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In the words of Locutus of Borg..."Sleep...Sleep, Data" Sleep is the best cure when one is suffering from fatigue. As MAist's, we're always encouraged to train/work through the fatigue...Shugyo...suck it up, but that can lead to mistakes and mistakes can cause injuries.

Karate has NOT lost any value in my honest opinion!! Karate is still quite viable across the board. Perhaps it's only viewed as valueless by the masses that aren't experienced in karate for whatever reason(s). I'm a karateka, and I've been a karateka for many, many, many years; therefore, me, being a karateka, I've no value at all...none whatsoever!! Not only am I a karateka, but I'm a traditional karateka, and have been my entire life, and now, because of that, now, I'm irrelevant, of no use.

More often than not, practitioners of the MA aren't too keen on having someone outside of their style teach them anything, no matter if it's the rage of the page or not. It's hard to get participants in the same "room" that aren't of the same methodology/ideology/style UNLESS, imho, you're very well known throughout the MA world. The MA world has many more unknowns than those that are known.

What MA camps have you been to? What do you look for in a MA camp? What's the average, if there's such a thing, price for attending a MA camp? These questions will suffice for starters.

Thanks Brian!! My grip has served me very well all of my years. In closing, I'm sure that there might be a lot of things that we worked on together those two productive days that we've missed the mark in describing/explaining ourselves in any said technique; I guess, one had to have been there to appreciate it.

I'm no beginner, and I've been doing a pre-pivot ever since 1981; that's 30 years and it's served me more for the good than for the bad. I don't concern myself with telegraphing...because I just don't. That pre-pivot, the way I've been doing it doesn't add another technique. I've learned the proper way to kick along time ago, but because of my injury, I had to relearn how to kick/support with the guidance of my Dai-Soke, and imho, he's worthy of my listening to him. If you had been with Brian and I those days, you would've seen it first hand and you would've understood the way I pre-pivot more.

Yepper...because...the proof is on the floor!!

Funny thing about the pre-pivot...I never thought that I was doing that. Brain pointed it out to me during our training session...it was another AHA Moment for me. See, I injured my right knee in 1981 that required surgery/rehab. I practically had to relearn how to kick with my right leg as well as how to support left leg kicks. I took quite some time, but with the help of my Dai-Soke and many of my fellow Shindokanist peers, I was able to kick/support again without losing any key elements, like balance, for example. Nowadays, if I'm not careful, I'll throw out my right knee. I'll blame that on my getting old and not wanting to admit that I'm getting old. Again, thanks Brian for pointing the PRE-PIVOT out to me!! I knew I kicked more differently than my fellow Shindokanists, but I just never gave it a lot of thought into it.

First of all...Welcome to KF!!!!!!! Secondly, from what I was able ascertain from it's website, and I'm happy to see that you've already made plans to visit this dojo. I'd encourage you to watch a few classes, not just one, before making a decision one way or another. It's very difficult to decide anything from just checking out the website. Proof is on the floor, that's why I'm encouraging you to visit this dojo more than one time. You've already a general awareness of what to expect, as well as an ability to garner what's right or wrong and what looks strange and what looks normal from your prior exposure to karate when you lived in Japan. I wish you luck, and let us know how the visits went and what you've decided on.

In order to find the apex at the top of the power curve, a practitioner needs only to remember one important thing... Don't release the hips early or late!! Don't think about it, just feel it... Now, go practice until you find your apex, then keep practicing to commit it to your muscle memory.

Aha...now I know...thanks...I'll go wipe the shame off my face...if I'd only put those two posts together that spoke about just that, I would've known...doh!!

Ooooo...you're going to hate me...who's Sr?

Welcome to KF!!!!!!!!!!

I've no thoughts at this time because I'm still laughing to hard...ROFL!!

My thoughts exactly!!

This is a problem that many people run into. They are so used to depending on strength and speed in their grappling that their "skills" suffer as they age. That's why BJJ practitioners spend so much time on being fluid and training the very basics of the techniques. The "connection" I'm speaking of will put you in a position of leverage over your opponent no matter what the size or position. Most of the original Gracie children are now over 50, yet none have a problem handling younger grapplers because of their perfection in the basics. It's good you recognize your weaknesses and address them now. I understand what you're saying, and I fear that I've painted an unfavorable picture of my current grappling abilities. I've no problem with handling younger grapplers either; my basics are solid across the board. I don't depend on strength and/or speed; my Tuite skills do require me to grab/grip my opponents limb, and in that, I must control them, even if it's for just a split second, and most opponents are not to keen to being controlled through Tuite grabs/grips. Leverage is important in the MA, therefore I don't suffer in that area either. My questions were more of a curious ponder than one of reality. I've not reached an advanced age yet, so I've no experience in the possibilities that might lie before me.

Even though he might've found the R.O.S.S. to be to his liking across the board, a 2 month devotion isn't a long time and not a waste of time either. Seeing that he's not having much luck in finding a R.O.S.S. instructor in San Diego, I dare to suggest, but I feel that I must, find another style of the MA in the San Diego area, that might fit him, to devote his time in that might be more long lasting across the board.

Dead: GNR (By this I mean, the GNR at their highest point, not the current GNR, so to me, the GNR of the past is dead.} Alive: Rush

Yes...congrats on your brown belt and welcome to KF!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing this video with us Danielle!! WOW...and that's all I can say about that!! If that young man doesn't succeed...than nobody else will. That detemination is evident in that young man and I believe that he'll go far. Imagine his drive in the body of a martial artist...WOW...again!!

Imho, what's mainly looked at by the judges is not the manner of creating a ippon kumite wow factor, no, it's the effectiveness of what's being displayed on the floor. Flash is not for Ippon Kumite!!

I've been grappling for over 4 decades, and if there's anything that I'm working on now is 'Grappling For Those Over 50', not a real title, that I know of. Being over 50 gives me a reason to take a honest pause as to possibly adapt a methodology/ideology that can "FIT ME" on the floor. Do I need to be more concerned with a lessened strength in my grips/holds? Do I need to be more concerned with my not blowing-up? Do I need to be more concerned with my bones possibly becoming more brittle? I feel quite solid in my grappling skills STILL!! But to avoid/ignore my age and the problems that I might be facing as a practitioner of the martial arts is...well...for me, STUPID to do so.

There is a big difference between training and competing. I've seen several older teenagers come through our buddy's gym. Not to a mom who's totally in the dark about the art/style. Mom's will always be protective over their children no matter their age(s), imho.

Yeah...I'm with Brian on this one. One's demise is not a demise for the Art, imho!! Unless he/she is the only practitioner of said system, imho. I can only hope that his instructor has a serious heart to heart talk with him, even if it's for his future in Judo and Judo alone.

How much time have you devoted already in R.O.S.S.??