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I agree. For fun, this is modern kendo vs. fencing. The fencing guy is good. YouTube - Kendo vs Fencing I want kendo to become an Olympic sport some day like Judo. Kendo is not like the traditional Japanese sword arts, footwork is different, although derived from it, fyi. TK

Showing off a bit. what a $10k sword can do. YouTube - 9mm Versus Katana (proud.. :cool:) YouTube - Machine Gun vs. Katana (failure oh well.. .50caliber :() YouTube - nihonto vs watercutter (exceptionally proud.. :D) TK

I think fencing was a product of how metallurgy advanced in Europe. The swords got thinner and thinner. If a super high-tech sword was created nowadays, it`d probably resemble something like those fencing swords. fyi, whereas for penetration and cutting everything European pushes, the Japanese...

Wouldn`t it be enough if hell was just a scary place for the realistic people.. apparently not according to y`all except for Wil. If I was put in a room with all you guys in this discussion, I`d just have to stand up, step aside and practice my putting stoke at the corner of the room... I can...

Yes the "Horse and Bow", complicates things when asking where did the Japanese come from? With regards to the Japanese sword, looking at all the other sword styles around the world, the way the J sword and styles are, the only reason I can think of why, is by means of Shinto. I have a hunch...

Thats mostly true, for most Japanese it is just a culture. But in fact its like a Jedi knight-like religion in the back ground when one checks it out. I don`t know what sect they are from but that sounds like either a family tradition or something a buddhist sect might preach. But then again I...

I`m not sure. Thats why I put the question mark, and its a conspiracy theory that I wouldn`t be too surprised if it were true considering what the Roman Catholic missions wanted. If you check into Akechi, his third daughter was a devout Roman Catholic (Gratia Hosokawa). Yes.. the missionaries...

This is also very true. But now that I see it in writing I can see how non-Japanese might think of this as unusual.. its absolutely weird!!.. :eek: This one guy I knew in LA called the Japanese(Shinto) culture as a culture that pursues super-pop as in pop culture. Anyways, I`m thinking about...

I agree, the article somewhat spells disaster for both Japan and possibly Judaism to an extent. It`d be interesting to find out if one of the lost tribes reached Japan, excluding the J imperial family out of the theory. I have a feeling that there a rumors going on in the western Christian...

This was primarily an influence of Confucianism(loyalty) imported by the Tokugawa shogunates which was founded by the third closest comrad of Oda mentioned above.The shogunates enjoyed a long lasting peace, and in order to accomplish that they imported Confucianist thoughts. I have no idea what...

Shinto is Japanese martial arts, and a bit more. Primarily I see J martial arts as the two handed sword, which is the most powerful J weapon prized by Samurai`s. The Japanese sword is made accordingly with Shinto traditions, no buddhism there. All the other J martial arts are probably of...

Now that you mention it, Roman artifacts were also found in ancient Korean archaeological sites. So its all possible theoretically. For reference, how do you confirm that those Chinese Jews were Jews? following the link you referenced, I found this article which pretty much documents all the...

I`m here if you want to talk. Technically I consider myself to be Shinto-Buddhist Christian accordingly to what I am. But between Shinto and Buddhism I gear myself towards Shinto more than Buddhism. I also consider any Japanese who sits in a chair to be Shinto-Buddhist who was influenced by...

There is a rumor in Japan that probably after the Jewish diaspora, some Jews reached Japan and setup camp. It does seem that Jewish people went in all directions after the diaspora. Some family emblems seem to resemble Jewish symbols, which could be a coincidence. There is also a place in...

I`m gonna try talking in riddles. Lets say there is the "A" approach and the "B" approach. Both are righteous in reasons. What we do as ultimate practice is the "A+B" approach and the "B+A" approach. And then we spend a lot time arguing and sometimes warring whether "A" is superior or "B" is...

Anyways Nick, You will continue to see many good Christians busy being creative, striving to be strong as long as it is necessary and we people are curious. True, real Christianity starts at a higher place, but most of us are not there yet, and we`ll need to protect ourselves without showing...

So therefore Nick, I would like you to stop stating that creativity is some how the problem. TK

Yes, I am caught up in it, it is one of my major priorities, while you stating things should be done from the inside, I choose an external approach by satisfying all the instinctive needs(absolute minimum) of man that make him/her strong and in-tune with God first, according to what I believe...

OK, I think there may be some progress if you somehow conceive the idea, that although it may seem that yesterday is the same as tomorrow, you know that there is nothing in this universe that is an absolute constant. (maybe except for God depending on who you talk to) Meaning although it may...

I`ll humor your depressing imagination. Imagination like that I agree you might want to turn it off, but don`t recommend it to everybody. Stop making things up like "my god", "your god", I worship wealth etc.. Book is a technology. And you claim technology to be a source of imagination that...