Koryū Puns

Jōdō is the traditional art of wielding a short staff that was founded 400 years ago, and was taught to Japanese spies during WWII and to the Tokyo Riot Police starting in the 1960's and still to this day. While not koryū, seitei jōdō was created as a way to spread the Shintō Musō-ryū to a wider audience.

This seminar will be from Friday, December 3rd to Sunday, December 5th. It will be led by some of the top practitioners of this art in the USA, including the likes of Meik Skoss, Harvey King, and Peter Boylan, all of whom have a wealth of koryū knowledge. Practitioners of all skill levels from around the country will be attending.

Anyone is welcome, regardless of experience; whether you are a veteran in another art or have never set foot in a dōjō in your life, you should come give this a try!

Further details and registration can be found here

A video overview of jōdō can be seen here

And finally, a demo of the art can be seen here

As you can probably already know, there is an extreme abundance of fake "traditional" schools of Japanese arts outside of Japan, but that got me wondering, how common is it for there to be fake schools inside of Japan? I am not necessarily talking about schools with debated authenticity like Otsuka's Hokushin Itto-ryu, but more of ones like Tenshin-ryu Hyoho with made up backgrounds pretending to be totally legitimate.

If you spend time in /r/martialarts you know that thread like Martial arts for spiritual purposes, anyone? pops up once a month or so. I've post this quote before:

>“… although I have been a devoted kendo practitioner for over two decades and truly believe in the potential kendo has for positive personal cultivation, I am enormously wary of the common attitude that one can become a “good person” just by taking up kendo…

>Kendo certainly provides a technical and philosophical framework for physical, psychological, and even moral progression. However, whether or how closely the framework is interpreted and utilised depends entirely on the individual.”

>– Kendo: Culture of the Sword (p192-3). Bennet.

I think this holds true for koryu as well, but there are some ryuha that - at least historically - have a strong connection to one religion or spiritual practice or another (e.g., Yagyu Shinkage Ryu and Zen). The connections range from technique names to simple teachings to full blown philosophical treaties. Is your ryuha linked to any particular religion or spiritual practice? Is the philosophy side taught explicitly or is it a byproduct? Have you realized any spiritual gains from your practice? Does anybody have a teacher that rejects these notions outright?

Zen and martial arts gets talked about a lot but this question includes other Buddhist sects, Shinto, and less religious philosophies such as Confucianism.

Hi, I'm interested in learning and practice an old style. Like many of us I can't go to Japan and remain there until gain my mokuroku license. In my city I can found a few (legit) koryus, I practice with them but honestly they aren't what I looking for. Talking with them I noticed that nobody (and I said nobody) lived in Japan. They spent many time there (many times by year) and eventually gained their rank. How frequent is this?. Do Japanese dojos welcome these kind of student?.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

He lost May

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

And boy are my arms legs.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

Put it on my bill

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

Amy

They’re on standbi

BamBOO!

A play on words.

Calcium, nickel, neon

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Pilot on me!!

Until he discovered it was extra sharp.

Christopher Walken