Dale Seago on Mythbusters

[Moski]

While not wearing a kilt he was quite impressive. I was surprised when I hears the name but not surprised that I've been mispronouncing it.
It was the episode in Ninja myths.

[Tartan Tess]

When was he on?
I don't have cable so I don't think I get the show on "I live on a hill and have a big antenna on my garage" station. But can usually scare stuff up on the computer if I know when and where.

[Bugbear]

How is his name pronounced, and what is one of the myths, or is it true what they say...?

[Ryan Ross]

LOL... Seago Sensei's going to love this thread.

[Dale Seago]

LOL... Seago Sensei's going to love this thread.

Hee!

Someone uploaded most of my dojo's appearance on the show, about 3.5 minutes' worth, at http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9b...an-parts_sport

You do have to sit through a 30-second ad to watch; but if you decide to, it's probably worth pointing out that everything you see was unrehearsed and "live".

[Nick the DSM]

From one martial artist to another, I bow in respect.

[Ryan Ross]

Hee!

Someone uploaded most of my dojo's appearance on the show, about 3.5 minutes' worth, at http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9b...an-parts_sport

You do have to sit through a 30-second ad to watch; but if you decide to, it's probably worth pointing out that everything you see was unrehearsed and "live".

Just rewatched this... it looked like you made Adam a little nervous with that senban.

[Dale Seago]

Just rewatched this... it looked like you made Adam a little nervous with that senban.

That one was a recap of something I'd just done to him, where I had the shuriken in my hand the whole time but did everything to him without actually letting him see or feel it was there. He'd asked me, "What if I attacked you and you had a weapon? How would you use it?". I just told him, "Well, come on and see!" and palmed the shuriken which had been in my gi the whole time. As I helped him up off the floor with my left hand, I opened my right and showed it to him. The expression on his face was, as they say, priceless.

"Seago" is being pronounced the way I thought. . .

But unfortunately they couldn't get "Bujinkan" right. Each syllable is pretty much equally stressed, it being a Japanese thang and all.

Oh, one thing about Adam's first attack: He had specifically asked how "a ninja" would deal with an attack, so I switched gears from what we'd been working on when he came in. We were doing some stuff from Kukishin ryu, a battlefield art with a lot of "heavy weapons" and armored combat methods but with ninjutsu intelligence-gathering elements as well, as Kukishin ryu was the Bujinkan's worldwide training theme for that year (2007). Since he asked about ninjers, though, I switched over to Togakure ryu ninjutsu.

As he attacks, you can see the potential development of what Ryan (who trains in these arts himself) would recognize as a possible ganseki nage or perhaps a muso dori. However, instead of taking it all the way into a throw or lock. . .on someone who's not a trained martial artist and doesn't know how to receive it without getting broken. . .I just get him to the point of depending on me for his balance and then suddenly "vanish" and escape. And suddenly finding himself unsupported, he simply falls down.

On another note, just for grins, regarding armored-combat stuff: The pic linked below (public link) is from two weeks ago tomorrow. Was doing a half-day training on armored spear-fighting. Couple of my black belts are fabricating actual Japanese-style armor (using old historic patterns) for everyone in my dojo who wants it, as it teaches you all kinds of unexpected things about effective movement when you're wearing 45-50 pounds of steel, and these things transfer over to unarmored combat as well. (They also transfer VERY well to use of modern body armor by military and law enforcement personnel.) It also allows you to do certain kinds of "pressure testing" of your skills that you couldn't do otherwise. I only armored up for a little bit at the beginning, to make some points about certain characteristics of armored movement; then let everyone else play with the stuff as we currently only have two sets and the do or torso armor has to be precisely fitted to the individual:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...4&l=fd0bc992a8

[Ryan Ross]

That one was a recap of something I'd just done to him, where I had the shuriken in my hand the whole time but did everything to him without actually letting him see or feel it was there. He'd asked me, "What if I attacked you and you had a weapon? How would you use it?". I just told him, "Well, come on and see!" and palmed the shuriken which had been in my gi the whole time. As I helped him up off the floor with my left hand, I opened my right and showed it to him. The expression on his face was, as they say, priceless.

You're the Man, sir!

But unfortunately they couldn't get "Bujinkan" right. Each syllable is pretty much equally stressed, it being a Japanese thang and all.

Oh, one thing about Adam's first attack: He had specifically asked how "a ninja" would deal with an attack, so I switched gears from what we'd been working on when he came in. We were doing some stuff from Kukishin ryu, a battlefield art with a lot of "heavy weapons" and armored combat methods but with ninjutsu intelligence-gathering elements as well, as Kukishin ryu was the Bujinkan's worldwide training theme for that year (2007). Since he asked about ninjers, though, I switched over to Togakure ryu ninjutsu.

As he attacks, you can see the potential development of what Ryan (who trains in these arts himself) would recognize as a possible ganseki nage or perhaps a muso dori. However, instead of taking it all the way into a throw or lock. . .on someone who's not a trained martial artist and doesn't know how to receive it without getting broken. . .I just get him to the point of depending on me for his balance and then suddenly "vanish" and escape. And suddenly finding himself unsupported, he simply falls down.

On another note, just for grins, regarding armored-combat stuff: The pic linked below (public link) is from two weeks ago tomorrow. Was doing a half-day training on armored spear-fighting. Couple of my black belts are fabricating actual Japanese-style armor (using old historic patterns) for everyone in my dojo who wants it, as it teaches you all kinds of unexpected things about effective movement when you're wearing 45-50 pounds of steel, and these things transfer over to unarmored combat as well. (They also transfer VERY well to use of modern body armor by military and law enforcement personnel.) It also allows you to do certain kinds of "pressure testing" of your skills that you couldn't do otherwise. I only armored up for a little bit at the beginning, to make some points about certain characteristics of armored movement; then let everyone else play with the stuff as we currently only have two sets and the do or torso armor has to be precisely fitted to the individual:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...4&l=fd0bc992a8

You did Bujinkan very proud, Seago Sensei.

My favorite part was "Just do... whatever."

EDIT: And I'm drooling over that yoroi! You have some talented folks around your dojo! Makes me want to move to San Fran!

[Bugbear]

But unfortunately they couldn't get "Bujinkan" right. Each syllable is pretty much equally stressed, it being a Japanese thang and all.

Ya, I sometimes make a mess of the handful of Japanese tree words with which I have to be familiar... OK, usually make a mess of them...