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Paul E Ester

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49. I studied fencing when I was younger.

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 04:37 PM

Mar 2013

It is a martial art but closer to kendo in that the violence of swordsmanship is more abstract. No imaginary dripping blood in fencing.

This is more akin to training with a bayonet or a broadsword.,

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Video -Adorable Young Japanese Girl practicing Sword -Iaido [View all] Katashi_itto Mar 2013 OP

I loved iaido Recursion Mar 2013 #1

What a cutie. enlightenment Mar 2013 #2

I agree! I really enjoyed watching how determined she is :) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #3

Adorable or Evil? Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #4

Oh, FFS. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #5

+1! n/t backscatter712 Mar 2013 #12

As a practicing Iaidoka...your point? Trace any martial art back to it's original form, Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #6

My point is the sport is not adorable Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #16

I hope it's tamer than Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #19

The Original: J�san-nin no Shikaku / The Thirteen Assassins [1963 | 640p | full film Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #26

The scene where he's eating dinner, and making target practice on the peasant family.. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #32

She cut someone's head off? LanternWaste Mar 2013 #15

If she learns the basic Iaido moves, she's training to behead someone. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #17

BFD. Do you whine about ALL martial arts? More importantly, do you kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #21

I am biased toward Aikido Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #22

Well, then, you'd better work hard to make these sword arts illegal. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #25

No problem with people studying martial arts Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #41

I used to do the same thing on the farm when I was 10, 11, 12... snooper2 Mar 2013 #51

+1000 I am done debating nonsense with him Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #23

How do you feel about fencing? Marr Mar 2013 #24

I studied fencing when I was younger. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #49

Son na baka na... AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #28

Gomene Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #38

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When I clicked this thread, I said to myself, "I wonder who said the inevitable stupid thing." WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #39

cheers...nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #42

Kewl...will we get to see her in Banki state or is she still learning Shikai? Rex Mar 2013 #7

Well this was film just last year. I will look and post more if I find more :) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #8

Thanks...she is adorable. Rex Mar 2013 #9

Awwww, so cute LittleBlue Mar 2013 #10

Ha...! So thats what that refferance is!! I was racking my brains wondering...well thats not Iaido. Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #11

Hehe...banki!!! Rex Mar 2013 #13

That's "bankai." sakabatou Mar 2013 #33

Oops you are right, spelled it wrong. Rex Mar 2013 #43

Np sakabatou Mar 2013 #46

YES! Rex Mar 2013 #47

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So he/has been/was/might be a shinigami, full blown hollow, visard, quincy, fullbringer Rex Mar 2013 #52

Well... (spoiler alert) sakabatou Mar 2013 #54

LOL Rex Mar 2013 #56

Me too sakabatou Mar 2013 #57

I don't think he is dead. Rex Mar 2013 #58

What I meant was after the battle with Aizen sakabatou Mar 2013 #61

If you outlaw katanas, only criminals will have katanas. Bucky Mar 2013 #14

Katanas are outlawed for the public in Japan without a license. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #44

And THAT'S why the UN blue helmets were able to take over Japan's sovereignty! Bucky Mar 2013 #50

It is an ironic sort of world we live in cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #18

Discipline Aerows Mar 2013 #20

By the time she reaches 20 she may AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #27

+100 Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #29

Toshiya - Pretty Japanese Girls in Kimono doing Kyudo (Japanese Archery) in Kyoto Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #31

Loved the Ninja dog.. AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #34

:) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #35

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Oooo very nice!!! I've only done this twice, and never hit anything ! :) Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #40

That must be a lil harder on the forearms sakabatou Mar 2013 #36

Wish I started kenpo/karate at that age too sakabatou Mar 2013 #62

What a little cutie! She's going to be great one day! Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #30

Kids with swords = good. Kids with guns = bad. Common Sense Party Mar 2013 #53

Except no practitioner of iado has used them outside of a dojo (I think) sakabatou Mar 2013 #55

Righhttt... Katashi_itto Mar 2013 #60

I believe she's using a wakazashi Samurai_Writer Mar 2013 #59