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SpeedKills, What is the answer, please?

Oh I hate myself for the question that I'm about to ask you...but... With your kempo background, what's your opinion of transitions from both styles??

Totally cool. I wonder why Soke and/or Dai-Soke never took us there whenever we went to Okinawa with them?!?

I finally got the info the Demura Sensei's 50th Anniversary Celebration Banquet. Tickets are $100 per person! It's on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa. Attire is formal or semi-formal. There's a form for purchasing tickets. I have a contact email address, but I didn't get permission to post it, so if anyone is interested, shoot me a PM. Info might be available at the Genbu-kai website. I believe the dinner will be on the day of Demura Sensei's kobudo tournament, and the next day should be the karate tournament. We always have a booth at the latter event, but not the former. I haven't heard anything lately about the dojo moving. Thanks for the info...I will BE at the Banquet, for sure!!

Welcome to KF; glad that you're here!! Solid post!!

This is Shu-Ha-Ri. K. Yes indeed!!

ISN'T THE MA GREAT!! I LOVE IT TO PIECES!!

Solid post!! To the bold type above... I suppose I was when I was an immature martial artist, but that was eons and eons ago. Now, no, I'm not afraid at all; I'm comforted in my MA totality!!

If either of the instructors are ok with it, then, go for it!!

I believe that rank is forever; once earned, it can't be, and shouldn't be taken away as though a punishment is being leveled to said practitioner. Knowledge is there, although the physical prowess isn't as it use to be. This is a bad analogy, but... A General, for example, retires from active military service. Is he/she still a General? I believe...yes. The Military rank was earned and awarded. That General is still referred to as a General by those who interact with him/her. When you read about said General, that General is referred to as a General, although the word "Retired" is tagged on the end their name. What this General has achieved is still recognized, therefore, said achievements can't be disputed nor taken away. Imho.

Solid post!!

Solid post!!

Solid post!!

Let me start by welcoming you to KF; glad that you're here!! Is what you're feeling normal? My short answer: YES!! Some act similar while others don't and others even more so!! Overall...YES!! There's nothing wrong with your actions and thoughts and all concerning the MA. After a trillion years, I still do the same exact thing as you've described. My every waking moment involves me doing and/or thinking about the MA in some capacity or another. WHY? You're slowly falling in love with what the MA is meaning to you. And, with everything that you love about the MA, you'll have moments where you hate the MA; a love and hate relationship with the MA is normal. Your MA journey is just that...YOURS!! You decide! You control! You...you...you...because the MA journey must be personal, and oftentimes, private to the practitioner. I've loved and hated, mostly loved, the MA for nearly 50 years; I can't see me doing anything else. I wake up thinking about the MA...I spend the whole day/night thinking about the MA....I fall asleep thinking about the MA. Not only thinking about the MA, but training the MA. Are we, you and I different? No! We're both MAists that have fallen in love, head over heels, with the MA. Hopefully, we'll never lose the love for the MA!! If we do, then so be it, and if we don't, then so be it also.

Wow...great questions, alas, great topic, thank you for starting it. I believe that these answers will vary from one practitioner to another. Some answers might surprise you, while others might not. I believe that the answer isn't determined because I'm either a MAist or not. Being a MAist surely, imho, doesn't make the MAist more capable of deciding what's a proper response. For me, turning the cheek for both parties doesn't exist. Why? "I" doesn't exist! One must defend oneself no matter what the ethos might or might exist within either of combatants. What exists, imho, is that an attack has occurred and if an attack has occurred, then ones a defender while the other is the attacker. Thin lines exist everywhere in everything; to do or not to do, and what follows that is how to and how not to do while being in concert with what to do and what not to do. Thin lines get blurred quite quick by how one perceives occurrences that are unfolding right before their eyes. If I turn my cheek, my attacker might or might not perceive that I'm weak/frail/uncertain/etc. Whereas in truth, I'm the farthest thing from that because I'm complete in my totality. For Christians, of which I am one, I don't believe that Jesus would want me to just stand there and take a beating, nor would He want me to beat the tar out of my attacker. I believe that Jesus would want me to do whatever is necessary and nothing more! I'll do what I feel that I must do, and in that, I'll let the courts decide the legal ramifications of whether I should've turned my cheek or not.

Ouch!! Possibly this list is what you might be asking for... Nomenclature of Gyaku Zuki, for example... Head Neck Shoulder Arm Elbow Wrist Fist Posture Back Hips Rear end Legs Feet Muscles Exhale Floor

Solid post!! And if one can't comply, it's best to get off the floor until one can.

Very well said and a good approach to getting the basics of pressure points IMO. I wholeheartedly concur!!

This dojo is not like a dojo that one would imagine when one thinks on the word "dojo". This dojo is in Naha, Okinawa...and...it's "owned by a British guy" where patron's speak both Japanese and English. http://www.tsunagujapan.com/welcome-to-the-dojo-a-unique-bar-in-Okinawa/ Try clicking on the very top/first banner!!

First of all...Welcome to KF; glad that you're here!! Secondly...excellent post!!

Loved the video...excellent in every way!! Thank you for sharing it. Beginners panic whenever any part of their body is trapped. But in the video, they can see that there's nothing to panic about...just work!!

Thank You..I plan on doing a following up video in the future.. I look forward to the follow-up video!!

Can you post a video of a good example of Shindokan I like to see the differences of the two styles.. Sorry, I've never ever owned a video camera, as of yet.

I meant to say... If, the side-effects are that new student enrollments are up by discovering Shindokan through said website, then, I'm completely for it, and I'll support it. Sorry, for that.