[Kuncher]

When I set up my dojo the rules will be

1. Safron keiko-gi hakama
2. Veils instead of men towel
3. Multi coloured himo
4. We will say "Om" during mokuso
5. The big drum at the end of the class will be replaced with the tabla and sitar
6. Heads will be shaved with the option of leaving a little dangly bit at the top back. For girls legs and armpits will not be shaved.
7. There will be no tsuki, ni-toh or jodan. We will all practice chudan in peace.
8. "Kote", "men" and "do" will be replaced with "Hare", "Krishna" and "Rama".
9. The standard uchi-komi-geiko pattern will be:

Hare-Krishna, Hare-Krishna
Krishna-Krishna, Hare-Hare
Hare-Rama, Hare-Rama
Rama-Rama, Hare-Hare

and will be accompanied by the tabla and sitar mentioned earlier (and some tambourines played by the beginners)

10. Keiko will be very cheap, but you will be obligated to raise money for the club by practicing uchikomi-geiko in public places.

[12Jasoumemoobia]

How will you hold your shinai when you have those little bells on the end of your fingers?

[heinz_1966]

Actually, to concede a minor point, I have visited many places north of Watford and most have been quite pleasant (except Peterborough, that was shite!). I'm just bitter because I live in the "Garden of England" and every bugger seems to be paving over it!

[thighikergove]

Actually, to concede a minor point, I have visited many places north of Watford and most have been quite pleasant (except Peterborough, that was shite!). I'm just bitter because I live in the "Garden of England" and every bugger seems to be paving over it!

I hail from the compost heap of the garden of england (Medway) & agree its becomming a paved over suburb of london :-( I even remember Hop picking as a kid

I also livd in t' north for about 20 years so am available for translation services (for a fee) should anyone need them !

as fer language, well SJP speaks a strange 'neck end' dialect which it tunrs out is more authentic english (Chaucerian) than almost all of the rest of us - bit of a bugger that, duck

[bredkumanfirst]

[quote=D'Artagnan]
We all know that the north will prove to be the holy land of hardness!



Only in the North can you find a Sensei that when 4 people pass out during training says " i don't mind you passing out but when you regain consciousness you should be back in line"

[beriarele]

hehe, you copy/pasted 'consciousness'...

Anyway, you're all southerners to me...

[Gromiaaborn]

wait a minute.... your flag is SWISS... therefore you are a VERY southern poofter and would do kendo rules like these:

all bogu to be 190 metres thick (usually concrete) to absorb any accidental impact.
no weapons of any description, ESPECIALLY those nasty shinai things, to be used within 500 metres of another poofter.
If a shinai is accidentally picked up, it must be made out of foam, (preferably shaving foam...)
first one to cry real tears is the winner.
Your mother must be on hand in case you need a shoulder to cry on, and also to beg the opponent to leave her kid alone.
you must always bring a note to excuse you from training.
your dad must not be harder/bigger/better than his dad.

This is a summary of course of London rules kendo. It excludes sueing and libel actions....


when he regains conciousness? NOBODY regains conciousness in a Northern dojo..you would have been beaten to death on the floor for falling over!

[twiffatticy]

Yeah, but I'm not actually Swiss, just lived there.

You're all south of Aberdeen...

[Diwokfkq]

This is a summary of course of London rules kendo. It excludes sueing and libel actions....

Hah! You're just jealous because you can't get the hang of kote-litigation-do suburi!

[antilt]

[quote
when he regains conciousness? NOBODY regains conciousness in a Northern dojo..you would have been beaten to death on the floor for falling over![/quote]

We did receive a flogging and no lard for a week and

[Evoryboypoto]

Soz posted before I'd finished
I was going to add that I heard some of the more radical London dojos had started sparring with their feather dusters after dusting the dojo

[Tauntenue]

did they have a protective cover on the feathers? sounds dangerous for southerners...

I'm still puzzled with kartoffelngeist... is it really Swiss Tony in disguise?

[TouccuraLar]

I'm not that puzzling, it's easy to work out who I am. In fact it's very much like making love to a beautiful woman.......

(Hoping I got the reference there and didn't just sound weird...)

Well I live in Geneva when I'm not studying up north, so I wanted to keep the flag. I think before I came here I had the Scottish flag and Geneva as the location, which would be more accurate...

[diemeareendup]

In fact, Kendo IS very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You put on protection, you get into the right position and give 'em a good seeing-to with your weapon!

[FourEsters]

I think yer confusing "making love" with "screwing"...Where is the cuddling in Kendo?

[AriaDesser]

Kendo is indeed like making love to a beautiful woman. You grasp your weapon, wave it around a bit and then hand over all your money...







That is all.

[Sydrothcoathy]

hand over all your money...
.

Nah yer thinking of marrige...or hookers

[valentinesdayyy]

Yakyakyak





That is all.

[WrigleyMike]

In fact, Kendo IS very much like making love to a beautiful woman. You put on protection, you get into the right position and give 'em a good seeing-to with your weapon!

All talk chum... in practice most Kendoka just end up trying to hit on sweaty Men in the Dojo... weird ain't it...?

[LeaderBiz]

All talk chum... in practice most Kendoka just end up trying to hit on sweaty Men in the Dojo... weird ain't it...?

fantastic...