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Jun 1, 2005 7:46 am
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I'm interested in finding Wado Dojo in the Washington DC area. A training partner in Silver Spring Maryland originally trained in Wado in England, but has...
There is one in the DC area (I think it is in Reston). Check out www.wikfusa.com for the contact info. Shannon Crow ... From: SumisuR <smithrm@...> ...
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Jun 8, 2005 2:51 am
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Does anyone know of a good source for a large Jpeg of the Wado Ryu
Kanji. All I can find is small jpegs and the quality is not good enough
for what I want it...
Steve, I always try Altavista search for images, and specify a file size, usually works, Rob. ... http://us.click.yahoo.com/B9pRWD/3MnJAA/Y3ZIAA/PkUolB/TM...
I tried yahoo image search but I will give it a try.
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How 'Art-y' are you looking for in the image? If you have Microsoft Word or suchlike, you can go to Microsoft.com and download the Chinese/Japanese/Korean...
could u give me dimensions wifey says we might have one we can scan and send mark ... From: "Steve & Tracy" <balaam-reed@...> To:...
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Jun 8, 2005 4:19 pm
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Hi, I'm planning on doing some cross training and was wondering which of these two classes would be a better "fit" with my Wado training. The jujutsu class...
Hi All, Can anyone tell me about the opening position of the hands in Bassai. One open straight and the other is a fist. Does it mean something, what is the...
low ,medium,high hand position for our kata was adopted(stolen) from the chinese greeting of hi i'm against the emperior uglymark ... From: "Arnold Keizer"...
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Jun 11, 2005 10:37 pm
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Wow, so all the time I was greetng against the emperor. Good to know Jaron ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
yea it's amazing some of the stuff we do and have know idea of the political statement behind it reminds me of a time when otsuka sensei used his middle finger...
mark
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Jun 12, 2005 5:15 pm
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Hi Richard I have been cross training in Wado and Aikido for many years and currently teach both. I find the Aikido a perfect compliment to Wado. The twisting...
Hi David (and All), Just had to reply quickly to: "There are may different models of Aikido out there, ranging from the very hard and practical through to the...
Hello Arnold, I trained in Kuntao (Kungfu) and all of the Kata/Hsing/Kembangan starts with the fist in hand position. In Kuntao, the fist in hand position...
OK,In all realty I think that the Chinese connection of kata Bassai is some what far fetched. The explanation I have seen are from late Kono teruo sensei ,who...
continuing Fukazawa makes an uppercut of the fist while the open hand takes the punch of the adversary. Like in sanbon kumite no 1. then steps in and makes a...
Hi David, Thanks for the reply. I've decided to try the jujutsu class. I felt like the instructor had a good understanding of Wado and would be able to help me...
Without a doubt I'd recommend any Wadoka to learn Jujutsu. Daito-ryu, Hakko-ryu and Hontai Takagi Yoshin-ryu will work just fine & blends very well with what...
Hi all, Indeed it is very true, Aikido and jujutsu does improve certain concepts and ideas Wado appreciably. I practised Hakko Ryu and do practise some Aikido....
I have watched the Taekwando practioners in action how powerfull are their technics because from the look of it, it looks like they are floating especially...
Frank, I'm hooked: Wado isn't a sport, why mix it with one? ... I have watched the Taekwando practioners in action how powerfull are their technics because...
... For one thing: In tkd you block. In wado you dodge and use taisabaki. It's the one or the other. You simply cannot ingrain both into your body. Wado and...
Can also be kotegaeshi... Try decoding the kata and not looking at it in 'that' particular sequence. It does have very obvious chinese connections as do ...
Although Wado is not a sport! We should never forget that Ohtsuka drew
up the first set of competition rules (see Karate Do by Tatsuo Suzuki).
It is my...
Very nice, Off course you see it in this way, also i think that most , if not all other techniques are first done in the 9 core kata and only repeated in the 6...
Thanks Guys for the advise, I shall stick to my Wado. I have great confindence in it.Out of interest I have been invited before to fight in Taekwando...
... Arnold, I heard someone once say that this was adopted from the monks who were often in a state of prayer; that if they were about to be attacked from...