Gordon, I wasn't popping, I thought you might have been joshing me with the end bit, but not the start. Now I need clarification: Do you only train with people...
in TSYR we perform the techniques of Uchi Uke with tanto, the Buki Waza giving the flavour to some of the modifications we have from Shotokan & Shitoryu. ...
Comment #1: Could it be that the inward block is not the final note of receiving the attack? And since 'blocks' would not be 'bone on bone' optimally,...
As a person who was in this situation for the last 28 years I can say that it is almost certain one is NOT doing Wado. For all the reasons given including...
Hi mr R Goad, Hence you described my situation for 10 years, until I met Bob face to face. What you need is a good teacher who slaps you once in a while (LOL)...
My problem is that I had to move frequently and a could not find competent long term training partners quickly enough at each new location. The well...
Imagine Yourself in this situation: many clubs within easy driving distance after a hard days' work and not one of them teaching true Wado?! We are not talking...
Philippe, that sounds pretty good, actually. You could start your own study group totally unaffiliated with anyone else and ask people from those groups to...
I appreciate all of the feedback everyone has contributed on this topic. While I had steeled myself for more criticizm than I got, I was genuinely interested...
Here is my recommendation. Keep doing your basic routine for fitness. You may need to adjust it for the purpose of making sure you address your Wado needs....
Hi John, The way you desribe is also the way I train, although I also do kihon kumite in a solo way. At first I was very doubtful about this because you might...
Just want to remind you of the Spring Seminar with Bob Nash 6th Dan on 20-22 April in the Netherlands. If you want to train with him please be in time to...
Hello, If you have high blood pressure, delete this post now... RANT MODE ON I read with some amusement this thread - it seems to me that there are several...
The Canada JKF Wado-Kai (CZWKA) is hosting the annual North American Wado-Kai Summer Training Camp in Montreal. Instructors include Norma Foster 6h dan JKF...
With ten years of training I suppose you are a nidan or sandan black belt. Why don't you teach Wado Ryu at your local YMCA or Community Center? That would help...
... John, Here are 10 contacts in (NY, NJ, CN, MD, & MA) that may or may not pan out for you. I don't personally know any of them, but gathered them about 10...
... But it has to have quality...as Robert Pirsig says... Otsuka Sensei's martial art had a high degree of quality and many of us here are merely trying to...
Hi All I have a student visiting Japan soon, not sure which areas. Can anybody recommend some good dojos he could visit during his tour? David Luddington ...
Hi All Sorry if this is a repeat, first go went missing! Hi All I have a student visiting Japan soon, not sure which areas. Can anybody recommend some good...
Robert, I agree with you completely on this. If John has already had 10 years of formal training then he will pretty much know what is and isn't within the...
... Hi Gustavo , why do you think he should be 2nd or third dan ? regards steve _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage...
I already gave my two cents about this topic, so sorry to post again. However, I strongly disagree with those who have said or intimated that you can do what...
... not ... know. The problem is that most people think they know when they don't. So it is very difficult to have a rational conversation with people who...
... Bob is quite right. I myself am the product of a sensei who honestly thinks he is doing wado. Because he was taught by Otsuka sensei back in Japan. Problem...
Hello all, Just to add a little food for the thought. Yesterday I visited my sensei. (We live in different cities). I performed some Katas, which I have...
Hi Igor I could have written this myself. You can train all your life in your insulated 'Wado World' and there is nothing wrong with that at all, provided you...
The internet and all of its parts is a tool to for communication. It does have its limits. The best use is to use it to coordinate meetings and topics so the...
I would like everyone's opinion on this. I travel throughout the US on business and have had the opportunity to train at various dojos. I try to call a week or...
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