Absolutely amazing. That has got to be the most intelligent post I have heard on this list the entire time I have been on it. Too bad nobody else thinks it is...
Training is work, not disguised social activity. If your social life is fully developed there is no need to turn the dojo into a social focus of your life. ...
Christopher Ross
maturin@...
Jun 2, 2005 6:51 pm
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I'm incoming to the GTA area myself this weekend, to stay for several months for a contract job. I would love to meet other Aikidoka and get a chance to play....
Keeley Woods
keeleywoods@...
Jun 2, 2005 6:56 pm
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I have to agree peer training is a social event or a physical one. however I don't think it would be a learning event at all. Unless you concede that their...
Well regardless of what your learning habits are I am sure there are others who can benefit from group discussion. Personally I learn a great deal by...
I almost hesitate to say this, but there is no such thing as aikido weaponary. Alternatively everything from a chair to a chopstick is an aikido weapon when ...
Christopher Ross
maturin@...
Jun 7, 2005 7:14 pm
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The weapons sets that we use in our dojo are the ones that were integrated into the Yoshinkan style by Kushida Sensei back in the day. My point being is that...
Your points are well made and I am sorry to seem to be nit picking. However there is one thing I would like to say and would be interested in anyone's input to...
Christopher Ross
maturin@...
Jun 7, 2005 9:28 pm
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I forgot to include the link. This is it: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/8187/Saotome.htm This is an excellent and well informed site on various koryu. ...
Christopher Ross
maturin@...
Jun 7, 2005 9:31 pm
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I am a deputy wanting to begin training in Aikido. I do not know anything about the different styles. Can anybody give me some advice about which style(s)...
... A better question to ask would be which instructor or dojo would be most beneficial to you. Charles Yeomans...
Charles Yeomans
yeomans@...
Jun 8, 2005 12:31 am
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That is very interesting. I am not going to pretend that I know anything about the documentation of the ryu system and that I know what ryu's were documented...
... I believe Chris is referring to internal documentation. He isn't suggesting that some agency went around documenting martial progress. When a system is...
Here is what I know: Schools of traditional martial arts were not subject to the Iemoto Seido, sometimes called the Soke licensing system, which restricted...
Christopher Ross
maturin@...
Jun 8, 2005 1:00 pm
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Ahhh I see, my mistake. As I said, I am not going to pretend like I know what I am talking about in reference to documenting ryu's. "Virtually" all ryu's?...
... It may not be relevant, but if memory serves {it may not, so don't quote me}, Kushida Sensei's father was a famous calligrapher. I've never heard anything...
im with you on this one. Roger and Kevin Sensei are great at weapons forget that they were originally "invented" by Kushida sensei. It makes no difference....
... I guess the offers of self-discovery and stress reduction are to help compete against Aikikai dojos... Charles Yeomans...
Charles Yeomans
yeomans@...
Jun 8, 2005 9:26 pm
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Just curious...why the student data base with their info available to anyone? Otherwise nice job...you might want to run a spell check though. Charlie...
thanks this was just a dump from the nokia intranet but i am working on password protcting the class database or just removing dues and email - i still think...
Looks good Mick! John Havey ... From: mick.chambers@... To: yoshinkan@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: [Yoshinkan] new...
Beautiful! Nice job, Mick The Shuharikan Boys ... From: mick.chambers@... [mailto:mick.chambers@...] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 4:14 PM To:...
Shumaker, Gordon
gordon.shumaker@...
Jun 9, 2005 3:29 pm
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Nice website... ...just one mistake in syllabus (8kyu) 9. Katate mochi shihonage osae ichi One wrist grasp all direction pin #1 shihonage is not osae! Osu! Seb...
sopak
sopak@...
Jun 13, 2005 2:12 am
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good find! thanks to everyone - I have taken most of the suggestions and will try and fix them all. please if anyone else has anything they want to add - let...
That last suggestion is the MOST important. That in itself will attract tons of new students, especially gorgeous young women. ... From:...
Shumaker, Gordon
gordon.shumaker@...
Jun 13, 2005 5:11 pm
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hello everyone, Recently in my club alot of people have become very rank concious and oriented. Although I am happy for those who have tested, I've come to ...
... As I understand it, people who started before you are sempai forever. But of course there are sempai, and there are sempai... ... Charles Yeomans...
Charles Yeomans
yeomans@...
Jun 13, 2005 7:34 pm
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Then why don't we have gorgeous young women who come see you in person? "Shumaker, Gordon" <gordon.shumaker@...> wrote:That last suggestion is...
They do--but always on nights when you are not training. I'm not into sharing. ... From: Trygve Olsen [mailto:trygveo@...] Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005...
