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04-10-2007, 04:59 PM
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Funny Story
After practice last night, we got to sharing about the funniest episodes in an aikido dojo that we've had. This one took the cake...
A prospective student came to watch practice at one of my dojo mates' former dojo and described the guy as:
"a 5'6", 250 lb. guy in a full black ninja outfit" asking if when can he start practice.
Wow! What do you say to guy that comes in your dojo in this manner!
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04-11-2007, 05:47 AM
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Dojo: Aikido at the Center
Location: Tucson, Arizona
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Re: Funny Story
Maybe he trained in ninjutsu previously and showed up in the keikogi he had already to see if aikido would be a nice thing to try? Please excuse me if I kill the hilarity, but that's a distinct possibility. Please don't jodantsuki me.
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04-11-2007, 10:00 AM
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Dojo: Boulder Aikikai
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Re: Funny Story
If he had trained in ninjutsu previously he would have already acquired real ultimate power, and therefore would have no need of Aikido's frustrating, elusive power.
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04-11-2007, 10:05 AM
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Re: Funny Story
I agree Max...but come on! With the mask while walking in? The picture in my mind makes me smile all the time.
Ben - touche!
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04-11-2007, 10:47 AM
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Location: Orange County, CA
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Re: Funny Story
Actually I think I may have ran into that guy too. (Although the person I remember was definitely over 6' tall.) He showed up to our dojo once when I lived up in Pasadena and he actually didn't just watch class, he practiced with us. He claimed he had studied ninjutsu for like 14 years or something like that I recall. He was definitely an "interesting" person and made for a unique night.
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04-11-2007, 11:48 AM
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Dojo: Aikido West Reading
Location: Reading, Pa
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Funny Story
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Rod Yabut wrote:
I agree Max...but come on! With the mask while walking in? The picture in my mind makes me smile all the time.
Ben - touche!
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He was wearing a the ninja mask? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Did anyone see him come in or did he just appear? If he was detected and seen coming in the door he isn't much of ninja is he? I'd ask him why I saw him coming in if he is a ninja-man.
The visual is killing me!!!!
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04-11-2007, 12:14 PM
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Dojo: Aikido at the Center
Location: Tucson, Arizona
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Re: Funny Story
See, I had thought this person came with just a black uwagi and trousers, but if he came in wearing a mask, too ... I'd say that's very strange indeed.
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04-11-2007, 12:28 PM
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Location: Orange County, CA
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Re: Funny Story
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Eric Webber wrote:
He was wearing a the ninja mask? HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Did anyone see him come in or did he just appear? If he was detected and seen coming in the door he isn't much of ninja is he? I'd ask him why I saw him coming in if he is a ninja-man.
The visual is killing me!!!!
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Speaking with Rod it does appear to likely be the same incident we are talking about. Basically when I arrived at the dojo I saw this big guy changing into his ninja garb in the parking lot. (Why he didn't change inside I don't know.) At the time he hadn't finished so I thought he was just a visitor putting on a black dogi. However, when he came into the dojo he had everything, the mask, the tabi-boots, etc. on. He wasn't wearing the mask around his face but it was around his neck at the time, so I guess fortunately he wasn't in stealth mode or attempting to assassinate anyone in the dojo.
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04-11-2007, 10:46 PM
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Dojo: Tenzan Aikido / Boulder Aikikai
Location: Boulder, CO
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Re: Funny Story
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Benjamin Edelen wrote:
If he had trained in ninjutsu previously he would have already acquired real ultimate power, and therefore would have no need of Aikido's frustrating, elusive power.
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Speaking of real ultimate power:
http://www.realultimatepower.net/
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04-11-2007, 10:51 PM
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Dojo: Great Wave Aikido
Location: Alberta, Canada
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Re: Funny Story
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James Young wrote:
Speaking with Rod it does appear to likely be the same incident we are talking about. Basically when I arrived at the dojo I saw this big guy changing into his ninja garb in the parking lot. (Why he didn't change inside I don't know.) At the time he hadn't finished so I thought he was just a visitor putting on a black dogi. However, when he came into the dojo he had everything, the mask, the tabi-boots, etc. on. He wasn't wearing the mask around his face but it was around his neck at the time, so I guess fortunately he wasn't in stealth mode or attempting to assassinate anyone in the dojo.
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Ahhh - I suspect he wasn't a real ninja then - the real ones are green.
With shells.
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Answers are only easy when they're incomplete.
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04-12-2007, 05:09 AM
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Dojo: Takagashira Dojo
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Re: Funny Story
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James Young wrote:
Speaking with Rod it does appear to likely be the same incident we are talking about. Basically when I arrived at the dojo I saw this big guy changing into his ninja garb in the parking lot. (Why he didn't change inside I don't know.) At the time he hadn't finished so I thought he was just a visitor putting on a black dogi. However, when he came into the dojo he had everything, the mask, the tabi-boots, etc. on. He wasn't wearing the mask around his face but it was around his neck at the time, so I guess fortunately he wasn't in stealth mode or attempting to assassinate anyone in the dojo.
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Lol, that's funny. I've had a couple of guys turn up in black keikogi and start training with us, usually because there's no ninja dojo around, that's fine by me, no different than a guy appearing wearing a katategi for the same reason. But to turn up in the full ninjer outfit hood and all seems a bit weird to me lol! Maybe he had a good reason for it though. If he comes back maybe someone should ask him
Mike
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"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
-Martin Luther King Jr
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04-12-2007, 05:46 AM
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Dojo: Dangayan Singkaw Aikido Shinzui Group Philippines
Location: Plymouth, UK
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Re: Funny Story
Now if he came in equipped with ninja-to, kusarigama, shuriken, manriki-gusari, nekade, kyoketsu-shogei, and various other ninjutsu sundries, I would be a wee bit worried..
Would still be funny though
I would also ask him if he had sempai named Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo.. and if his original sensei was a rat named Splinter..
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Inocencio Maramba, MD, MSc
Dangayan Singkaw Aikido Shinzui
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04-13-2007, 01:45 PM
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Location: Bangkok
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Re: Funny Story
It would be interesting to learn how to dodge flying shuriken attacks, I think Osensei omitted these ones. Or maybe was it part of the "secret techniques".
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04-13-2007, 03:45 PM
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Re: Funny Story
You people are sooo rude!
I got that outfit for my birthday. Mom said I looked cool.
My dojo storming days are over...DAMMIT!
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04-14-2007, 09:11 AM
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Dojo: Aikido Downtown
Location: Rhode Island
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Re: Funny Story
Did he disappear in a puff of smoke after class?
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Dan Hulley
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04-16-2007, 12:13 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Northern CO
Location: Colorado
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Re: Funny Story
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Well, if he didn't like flip out and kill everyone then he wasn't a ninja
It reminds me of this guy who came to our dojo once. He said he had a black belt in like 5 other martial arts and asked how much a black belt in aikido would cost. We told him $35 at Bujin
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"Always practice in the spirit of joy"
~Morihei Ueshiba
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04-16-2007, 01:52 PM
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Dojo: Doshinkan dojo in Roxborough, Pa
Location: Phila. Pa
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Re: Funny Story
You guys think that's funny...you should have seen us rolling when this guy came in.
And yes, he pretty much looks like that in person!
http://www.numchucks.com/personal_trainer.html
Best,
Ron (oh boy)
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Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
St. Bonaventure (ca. 1221-1274)
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04-16-2007, 01:55 PM
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Re: Funny Story
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I wanna see this guy.
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04-16-2007, 02:48 PM
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Dojo: Doshinkan dojo in Roxborough, Pa
Location: Phila. Pa
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Re: Funny Story
ah...no, Ricky, you don't. Take my word for it!
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St. Bonaventure (ca. 1221-1274)
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04-16-2007, 04:22 PM
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Dojo: Ft. Myers School of Aikido
Location: Ft. Myers, FL.
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Re: Funny Story
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He actually came into your dojo? I wouldn't have expected that.
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"The only difference between Congress and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors spend their own money." -Tom Feeney, representative from Florida
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04-16-2007, 09:51 PM
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Dojo: Takemusu Aiki Association
Location: Sydney
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: Funny Story
We had a guy train with us for a couple of weeks once - he said that he had trained in kung fu for a few months. One night at drinks after training he told us that he was training aikido because he wanted to create a new martial art combining kung fu and aikido. Said he wanted to call it kungdo.
He was completely serious. We said why not call it aikifu.
As we say in Australia, he was a few sausages short of a barbeque...
Russell
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04-19-2007, 07:12 PM
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Dojo: Tenzan Aikido / Boulder Aikikai
Location: Boulder, CO
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Re: Funny Story
That is awesome
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Ron Tisdale wrote:
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04-19-2007, 10:45 PM
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Dojo: Aikido of Northern CO
Location: Colorado
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Re: Funny Story
Um maybe we shouldn't be making fun of this guy. He might show up in ninja gear and flip out.
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"Always practice in the spirit of joy"
~Morihei Ueshiba
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04-19-2007, 10:54 PM
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Dojo: Albuquerque Aikido Kokikai
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Funny Story
Watch out, he'll get you with his numchucks, sigh, and shrunken!
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05-02-2007, 12:38 PM
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Dojo: Seiwa Dojo and Southside Dojo
Location: Battle Creek & Kalamazoo, MI
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Re: Funny Story
I once mentioned to my sensei that I had noticed the ninjitsu school in the neighboring town had their sign up on a new building. He responded with "hmm, you wouldn't think ninja would have a sign."
Bronson
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