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The differences between a side kick and a roundhouse kick depends on the methodology of that style. Having said that, a roundhouse kick, for the most, travels in an arc path to its target. Whereas, a side kick travels in a straight line to it's target. Foot orientation differs from style to another. For the contact area of the foot for the roundhouse kick is either the ball of the foot and/or the top of the foot. For a side kick, the contact area is usually the heel, whereas the blade of the foot isn't used as often as the former. Either way, the attitude of the foot gives the heel the dominance over the blade. In Shindokan, we use the four count [up, out, back, down] in our kicks, which are no higher than the waist. In the up, our hips are inactive. In the out, our hips are active, but not until the very last second. In the back, our hips begin to become inactive, but not as of yet. In the down, our hips are inactive. To active the hips early would destroy the power curve, thus all one has left is a push and not a penetrating drive, also, it would tend to telegraph a meant intent. In the roundhouse kick, our supporting foot turns away from the target 180 degrees by, and while, we're executing our out portion of our four count, and while we're keeping our supporting leg's knee ever-so-slightly bent for its shock-absorbing effect. In the side kick, both of our snap or thrust, our supporting foot will act in the same manner and the like as in our roundhouse kick.

Effective techniques dealt to an attacker will hurt and are suppose to hurt, and I want it to hurt. However, even ineffective techniques are bound to hurt depending on the deferring parameters. We're taught to use our MA only when it's appropriate; being attacked is quite appropriate and I've no qualms about unleashing as much retributive wrath on my attacker as possible and as quickly as I can. What I do to my attacker is retributive justice, and in that, whatever I do do to my attacker should only be considered by myself as proportionate punishment. Will my punishment for my attacker match the "crime"? It doesn't have to, and if it doesn't by some stretch of ones imagination, well, I don't care; that's up to the courts to decide, should the courts become involved for whatever reason(s). Is that violent of me?

Since the days of George Brett and their one World Series, the Royal's have been a .500 club since the 1990's.

Study your opponent, study yourself, make a plan, carry it out. Footwork, and its applicable benefits can be found within the formula above. Solid posts from DWx, bushido_man96, and JusticeZero.

True - its very counter-productive.I think along with the "no one wins a fight" mindset, we see too much of worrying about not hurting someone too much. When you worry about not hurting someone too much, you can second guess your actions, and it can cost you time and position. I've had this happen to me not long ago, and I won't let it happen that way again. When it comes down to it, your safety is what is paramount. Solid Post!!

My understanding is that he accepts all types/styles of the MA to his seminars because he's quite versatile. Sure, when it comes to Shotokan, those Shotokan practitioners would benefit the most, but I believe for any MAist, a day with Kanazawa Sensei would be quite beneficial. I'm not Shotokan, but I believe that learning the essence of Karate would still come though, and in that, I'd benefit quite a lot from Kanazawa Sensei; an honor for sure. Check this out, and it might answer some questions for those that aren't of Shotokan... http://www.seishinshotokan.com/index_files/Page646.htm

Mo's out Pettitte in GO YANKEES

Personal times vary. If I'm on and someone wants to talk...I'll answer if I'm not involved already with the Hombu/Greg.

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!

Imho...The Rock is by far the master of the mic.

I've always machine dried my gi for as long as I can remember, but what do I know. My wife has forbid me from the washer/dryer...I mean, I don't sort because it's way too consuming, imho.

MP...I love it. You're quite witty...funny too.

There's no shame in the way you handled it. I applaud you. If we all had said that you were a coward, it would've meant nothing. Why? You did what you thought was the right thing(s) considering your circumstance/situation, and I've no right to judge you because I wasn't in that circumstances/situation and I'm not you. Again, I applaud you.

Champions don't subscribe to a losing mindset for a reason.

Cool.

If that's what my face looks like...then...OUCH...and forget the Shugyo part.

I believe that a natural anything has to be developed to some degree for what one wants to do with 'it'.

Haven't we forgotten about the Cro-Magnon/Neanderthal, minus the codified part, I suppose.

To borrow from Jim Kelly..."If it comes, I won't even notice it...I'll be to busy looking good." Whether this comes off in a grin-and-giggle way or not, the point is that I don't worry about it, nor do I want to be a proponent of it. You act like a victim...you'll become a victim. You act like a winner...you'll become a winner. You act like you're going to lose...you'll lose. I believe in my complete totality as a martial arts and the core of that doesn't even come from my parents...no...it comes from my Dai-Soke and what he instilled within me across the board. I've never, to my memory, sprouted that off to my students and/or the student body and/or to anyone within the Hombu. Try to hurt me...someone's going to lose and I'm going to do everything within me to make sure that the loser of our fight isn't going to be me!! I understand the political approach and mindset of it, but I don't want to have anything to do with it because it can only invite something bad. I'll let others who are proponents of that mindset believe to present their arguments to/for those who subscribe to that like mindsets. For me; no thank you.

Very nice...very solid!!

I don't see how belonging to a country is relevant or fair, Martial Arts has no boarders, no divides just brotherhood in Budo, this has saddened me friend Imagine... okie dokie

Imagine if training reached a final conclusion Imagine if the USA owned the MA Imagine if children weren't allowed to practice/learn the MA Imagine if kata was thought about in a respectful way

Playing devils advocate...[i'm a staunch proponent of ShuHaRi] Doesn't the concept of ShuHaRi eventually depend on one to have a deliberate thought?

Understanding hips as to its relationship to power is paramount to consistently developing that necessary power at any given time. In a split second, an unbelievable amount of things must take place and they must take place correctly, or any karate technique is mute. We can talk/teach about hip transition and the like as far as to the who, what, where, when, why, and how until the cows come home, but any technique(s) suffers because of the unprepared karateka, both Kyu and Dan. Is the technique(s) and/or the style surrounding the use of ones hips flawed? No, imho, I'd say that it's the karateka that's flawed. Flawed in putting the pieces together and making sense of the entire process. Some questions to ask oneself: >Does the hip drive?...and when? >Does the hip push?...and when? >Does the hip thrust?...and when? >Does the hip stall?...and when? >Does the hip stay level?...always? >Does the hip snap?...and when? What does the hip mostly depend on? Is everything within any said technique, from start to finish, unloaded like a domino or at the same last moment? For most karate styles, a kick, for example, has a four count: Up, out, back, down. For the essence of power, when, during this four count, is the hip activated? Sometime a karateka must ask questions, no matter how futile and/or how frustrating it might be in conquering and revealing effectively consistent hip movement. You are either pushing or you are damaging your opponent.