Dark Shogun

Yes, using whatever come to hand is a valuable skill. I'm more interested in what dictates which kind of rochin is used. Does is depend on kobudo style? Karate style? Associated region of Okinawa? Associated historical period?

Is it common/accepted for tinbe-rochin practitioners to use whatever implement they wish as a rochin? Using a tanto as a rochin: https://budofinder.com/2016/04/06/traditional-okinawan-weapons-kobudo-kenshinryu/ Using a dao as a rochin: Using a butterfly sword as a rochin: http://www.isja.com/seishinkan/Seishinkan/Matayoshi_Kobudo.html Using a long handle machete as a rochin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKvSKBBN0ko Using a modern machete as a rochin: http://www.karateblogger.com/stari/articles/Tinbei.htm The classic spear rochin: http://www.karatekobudo.com/kobudo/weapons/tinbe.htm

Kata is central to karate and should be included, even more so than kumite. That said, it would be great to have both. I'd like to see more contact in kumite. Maybe Kudo rules?

There are a few diffrrent styles of rochin used in Okinawan kobudo. Sometimes a short spear, sometimes a machette and sometimes a sword which looks a bit like a Chinese dao. So...is there a particular type of sword used in Okinawan kobudo? And...what dictates the style of rochin used? Geography, timd period, kobudo/karate style, rank, position in society? Thank you.

I use a tessen as a secondary weapon when doing juttejutsu, which is part of the Shinto Muso Ryu curriculum. We generally practice with a price of wood shaped like a folded fan. I do have a steel foldable fan which is quite stiff and heavy.

A Bachelor degree is the equivalent of what Dan? Then same question for Masters degree, Doctorate, etc... I know its silly. But humour me.

I do 2 Koryu, Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu (long sword) and Shinto Muso Ryu (long sword, short sword, 4" staff, 3" staff, jutte and war fan). There are other weapons in SMR but I haven't studied them yet. I also do Okinawan Goju Ryu (arguably a koryu). I have also trained in Koryu Uchnadi, which has koryu in it's name but is not recognised as such AFAIK.

I played the old game extensively back in '88. I've been looking forward to the remake.

IOGKF is Morio Higoanna's organisation that split away from Miyazoto's Jindokan. I read that there was some bad blood between them.

I don't see kubotan as all that useful because they don't increase your range and don't generate too much extra power.

I like saifa and kurunfa.

I was at a medieval festival and I watched a demonstration of close combat techniques, some of which involved holding the longsword a cross one's body with one hand holding the blade near the tip. How is this possible with a sharp sword? There is no way you could do this with a katana.

What kind of fist conditioning was used in bare-knuckle boxing as compared to that used in karate?

I work as a Security Guard in Australia, but the Australian Tax Office will not let me claim Karate training as a business expense even tho I require Karate for self defence on the job and have used it in that capacity previously. Why then would the Australian Court system recognise Karate as something tangible and relivant to a self defence or assult situation?

Usually no armour in karate or kenjutsu.

My shoes are light, comfortable and secure. A good kicker can lay someone out in bare feet. No need for extra weight.

I have over 10 years Goju Ryu experience and 2nd Dan in Goju. Prior to this I did various styles including Koryu Uchinadi for about 18 monthes. My current Goju sensei has trained in Koryu Uchinadi and my previous Koryu Uchinadi sensei is ex-Goju. I would recommend both Goju Ryu and Koryu Uchinadi. Personally, I'm now and will always be a Goju man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X98FolFBAVA&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44aMGGHj6Ec&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7XwH9FRG0M&mode=related&search=

Also part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8whcFM7y6M&mode=related&search= And part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5vgzEMJiw&mode=related&search=

Anybody compete in "Koshiki"? It's karate done with bogu (head and torso protectors). I'm trying to find out about events held in Queensland(Australia). I can't tell in the the Australian Koshiki Association is still active or not. https://www.koshiki.net.au

Prana Bindu! The martial art practiced by the Bene Gesserit in Dune. "Weirding Way" is listed instead, but thet refers, I think, more to the overal training of the Bene Gesserit. Prana Bindu often impliments a weapn called a gom-jabar (SP?) which is a small poison spike attatched to a ring on the finger.

I think the wooden batton would be more reliable and quicker to swing into action, it would just be more of a hastle to carry around. And a lump of wood will do plenty of damage, the extra damage from a metal baton would just be overkill, although I've never been hit by either.

I do Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Iaido, Shinto Ryu Kenjutsu and Uchida Ryu Tanjojutsu. I've been at it for almost 3 years. We use iaito(as in not sharp) for iaido, we use boken(long and short) for kenjutsu and we use a tanjo for Tanjojutsu(obviously!). Have fun with the sword training, I know I do!

He was talking about the stunner where you have to make skin contact. I suggested we battle it out with a boken and a remote control, but he said the absence of shock on the remote control would mean that the excercise would not simulate combat, since he was relying on being able to catch my sword with his stun-gun. In the end I put it down to non-MSists just don't get it, because they've never tried it.

Part of his argument was that if he toutched my blade with his stun gun, the blade would fly out of my hand. He belives that if I tried to cut him anywhere, he would be able to get the stun-gun there first, and use it like a shield which would stun and disarm me. Now I'm not an electrician, so I can't comment on the electricity-blade relations, but I know I can cut him without being intercepted.