Comments on: Real Steel: The Tetsubo

By: Todd the Bladesmith

Todd the Bladesmith — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:19:08 +0000

@Mr. Fishy <– Makes me uneasy with the 3rd person thing…

@Wolfgang – I'm limited to cell phone video right now, but I'm planning to put something together this weekend.

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:25:18 +0000

Oh, and just piping up to say I would LOVE to see that tetsubo video, even in unedited, raw, smash-tastic form.

By: Mr. Fishy

Mr. Fishy — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:43:26 +0000

Ahh the Stick. Mr. Fishy is an advocate of the “Stick”.

By: Todd the Bladesmith

Todd the Bladesmith — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:44:27 +0000

@Phil Larwood – can’t blame a fella fer havin’ a sammich.

@faustusnotes – Please pipe in often; I love to learn.

By: faustusnotes

faustusnotes — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:24:44 +0000

Many is the ninja whose career ended when he was beaten to death with a rakuten clothes hanger. The only thing worse is to be found cocooned inside a futon drier…

By: Phil Larwood

Phil Larwood — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:34:58 +0000

Oops! Sorry Todd!

That’s what I get for typing and eating at the same time.

By: Todd the Bladesmith

Todd the Bladesmith — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:11:06 +0000

Lest we take ourselves too seriously, I present the Tetsubo clothes hanging system:

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/amanoi/miya006/

Which we can plainly see is a horizontal metal bar…

By: faustusnotes

faustusnotes — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:47:02 +0000

Todd, I have had quite a few arguments with Japanese teachers about the “no” in “tetsu no bo” because, just like the “of” in English, it’s hard to explain when it should be used and when it shouldn’t. It’s a subtle word, and easy to mistransliterate – sometimes you can drop it and sometimes you can’t. And yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised at mistranslations in the martial arts scene!