A DISCLAIMER

Posted by: h2whoa

A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 12:17 AM

I would like to take the time to say that all posts I make are based on my experience and journey as a martial artists.

All philosophies and trains of thought, are those that I have learnt and codes which I choose to live by!

I do not have any intention to force feed my idea/ideals to anyone, if they are in conflict with yours, I would ask that you not flame up and get abusive and respect mine as
I will strive to respect yours.

I will try to answer all questions posed to me as honestly and respectfully as I can, based only on my experiences and ask that I be given the same courtesy.

If I have offended you please notify me in a PM and I will try to correct my charecter accordingly!! I would also like to apologise in advance if I do upset anyone.

Have A Nice Day

*bows respectfully*
Posted by: oldman

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 12:54 AM

What part of Fiji do you hail from?
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 01:02 AM


I am interested in knowing what your unusual username mean.

Oldman.

Fiji has many parts? Its more like many islands.

Does Fiji has any indigenous MA? I know they do have spears.
Posted by: goju_girl

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 04:19 PM

THANK YOU!!!

I hope everyone else can agree, and yes are there any MA's originally from Fiji?

-Nikki
Posted by: Kintama

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 04:40 PM

fiji warriors
then:
http://www.janeresture.com/fiji_historical1/Fiji%20Warrior.jpg
http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijiphotos/books/hilltribes/warrior.jpg
http://www.janesoceania.com/fiji_music/FIJI%20WARRIOR%20with%20his%20WAR-DRUM%20Old%20photo%20PC.jpg

and now:
http://www.johnnyjet.com/images/PicForNewsletterFijiNov152004CastAwayWAITER.JPG

kidding.
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 05:25 PM

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fiji warriors
then:
http://www.janeresture.com/fiji_historical1/Fiji%20Warrior.jpg
http://www.justpacific.com/fiji/fijiphotos/books/hilltribes/warrior.jpg
http://www.janesoceania.com/fiji_music/FIJI%20WARRIOR%20with%20his%20WAR-DRUM%20Old%20photo%20PC.jpg

and now:
http://www.johnnyjet.com/images/PicForNewsletterFijiNov152004CastAwayWAITER.JPG



LOL the pictures you have provided links for are for a guy standing around, a guy dancing, and a guy calling a meeting and also a waiter at the shangri la fijian resort.

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What part of Fiji do you hail from?



I hail from the city (one of only two) of SUVA (huzzah).

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I am interested in knowing what your unusual username mean.



h2whoa is a name I was given because when I started training I was nine, all the boys would get together and buy some kind of carbonated soda i would only drink water because it was better for you as our sensei said (I follow sensei's instruction to the letter),, sure enough when the second half of training started they all looked like dogs on a hot day (and we have some scorchers in fiji). When asked why I didnt look tired or wasnt thirsty and begging for a water break... I told them to stick to H2WHOA....that name followed me around for years before it was changed to une une (earthquake), one is because I an quite big 130kg, 12% body fat. Before I train or go into iri kumi, I was overheard chanting my mantra "Every step I take shakes the ground, when I get out of bed there is an eartquake in tokyo!!" Its stupid I know but it how I get ready.

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I hope everyone else can agree, and yes are there any MA's originally from Fiji?

-Nikki




There is a fighting style using war clubs:
http://www.janeresture.com/oceania_ethnology/Image10.jpg
There is only one man left that teaches it, so once a year I make a one month pilgramidge to his village (not accesable by road), to live and train with him, I have been doing this for seven years.
The club we use is the one with the "thumb" protruding out.
That part is used to snap necks and rake eyes and stab. It is not a very gaceful weapon but, it is like dripping nitro. It is combined with punches and kicks. All warfare was fought with these three weapons depending on which side of the country you were from!!

*bows repectfully*
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:05 PM

Kintama.

Much as we admire (and hopelessly to emulate) your googling skills, give H2whoa a chance; this is his thread.

Following a disclaimer from me as well, I'll say that waiter picture was in "bad" taste -- H2whoa drinks only water In any case, he (the waiter) may very well be that reclusive master who teaches him (H2whoa) the rare and perhaps dying art of Fiji 'club fighting' Judging from those club pictures, I'll say you better put off for a while your plans for a holiday there; if, against my better advice, you do intend to go, do not order a club soda to go with a club sandwich


H2whoa.

How about some training pictures to put things into perspective for Kintama ?
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:21 PM

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Kintama.

Much as we admire (and hopelessly to emulate) your googling skills, give H2whoa a chance; this is his thread.

Following a disclaimer from me as well, I'll say that waiter picture was in "bad" taste -- H2whoa drinks only water In any case, he (the waiter) may very well be that reclusive master who teaches him (H2whoa) the rare and perhaps dying art of Fiji 'club fighting' Judging from those club pictures, I'll say you better put off for a while your plans for a holiday there; if, against my better advice, you do intend to go, do not order a club soda to go with a club sandwich


H2whoa.

How about some training pictures to put things into perspective for Kintama ?



I dont have any training pics right now , however I will scan some pics when I find some (their in the back of my cupboard, some where) from about four years ago.

Fiji is one of the most visited countries in the South Pacific, we have a saying here "fiji the way the world should be" Do you know that guns dont exist here, people dont walk around with knives etc. It is agreat place to bring up your children, I was going to move to portland before my son was born, but have decided to stay here.

I do only drink water, and Kava (well its mixed with water), A narcotic that is a member of the pepper plant. I dont smoke or take alcohol.

http://kavaroot.com/Folklore/Fiji/jekishan_fiji.htm

http://kavaroot.com/aboutkava_frames.htm

http://kavaroot.com/aboutkava_frames.htm

http://kavaroot.com/aboutkava_frames.htm

I should be making a trip up to navosa in dec, if I cant find any pics now, I will take some then. Or alternatively I could show you some techniques, with my training partner. That should tide you over till then!!

*bows respectfully*
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:31 PM

Yeah, show us please -- so long as you keep to your promise not to wear your underwear on the outside of your Gi. This is a family Forum.

Got that Kintama? order a club kava, please.
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:35 PM

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Yeah, show us please -- so long as you keep to your promise not to wear your underwear on the outside of your Gi. This is a family Forum.



Are you mocking me?
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:44 PM

No, of course not; just some friendly joking around; you know, to take the strain of living in a sressful world; you in the paradise place of Fiji may not feel it, but the rest of the world is in a mess and if we don't horse around now and then, we'll kill each other over who is to pay for the beer.

So lets see those training pictures.
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:52 PM

I have to take some this weekend, is monday alright!
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 10:59 PM


Fine with me.

Just make sure Kintama don't beat you to it; that guy's fingers are real fast
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/26/05 11:08 PM

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Fine with me.

Just make sure Kintama don't beat you to it; that guy's fingers are real fast



At what??????

By the way I promise my underwear will be on the inside, unless I need to go off and save the world!!


*bows respectfully*
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/27/05 12:05 AM


At getting some "training" pictures up before you do; that guy is capable of anything; you have to watch your back with him around.

Go save Oldman first; he just pooped on another Thread.
Posted by: Cord

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/27/05 04:12 AM

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it was changed to une une (earthquake), one is because I an quite big 130kg, 12% body fat.



Got to love those polynesian genes Remember hosting a schoolboy rugby team from Rotorua (spelling) in New Zealand. We figured they would be big, but they arrived and their winger was bigger than me- and I was playing loosehead prop!
That is a fun game to look back on, but at the time i thought I had been chucked into the 9th circle of hell!
Posted by: Mark Hill

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/27/05 08:08 AM

Don't play any country east of Australia in Rugby League or Union.
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/27/05 04:48 PM

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Don't play any country east of Australia in Rugby League or Union.



We may not win the game, but we are hard hitters. I think Grigen found out when he tried to punch Sisa Koyamaibole after getting dropped on his head a few times when australia played the Pacific Islanders. Sisa was a former national Judoka Champion.
In fiji the person who scores the try in rugby did what he was expected to do, but the guy who took out an opponent and got him stretchered off the field is the real hero, all the men will congartulate him, and even if he only played long enough to make that tackle, he would most probably be named player of the match.
By the way Fijians are much bigger than the roturuans. I think the only other nation that comes close to us in size and weight is Tonga and Samoa. We are very heavy, but even at 130 kg I dont look like arnie.... viva la dalo!!!
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/31/05 02:13 AM



Just a little gentle reminder; no pressure; but where the paradise are those training pictures you promised?
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 10/31/05 06:00 PM

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Just a little gentle reminder; no pressure; but where the paradise are those training pictures you promised?



Sorry, my cousin has just died of Lukemia and I am not allowed to train for another few days till hes buried, and then for two weeks. I havent forgotten!

*bows respectfully*
Posted by: Kintama

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 11/01/05 04:16 PM

sorry to hear about your cousin...I didn't read your last post until after our little spat in the Judo forum. I now feel bad for telling you to 'lighten up' in midst of your bereavement of your Cousin's death.
I really do appologize.
Posted by: h2whoa

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 11/01/05 04:28 PM

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sorry to hear about your cousin...I didn't read this thread until after our little spat in the Judo forum. I now feel bad for telling you to 'lighten up' in midst of your bereavement of your Cousin's death.
I really do appologize.



That is alrigh, dont feel bad, no need to apologise. There are just customs as respect to his clan that need to be observed. The mourning period is usually a hundred nights where no one is allowed to shave or cut there hair, but for two weeks we must not exert ourselves, no plantation, no fishing, no training, so I cant take the pics they are waiting for!

*Bows respectfully*
Posted by: ButterflyPalm

Re: A DISCLAIMER - 11/01/05 09:50 PM


Just got online this morning after some national holidays. My condolences. This thread happens to be below the one about posting members' pictures and I didn't know until I scrolled down the topics.

No hurry, whenever you are ready, we'll be here.