Nungali

when I come here, for some reason I expect at least one or two 'enlightened souls ' ..... mostly they laugh when poked, as why should that affect them ? But no ..... thanks for restoring my 'faith'

"Where have you been all my life ! ? " "Well ... for the first 45 years of it, I wasnt born yet . " (It has been a while since we been 'in the pit ' ; Eeeeee - haaa r r r !

I especially likes it when they sooo worked up the spelling grammar and syntax breaks down Wait ! Was it there unbroken in the first place ?

My kitchen stove has a label near the knobs - to turn off- return knob to off position . ( seriously )

Oh yeah , that too of course . An interesting historical story there . There IS an interest in the old form growing ? I have not noticed that . Eg . Part of the exam for the Godan (5th Dan) test for Bujinkan , discussed in this part of this thread * requires good performance of 'Chinto Form' , yet looking at their exams, this is not an 'original Chinto' but some 'developed' ' changed' modern form . I am assuming my form is the correct original as Chinto comes from Bushi , after he fought and tried to apprehend 'Chinto' a Chinese 'pirate', shipwrecked in Okinawa . Chinto ( the pirate ) > 'Bushi' (warrior) Matsamura Soken > 'Nabe' Matasmura Nabetanme ( 'Bushi's grandson) - Seito (family style ) > Hohan Soken (nephew ) > Kosei Nishihira ( internationally recognized as the heir of Karate Matsumura Seito of Grand Master Soken.[10][11] - Wiki ) > my instructor - no one else seems to do Chinto this way , even 'so called' other ' Shorin ryu Matsamura Seito ' 'styles' ( seito is supposed to mean ' family tradition or way ' of knowledge from teacher to student ) . The form of Chinto I practice comes from my instructor, and others, who used to train with Mr Nishihira and Hohan Soken , and from film I have observed from Hohan Soken and Kosei Nishihira , on the internet ' unpublished ' . And Chinto ('modified' ) is needed for a 'ninjutsu' examination ? *

I call it 'spherical awareness ' advanced aikido practitioners and long term (alive) motorcycle riders have it also

.. and sometimes they just won't ! Goddamnit !

" .... sense someone in the room isnt doing the right thing or something .... " YUP ! I get that . < thinks> what happens if the testee sits facing the sword with eyes closed ?

I might add though ... in all our 'playing' over the years (mine and instructors and another valuable 'student' (the tai chi instructor ) , we seem to have got back to a lot nearer of the original art of our real teacher . Even related clubs descended directly from him, and some of their instructors ( teacher's other students ) seem to have devolved to 'modern Japanese style ' .... which is a real bummer .... since this should actually be preserving original and traditional forms . . . which they do .... but then they seem to forget the original principles behind those forms . IMO its an influence from 'professional schools' and people trying to make an income out of it - a business , goota offer what the customer wants. (I thought I better explain that as I might have made our training to look like an actual hemozzle ( I wrote shemozzle, but that looked a bit sexist. )

... and knees ! I know a few guys got artificial knees now !

Training scenario ; " Punch me ! " " Okay " ..... pow ! "No, not like that ?" " Well. like what then , a jab, upper cut, cross, ??? " " Just a normal punch ." " ... Oi tsuki and then stop , so you can take advantage of my one arm extended and hanging there in the air after I punch and the other retracted to my side so I cant defend with it , that one ? " - that seems to annoy my 'instructor' . Then, when I go to show him a similar but new technique , he is both hands up and jabs . ... and the rest of class is watching ; " You GUYS! "

' buds'

My alchemical perspectives have recently focused on cultural anthropology and the historical progression and developments ( and dissolution ) of cultures. Paring away the ornate curlicues that surround the subject in archaic language there is a central and natural alchemical process . This is based on 'circulation' ; a cycle of mixing and inter relating ( and a new form coming from that ) and periods of 'isolation' where things 'as they have become' are allowed to 'play out their potentials ... then a re mixing and another separation ... and so on. On the nature of the fall of Man ... getting away from Christian based hermeticism .... IMO it seems a 'fall' of the 'sphere of Mars. that is , when constructing ' psychological tree ' from the 'cosmic tree' Mars movs to a lower position ( and causes other rearrangements due to that shift. On the nature of good and evil, it all seems a reflection and projection from the inner state of the potential of 'good mind' and bad mind' . For the westerner, this is best explained via the principles of 'mainyu' in Zoroastrianism , again realising the bolded bit above ie, a clarity is perceived if one is not restricted in terms of gods, angels, spenta or yazata , the Zoroastrians utilise these, but they also focus on the import of 'qualities if mind' . And that can be developed by changing habits, customs, mores and taboos , etc . A 'bad mind' is more controlled by the forces of 'the Id' and lacks development of the cultural , societal human instinct .

another reason ; to balance damp cold . Its damp and cold here today ..... And still fogged out at 9:30 am .... I need a smoke !

Oh I get it ... the site allows belly dancers but not pictures of me I try to put up !

(she probably Turkish though )

"like in karate " ? You mean 'like in bad karate ' ? 'Punch' can mean soooo much ..... Mr Soken ; " Give me punchy . " .... Why you say 'block', no block ... all punchy ." It can a whole range of strikes, in different ways with different parts of the hand , most of them do not have a straight arm or locked elbow at all. I assume you mean a strike like 'oi tsuki ' , if so , that is supposed to be used in specific circumstances ... which modern karate does not seem to understand . Hence its failure as a 'stand alone' fighting system ... which it isnt , nowadays. Trying to rapid punch or use multiple punches and using oi tsuki for that ... is crazy ! Its not for that at all.

... arrrgh !

what about this way then

Nope ! What a rip off !

Hey ! Whats up with this new config and image posting ? ..... ... okay , inserted into post ... and now click 'submit reply' .......

I am assuming that means they were beautiful ? Some of the Iranian women I worked with ! ... ones that had little Arab influence, the 'originals' , raven colored hair, eastern type 'almond' eyes, some bright green ....

My medical record at the CCC clinic shows allergies ; bureaucracy and administration , the doc liked my answer so much he entered it