I’m finding it very difficult to find CKRT blades designed by James Williams sensei in Canada as they have been discontinued. I already have several and the design is exceptional. I’m looking for the Hissatu 4.5 folder. Has anyone seen these at a reputable dealer? I found what looked like a legitimate online dealer and then realized that they had “everything” at steep (too good to be true” discounts) and ran the site through fraud detection- it seems to have been a fraud from the ground up. I acquired one item through Alibaba and it actually arrived- but it turned out to be a replica. The handle was a giveaway and blade imprints of Kanji characters were missing.. I’m concerned the metal may be Crap-ite and will fail.

Good morning, I was mildly horrified to see myself included at the beginning of the official video of a number of Saturday classes. I have used Zoom almost exclusively setting up my wife for work and can get it functioning. In order to no longer make myself part of the production I assume that I need to keep the video portion of my input feed shut down until the class begins? Also, do any of you know who that bent old guy sneaking around my “garage-do” was? I must have a much (much) older and dramatically widened sibling who snuck in there when I was not looking. In my mind, I feel ageless and my internal feed of self-images has me more securely anchored in my 40’s, still active and 20 pounds lighter. Even if almost no system of my body still works properly, I am committed to learning Nami Ryu but I do not have to inflict images of myself on the rest of you! Thank you for not lodging complaints lol…

"I have not failed. I have discovered twelve hundred materials that don't work." Thomas Edison. I must admit there are times in class when I get hung up on feeling like I am constantly failing. That i just can't seem to execute the kata properly, am not able to displace my training partner ect. My goal is to remind myself I am not failing, just found a way to not do the kata. 🙂 That mindset helps me to relax and refocus. How do you all manage that occasional sense of frustration or failure in training?

Hi everyone. I hope you're all having a fantastic Summer (depending on where you are in the world). Thought I'd drop a line and let you know that I'll be scheduling the video call for June. For those of you who are new to the community, this is a 1-hour call open to all members. Part of it will be training along with me, and the other part is for you to ask any questions you'd like to ask about training. Our session in May was on a weekday. I'm considering scheduling this month's session on a Saturday morning (California time) in case that allows more of you to attend. Please comment below and let me know.

Is there a zoom failure today?