Saturdays on Defend

[treelizard]

How you can do iaido in a city where there's Parkour is beyond me...

[jubaji]

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[jubaji]

hey jubaji, i ended up watching a wrestling tournament today. fun stuff.

Nice! What kind of tournament was it?

[jubaji]

Well, the how is easy. You just go to the school, talk to the instructor, and sign up for lessons...

So anyway, what style of Iaido are you studying?

[jubaji]

Are you interested because you're hoping to offer some insights, or because you want to aid them in their plentiful criticism?

No, because I do a little Eishin-Ryu myself.

[DickHardman]

are you guys sure you arent just trying to live out your childhood fantasies that have been cultivated and fueled by many years of watching hollywood martial arts movies and older kung fu flicks from the 70s ??

[jubaji]

Keep inhaling, Cheech.

[treelizard]

Nice! What kind of tournament was it?

There's more than one kind?

[jubaji]

There's more than one kind?

I mean, was it a high school tournament? college? freestyle? Greco? Stuff like that.

[DickHardman]

i think you guys would have a funner time being civil war reenactors.

[treelizard]

I mean, was it a high school tournament? college? freestyle? Greco? Stuff like that.

It was a high school tournament. I had to take our local test they make teachers take at this high school, and they told me not to leave if I had an afternoon session because they were having a wrestling tournament and there would not be parking. Since I only had a morning test (I like to space mine out on different days so I won't go insane) I stayed to watch wrestling. It was pretty cool except that it was hard to watch the injuries (I guess it's harder when they're younger) and it was hard to concentrate because they'd have like five matches going at once.

[DickHardman]

I'm not sure what's in your weed this week, but that's not the point. It's not about re-enacting anything.

Do you have some kind of personal problem with people who study things like this? Do you take offense, Dick? I'm only asking because you seem intent on inserting yourself into this conversation in a not-so-positive way, and I'd like to clarify what it is you're saying so I can respond.

i was just trying to pull your chain a bit mike

[DickHardman]

Oh. I see.

Was it fun?

not as fun as it could have been. however, whats really amusing is thinking about an old, out of shape boozebag like jubaji who trolls internet forums all day long at his cubicle, in between playing with pencils and eating crackers on his desk, getting off work to go play with swords and pretend like he is sonny chiba.


i imagine its something similar to these guys here, except jubaji has an even higher risk of injuring himself than these guys, since he thought for some reason that playing with swords while he was close to blacking out from alcohal was a good idea for him.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl5SaNBjLhg[/YOUTUBE]

[DickHardman]

The nunchuk guy who knocks himself out and then tries to swing the chuks is probably my favorite.

he thought he was still in the zone lol.....

[jubaji]

It was pretty cool except that it was hard to watch the injuries (I guess it's harder when they're younger) .

Yeah its a rough sport, even for the young folks.