me looks like a purchase order for a product (Only in this case...
I understand Kreth's argument, but the fact is that *THIS INFORMATION IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE*. As Brian said: So long as Soke says that is...
Please be cognizant that not everything you see is *THE* correct way of doing things. There are many ways of doing even Omote Gyaku, the first...
Yes, but that is because with that individual's personality, fire would breed more fire. Extinguishing the fire by cutting off the air was a more...
In other words, we've bred a culture of wimps and ostriches.... -ben
I did not say that one should be "speaking for Hatsumi" in these situations. I *DO* feel that as seniors in the dojo we have an *OBLIGATION* to...
As someone who has been there, I also think that Soke expects those training with him to have the balls enough to tell people to *LEAVE* if they...
I've seen it happen by accident to Hatsumi-sensei. He still flattened the idiot, then made him get up and do it correctly this time. :)...
This is what I referred to as "self-selection," wherein an individual *CHOOSES* a given action from a set of actions. I agree that if the military...
So what exactly do you want us to write? Precise locations that we would strike on our opponent's body when they came in for a takedown and we...
Pure hogwash. Please provide a source of information that is not characterized by selection bias (see below). What would be even better is if...
Please do not even consider doing so at any point *DURING* class. If you need to make a few notes at the end of class, that is fine. But to think...
Kage-Ronin, you are joining a conversation that has been going on for a few weeks now. The answer is "yes" but please go and read these other...
I distinctly remember someone in another thread reminding practitioners to understand why we leave our hands out after we punch in the Bujinkan,...
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