Various photo's and clips from Japan

[Shicomm]

Hey everybody

At the moment i'm in Japan for some training again.
It's so good to be back after 18 very long months.

Training is confusing as always but it's great !

A lot has happened allready but i think some photo's can tell a better story.

( click the tumbnails for bigger shots )



With Shiraishi shihan at the dojo in Kashiwa



During the embu at the Fuse Benten shrine.



Me after the embu



With a very long and very old blade from a unknown sword at an armsdealer somewhere in Noda.



After the training at the Ayase budokan with a very nice man from England.
Despite being quite at age he contiunes training in Japan once a year !
Incredible !

A lot of video was shot as well.
Here is a clip from the training at Kasukabe with Shiraishi shihan trying to explain a technique to me

Click here to see the video

That's all for now , when i return home i'll be uploading lots more shots and clips

 

[arnisador]

Cool!

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Awesome and very cool Shicomm!

 

[JadecloudAlchemist]

Hey Shicomm nice picture!!

I once visited a antique shop in Japan and got to hold the swords as well it was really cool!!

I held one from the Edo period and I wanted to buy it it was about 100,000 Yen about $1,000 U.S.. He told me you had to have a license to buy it. My wife would not let me buy it she thinks evil spirit in the blade.

Good to know you had a nice trip

 

[Sukerkin]

Very nice stuff indeed.

A pleasure to view your pictures ... but I note that you were using curved blades .

Surely you can't be a ninja without using orthentick straight-bladed-square-tsuba'd ninja-to to defeat the oppressive Samurye overlords ... what? :angel: {runs as fast as aged (and poorly) legs can carry him }.

 

[stephen]

Very nice,

I noticed you in Hombu the other day with a black belt. Couldn't figure out why I recognized you until I realized the avatar.

Congrats!

 

[terryl965]

Excellent photo's

 

[jks9199]

I noticed in one picture you're wearing a green belt, then in another, a black belt. Are congratulations in order?

 

[Shicomm]

I noticed you in Hombu the other day with a black belt. Couldn't figure out why I recognized you until I realized the avatar.

Congrats!

Please say hello when i'll be there again , would be nice to meet another MT member , especially in hombu !

I noticed in one picture you're wearing a green belt, then in another, a black belt. Are congratulations in order?

Well, i didn't fell like 'shouting' the news around so i left a "photo clue"
I guess you're right

 

[jks9199]

Congratulations; great work to get this far.

Now you really get to start training.

 

[Shicomm]

It's over !
The rush has ended...

21 days were gone in an instant...

Got my last training this morning at hombu with Shiraishi sensei and it was a blast again.



After training

Later this week i'll start uploading tons of photo's and video's that i've made.
Stay tuned!

 

[Shicomm]

Had quite a good reason to change my avatar so i did
I made a slice from this shot:

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Congratulation's Shicomm! I have truly enjoyed looking at your photo's and video's!

 

[Shicomm]

Back home in a very cold Holland again.

Hardly any jetleg so i've started gathering all the foto's and clips i've brought along.
At the moment the content is about 10 gigs in size so there's some sorting to do....

But i had one shot that i couldn't post before...



A few guys from the monday group at hombu with Shiraishi sensei

More is coming up !

 

[MJS]

First off, congrats on your new rank! Great pics and video clip. Looking forward to seeing more!:ultracool

 

[Shicomm]

and more you get !

I've put some shots in an album wich can be found here

 

[Shicomm]

After a small struggle a first short video has come along on youtube !

 

[Shicomm]

It's been a while but i've made a small photoreel from some of the photo's from the trip

Photoreel

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Cool pictures Shicomm!

 

[MJS]

Very cool! Thanks for posting!