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Post by rrobinson on Nov 18, 2019 15:26:01 GMT
The River of Life dojo is pleased to host James Williams sensei in a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday seminar on Ken jutsu, Iai jutsu, tanto jutsu and their related Aiki jujutsu applications.
February 21, 22, and 23, 2020 River of Life Center 321 Morris Road Fort Washington, PA 19034
Sessions; Friday from 6pm to 9:30pm Saturday from 10am to 1 pm and 2:30pm to 5:30pm Sunday from 9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Cost: $50.00 per session or $200 for the full weekend. $150 if paid by January 25th, 2020! (not refundable)
For further information, please call (215) 542-0102 or email riveroflifedojo@gmail.com
Thank you!
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Post by Lord Newport on Nov 28, 2019 23:00:38 GMT
The River of Life dojo is pleased to host James Williams sensei in a Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday seminar on Ken jutsu, Iai jutsu, tanto jutsu and their related Aiki jujutsu applications.
February 21, 22, and 23, 2020 River of Life Center 321 Morris Road Fort Washington, PA 19034
Sessions; Friday from 6pm to 9:30pm Saturday from 10am to 1 pm and 2:30pm to 5:30pm Sunday from 9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Cost: $50.00 per session or $200 for the full weekend. $150 if paid by January 25th, 2020! (not refundable)
For further information, please call (215) 542-0102 or email riveroflifedojo@gmail.com
Thank you!
Rick Robinson James Williams? Is he still teaching "Nami Ryu?? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2019 17:33:09 GMT
Come on dude. Name a martial art that isn't made up.
The questions are who made it up, when it was made up, what it's supposed to do for you, and whether you can work it.
I went to Japan and tried to ask the god of the Katori shrine some follow up questions and got nothing. At least you can email, call, or attend a seminar with Mr. Williams and get some kind of answer out of him.
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Post by Lord Newport on Nov 30, 2019 19:27:54 GMT
Come on dude. Name a martial art that isn't made up. The questions are who made it up, when it was made up, what it's supposed to do for you, and whether you can work it. I went to Japan and tried to ask the god of the Katori shrine some follow up questions and got nothing. At least you can email, call, or attend a seminar with Mr. Williams and get some kind of answer out of him. I have met him, seen him demonstrate his art and compete and I attended a seminar that he gave a brief block of instruction at. He is a nice guy and has done a lot for the sword community with his Bugai Trading Company. I also knew Don Angier personally, I have trained and competed in Japan as well ( I try to not bother the Gods).  All I am saying is that he made it up himself and I am surprised it still has legs given the general decline in popularity of JSA here in the US over the last 10 years. I am glad to see there is still interest in JSA. Many Americans have been less than impressed with all the JSA politics and strife in Japan and fighting over who controls what. It kind of undermines all the bushido they have been giving lip service to all these years. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2019 19:41:57 GMT
Probably the best thing Mr. Williams did for his art was to back away from the heavily implied Yanagi Ryu associations, and let it be a thing to stand on its own feet.
Really, I think the decline is just in interest in studying a sword art. People don't want to train swordsmanship, they just seem to want to do calisthenics and playfight. But we don't need to clog up this thread for that discussion.
Mr. Robinson is a good dude who has been nothing but kind, generous, and welcoming to me and my friends since I met him. Its hard enough to find people who want to train, we don't have to make his job any harder regardless of what you or I think of the art in question.
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Post by Robert in California on Dec 5, 2019 4:09:05 GMT
All I can add, is that I have watched some of Mr. William's demo videos and his skill is very impressive.
I would not wish to go up against him, sword to sword.
He knows his stuff, regardless of what name it is given.
The guy definitely is deserving of respect.
RinC
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