I think I've created a mess with my first attempt at posting a video, but we all fall down and get up right back.

When I press the edit button I'm informed that I don't have permission to fix it. Does this mean that I have to get the "technique" right the first time or will I be able to clean my own mess in the future?

P.S. In what box do I write in the source of the video, because I like to give credit to where credit is deserved.

Disclaimer: I'm new to martial arts, but I'm willing to help in the process of gathering data.

P.S.S. Happy Hanukkah

Hey thanks. Have you considered moving to a vBulletin set up for your forum?

I hope one day I can come to Israel and train ($$$ ). Your training looks absolutely awesome.

Yossi,
thanks for your answer.
Have a nice sunday!
Pete

There are many variations to the time and sequence of training routines.
From fitness point of view it does not matter, as long as you are having fun.

You should ask your Sifu, maybe from the perspective of your discipline the time you do the fitness in relation to your Tai Chi is important.

Tai Chi is a great exercise, but it does not supplement flexibility.

Thank you Yossi.
I do have another question though. Why did the Genbukan & Jinenkan break away from the Bujinkan??? I'm asking you because I know you'll give a honest (non bias) answer.

Thank You

Hi Yossi,
It isn't Nuki tsuke-no ken but Nuki uchi-no ken.
http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Nuki_tsuke_no_ken,_TSKSR

....im not looking for support....look...all that i want to do....is expand my mind...and my knowledge of the world....i wish to see some of this world we live in...before all the good things in it are destroyed....it may seem to you like im running away from my life....but in actuality....im trying to start a new one...i dont need emotional support....i need something to focus my mind and body on....i am more than willing to travel to Israel....im sick of the life i live in america....all this "chasing the american dream"....i CAN commit...i ask you please....trust me....how will you know wether or not i can do this....unless you give me the chance.....picture yourself in my place.....wouldnt you feel as i do....am i honestly asking to much....please reconsider.....your right i dont need you....i need a change of lifestyle.....once again all i ask....is a chance.....what might i do to prove to you....that this is whats good for me....

lonely

Because it take more then 13 years to become an instructor, Akban is not exactly a McDojo. And by the time one finishes the obligatory preparation one is totally totally poor, so one can not even go to the USA for a seminar.

Well, you can come and live in Israel.
I guess it's not worth the effort

Yossi,
I myself have been raised on full contact (randori) and to say the least have hit a small but not overcome able impasse with my training here in the states. I have enjoyed sampling many different instructors over the past couple of years only to come to the sad conclusion that save for a few higher ranking members I keep coming upon the same strict forms and movements being taught. (Reminds me of watching kids at the local YMCA! LOL!) I know the basics and can only stress their repetition but Hatsumi sensei has stressed more than one time that after a point in your training the Kihon Happo becomes your own. No two people move alike and that is why it is so important that you train with as many people as possible. After which you should sit down and discuss what you have learned about that technique and your own weaknesses. That is the key to mastering your own Taijutsu and building life long friendships in Budo. Sadly again something that is amiss here in the west (mind you not everywhere so anyone else reading please take no offence to this statement) but everyone here seems to horde their skills and try to hide weakness with a mask of ego and power over others. Budo has no name or face, Budo is nowhere and everywhere all at once. Budo is a ghost or vapor, Budo is not fixed to anyone or anything, so Yossi my friend I believe that by augmenting your training that you and your group have only helped Budo to grow. A fixed art is a dead art. I think that Hatsumi sensei has always meant for this to happen. I myself hope to not prove to myself or other how much I know or how strong I am, but just to discover what my weaknesses are and just how much more I have to learn. I have cast off my rank and claim none. It has taken me almost 30 years of my life and training to figure out just how much of a beginner I truly am.:)

Your friend in Budo
Ganbatte Kudasai
Jarrad

here they are
http://www.akban.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Juji_gatame