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It's a catch 20/20. I think if you can train to fully be aware of a situation, you might and I stress might be able to avoid it. The key thing on women's self defense is to tell them to always stay where its crowded but alot of times thats impossible to do. But the key thing is to know your surroundings, train for unexpected happenings. One thing my teacher liked to do was train in the dark. Said that you need to be prepared for all times of day/night. But a arcticle I read in black belt, think it was new one. Author said to try to use techniques you think will work to always train that so it becomes 2nd nature. Some I agree, other parts I dont but thats just me

It's a requirement in my school. One of our students is licensed to teach so she teaches all the instructors and assistant instructors.

Yeah, was looking in that issue of black belt with those racks, same link. Guess your right not in business anymore. Of course now I have a picture to go by, I might try and make one now.

Yeah sorry took so long to respond back, been on call for work. But yeah thats the site where I saw some nicer looking belt displays.

Yeah was really looking forward to this for fall outings.

I found one in black belt advertisement section that i liked, let me look around for it. but it was set up with more or less cubby holes and you rolled our belt up and stuck them in the cubby holes which i liked better then the elasctic style.

Whenever I am asked this I usually come up with several responses which pretty much quiets anyone down. 1. I'm learning MA for myself, discipline, control, better understanding of people, self preservation... and so on. In that, when I was younger I had a bad temper. Mom use to blame it on the germany and american indian in me. 2. Yes its true a bullet can end the fight but show me right now on the streets how many people do you see carrying a gun?? This one always gets people cause you dont know. With that, MA can help in tight situations, to help you think 3 steps ahead so you can avoid a confrontation. 3. When teaching I usually tell my students there are 3 types of people if they possess a gun. first are drug crazed or sycopaths ( I still have not found a better word for them). In that, most of the time they will not think twice before they pull the trigger. the second are ones that are using it to scare you. Muggings, robbery etc. If the gun goes off they will sometimes admit it was accident or unintentional and will deal with the outcome. the third are well, kids in a matter of speaking. Not all kids feel this way but some actually feel like there a god with that kinda of power. Most times they wont think twice about pulling the trigger and so on. So when I bring up those 3 they ask what do you do. I simply tell them to stay calm, listen to what they want and try to talk as much as you can to calm them down if possible. SOmetimes they just want your money, other times they dont know. So when I am asked that question those are the responses I come up. Of course alot of times I crack a joke in there by saying I saw bruce do it so i can. But most times I tell them where's the gun and they start getting all defensive but they know I am being serious. There's really no wrong or right to it but you have to know how to respond the question quick to keep others asking, hey he might know something more then I do.

The title is a bit misleading but I was curious on this. I know alot of us had that one or many student who had special needs in class. I remember two. The first was a beautiful young girl we had to be careful of cause of her heart. when ever she was in class we had to tone class down so that we wouldnt raise her blood pressure. After talking to her father for awhile (now at the time she was only 5 yrs younger then me). He told me she had a rare condition and the doctor thought MA would help. Now since I havent seen her in over 10 yrs, my best friend has told me she did make shodan and ni dan and is alot stronger. The other student was another young girl who I didnt know was sick during the whole time she took class. She had leukimia. She unfortunately was diagnosed terminal one day ( i think thats what doctors called it) and died. Her parents came to me and told me I was the best teacher/mentor she ever had cause I would never let her give up. Who was your most memorable/special student in your class??

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Welcome and I never let age get in the way of when I taught. The youngest student I ever taught was 68 since its all irrevalant.

I'm still a little new here also so welcome

Welcome

welcome

Welcome, I grew up in hackettstown NJ. Hoping to see family this october in your neck of the woods.

Personnally, I'd ask him what his problem is but in a discreet fashion. Kinda like this "why are you bit sloppy, your better then this usually?' but in a warm content so that he doesnt feel threatened. I would never attempt to just hit him and see if he backs off. Usually that lends to the instructor seeing it or worse someone coming in to watch class to see if this was the style they want to learn.

Glad it worked out. Usually in situations like yours I always ask the person I'm training with if we are going to hard/fast/slow ect...... Even if the person out ranks me but doesnt have the years of exp. In that I am still the same rank since 93 but then I always move around but still train. Sometimes with other styles, sometimes by myself but still when I go home and attend class those that know me do respect my knowlegde of MA. Alot of times just a simple facial expression if the other knows how to read it will let those you are pair'd with to know how there doing. It just goes to alot of communication and understanding to let those you are with to better see how theres and your training is going.

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Its a hindsight 20/20. In that, I have stepped into 3 confrontations in the army. Been confronted twice on my actions. Stopped a few from actually being serious confrontations in the real world. The whole time I was always afraid for my own safety on top of whoever I was trying to either help or stop. Since everyone now a days has a cell phone, its easier to call 911 and have someone more attuned to situations on this to help or stop now.

At one time I was able to do splits but that was before joining the army. One thing I've noticed is if you dont keep practicing at it, eventually that flexibilty dimenishes (sp?) over time. but since my back surgery ive started back into stretching again but its tough getting back into it.

When I use to race mtn bikes on the amaetuer circuit my diet actually consisted of beer and pizza and the occassional health drink. But that was when I was in better shape and younger. And was able to do bout 100 miles a week on my bike. Now that age has caught up to me, I'll have a beer or drink every so often except when I am on call for work. If I do get plastered its usually at home. If I go out I moderated my drinking so that I stay focus'd on supposed encounters that might arise.

in order to training bo sai tonfa nunchaku kama Kama was added a some years ago but my sensei's teacher in that he wanted to bring more okinawan weapons to the art. He said he is leaving it open to anyone that can bring something that fits isshinryu and Master Shimabuku's teachings.

hmmm...... Weapons : 3 bo's 1 modified bo into a jo staff 4 sets of sai 2 sets of tonfa 2 sets of kama 1 nunchuka 1 shinai Training : 2 rubber knives Water based filled century bag Century shield Forearm shield Century blocker Makawiri board Other form of training : weights bench (even comes in handy as a strectcher like what ballet uses) assorted bars for curls and stuff Sparring : Unfortunately I have to order a whole new set of equipment, the straps started to dryrot and the velcro no longer sticks to well

Not sure I could even answer this. I still look at my sensei's teachings in that all kata starts with basics. So to master kata you need to master your basics. So if I was to choose it would be our basics with our pihon katas but thats just me.

Yeah, I looked for kobudo schools locally around here but no luck. Seems I'm the expert on okinawan weapons . I didnt try that site, I was looking at some others in the past but they sold out of the eku (oar) when I was ready to buy one.

This kinda belongs in two places I'm thinking. I'm big into okinawa arts but real big into weapon knowlegde also. I'm looking for kata's mainly okinawan based principles on weapons. I know sai and bo mainly from isshinryu as well as kama (which was just added), tonfa and nunchuka. What I am looking for is any easy way to search for katas on the other weapons of okinawa. The one I am really fascinated in is the oar. (which btw, does anyone know how I can get one now?). One of the things we do at my school though is kinda a choreagraphed kata drill with 2 people using either bo/bo or bo/sai. Pretty much I been sitting here trying to think of other techniques with the other weapons we also use as well to show my teacher next time I visit him back home.