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samurai64

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My instructor is Shihan Dana Abbott. I have been training with him for six years. He also created the chanbara training equipment that Century now sells.

www.samuraisports.com

He a little old school having trained in Japan but knows his stuff. If you want to grovel, meditate and get spiritual with your sword choose someone else. He teaches combative sword but makes you look nice as he polishes your technique.

My training partners either go see him for a long training weekend and have had him come up for training and a seminar for our students.

As we practice throught the year we will share video with him to critique between personal visits.

Anyone else a student of his?

I happened to stumble across this board looking up information about cas hanwei tact waki.
 
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samurai64 said:
My instructor is Shehan Dana Abbott. I have been training with him for six years. He also created the chanbara training equipment that Century now sells.

He a little old school having trained in Japan but knows his stuff. If you want to grovel, meditate and get spiritual with your sword choose someone else. He teaches combative sword but makes you look nice as he polishes your technique.

My training partners either go see him for a long training weekend and have had him come up for training and a seminar for our students.

As we practice throught the year we will share video with him to critique between personal visits.

Anyone else a student of his?

I happened to stumble across this board looking up information about cas hanwei tact waki.
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It's Shihan, not Shehan.

WHEN I get to train, which is none so far this year, I train under Masayuki Shimbukuro, Hanshi at the USA Honbu Dojo

http://www.jikishin-kai.com/shimabio.htm

Good luck in your training.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Yea I know better even looked it up to make sure I was spelling right then my brain and fingers do something else. Looks like our instructors may have crossed paths and probably know each other. Glad to see another helping to keep the art alive. I am always amazed how many similarities our swing, grip, etc are found in other activities.
 
I studied some judo in downtown Boulder back in the early 1960s. A small French Korean guy, I don't recall his name. No sword stuff though. I lived across the street from Folsom stadium/ Franklin field from 1959 to 1964.

Cheers

GC
 
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