Hello Eddie, I don't think I have much to offer on that one, as I've only been in Essex since 1982. I don't know about "interesting", more complex. All I can...
well golly shuckers yuk yuk where do i go to get this go same i may be a go-dan well golly look good beside my snow dan certificate ... From: "Geoffrey...
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Hi I don't know Essex but I do know Tim Shaw. He is a regular visitor to our dojo in Settle North Yorkshire, along with Sugasawa Sensei.Tim is an excelent...
oooooooo i have heard of your club! not much about it but i've heard of it. soz jus thought id say that. n i train in essex and i have met tim before too and...
... Hi Tim I take it that you are a member of the Wado Academy with Sensei Shiomitsu? I wonder if I met you at the Winter-course last February as I was there...
Eddie, Yes I am a member of the Wado Academy. I was not at the Winter Course last year unfortunately. I am not an authority on the history of Wado in my area...
Two times katate gyaku seoi nage, indeed. It's not an uncommon movement in Japanese martial arts. BTW: Bujinkan is related to jūjutsu, Wadō Ryū...
If I'm not mistaking, it's from Kukishinden Ryū... technique called "iki chigae". Oh, and it's in Kotō Ryū and in Gyokko Ryū as well, if...
From everything I have heard and studied, which I might add is not a great deal compared to many people, ninjas were simply assasins. They were looked down...
http://www.karatedo.co.jp/wado/w_eng/e_index.htm notification: wadokai chief executive in europe we would like to report on our investigation regards to the...
Hello Bill san, Iwata Manzo and Sakagami Ryusho, both very senior students of Mabuni sensei, studied with and received Menkyo from Fujita Seiko sensei. However...
Ben, Call me Rick. As for the study of other arts, I did it mainly out of need because Wado was not always available. The good news is that different ...
Hello Rick, I am very lucky because I am very close to my sensei, Mr. C.A. Taman, who is a direct student of Otsuka sensei & Sasaki Takashi sensei. He keeps my...
Ben, That's really lucky you have such good schools nearby and that they get along well enough that you can study with them. I originally studied under Sensei...
Yep, I want some details. Where you get this information of Otsuka and Ninjitsu being linked in some kind of fashion... books, names, magazines, everything....
Hello Will san, There are no connections, not that I know of, between Otsuka sensei and Ninjutsu. I was just "surprised" that there are certain tantodori...
Hello Rick san, Yep, I am one lucky person, and I thank God everyday for my good luck of finding good teachers :) Mr. Patterson's name is also known in my...
Ben, Yikes. There are coincidences that are beyond eerie, they are frightening. Yes, Icho-ryu is Bernie Lau's style and yes I know Neil Yamamoto. In fact,...
This is a clarification of the post below: Mr Patterson was my instructor when I went to seminars and his weekly blackbelt class. I was one removed from him...
... First of all: it's no ninjutsu at all. The movies posted before are both from jujutsu. Bujinkan is related to jujutsu, Wado-Ryu karate is related to...
Just visited www.wikf.com and I see there is available a biography of Tatsuo Suzuki, although it has to be ordered from the US. Might be better to wait until...
Guys, if you're serious about Wado, stop talking about Ninjutsu, please. I don't even want to think about my time in Bujinkan, never mind answer queries on a...
... Rob, Where did this Bujinkan come from?! Talk about synchronicity! A few weeks ago a gentleman approached one of our instructors to bring our senior ...
Jay, you're a gentleman, so I'll answer you and upset maybe a few people. Bujinkan was the group of Masaaki Hatsumi, I was a member for two years, but did hang...
PS, Jay, ya tricked me! ... Bujinkan, ... Rob, Where did this Bujinkan come from?! Talk about synchronicity! A few weeks ago a gentleman approached one of our...
For my Wado brothers and sisters who wonders "who is this Bernie Laus and Yamamotos that they are talking about???", here are the links about Bernie Lau sensei...
