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DannyinJapan

DannyinJapan

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My friend Kurt (the bald guy who got creamed by Nagato sensei in the khukuri video) passed his godan test today.

Do you guys like that new hissatsu ?
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Are the rod allen hanshee, Bura NEw models or kerambits on the way ?

peace out.
 
Hey Danny,

DannyinJapan said:
My friend Kurt (the bald guy who got creamed by Nagato sensei in the khukuri video) passed his godan test today.

Do you guys like that new hissatsu ?
873_big.jpg


Are the rod allen hanshee, Bura NEw models or kerambits on the way ?

peace out.
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Yeah, the Hissatsu is one sweet production tactical knife... But one part of it's description on the CRKT website seems (IMOHO) very wrong:

"The unique shape of the blade, made famous by the legendary Samurai warlord Takeda Shingen..."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was always under the impression that Takaeda Shingen's blade was a Ko-Kissaki (short, stubby tip), which would make for a more robust sword, as recommended by my sensei...

Even this: Takaeda Shingen's Sword pretty much states what I just said...

And I too eagerly await the arrival of the kerambits! :D:D:D
 
Takeda probably had ten swords.
How the hissatsu designers could talk about his sword, I have no idea...
 
and that blade looks pretty sweet. I like tantos thick in spine, narrow in profile.

Was this Kurt's first go at Godan?

Keith
 
It was a tanto employed by him, the reference in the post above is in regards to his daito.

I have the Hissatsu and I have to say it's a fast blade meant for one thing, killing.

The blade is a little soft and not designed for utility work.
 
well, it doesnt look like much of a bread knife!

yes it was kurts first try. he was shaking bad afterwards, i remember that feeling...
 
cool. Can you give us a description of what's involved? (did I miss the memo? :confused: )
 
the godan test - Sensei stands behind you with a bamboo practice sword. -for safety
you sit or kneel on the floor in front, facing away from sensei. When he is ready he cuts at your head without making a sound.
if you move out of the way of the sword, you pass.
if you dont, you dont.
it is not easily explained, even by those of us who somehow passed it.
 
sensei lets you try it once after each class.
for most people, it takes years and years to be ready for it and then a trip to japan to take the test.
they usually stay for a week or two weeks.
so, most people get two chances over two weeks and then they have to wait another year.

this is not a situation where luck or cleverness will pass you.
there is only one way to pass. you have to develop a small amount of psychic awareness and be sensitive to it.
most people have it naturally, but not everyone is sensitized to it at the level they need to be to pass the godan test.

this is a naturally occurring thing for people who train alot.
dont misunderstand me, i passed it but i dont know if i could pass it again right now.
it is a mysterious thing and none of us can really explain it.
 
what happens if you don't move? do you get cracked upside the head?
 
wonder what effect that has on subsequent attempts?
 
Positive/negative re-inforcement. A classic training method. :eek: :D :footinmou
 
When did the shinai start being used? In the old days it was a real sword, and there were other godan tests after that one..
 
developed to an acute level. To sense with out seeing.

Heady stuff, makes you think twice about the legends and feats of daring folk of old.

Keith
 
machete, most of us dont actually feel the shinai come down. we are too far spaced out at that point.
there is no reinforcement at a physical level.
this is all beyond the basic senses. beyond the conscious mind.

it sounds like magic, and maybe it is, but everybody here can do it with enough training.

i think somebody mentioned the new "murder is a crime" law here in japan and after that they started using a shinai instead of a real sword.


if holding a real sword magnified the feeling of death, maybe it might even be easier to escape.
who knows?

most people develop it naturally, like when you were in school and you just knew the teacher was watching you..
 
Spaced out like meditation?


Do you move and feel yourself move or does an alarm go off and you make yourself move?
 
I had one of those "magic moments" in high school. Actually, I'd be more inclined to call it lucky.

I was in an anteroom to the high school's auditorium, and I had just had a smart-mouthed exchange with an annoying little guy who everybody called "Al Franken". (The poor SOB really did look like Al Franken.) I was walking away, and had just reached the doorway out of the room, when I somehow knew he was going to jump on me while my back was turned. What followed could only be the result of decades of incredibly focused training, or one split-second of blind, stupid luck. I ducked. I ducked at just such a moment, when his grip and weight were at just the right place, that his momentum, combined with my downward movement, flipped him completely over my head, through the doorway, and onto the floor in front of me, on his back, with his head in my hand. I actually caught his head before it hit the floor. I was looking down into his upside-down, extremely wide-open eyes, and I said "Don't mess." I was a legend for a few weeks after that. ;)
 
Hi Guys
was there an answer to Danny's questions regarding the Bura new models and the kerambit. Hoping, hoping.
Regards
Phil
 
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