A couple of you said="I doubt you'll find many people on this forum who agree that there's one "best form of karate-do" out there. But to each...
Silly. Everyone starts at white belt. Many stay there, even though the obi they wear is a different color. :) As a 5th Dan in Goju Ryu, at...
lol. No, most 5 year olds wouldn't. Adults understand text filters. And if anyone could read through 152 pages of intellectual masturbation...
No. Yes. Ask a 5 year old to tell you how a warrior takes off his armor. Experience the response. Then consider what the **** this whole...
<sigh> Read "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones", the answer is in there. Or, go to your local Zen center and ask to humbly study that particular koan....
Board training is, of course, meant to facilitate the training of timing - maximim power at the point of contact. Done properly, it will also...
Geikisai Dai Ichi is the kata shown in the YouTube vid.
any style should be fluid enough to encorporate different stances based on needs. A horse stance can be modified to be a cat stance. A forward...
What 'exactly' are you looking for? The bunkai for each particular segment of the kata, are the true practical applications of the bunkai as...
Sorry, but traditional training does not say to NOT hit the makiwara if the knuckles are bleeding. Get some kosher salt. Put the salt in a...
The only real "first" defense, aside from the standard "don't bring a hand to a knife fight, or a knife to a gun fight" is when blocking the...
1. Yes. For instance, the style that I teach/study (Goju Ryu) teaches close-in fighting that should end with the opponent on the ground, not...
Ah - I asked as we practice in UT, and we are always looking for people that want to or have studied Goju Ryu.
Where do you study?
Yes, a form of fighting - Self-defense. But the means to achieve the end is not wanting to learn how to break someone. By learning the art;...
You must practice a different form of karate-do than me. If by learning that there is no first strike, that you do not hit others or allow...
Then you do not understand karate-do.
Sorry if I seem dense - what exactly IS American Traditional karate????
To say that " I remember when I became a 'martial artist' " implies an attitude that sets you out as 'different' from others. For me, that is...
Something we have posted on the wall of the dojo - and my Sensei exemplies and teaches it with every class. "Only to the extent that a man...
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