Hi. Will visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, any suggestion on a place to buy a simple no fuss bokken for practicing kata?

I watched a video on Yagi Akihito showing bone blocking and attacking, it seems that meibukan uses a lot of these tiny bones to attack. What struck me was their kake uke, it looks significantly different from Jundokan (or IOGKF) 's kake uke. but they serve the same purpose? It also occurred to me that meibukans kake uke is more like a block whereas jundokans is more like a grab? is there a reason for this?
It also seems that meibukan uses a lot of conditioning whereas jundokan uses a lot of hojo undo and kata (idk what shorei kan does)? perhaps these were suited for different types of people and different strengths and weaknesses?
Why does meibukan use such small bones and why doesn't other variations of goju ryu use this?
Which is more effective in blocking, meibukan kake uke or jundokan kake uke?
Does jundokan (or IOGKF) use these tiny bones?
Why are certain techniques only found in meibukan and not in jundokan despite these styles having minor differences?
thanks!

https://www.codewars.com/kata/5db039743affec0027375de0/train/sql
here's my code so far.

SELECT unnest(xpath('/data/usefirst_name/text()', "data")) as first_name, unnest(xpath('/data/uselast_name/text()', "data")) as last_name, unnest(xpath('/data/usedate_of_birth/text()', "data")) as date_of_birth, unnest(xpath('/data/useprivate/text()', "data")) as private, unnest(xpath('/data/useemail_addresses', "data")) as email into temp1 FROM users; select first_name::varchar, last_name::varchar, DATE_PART('year', current_date) - DATE_PART('year', date_of_birth::varchar::date) age, substring(email::varchar from ' 
(\S+)<') -- email::varchar from temp1 

I'm trying to use regex to parse the results of the "email" column that I unnested from the XML data. But nothing I'm doing will work. I've tested my regular expression on regex101, and it SHOULD work, but it doesn't. It fails at the whitespace between "" and "

". So my theory is there is some other character present there but I have no idea what that could be. Can anyone help me?

Ive been playing kata for a while now and still trying to understand what runes to go on what matchups, just curious on what I should look out for when picking runes, thanks again :D

Nú veit ég ekki hvort þetta sé satt og rétt , en kæmi þetta í alvöru einhverjum á óvart ?
Kata Jak, stökk úr sökkvandi skipi því hún vissi að hún ætti líklega ekki séns að komast aftur á þig eftir að hafa svikið kjósendur sína korteri eftir kosningar þegar hún gerðist basicly tuskan Bjarna Ben og verið það allar götur síðan..
Og svo er hún að baula í þessari kosningabaráttu sinni að hún standi með fólkinu, og síðan hvenar hefur hún Kata gert það ? Og ég bara get ekki skilið hvað amar að fólki sem er að íhuga að kjósa þessa tusku sem forseta því hún er aumasti djös stjórnmálamaður sem Ísland hefur af sér getið
https://www.dv.is/eyjan/2024/5/19/ordid-gotunni-saegreifar-kosta-frambod-katrina

Charlotte Corday

Class: Caster True Name: Charlotte Corday Gender: Female Source: History Region: France Alignment: Chaotic Summer Height: 166 cm Weight: 43 kg Strength: E Endurance: E Agility: D Mana: C++ Luck: A Noble Phantasm: A
Scenario Writer: Yuuichirou Higashide Character Design: Takao Aotsuki CV: Yui Horie Main Appearance: Fate/Grand Order
○ Class Skills
Magic Show Field: EX A variation on Territory Creation. Corday constructs an environment suitable for performing stage magic. It also helps make up for her lack of technical skill.
Create Magic Goods: C+ A variation on Item Construction. The higher this skill's rank, the more things one can instantly create to aid with her stage magic. However, as Corday is still learning the basics of being a stage magician, she can only make items for interpersonal use.
○ Personal Skills
Illusionist (Imposter): C+ An illusion that relies on pure skill rather than magecraft. Occasionally, a truly talented practitioner will acquire the Genuine version. This skill shows its targets, and sometimes experience, things that can't be seen, or even cannot possibly be real. Of course, since Corday basically fell into being a stage magician, her skills pale in comparison to other, more talented Heroic Spirits of this sort.
Haphazard Show Planning: A Even when Corday cobbles her shows together with practically nothing in the way of planning, they tend to go great for some reason. The audience finds itself willing to overlook a few mistakes, and generally goes home satisfied.
Stage Magician Angel: EX Corday's...mysterious angel friend compensates for any mistakes she might make. Really, when you think about it, this angel is the strangest part of all of this.... The angel can lower the audience's guard, enhance their suspension of disbelief, and keep them entertained...and scarily enough, it can do those things just as well in battle too.
○ Noble Phantasm To Be Applauded Would Be a Dream Come True: La Féerie d'une Nuit Rank: C++ NP Type: Anti-Personnel Range: 1 Maximum Targets: 100
La Féerie d'une Nuit. A magic show that combines illusion with offense. Usually, Corday's rudimentary technique would only enable this NP to achieve D-rank destruction and E-rank illusions. However, when combined with her skills, it's possible for it to become a truly fearsome attack.
○ Character First person pronoun: watashi Second person pronoun: anata Third person pronoun: Kare/kanojo/ano kata
○ Personality Despite changing her class from Assassin to Caster, there hasn't been much change. She's still full steam ahead on the path of a maiden.
○ Motives and attitude towards Master She's trying to conceal her affection but is failing miserably at it.
○ Example lines “Step right up! It's time for a Corday magic show! I hope my auDIEnce will enjoy it!” (Not a typo) “With a whoosh…Dragon's Splitting Scale! Oh no!” “Now then everyone, please give a round of applause!”
○ Character Portrayal in Fate/GO A 2021 swimsuit Servant. Though still somewhat embarrassed by how much attention her new swimsuit draws, Corday has decided that this summer will be the one where she makes her move on Master.
Her personality may not have changed much, but now that she's no longer scared of rejection, she's also being more aggressive, which has led some Servants to be extremely wary of her.
She learned how to do stage magic from a shady, dapper old bartender, and a mysterious centaur sage.
○Normal Weapons Various magic goods.
○Connection to other Characters
Swimsuit Princess “I don't think pranks and magic are really the same thing... But isn't it a bit too flashy for a princess?” “‘What, I'm quite similar too?’ ... Well, never mind about me! I mean, I'm just an ordinary person!”
Japanese Princess with Strong Opinions on Villainess Stories “‘Standing next to the princess, I look like the protagonist of a villainess story?’ That just makes her look like a villain!”
Suspicious Bartender “Thank you for teaching me magic tricks! Look, now I can... um... I can do this! Ah, wait! I almost got it!” (※ Not actually able to do it)
Not-so Suspicious Centaur “Thank you for teaching me techniques to captivate the audience. Psychology is amazing!”
Comment from Illustrator Since it's Corday in a swimsuit, I drew with the concept of wanting to show skin whenever possible. Looking back, I realized that there were quite a few expressions I made that I didn't use, and I wish I had included some more blushing ones. (Takao Aotsuki)

So the thing is I currently feel so lost in life. Okay I get it sabai jana le its completely normal vancha tara I guess kasto atti nai lost jasto feel huncha. Bachelors sakisakyo , I am also doing internship currently and yes I got that internship after proper examinations and interview processes and I'm also busy in office as well tara apart from that I feel so lost that if I wanna pursue that thing in future or not , I am still not sure what to do apart of trying out different things.
Taking about my percentages , I guess its fine and somehow I've maintained it 75% above. It feels like 4 barsa pachi ekaichoti kata naya thau ma faldera lu afai sabai figure out gar vaneko jasto pressurize ni hune. Some friends and doing GRE etc k k ho ani ma ni baira jane ta sochiraxu but financial condition le idk if I can afford it immediately tara jane chai socheko ho but not sure maybe I'll end up Nepal mai ?
Some figure out their life at 18 some figure out their life at 20 some at their 30's and so on sab ko afno afno time huncha vancha , but like this I feel like mata k garne k garne testo specific interest vanne ni chaina so that I can dig dive into that and make whole career in that field. Tei vayera kei garnei man lagdeina , tesmathi alchi ni vaiyo jhan ani tei kasto loop ma faseko jasto lagnee hau.
Ma matrai ho ra esto ? Recently 4th year exam diyera baseko k gardeii chau guyss ?

aku x tahu nk kata apa, parents beli mesin basuh model baru awal tahun ni. masuk 3 hari dh buat hal. pastu baru hari ni motor rosak. keluarga aku je ke yg kena mcm ni? ke ni memang dh biasa? (just asking for opinions)

Asking my fellow Kata players here, What would be an optimal strat to go against Moria ? Yesterday it cost me a win at locals. Moria completely outpaced me with characters and effects, his board was full and all i had was a 7c Mom since he removed most of my characters
After we finished we talked about the match. He told me to always go for face since the board doesn't matter that much. I on the other hand had the feeling that i needed some boardcontrol, because i would just burn counters in 1 turn if he swings with 3-4 5Costs.
What could i have done better in this scenario ? or rather what is the optimal way to go against Moria ?

I seem to be having some success dominating grips in randori, but not progressing into many successful throws. I mainly looking for a high collar grip, behind the head and pulling the sleeve forward and down collapsing my partner forwards.
I lmainly look for uchi mata from here, but also get other throws at times. What else could I look for? Would uke otoshi work (I’ve only ever seen this in kata)??
Any advice greatly appreciated!

Tomorrow I leave after being here for two weeks. I tried my best to integrate and soak in the culture as much as possible, and I can say that I have grown fond of the culture and people. I know that I merely scratched the surface, but the attitude and energy of the locals I've interacted with and places I have visited were wholesome.
I understand that light comes with dark; everyone and every country have their problems to face nonetheless.
Maybe I resonate with the values not just of Thailand and it's people, but a more eastern approach in itself. This place has shown me what people can be like, and it is a very humbling experience due to the fact that at least in America, it feels very cut throat and far from being oriented towards humanity and kindness.
Memorable experiences: -The energy I felt going to Big Buddha. Very powerful. -Phuket Elephant Sanctuary. I will be donating a little when I can to support elephants which are rescued from unethical conditions. -Going off the beaten path in, Chalong, Kata/Karon, and Old Town Phuket. I really appreciate the local areas and immersing myself in them. -Doing a cooking class at the Blue Elephant. Honestly changed my mind on how fun cooking could be. The ingredients are so simple but when brought together they are magical. I have always liked Thai food in general, a blessing to learn how to do it. -Giving a little more than expected. I would say I am in a position where I could give more here. Even though back in America I live close to being pay check to pay check, it was nice to give more when I can. Whether it was getting a smoothie, using inDrive, or tipping at a restaurant. I know if I was in the other person's position it would be a blessing.
Just my thoughts. I am very grateful and honored to have visited this country.

Hello kata mains, controling the camera and taking in information is essential on katarina so you can roam more effectivelly but also to just simply know more about current game state and so this might be great news for yall.
We are organizing a free seminar in our new discord to nail down the quality and we want **YOU** to join.
you can join for absolutely **free** and enjoy a full hour of high quality teaching by our challenger coach **sagittarius**. you can also **ask questions live** which is a big plus. if you can't make it there will be a recording posted in the discord.
if that sounds like a good deal (it is) join our discord **TODAY** at **May 19th 10 pm CEST** and mark **interested on the event**
https://discord.com/invite/dy9jVsYEkE

Syllabus kata xa civil highway ko ? province ra sangh dui ootai ko

Balon

Parti atmosferini tamamlayan en önemli unsurlardan biri olan balonları, Parti Evreni'nde çeşit çeşit bulabilirsiniz. Farklı renklerde, şekillerde ve boyutlarda balonlar arasından seçim yaparak parti mekanınıza renk ve neşe kata bilirsiniz. Balon, partinize eğlence ve canlılık katmanın en kolay yoludur.