.... but ... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051125/ap_on_en_mo/obit_morita J
LOL I especially like the dojo name ... 'The Double Dragon Karate Center'. That young man is going to be very well adjusted I'm sure :rolleyes: J
His core is Shotokan and I know he holds a dan grade and won some 'professional' karate tournaments. I saw a documentary about him couple of...
Kind of like the 10K clash here in Britain or is that too 'softie'? [NB Not my opinion, just a comment :) ] J
I remeber a long winded discussion about plagurism etc, etc started by a friend of mine ... it gets a bit pedantic and off subject as you'd...
Slightly off target I know but it spang to mind spinning through this thread ... I heard a couple of weeks ago, that the brown and two white...
It makes sense in a funny sort of way. You could break down the basic elements into Kihon & Kata then Kumite and treat them as separate elements....
Ippon Kumite in a basic form is as Goju says, 'for building form, timing, and distancing', although because of the syllabus, it is kept very...
http://www.googlism.com/index.htm?ism=Hadoken&type=4 :)
... and on that basis, when moving on to sparring/fighting, such footwork might be considered a telegraph.
Is this the interview you guys are talking about per chance? http://daojia.free.fr/videos/interview_brucelee.rm Cheers J
So how many martial arts did Bruce Lee debunk by kicking the living fecies out of their exponents? Really ... the guy was bloody good at what he...
From what I've heard GKR (Go-kan-ryu?) could be dubbed as such, but I have no foundation to accuse it of 'McDojoism'! Cheers J
PHEW!!! I feel much safer now. I'm often in the company of my step-son (to be) who is also 11. :rolleyes: To be fair I'd give him a damn...
We (JKA - Shotokan) grade under 'qualified' examiners. In some associations the right to examine/grade students is a pre-requisite of your dan...
Inspirational Karate Inspirational Karate - Sensei's Ronnie Christopher and Sean Roberts This is for Shotokan Karate practitioners and is a...
Cheap shot Moosey, but well prepared ... ... as if you were so uninlightened ... or not? Regardless of perception as to why these things went...
Hi KarateFan, Kanku Dai has many techniques and short combinations which are evident in the Heian series ... in fact I have heard it said that...
:o *Enough said* J :)
About the masters changing them or my kata needing improvement?!?!? Second thoughts, don't answer that! J
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