Dale Seago on Mythbusters

[ohiopiper]

"Pain is fear leaving the body".

Used to have a T-shirt that said that. Back when I was 180 pounds of fighting trim and even then it was a sort of inside joke. I am a student of a more modern martial art, not one fit for discussion here due to implements used, and there is a heavy emphasis on what we call "form", proper execution of movements that are designed for speed and efficiency.

I also had one that said "Life is short, I'll sleep when I'm dead".
Now with a wife and two kids, I get what sleep I can when I can.

And for the record, I thoroughly enjoyed the MythBusters show. I enjoy them all the time, but this one moreso because it was someone from XMarks.

[Dale Seago]

So what you're saying, Dale, is that your style is a genuine martial art. Martial arts should give emphasis on proper physiology. That again is one of the many things that you and Justin Kyoshi have in common- he actually specializing in training people with disabilities and teaching them how best to work within their own unique physiology.

That is way cool, Travis. In addition to seeing you again, I'd love to get a chance to meet him and chat next time I get out that way!!

[Nighthawk]

That is way cool, Travis. In addition to seeing you again, I'd love to get a chance to meet him and chat next time I get out that way!!

I know he'd enjoy that, too! You live in California, correct? He gets out there to do seminars several times a year. I'll let you know when the next one is.

[James Hood]

Dale, huge respect for your prowess, congrats on being on TV in a classy, dignified yet impressive way.

Thank you for serving.

[Ryan Ross]

I just want to point out that when I made the above comment I was doing so as a bit of a joke in reference to a view commonly held in what might be called "low-level" martial arts, and in higher-level ones by people who only understand them at a superficial level. It's the sort of mentality that equates martial art with athletic effort manifesting mainly in speed and muscle-power. I'm doing this because it's been conveyed to me by readers of that comment that some may feel the latter view is actually what I'm advocating.

In actuality, in the Bujinkan great emphasis is placed on proper structural alignment, weight shifting, correct sequencing of muscle groups in a movement, etc., etc. exactly as in Tai Chi in order not only to be maximally efficient but to avoid damaging one's own body in training.

And we don't even perceive things in the same way as a lot of more modern systems in interacting with an opponent. From my website:



It's sort of a Lovecraftian other-dimensional way of seeing, feeling, and moving "Not in the spaces known to Man but between them. . ."

...please do let me add in, lest there be any further misconceptions, that all of this doesn't mean that our Budo Taijutsu can't be extremely painful. But that kind of pain often means that you've done something in a less that ideal way, so as I look at it, perhaps "Pain is an encouragement to never accept mediocrity" might be a fairly useful idea.

In my own experience, the better job I do of putting myself into "the space in which my opponent can not exist", the less likely I am to experience pain; there are at least two different ways of doing the afore, and I like to advocate the more active one.


Your thoughts, Seago Sensei?

[Panache]

How cool is it that I have broken bread and lifted my glass with a kilted gentleman ninja?

That is pretty hard to top!

Cheers

Jamie

[flyingshamrock]

WOW! That was truely impressive, more impressive if you were donning a kilt but still WOW!

[aj555]

Dale, I'm also a Sandan in the Bujinkan. Well used to be, been out of it for a few years do too back injuries and other various reasons. I'm really glad to see they used someone from the Bujinkan, and not some Ashida Kim wannabe.