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07-17-2005, 12:15 AM
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Dojo: Tan Aiki Dojo
Location: California
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
LOL! Note to self: from now on jokingly disembowel uke before returning his tanto during practice. >)
Myth: being sensei's uke is an honor.
Myth: this won't hurt a bit.
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07-17-2005, 05:31 AM
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Location: Summerholm, Queensland
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Don J. Modesto wrote:
Up til these conversations I took TANTO DORI lightly. Now I put the weapon on the floor a couple of paces from UKE as a means of returning it.
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How about just sticking uke with it instead?
A story was told to me, of one Seino Sensei who came out of the pub, drunk as a skunk, walked out onto the road, into the path of an oncoming car and on impact, casually did a ukemi off the vehicle and continued staggering across the street....
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07-17-2005, 06:17 AM
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Dojo: Aikido Institute of Newfoundland
Location: St. John's Newfoundland
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Two stories that I have been told:
1. An aikido student was driving a motorcycle when he was struck head-on by a car. His body was thrown over the car and he performed a ukemi on the pavement and thus escaped injury.
2. An aikido master had honed his senses and preception to such a level that he could not ride on the Tokyo subway during rush hour. The noise and press of the crowds overloaded his senses to the point that he could not function.
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07-17-2005, 11:12 AM
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Dojo: Messores Sensei (Largo, Fl.)
Location: Florida
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Ignatius Teo wrote:
How about just sticking uke with it instead?
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I got the smiley, but I see people doing this on tests, i.e., committing felony battery (if not murder--you are not allowed to turn a weapon on an assailant after disarming him/her of it. Cf. "You do what you train to do"), so it's actually not a joke. Sorry to be a stick in the mud.
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07-17-2005, 01:12 PM
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#30
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Dojo: Aikido Kenkyukai International
Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Hello Ignatius. Yikes! If Seino Sensei hears about this story on AikiWeb you might have some interesting ukemi stories of your own the next time you go to Kamakura!
Cheers,
Steve
P.S. It didn't happen quite that way...
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07-17-2005, 09:13 PM
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Dojo: Jihonjuku/ St.Pete. FL
Location: Palm Harbor, Florida
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Don J. Modesto wrote:
I got the smiley, but I see people doing this on tests, i.e., committing felony battery (if not murder--you are not allowed to turn a weapon on an assailant after disarming him/her of it. Cf. "You do what you train to do"), so it's actually not a joke. Sorry to be a stick in the mud.
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Hey Don,
Ignatius and those living in less progressive states may not . But with the new law in Florida, if it's all done in one smooth move =guy attacks with knife you take knife away and stab him.You should still be in the parameters of the new law (gotta love Florida). You just shouldn't take the knife out of UKE and re-stab him two or three hundred times for bothering you and getting his blood on your clothes.
Don is right though, you could be spending a lot of court time and money trying to stay out of prison.
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07-17-2005, 10:42 PM
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#32
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland, Midland TX
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Don J. Modesto wrote:
I got the smiley, but I see people doing this on tests, i.e., committing felony battery (if not murder--you are not allowed to turn a weapon on an assailant after disarming him/her of it. Cf. "You do what you train to do"), so it's actually not a joke. Sorry to be a stick in the mud.
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Mmm, more of a stick in the gut, I think
Lan
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Play nice, practice hard, but remember, this is a MARTIAL art!
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07-17-2005, 11:58 PM
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Location: Summerholm, Queensland
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Stephen Trinkle wrote:
Hello Ignatius. Yikes! If Seino Sensei hears about this story on AikiWeb you might have some interesting ukemi stories of your own the next time you go to Kamakura!
Cheers,
Steve
P.S. It didn't happen quite that way...
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Oh, pray do set the record straight then
This was what was told to me. I'm only playing Chinese whispers...isn't that how myths and urban legends start?
PS: Can I plead a bung knee and the fact that I am getting on in years???
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Ignatius
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07-18-2005, 12:05 AM
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#34
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Location: Summerholm, Queensland
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Gene Martinelli wrote:
Hey Don,
Ignatius and those living in less progressive states may not . But with the new law in Florida, if it's all done in one smooth move =guy attacks with knife you take knife away and stab him.You should still be in the parameters of the new law (gotta love Florida). You just shouldn't take the knife out of UKE and re-stab him two or three hundred times for bothering you and getting his blood on your clothes.
Don is right though, you could be spending a lot of court time and money trying to stay out of prison.
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Obviously he ran into the knife, trying to grapple me to the ground .... d'uh!?
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Ignatius
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07-18-2005, 07:52 AM
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Dojo: Burhan Felek Sport Center-Istanbul
Location: Istanbul
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
I heard that a thief broke into a sensei's house once. Sensei heard the noise and saw the guy, having a knife. They had a fight and sensei took the knife, cut one ear of the thief and made him to call the police; "help, I broke someone house, come and take me"…just a story, dunno if it is true or not...
Last edited by kocakb : 07-18-2005 at 07:54 AM.
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07-18-2005, 11:54 AM
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Dojo: midwest aikido center
Location: chicago
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
[quote]Shihonage performed over and over and over causes baldness.
ha ha, jory! that's "blindness"...oh wait...that's not "shiho nage..."
jvc
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07-18-2005, 12:42 PM
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Dojo: Aikido Kenkyukai International
Location: Ambler, Pennsylvania
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Hello Ignatius,
I'll send you a private e-mail soon with the real story... As far as the old age defense - well I tried that, but the dai senpai are all my age and older. By the way, I'll probably pick up the DVDs today or tomorrow and get them out to you soon.
Later,
Steve
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07-18-2005, 07:30 PM
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#38
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Dojo: Tan Aiki Dojo
Location: California
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
This one was a real side splitter when I heard it. Not quite Aikido but here goes
A few years back I was at a blade show in Chattanooga, TN. While there I visited someone's booth and heard him claiming his prowess as a historian of the samurai. The guy sounded pretty credible until: "You see, these katana's we have to day are just toothpicks compared to what the samurai really carried into battle with them. You see they used to carry a 6 foot 150 lbs battle sword with them slung over their backs...." Its a rough quote, but this guy started going on about the massive battle swords the samurai carried that could cleave a armored warrior in two from head to groin and how these weapons were quite famous within Japan because they were so effective......
I wish I were making this up...
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07-18-2005, 08:08 PM
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Dojo: Shodokan Honbu (Osaka)
Location: Himeji, Japan
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Well yeah except there are some massive swords out there. Last Koryu Enbu demonstration at Himeji I had coffee with one of the Soke's of such a school. Height of a man but not sure they weighed 150 lbs.
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07-18-2005, 09:50 PM
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Dojo: Tan Aiki Dojo
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
It wasn't the legnth that was amusing, I've seen enough variation that the legnth could be possible (like the Claymore for example) but I have a hard time believing that ANY sword could come near even 100 lbs and still be called a sword....you just had to be there to hear this guy.
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07-18-2005, 10:04 PM
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Dojo: Shodokan Honbu (Osaka)
Location: Himeji, Japan
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Dustin Acuff wrote:
It wasn't the legnth that was amusing, I've seen enough variation that the legnth could be possible (like the Claymore for example) but I have a hard time believing that ANY sword could come near even 100 lbs and still be called a sword....you just had to be there to hear this guy.
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I know the type and most of the time they actually believe themselves.
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07-18-2005, 11:23 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland, Midland TX
Location: Midland Tx
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Straying a bit from the Aikido....
Branden Lee had a great story about the only "real" fight he had ever had as an adult.
Arrives at his house on his motorcycle, and notices the window is open. Parks under it, and climbs in instead of going to the door, meeting a guy with his VCR under his arm heading for the window when he heard the bike arrive.
Throws the VCR down and hauls ass....round the old house with connecting rooms.
Through the kitchen, into the bedroom, into the next room...etc. etc. old style houses often have connecting rooms instead of hallways.
On the third or fourth circuit through the kitchen, with Brandon right behind him, he grabs up a kitchen knife and wheels around on him......
Now, Brandon points out that each time they careen through the living room, they pass under a lifesize, full color,photo of Bruce training with Branden who is about 6 at the time.
(I have seen the pic before in a book, and it is way- cute, Bruce with his hands in position low-kicking towards this little kid who is checking the kick...the best I can remember)
He had a wry look on his face as he wondered about the guy not realizing the kid in the picture was him.
Brandon had a small scar he showed to the host, and declined to comment on the extent of the injuries the burgler went to the hospital with.
Just a cool bit on the same vein.
Lan
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Play nice, practice hard, but remember, this is a MARTIAL art!
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07-26-2005, 01:50 PM
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Dojo: Aikidoschule Trier
Location: Merzkirchen
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Well, recently someone told me that Bush-ido is the theory backing the war on terror. It was developped by the greatest philospher, the world has ever seen, also known as simply George W.
Dirk
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07-26-2005, 04:06 PM
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Dojo: Litchfield Hills Aikikai
Location: Litchfield, CT
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Dirk Hanss wrote:
Well, recently someone told me that Bush-ido is the theory backing the war on terror. It was developped by the greatest philospher, the world has ever seen, also known as simply George W.
Dirk
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Actually, the U.S. war on terror is based on something much closer to bullshido than bushido.
Notably, it's had about as much success as has the US war on drugs.
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07-26-2005, 08:41 PM
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Dojo: Wherever I am.
Location: New Zealand
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
No myth: A girl in our univ. Aikido club in the UK was attacked in her flat by three men. She put them all in hospital and the police came to 'see her'. She did not get arrested.
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07-27-2005, 12:37 AM
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Dojo: Aikido Verein Esslingen
Location: Duisburg
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Wow, she really *did* kiss ass then ;-)
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07-27-2005, 12:55 AM
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Location: Visalia, California
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
Once upon a time, three students of various martial arts were discussing the various merits of their respective arts. Of course, each claimed that their own was better than the others. Finally, the doka selected a contest to determine the best of the arts.
The student of karate stated that he would go first. He stood in the center of a busy roadway and waited for the approaching vehicle. With a mighty chop, he stopped the first oncoming passenger vehicle dead with a mighty chop.
The judoka was up next. He positioned himself in the road way. As the truck approached, he set himself, and then threw the truck with a mighty shrug.
The aikido student was concerned. The karate student had stopped a car. The judo student had thrown the truck. A bus full of passengers came barreling down the road.
The aikidoka concentrated, stepped off center and the bus passed by.........all the passengers safe.
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07-27-2005, 03:00 AM
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Dojo: None at the moment - on hiatus
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Brenda Allen wrote:
Once upon a time, three students of various martial arts were discussing the various merits of their respective arts. Of course, each claimed that their own was better than the others. Finally, the doka selected a contest to determine the best of the arts.
The student of karate stated that he would go first. He stood in the center of a busy roadway and waited for the approaching vehicle. With a mighty chop, he stopped the first oncoming passenger vehicle dead with a mighty chop.
The judoka was up next. He positioned himself in the road way. As the truck approached, he set himself, and then threw the truck with a mighty shrug.
The aikido student was concerned. The karate student had stopped a car. The judo student had thrown the truck. A bus full of passengers came barreling down the road.
The aikidoka concentrated, stepped off center and the bus passed by.........all the passengers safe.
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The aikidoka line up patiently at the bus stop just like all other passengers, boarded the bus, gave the conductor a mighty aiki-smile, started some small talk with him, made friends with the driver, conductor and all on board... and they like him so much they decided not to charge a penny and invited him to come on board the bus anytime in future free of charge.
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07-27-2005, 11:37 AM
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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Two stories that I have been told:
1. An aikido student was driving a motorcycle when he was struck head-on by a car. His body was thrown over the car and he performed a ukemi on the pavement and thus escaped injury.
2. An aikido master had honed his senses and preception to such a level that he could not ride on the Tokyo subway during rush hour. The noise and press of the crowds overloaded his senses to the point that he could not function.
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No. 2 is a pretty natural thing. Ever taken the last train on the Yamanote Line in summer?
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07-27-2005, 12:48 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Midland
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Re: Aikido Urban Legends, Stories, and Myths
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The Bigger the hara, the stronger the Ki.
hmmmm more beers please.
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