Welcome

OK.. I have been honoured to be asked to have my own Q&A on this new forum.. I am delighted to accept and hope you forum members make full use of it and generally make my brain boil with your questions.

Like a Pheonix we have risen from the ashes

Well that explains why my bum's on fire.

We're getting the SDF shirts in hand. Slight delay due to me being in Scotland - Yours should be in the post Friday Dave.

Dave, my sincere thanks for coming on board. Where would we be without you?

Very glad to see you here, sir.
Makes a promising statement about the good we'll be seeing on this "Phoenix" forum.
JK

Welcome back Dave.

Glad to see you here Dave. Looking forward to your next 5000 posts

Thanks for all your contributions in the past, looking forward to the future!

Glad they manage to pull you out of the ashes Dave.

Hi Dave,

Wouldn't be the same without you!

First 1000 posts by bedtime?

Mick

Hi Dave

Cool Dave is here

Hi Dave, just thought I would drop in and let you know I have now registered on here.

Enjoyed this morning as always. Good exercise for the mind rather than body today!

nice to have u with us dave

regards
andy

Hi Dave,

Lovely to have you on here as well..I must say your post count has gone down considerably!!!

Its really great, i was afraid i was going to miss out on all of this when GT pulled the plug!!


Many thanks for coming on here...umm where were we i think it was time for the breakfalling story on Abbe!!

Cheers Dave

Mattyboy

Great stuff....more time on the web for me I think

Alright Davey

Its not a real forum without Dangerous Dave about!



Look forward to reading your threads AND getting my fat lazy arse down to train with you!

Thanks Tony.. have you read JD's pickaxe post.. enjoyed that one..

Oh and hint hint the Master CLass is on THIS Sat at Andy's in Doncaster 10am sir..

Hi Matty .. Oh yes the Abbe breakfall story.. I had let that one slide back into the memory banks..

Now please accept that 99% of the stories about Abbe, the Warfields, and Mickey Gould are all true.. not always BELIEVABLE, but true none the less


Ok first I set the scene..

Its an old style large school classroom.. the type that is in a half basement.. you know the type.. you can see legs in the window at head height.. there are THREE very large window.. the sills as said at head height.

Abbe is with a class of ALL blackbelts in either BJC judo and/or Ju-Jutsu.. so he comes in, says "OK gentlemen all do Ukemi" (breakfalls), then leaves the room for half an hour....

When he comes back in a 3rd Dan goes up to him and asks "What now Sensei?"
Abbe replies.. "More Ukemi"..3rd Dan says.. "Sensei, we are ALL blackbelts, we KNOW how to breakfall properly"

Abbe looks at 3rd Dan, looks around the room at 20 others who have stopped their breakfalling and are standing awaiting the outcome..


Abbe smiles, lets out an awful bloodcurdling scream, runs across the room, and DIVES through the first window on to the street, amidst bits of broken glass and wood... 3 seconds later he dives BACK in through a SECOND window, again with bits of wood and glass all over the mate..
Not a mark on him, not even panting, he looks at the group of mouth open blackbelts and says..

"OK One window left.. who here can REALLY breakfall?" and leaves the room to 20 guys, sweeping up bits of glass and getting back to their next hour of breakfall practise.

TRUE guys Honest

Excellent story, I like that. Not sure I'll be trying it any time soon, but great to read!

Absolute Class,

That is Phenomenal.....mind you it hasnt done my fear of falling anygood!!

I think i understand now why Kenshiro Abbe was such a Pioneer not just here but in Japan.




SHEER MAGIC!!!!


thanks Dave

Hi Dave,

Great to see you have a brand new forum. Really looking forward to it.

Cheers!

Ronny