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*sword-pen *Bow and Arrow
* Crossbow
* Longbow (English bow)
* Yumi (Japanese longbow)
* Bow
* Composite Bow
* Korean bow
* Reflex bow
* Compound bow
Knife
* Balisong (Butterfly Knife)
* Bowie knife
* Dagger
* Deer Horn Knives from the Chinese martial art Baguazhang
* Jumbiyah Traditional Indian fighting Dagger
* Katar a push knife
* Kris (traditional weapon in South-East Asia)
* Kukri
* Kirpan
* Kujang
* Kunai
* Makhaira (or a short sword)
* Rondel
* Tanto
* Vettukathi
Western fencing weapons
* Sabre
* Small sword
* Épée
* Foil
* Main-gauche
Short staff or stick weapons
* Arnis sticks
* Hanbo
* Jo (Japanese stick weapon)
* Kurunthadi
* Kubotan
* Otta
* Shillelagh
* Tambo
* Tonfa
* Yawara
* Yubi-bo
Long weapons (staff and spear weapons)
* Arbir (Indonesian halberd)
* Bisento (Chinese origin halberd)
* Bo (Japanese staff weapon)
* Eku
* Gun (staff)
* Ji (halberd)
* Jogo do Pau (Portuguese Staff and baton)
* Guan dao or Kwan dao (large Chinese halberd)
* Kurunthadi
* Ox tongue
* Lathi
* Pudao (long handled sword)
* Halberd
* Monk's Spade
* Nagamaki (Japanese polearm)
* Naginata (Japanese polearm)
* Qiang (spear)
* Quarterstaff
* Sarissa
* Sibat (Filipino/Indonesian spear)
* Spear
* Taiaha (Maori wooden duelling spear/staff)
* Kanabo (Japanese iron staff)
* Yari (Japanese spear)
Sword
* Arming sword
* Bokken (Japanese wooden swords, also known as bokuto)
* Bolo
* Broadsword
* Butterfly sword
* Chisakatana
* Claymore
* Daito
* Dao
* Dopplehänder
* Falcata
* Federschwert (Steel sparring sword used in European martial arts)
* Gladius
* Golok
* Großes Messer
* Iaito (Practice weapon used in Iaido)
* Japanese sword
* Jian
* Kampilan
* Katana
* Kodachi
* Khopesh
* Kopis
* Longsword
o Bastard sword
o Greatsword
* Nagamaki
* ninjato
* Nodachi
* Pata
* Pulwar
* Rapier
* Shamshir
* Scimitar
* Scramasax
* Shinai (Katana-like sword made of Bamboo strips, used in Kendo)
* Single-sword (Cut & Thrust, sometimes called the "German rapier")
* Talwar
* Tachi
* Taijijian
* Wakizashi
* Waster (Wooden European sword simulator)
* Xiphos
* Zweihander
Composite weapons
* Kusarigama
* Manriki or Manriki-gusari
* Nunchaku
* Meteor hammer
* Three sectional staff (san jié gùn/sansetsukon)
"Soft" weapons
* Chain whip
* Rope dart
* Whip (Bullwhip)
* Lariat
* Tabak-Toyok
* Meteor hammer
* Urumi
* Surujin
* Bolas
* Flying claws
* Dragon beard hook
Truncheons
* Jutte (or Jitte)
* Sai
* Blackjack or Slapjack
* Telescopic baton (See ASP, Inc.)
Sickle
* Arit
* Kama (Japanese sickle, see also kusarigama)
* Chicken Sickles
Shields
* Buckler
* Hoplon
* Hungarian shield
* Targe
Short range projectile weapons
* Blowgun (fires Fukiya, poison darts or pins)
* Chakram
* Shuriken
* Sling
Clubs
* Mace
* Mere (hooked jade or carved wooden flat club)
* Patu (sharpened jade blade)
* Gunstock war club (used by Native American warriors - see Okichitaw)
* Shillelagh
* Morning star
Miscellaneous
* Bayonet
* Brass knuckles
* Tessen (Iron fan)
* Fu (a battle ax)
* Tomahawk
* Korean Fan/Mu Puche (Tempered Birch Fan)
* Shobo
* Wind and fire wheels
Music
CHINA GIRL Iggy Pop, Bowie, Frank Zappa* Ambient, Ambient dub, Ambient house, Chillout, Dark ambient, Dronology, Illbient, Lowercase, New Age, Psybient, Sub Dub, * Breakbeat/Breaks, Anthem breaks, Baltimore breaks, Big beat, Breakcore, Broken beat, Chemical breaks, Cut &;; paste, Florida breaks, Nu skool breaks, Progressive breaks, Raggacore, * Disco, Eurodance, Euro disco, Italo disco, Spacesynth, Synthpop, * Downtempo/IDM, Acid jazz, Balearic Beat, Bitpop, BrainDance, Chiptune, Minimal Electronica, Glitch, Nu jazz, Trip Hop (aka The Bristol Sound) Turntablism * Electronic art music, Berlin School, Electroacoustic, * Electro, Electro bass, Electroclash, Electropop, Eurodance, Indietronica, Miami bass, Rocktronica (genre) * UK garage (aka UKG) Speed garage, 2-step garage, Breakstep (aka Breakbeat garage) Dubstep, Grime (aka Sublow/8bar/Eskibeat) 4x4 garage, Bassline house, * Hardcore, 4-beat, Bouncy techno, Breakbeat hardcore, Digital hardcore, Freeform hardcore, Gabber, Gabber house, Happy hardcore, Hardcore techno, Makina, Nu style gabber, Rave music, Speedcore, Terrorcore, Trancecore, o UK Hardcore, * House, Acid house, Chicago house, Chicago hard house, Chill house, Dark progressive house, Deep house, Eurodance, Electro house, French house, Freestyle house, Funky house, Ghetto house, Hi-NRG, UK Hard house, Hip house, Italo house, Kwaito, Merenhouse, Minimal house/Microhouse, Pumpin' house, Progressive house, Tribal house, Tech house, US garage, * Industrial, Aggrotech, Christian industrial, Coldwave, Dark electro, Darkwave, Electronic body music, Futurepop, Industrial techno, Martial music, Neofolk, Noise music, Power noise Technoid, * Jungle music/Drum and Bass Clownstep, Darkcore, Darkstep, Drill n bass, Drumfunk, Hardstep, Jump-Up, Liquid funk, Neurofunk, Oldschool jungle, Ragga jungle, Techstep, Trancestep/Electrostep, * Techno, Acid techno, Assymetric techno, Detroit techno, Electroclash, Electro techno, Freetekno, Funky techno, Ghettotech, Hard techno, Italo techno, Jtek, Minimal techno, New beat, Nortec, Pounding techno, Rave music, Schranz, Swedish techno, Tribal techno, Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass, Wonky techno, * Trance, Acid trance, Classic trance, Dream trance, Euro-trance, Electro trance, Hard trance, Hardcore trance, Hardstyle, Ibiza trance, Jumpstyle, Nu-NRG, Progressive trance, Tech trance, Tribal trance, Vocal trance, o Uplifting trance, * Psychedelic trance, Goa trance, Dark psytrance, Melodic psytrance, Metallic psytrance, Nitzhonot, Progressive psytrance, Psytechno, South African psytrance, Suomisaundi, British psytrance, * African * Alternative Rock * Big Band * Blues * Broadway * Cajun and Zydeco * Celtic * Choral * Christian * Classical * Dance * Disco * Early Music * Easy Listening * Electronic * Electronica * Experimental * Folk * Heavy Metal) * Hip Hop * House * Jazz * Klezmer * Latin * Lounge * Marching * Middle Eastern * Military Bands and Music * Native American * Opera * Pop * Progressive Rock * Punk * Rap * Reggae * Rhythm and Blues * Rock * Ska * Swing * Techno * Traditional Pop * Vocal * Worldbeat * Zydeco
Movies
The Zatoichi series, Hanzo the razor series, Samurai Assasin series, Kirasawa's films, Zatoichi: Vol. 3: New Tale of Zatoichi, Ambush, Fantastic Planet, Star Trek: Voyager: Season 3: Disc 4, The Harder They Come, Combat!,
Sharpe 3: Sharpe's Company, The French Connection, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Head: The Monkees, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Scarface: 20th Anniversary Edition, Arsenic and Old Lace, And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself, Psych Out / The Trip: Double Feature, The Black Pirate, The Sheik / The Son of the Sheik, They Live, Star Trek: Voyager: Season 3: Disc 3, Zatoichi: Vol. 2, Zatoichi: Vol. 1: The Tale of Zatoichi, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The General, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell, Star Trek: Voyager: Season 3: Disc 5, The Mothman Prophecies, Three Days of the Condor, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril, The Lathe of Heaven, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades, Super Size Me, Jesus Christ Superstar, Harold and Maude, The Blind Swordman: Zatoichi, Catch 22, Duel, They Were Expendable, Zatoichi: Vol. 4: The Fugitive, Secrets of War: The Korean Conflict, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Bourne Supremacy, Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman, Ararat, Solaris, House of Sand and Fog, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Troy, The Bourne Identity, Lady Snowblood, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Star Trek: Voyager: Season 4: Disc 1., Gattaca, Star Trek: Voyager: Season 3: Disc 7, Star Trek: Voyager: Season 3, Coal Miner's Daughter: Collector's Edition, Billy Jack, North by Northwest, Paper Moon, Waco: The Rules of Engagement, Places in the Heart, Reno 911: Season 2:, Karate: The Hand of Death, Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire, Operation Thunderbolt: Disc 1, Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine, Ray, Spartacus, Rivers and Tides, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Dark Days, Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?, House of Bamboo, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Five Easy Pieces, The Stand, Hells Angels on Wheels, the Chronicles of Riddick, Scarlet Pimpernel, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, The Great Muppet Caper, Celebrity, Born on the Fourth of July, I, Robot, Sunset Boulevard, A Beautiful Mind, Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung, Dersu Uzala, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Hair, Rites of Passage, Zatoichi: Vol. 16: The Outlaw, Sanshiro Sugata 2, Team America: World Police, Orgazmo, Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes Sanshiro Sugata., All About Eve, The Road to Wellville, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, Collateral, Lemony Snicket: Unfortunate Events, Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Sand Pebbles, House of Flying Daggers, Helen of Troy, On the Town, The Sting, he Straight Story, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, The Motorcycle Diaries, Dr. Strangelove, Mr. Show: Season 3, Sunset Strip, Wing Chun: Self Defense, The Hunted, Still Crazy, Mantis in the Monkey's Shadow, The Island, The Village, Ghost World, Finding Neverland, The Buddha Assassinator, The Street Fighter, Kung Fu Hustle, The Final Cut, The Taming of the Shrew, Alien Planet, Butterfield 8, Sin City, Silver Hermit from Shaolin Temple, War of the Worlds, Kill & Kill Again, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Chappelle's Show: Season 2, the Lair of the White Worm, All the Pretty Horses, Lone Wolf and Cub 5, Europa Europa, the Work of Director Michel Gondry, Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 4, the Aviator, Michael Moore Hates America, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Wing Chun: Self Defense, Gates of Heaven, around the World in 80 Days, Best in Show, Lost in Translation, Dr. Strangelove, Dreadnaught, Walk the Line, Mr. Show: Season 3, Evil Cult, The Dark Crystal, The Great Raid, Magnificent Butcher, Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance, Rapid Fire Women's Self Defense, American Splendor, Capote, Judo: The True Story and Legend, The Twilight Samurai, Munich, Hanzo the Razor: The Snare, Ronin Gai, The Office: Season 1, The Jazz Singer, Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?, Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 4, The Magnificent Kick, Prodigal Son, Being There, Sweet Dreams, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, De-Lovely, Million Dollar Baby, Mr. Show: Season 4, Cactus Flower, David Cross: Let America Laugh, Zatoichi: Vol. 6
Television
is trying to brainwash you!
Books
Anything on Aikido, ancient beliefs, spiritual technology, health and herbology
About me: Chief Instructor Kurt D (2nd Dan, Tozai Aikido Association) had been diligently studying the martial art of Aikido for fifteen years under the expert guidance of Sensei G H Itamar (Chairman Tozai Aikido Assoc.). Sensei G H had studied Yoshinkan Aikido and was teaching USAF Aikido under Chiba Sensei, San Diego Aikikai. He wisely taught Kurt to focus on how to apply the philosophy of Aikido in everyday life.
After seeing the benefits training in Aikido imparted to his own existence, Sensei K decided early on to aspire to a level where he could impart to others the teachings of Aikido. He has taught adults since 1995, first as one of the head instructors of Itamar Aikido of Las Vegas (formerly Las Vegas Aikikai dojo in Las Vegas, Nevada), under Sensei Hofler and Sensei D Suarez. Through his Aikido Self Defense program based at The Foundation for Ballet and Fencing (Salle de Nord) in Las Vegas, NV, Kurt D gave lectures, demonstrations, and training seminars in Aikido to Department of the Interior employees, senior officers and members of the United States Fencing Association, police and security personnel, and hundreds of private groups and individuals concerned with safety and self-defense. Sensei K is also a fencing instructor and learned under the expert guidance of Maestro Mel North of Salle de Nord in Las Vegas.
Chief Instructor Kurt relocated to Washington and opened a new school of Aikido (SWORD AIKIDO). It was then he met Sensei Barrish, chief priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America (destined to become his teacher of Aikido and Shinto the way the founder Kaiso O-sensei envisioned). He moved to assist in teaching with Dr. Itamar at Itamar Aikido Headquarters until Dr. Itamar’s retirement from the Aikido world. He has opened a new cooperative Aikido project INOCHI AIKIKAI (LONGEVITY DOJO) with a focus on cultivating and defending body, mind, and spirit. Now a member of Tsubaki Shrine and a student of Barrish Sensei, Kurt is a member of Shin-Ryu-Aiki. His hope is to bring safety and understanding in these troubled times to all people, while dispelling malice and suffering.
Having embarked on his own ongoing comparative study of religions at the age of ten, Kurt does not condemn any religion that is based on love and respect of living beings, while personally following the way of Shinto. He instead emphasizes personal growth in Aikido. He encourages his students to explore the truths inherent in faith and develop their own spirituality.
Kurt is an advocate of natural living and a student of herbology and nutrition. He became a member of the Water Garden Sprout Cooperative Farm, where he became familiar with the healing powers of wheatgrass and natural foods as taught by Dr. Ann Wigamore, Prof. Arnold Ehret, Dr. Georges Ohsawa, and Dr. John R. Christopher. He became the adviser of Corrine's Country Store Health Foods, and was consulting there. His experience and knowledge of holistic health and living are integrated facets of his training system.
Who I'd like to meet: Bring me your poor, weary, and downtrodden...alpha beings need not apply. alpha to omega welcome! New or recycled students: those eager to learn Aikido and devoted to improving their lives on all levels. not interested in dating; happily married & pro-marriage. www.longevityaikido.com
Can we ask a few questions. 1) How did you get your training to be the Shinto Priest?
2) Who trained you? 2a) was it difficult to become the Shinto Priest? (we heard it wasn't easy, but you have done it)
3) Who signed your license?
4) Do you need a license to conduct rituals like in Japan or is it OK to just make it up?
5) Can I be a Shinto Priest also ? 5a) Can you give me a license too? 5b) Would I have to train (it would be hard for me to go and train so can I have it now)?
I have received questions asking about me. I will try to answer some of them here.
1) What training have you received?
A) None. There are no Shinto Shrines within a days drive of where I live. So there is no one to teach me. Everything I am learning is from books, the internet, and talking to other people in the Shinto community. I feel it will still take me many years to be more than just a beginner.
2) Do you have a license?
A) No. You are not required to have a license in the USA to open a Shrine, church, etc. You are only required to have a business license, in most states, if you want to be tax exempt.
3) Can I be a Priest too?
A) Yes. I feel there is no reason you cannot learn on your own. Now saying that I must point out that this is a life long decision I am making. I use the title Priest at this point only to let people know I am running the Shinto Shrine. I still feel I have a long ways to go to earn that title.
4) Do I have to learn Japanese?
A) You have to know some to be able to say the names of the Kami and the prayers, known as Norito. As fully speaking, reading and writing Japanese, I feel no. Just as other religions have been translated over time to be taught around the world, Shinto can also.
5) Will you offer training?
A) Yes. One of my main objectives it to spread the worship of the Kami all over the world. In the future I will offer classes in person and online to anyone wanting to learn. I do not feel the worship of the Kami should be limited to certain Shrines and/or families, I feel it should be open to everyone. Man or Woman.
That is all for now...
Thank You. David Trammel Shinto Priest Southern Nevada Community Shinto Shrine
So I say: Mr. Trammell, I’m very disappointed I’m very disappointed in your answers to the questions our Longevity Aikido Group posed to you. Basically Mr. Trammell, you have no respect for the Shinto World! Rules exist for instance, there is a rule about handling Harae Gushi...as the lay person you may learn (operative word learn) to purify yourself but you may not conduct Harae to purify others. If you had respect for the world of Jinja Shinto you would not dismiss it's rules and thousands of years of traditions because you were lazy or egocentric. You name yourself a priest with no credentials or first-person training in the profession you are assuming. Similarly, if you had the deep interest/passion for Aikido, and no opportunity to train you would not start by naming yourself Shihan, and then teaching your assumed misinformation to others. Do you really think that all there is to understanding Shinto can be taught from a book or the internet? What a shame it would be for someone to naively think what you are doing is in anyway authentic or even functional Jinja Shinto! Or anymore than a personality/ego masking itself in its imagination only! Basically your thinking on this matter is garbage. If you must invent your own thing, why not make-up your own name for it, rather than assigning attributes to Shinto that are erroneous. I would suggest to you, Mr. Trammell, that you find authentic training even if you find it difficult or costly to do so. aiKiDo kurt Chief Instructor Longevity Aikido Group
I understand your disappointment, but I still will open my Jinja. I shall answer you this way. There seems to be no interest in anyone bringing a "real" Jinja here from Japan. Because of that I am opening my own. Yes I have no one teaching me and it will take a long time for me to learn everything, but it is better then the nothing we have now. If you are so interested in having a "real" Jinja, then I say open your own or get one from Japan to open one here. I at least am willing to try to have something over nothing. You are more then welcome to drive/fly to Washington state or Hawaii to visit a "real" Jinja as you so wish.
Thank You David Trammel Shinto Priest Southern Nevada Community Shinto Shrine
