I thought that the early history of the shakuhachi (being made from a root
end carried by ronin turned monks) involved its use as a defensive weapon...
anyone able to comment on this?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeremy bornstein [mailto:uke@jeremy.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:08 PM
> To: shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu
> Cc: Phil James; Dale Koenig
> Subject: Re: traveling with shakuhachis
>
>
> I have flown many times while carrying on, in a padded case, practice
> weapons which I use in aikido: typically one bokken and one jo. A
> bokken is a wooden sword, and a jo is a wooden staff about 52" long.
>
> Both are usually made of hardwood, which means that if you get hit
> with one then it HURTS! Although these are "practice" weapons they
> are in effect real actual weapons--although we use bokken to
> substitute for practice with metal swords, there is no necessary
> difference between a "practice" jo and a "real" one.
>
> The vast majority of times I've flown with these items, nobody has
> said a word to me about them. On other occasions, when asked what
> they were, I usually said "sports equipment," which is true but
> misleading. I always found it somewhat sad that I was never given a
> harder time about them.
>
> -jeremy
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 07:43:09PM -0500, Phil James wrote:
> > Well I haven't flown since the WTC disaster, but once a couple
> of years ago
> > an airport security guy asked me if my shakuhachi was a blow
> gun and made me
> > take it out of the case to show that it wasn't. (I guess he
> used to have a
> > job with Papua-New Guinea Air.) That's the only time I've even been
> > questioned about it. Of course as Ronnie and anyone else I've
> traveled with
> > knows, I manage to get the third degree in airports and at
> borders a LOT.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dale Koenig" <ourtrouvere@hotmail.com>
> > To: <shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 4:47 PM
> > Subject: traveling with shakuhachis
> >
> >
> > > This question is distantly related to the on-going discussions we've
> > > been having. But am curious to find out if any one has attracted
> > > more attention in taking your shakuhachis on board when flying.
> > >
> > > I haven't had the oppurtunity to travel this month. Probably will
> > > in the next couple of months, I always travel with my flute, and
> > > carry it on board. I have a soft case lined with thick foam. To date
> > I've
> > > had no problems from security.
> > >
> > > Just thought I would poll the group.
>
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