It's my martial arts world

[Greg]

That's right. Post away. The joy DM feels when posting a link from years ago about that you found yesterday, gives him such dark pleasure.

[thatguy]

It gives him something to write about...

--tg

[Greg]

Truth.

[Drunk Monk]

[Greg]

I rest my case, your honor.

[Drunk Monk]

[cranefly]

Credit to LCF for this.

[thatguy]

So...the free Carmel Magazine is a quarterly, high gloss tome of what restaurants to visit and which galleries to go for your bronze Arnold Palmer statue. I grabbed a copy the other day because of the b/w Hendrix photo on the cover. Poking through the magazine which among other things features an article on yoga/parenting-up in covid times by Eastwood wife and former local TV News anchor Dina Ruiz, I came upon this add for "The Carmel Samurai Company" 

https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/1283...020/161?m4=

This seems so scammy! How do we extract $$$ from rich folks in Carmel.

"We have never advertised. We have no website. Publish no phone number. List no address. Share no email (except, of course, with clients)."

The 8 Samurai - The most Exclusive Art Club in the World
- 8 master swordsmiths forge 8 blades for 8 select clients
- Each sword mounted with antique samurai fittings
- All registered with the NBTHK (Society for the Perservation of the Samurai Sword)
- Each sword signed by both Master and owner
- Each owner wears the gold ring forged with a piece of steel from the blade. Each ring bears the club's gold logo
- Only 8 swords will ever be created
In the 1,000 year history of the art of the Samurai sword, nothing remotely like this has ever been done.

--A. Taum Dell Armo --Founder/Director

I looked up the Founder dude since they are internet Ninjas:

https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/ent...98fba.html

https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/bcam/2019/...-dellarmo/

Maybe these exclusive folks need an exclusive writer...

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

Weird. I might look into this. If not for the pandemic, I'd be all over this.

[Greg]

I reject your martial art world completely if this is what it has come to.

[Drunk Monk]

I reject your martial art world completely if this is what it has come to.

http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/show...ost1319525

...sigh...

[Greg]

Ha! You stole it from my Saturday FB post.

[Drunk Monk]

Yep. It's a ninja thang.

[Drunk Monk]

I was just going to send this to Maestro yeti (we share a lot of sword porn) but I then I figured we'd all appreciate this.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Yay! Stupid Sword-Tricks!