Traymond

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Ladies and Gents, I need to know what you think of dreams. I had a dream, and I need to know if dreams are whats to happen or something thats never gonna happen...is it something like showing in the future, or is it something that is just a figment of my imagination?...

Hmmm but now that I think about it...it does make me wonder what the term Tui means. Because in Chinese Tui means point, such as Tuina training. For the pressure points and massage therapy. And some Okinawan dialect has been transversed to chinese dialect as well.

Has anyone ever purchased anything from https://www.ebogu.com I was just wondering how good their services are.

Oh yah haha I forgot about that one. Lol. Or what someone referred to them at a kobudo seminar....Police Baton...haha

I have asthma, and an attack should not make you clammy or light headed. If anything, it will make your chest hurt and your lungs feel about to explode, but it sounds like you have vertigo or perhaps the AC is your problem. Is your Karate class aerobic or anaerobic?

Wow sensei8 44 thats a long time, hopefully Im still in it when im 51.

All the techniques are done while in Tension, but you also have to try and learn to differentiate on differant techniques. Like they are also suppose to be tense, but not to tense where you cannot let it flow though. Tensho is an extremely easy kata, not alot of movement, so you have to focus on the parts that are small to make this kata look good.

So their are two terms for The wooden rice grinder handle we use today its Tonfa or Tuifa. Tonfa is what the Japanese call it, and they believe that its the correct term because they think what ever they call something thats martial arts related is correct....well its NOT!. Then we have the tuifa, the okinawan and chinese term for it, the correct term for it because that is where it originated. What do you think is the right term for it? The true or the New?

Yes, Pentjak Silat Is like that. You start with the wooden machete, then to the Stick then to the empty hand, the to the live machete.

Even if you had just a jo with you, I doubt it would have gotten to far out of line. But not to sound like a bakka, or to make you feel like a bakka...just for clarity. Isn't a concept of Aikido to think of all your opponents as one no matter the number?. And I once trained in a brand new school in Columbia South Carolina, but the school had to move to charleston South Carolina, because of the Kama law, or so we called it. Its a law stating that in Columbia you cannot have hand sickles on your person. So little to say that would not work out, since My teacher specialized in the Kama and the Sai only. So we had to move.

But never the less they still knew how to use the Kama and the gusari Kama very well. A Blade is a blade no matter what, whether it is designed as a weapon from its birth or not, it still has the same meaning if used as a weapon. Daimyo use to are their troops with more then one weapon, just in case if they lost their primary weapon (Which would be the spear, because you have to admit holding onto a wooden weapon with full Kote on is not the easiest), they would break out a secondary weapon, which could be the Katana, as it as a bulkier weapon Nobunaga-san reportedly equipped his Samurai with Either Gusari Kama, kama and on more the one occasion used Tuifa (Tonfa). Every one has their own concept on weapons, sure the Katana has its own advantages, but it basically has eight ranges of motion, the Kama has twelve, the sai has ten. I prefer a weapon that I can manipulate more than a weapon that can just be moved 8 different directions. And as to the matter of what the reason for the item to be made as, it makes no differance to me...A swords meaning is to kill, but today...a hand sickle is no longer used to mull grain. So either way both weapons are no longer weapons, now they have colts for that...which I would use if someone ever broke into my house, I am not gonna go running over to the overhead paul chen and charge at my cat burgurlar...I'm gonna shoot him, and thats done. Haha.

Ohhh, I prefer to practice in private as well. Its no good for one's confidence to go and do something terribly, so I practice it for a loong time before I feel comfortable to do it in front of someone...mostly my girlfriend, haha.

I agree with what you say about an hour maybe all that you need, but I disagree with the part about it would be that your resting to much. To stretch would be good for walking up an incline, going on an elliptical (Yes they are good for your hamstrings, and the tendons in your ankle), stretching can be done with any other martial arts training. Do it for a full 20 minuted before you start your initial martial arts work out.

Is it non abrasive?...Because if its abrasive your bo is gonna look like crap if you use it. I used a light abrasive one time and it stuck to my bo for a long , while, and ended up warping it by trying to remove the abrasive, and does this snot work on lacquer as well?...Because if it does I may buy some its only $4.95 a jar, which isn't bad...its cheaper than tiger balm... If you do sand your bo it will give a more of a natural look and at traditional kobudo tournaments they look for naturalness in the weapons.

Thanks for all the replies. I will try and look more deeper into all the clauses and laws that my state and county have. Im sure I can move some stuff around with a cunning tongue, haha.

Yeah, the real problem is when you have to move from state to state for tournaments, like I have to go to Ohio once a year, and then I have to go to Florida twice a year, those are just the mandatories that I go to...there are other small ones in Wisconsin and Alabama as well, not to mention I'm gonna try to go to canada this year for a tournament as well...but I dont think I have seen anyone from Canada on here yet.

Exactly...but thats where Modernization occurs. through modernization things become more 'better'...such as the Kama, is held together tighter and through the use of 'newer' sharpening tools, these weapons can become the ideal weapon Although a Sword's use was only to kill..a kobudo weapon was a farmers weapon, so wouldn't you agree something that became a necessity could be deadlier that something only fitted for one thing? I mean witha samurai you can see he is samurai by his daisho or maybe just his katana, but with a master of kobudo, your not sure if his stick is a bo or just something to help him along the way. maybe he hides Sai in his keikogi, what is concealed is far more deadlier that what is certain.

So they couldn't get you for a concealed weapon if they were to check your bags for some reason?

So are they not letting you go twice because of the cost, distance or what?

Yeah, and if you drop a bo on your foot it won't go through it, but the only kobudo problem I have with the bo, is that I always get stuck with oiling them every month...no one else does, haha.

Hmm I agree with everyone here, and yes any firearm would win...unless your in Hollywood and you have tremendous aim and can through your sai into the barrel of the firearm...NOT! the only disadvantage of the kama is that once your block the highest part of the kama, they cannot cut you, because alot of the 'slashing' of the kama is actually a tearing motion, so most of the area that cuts is the tip. The sai, is primarily poking and striking, but it is also for blocking. And they are capable of breaking wrists with one lax strike. it does have to do with skill, but to say that both were extremely proficient and only trained with their weapon, and no other, who would be the winner? I cannot say because I use both and I am proficient, I have only 'lost' a few battles with either.

Yes, I am a jewelry salesperson, for now...just until my sophmore year of college is over, I cannot do alot of the things like side kicks of front kicks or back kicks, but we get three half hour breaks a day, so I usually go out back and practice kata and differant waza. I also do about 50-100 push ups before work starts cause I usually open up in the mornings.

Shiv, perhaps you can make a deal with your parents referring to up'ing your grades or showing them that you can be more responsible, and maybe they will also take this martial arts more seriously with you if you show them your dedication.

Im not quite sure about Europe cause its not my specialty, but I know that alot of the samurai started training their children with the bo to build up some muscle in their forearms for better slices using the katana, then it went to the Bokken. In Kendo and Iaido we learned that most samurai did not carry the daisho until after they have successfully mastered just the katana, im not sure how accurate this is because of the amount of time its been since this has truly happened. But the staffs are pretty much the base of all the kobudo weapons, thats just my opinion but I prefer to teach it first, so it builds the muscle mass in the forearm.