The rant thread

[Brian R. VanCise]

That crap annoys the hell outta me. Unless they know what they're talking about. Usually I only listen to Doug Wilson, Tim Bathurst, George Ohashi, Mark O'Brien, Sean Askew, Kevin Millis, Bill Atkins & the like. Not just any shmoe that wanders in and speaks a little nihongo.

Story: Once when I was at Ayase, one of the Japanese shihan that doesn't train with Soke very often came in and Soke called him up and to put it simply embarrassed him in general. They were doing muto dori from dai jodan, yoko aruki to evade and then step in blocking the return cut at the tsuba or hand/disarm or whatever. He must have had this guy repeat it over I don't know, 30 times or something. Everyone was embarrassed for the guy (name starts with Na-, teaches in Tokyo, you might know who I'm talking about).

Anyways, this Aussie next to me asked me what Soke was saying to the guy. I told him that Soke was telling him he should come and train more. We laughed and then some snobby Brit kicks in and admonished me on not talking unless I actually "knew what Soke was trying to convey" and then went off on this detailed woo-woo description of that last five minutes of dialog. Later at the bar, George told me that I REALLY got what Soke was saying.

"Shut Up and Train." It just never gets old, huh?

Hey Doc definately some good people on your list!

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Here is my rant for the day: A high ranking Budo Taijutsu practitioner actually was rude emailing one of my practitioners who makes absolutely great fukuro shinai which you can see at my website store. What he said was that he would not buy them because they were crap because they were not Tombo fukuro shinai. Note this person has never seen the quality of my students work and has no idea what they are like or what he is talking about! End of the rant!

Note I like Tim Bathurst's Tombo Weapons line and have bought them in the past! Still the market is big enough for more than one high quality manufacture of quality fukuro shinai!!!

The motto is: Do not talk about something that you know nothing about!!!

 

[Kreth]

The motto is: Do not talk about something that you know nothing about!!!

But then most of the megadans would have nothing to talk about... :uhoh:

 

[Bigshadow]

Still if you feel the need you should get your opinion out there as well!

Absolutely!

 

[Bigshadow]

Note I like Tim Bathurst's Tombo Weapons line and have bought them in the past! Still the market is big enough for more than one high quality manufacture of quality fukuro shinai!!!

Definitely! I like Tim's training weapons also, but as you say, there is certainly an available market for them here.

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

Still if you feel the need you should get your opinion out there as well!

Sure, why don't we rename this thread "GEB's whining blog"? Heh.

The way I see it, people like the snobby Brit mentioned above are the ones Bujinmag primarily caters to.

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

BTW - "shut up and train" is an evil, lethargic, hypocritical myth.

That's a forum signature or t-shirt material for you.

 

[Bigshadow]

The way I see it, people like the snobby Brit mentioned above are the ones Bujinmag primarily caters to.

It is unfortunate you see it that way. I enjoy Bujinmag and I am neither snobby or British, go figure

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

You'll find something very interesting if you take a look at George Ohashi's page right now...

 

[Doc_Jude]

You'll find something very interesting if you take a look at George Ohashi's page right now...

Is that supposed to be SOKE'S SON!?!

WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN??? Does he train? Secret Ninja Son? ^_^

 

[Bigshadow]

I saw that on Friday and was a little surprised. I had always thought he had no children.

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

It is the boy now a man who played soke's son on the TV show Jiriya. So he is an actor friend.

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

It is the boy now a man who played soke's son on the TV show Jiriya. So he is an actor friend.

So you're telling me he's adopted? :eye-popping:

 

[Bigshadow]

It is the boy now a man who played soke's son on the TV show Jiriya. So he is an actor friend.

HAHAHA What a twist of words! LOL Great! Lost in translation!

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

So you're telling me he's adopted? :eye-popping:

No, just that he played his son on Jiriya and that is it from what I have heard!

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

Why do people you meet for the first time insist on always asking how long you've been training?

I really don't believe that people ask that for any other real reason but to determine how lenient they can be with the fact that you suck.

 

[stephen]

Why do people you meet for the first time insist on always asking how long you've been training?

I really don't believe that people ask that for any other real reason but to determine how lenient they can be with the fact that you suck.

So, what's wrong with that reason?


But seriously, if I'm training with someone who is very good in a short time I'm going to want to know how they've done it so I can do it too.

 

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

So, what's wrong with that reason?

Primarily the fact that it's not fair. Everyone performs worse outside their own dojo.

But seriously, if I'm training with someone who is very good in a short time I'm going to want to know how they've done it so I can do it too.

You can't do it too, because he doesn't live anywhere near you.

 

[shesulsa]

Why do people you meet for the first time insist on always asking how long you've been training?

I really don't believe that people ask that for any other real reason but to determine how lenient they can be with the fact that you suck.

I think it's called an "ice breaker."

 

[stephen]

Primarily the fact that it's not fair. Everyone performs worse outside their own dojo.

I'm not interested in 'fair'. It's not some sort of game. I do know, however, that someone with 20 years training is less likely to do something stupidly dangerous than someone training 1 year. Both of these people can be wearing black belts, but I'll treat the latter differently.

You can't do it too, because he doesn't live anywhere near you.

This was a hypothetical person, so you don't know where he lives is relation to me. However, I've been known to visit teachers on the other side of the world, wherever this hypothetical teacher is, I can either go to him; have him in for a seminar at my place; or just be sure to get to all of his seminars. I'll make it work. It's much harder to find the right people to train with then it is to get to them. The only way to get good at this stuff is to find a way to make it work.

Ok, lets pretent this hypo. teacher is in some strange black hole that I can't get to. I'll train with you then. If you've been training half as long are twice as good I'll travel to you AND buy you a beer afterward, 'cause you clearly have a more efficient way of looking at things.