zelbone,

it's not a sword, but kinda sorta (with guro richard bustillo)...

Me, hakama and shinai, kendo break ... not sure if the ,,Last Samurai,, or ,,Black Robe,, ...

Hey Spunjer,

The photo with yourself and Guro RB, was it taken in L.A. or a seminar at your home town?

kino,
it was taken at columbus, OH...

Here's two of the Texas contingent, with nimcha:

http://www.therionarms.com/pictures/tom_and_hal3.jpg
Tom Hyle (l), me (r).

http://www.therionarms.com/pictures/czh_trip.gif

Hal with halberds in Pardubice, CZH.

super pics guys. radu, you remind me of samurai jack - cool!

Spunger,

Cool pic! Shelley had his digital camera at our Kombatan class yesterday and I had a binangon and a tenegre with me....BUT WE FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE! Oh well!

Ughhh...I was hoping to do a theme pic when I got some time off, and I may still yet if they ever give me some vacation days, but since I promised a pic this week Ill post a class pic taken a year ago after a Fred bring your swords to class day. Wish we had more students at the time then we could have had more of my stuff in the pic:), but people didnt feel like holding two sword.:(

Here is a shot of me holding a dha hmyaung
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federico,
nice tats on the forearm.
can we see close-ups?

LOL! (That really does look like you. :D)

They are nothing too spectacular. A generic tribal style band of thorns near the wrist, and a polynesian design on the upper forearm. One day Ill finish a full sleave on the left arm, but so many hobbies so little money :( Anyways, if I ever get some days off, Ill try and get a better pic.

Yo Federico!
Menacing pic of you and your crew! Before you think about getting inked again, you might want to check out these guys and have a traditional Filipino design done that tells your story.

http://members.asianavenue.com/apat_na_alon/
http://members.asianavenue.com/APAT_NA_ALON_2/
http://members.asianavenue.com/APAT_NA_ALON_3/
http://members.asianavenue.com/APAT_NA_ALON_1/
http://members.asianavenue.com/APAT_NA_ALON_4/

I'm considering it...but in VISAYAN style, of course ;) !


Mark, I must have missed that South Park episode...you didn't happen to kill Kenny with that dha hmyaung :p :D :p :D !

Not a picture with a weapon but after swords one of my favorite hobbies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...e/Quitico4.jpg

How did you know, if you missed my guest appearance?! Here is a still from the next scene... :p

ROTFL! :D

since we're talking tattoo, here's my two that i had for a while. the left is tribal and the right is alibata. translation: "KUSOG ILONGGO". btw, went ahead and killed two birds with one stone; i'm holding swords, zel...

OK, at the risk of making folks ill, here's
my contribution. A little old (by about 30 years :-)

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/rls.gif

Yes, that's a katana in case anyone didn't guess :-)

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Richard Stein, PhD alchemyst@yahoo.com

The Japanese Sword Index
http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/nihonto.htm
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Hehehe...awesome site. I take it you can guess what the full sleeve I have planned will be. Unfortunately no more room on the chest. Well one day...I just need a proper time to do it. A good tattoo should be good anting-anting as well, but that takes timing for the proper event. :rolleyes:

Before Betty Ford Clinic
 

is that a seraui dagger you're holding, derek?

Who would have guessed you liked katanas? :rolleyes: ;)

Nice to see you, Rich.

A cold day in Georgia!
 

That is ice on the mountain behind me. Yes it is Georgia taken on 12/20/2004
Will take another shot when it gets warmer, was 6 degrees when picture was taken.
The two bowie knives, made by Al Pendray, are wootz. One is from a 200-300 year old ingot, from Oriental Arms, while the other Bowie is made from Al Pendray's own wootz, both has his gold horseshoe around a "P" logo with the old woots also has a "B-1" on the blade, both have Ivory hilts.

Me (for real)
 

I believe that specimen is holding a butter knife. And its been used to great effect.

Here's me doing the medeival thing:

http://www.sonofelvis.com/images/med_me.jpg

strider!

I name you wingfoot - Eomer Eadig, 3rd Marshall of Riddermark.

Yo Spunger!
With an alibata tattoo saying "KUSOG ILLONGO" shouldn't you be holding a tenegre and a binangon instead?

Mare Rosu...NICE BOWIES!!!

Derek...you look like you just stepped off the set of LOTR...pretty cool!

MARE ROSU: Those are pretty well sized bowies and considering you ain`t a lil` dude yourself at all, those must be some hefty cleavers,Gene !
P.S. With that outfit on, you truely live up to your namesake reputation : Mare Rosu ; for those who dont know, thats Romanian for ,,The Big Red,, , so just be careful handlin` them badazz blaidz and dont get bloody red yo`self now ...
They`re superbe, by the way, state of the art, ... I bet Teddy Roosevelt himself woulve mind having them while huntin` Africa. :D still, the way I see with that weather you have there , youll be shootin` penguins soon in Georgia.

DEREK: Yo, Derek, is that Lord of the Abysinnians ?
:cool:

ME :eek: : What do you say 'bout my giant tuna this last weekend in Ensenada, Baja Norte , MEXICO ? you say: OLEEEE !!! :eek:

zel,

the binangon and tenegre will have to wait til next year, lol!

radu,

WHOA! :eek: :eek: :eek: now that's an ahi! what's the stats? what type of bait did you use?

RADU'S FISH
 

This is what happened to Radu and his fish.
:p :D :D


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! TO RADU AND ALL FORUM FOLKS
Gene

Me and my favorite weapon MERRY XMAS all

COLT 1911
 

somewhere in the backwoods of moroland...

To Moro or not to Moro ?
 

Zamboanga , I am sure that gives a few the chills, not all know that MILF word is not what we think here in California it is ... I have a question, at one point I was speaking to a American-Filipino (born in PI) and when I said Moro he wasnt very happy with the word I used to describe the ,,Muslim people living in the south parts of the Philippines, mainly Mindanao,, he admonestated me saying that calling them ,,Moro ,, is like saying ,,savages,,. Henever give into my theory that Moro comes from spanish ,,Moorish,, (a word to describe anyone of Islamic faith) but on the same time I see description of institution where I see the word Moro like Bangsamoro, MILF and so on ... :o Enlighten me, please :confused: ?

radu,

you are right about the history of the term moro (Philippine history books and online information will bear this out).

i guess the person you were talking to was non-moro, never lived in mindanao and didn't take his history lessons seriously.

if your friend cares to know more about the moros ask him to visit www.bangsamoro.com. The following definition are from that site:

Moro. n. - a citizen of moroland;
Bangsamoro. n. - a proud race of proud moros.

Zamboanga : El persona, con quien ta conversa tu, bien bueno gayot ! :D What do you say, can my chavacano help me pass unoticed and get some curacha or buy a trip with the vintas in the city of Flowers ? :D

haha radu, you made my day :D

pwede ser mi amigo. you can pass yourself as a zamboangueño.

instead of the curacha you should try our satti - mas sabroso - the hottest and the best dish in town.

santiki my friend!

Well, I hope Moroland stays safe with the earthquake disasters going on right now ... so I guess I`ll rather have you over in Transylvania and skip the satti for a very bloody steak , oops pork on the menu ... :D

A mugshot classic - BluErf and I on our way to an audience with the new "Sultan" of Singapore.

Hey! Aren't you the guy who put us in the trees on the back side of the Khao Cha Mao Mountains back on Cobra Gold '95?

G-D@#%$ door bundle ended up upside down in a khlong.

Salvaged most of the gear but the TP was a mess. :mad:

We were very "tactical" that night. :D

Back to the Ice Age ... Me and my brother in one of his mountaineering/ski patrol trips last week in Transylvanian Alps, jackassing around with Icicle Age mass destruction weapons ...