FushinRyu

well the way i got my jodan mawashi geri higher is to do the straddle stretch... A LOT! trust me, i used to go to the back of my dojo everyday after school and stretch in that stretch for 30 minutes everyday. i can now kick over my head and a couple people over me

wow! i just noticed that they do look kinda alike! anyways... i was taught that neko ashi dachi was that all your weight is on your back leg and absolutely no weight on your front leg to be used as a defensive stance for fast front kicks. and kokutsu dachi was two thirds of your weight on your back leg and the rest on your front leg... but the reason for it isn't really quite clear to me now that you think of it...

if you guys had a little kids class, i can totally understand. unless you've taught a little kid, you don't know what the word patience means. cuz we have a " little ninjas " class with kids with ages 4-7 that we teach and that's usually my stress trigger, but the worst i've done is give a few extra push ups for the kids that act up a little in the next class!

there's a wide variety of kiai at my school, shihan says hiyah, senseis usually say ai or kyou. the teenage boys usually go for a deep hees, the girls usually have a elongated hus, and the new students usually say us

my shihan has always said that sanchin was a way to develop your timing on techniques, for you can do that block all day at full speed saying that it looks perfect, but once you slow it down, you notice all of the flaws in that block, such as the timing in the twist or pull back.

I'm amazed that i always learn something new about my style every day. whether it be from a punch to a take down, i always discover something i haven't seen or known before, always making me better and better, looking forward into learning some more.

My shihan said that there was a style of karate that was based on all pressure points. it sounded interesting to me but i didn't know the name. on the downside though, he told me that most of the students showed no self control and had a bit of nasty personalities. and that the leader of the style is kind of arrogant proving it with the statement that "if your not focused on pressure points, than it's not karate." i just wanted to see if anyone knew the name of it so i could see it in action.

I've been having a little problem lately teaching a student in class. he says he has learning disabilities and adhd. there are a lot of problems we've been having with him; he has problems paying attention in class, he can never hold, or even get in a stance in the first placed, and he just doesn't care a bout karate at all, and yet he complains that he doesn't get to do the advanced things. i tell him you have to show us that you know the basics to go further, but all he does is cross his arms and shows attitude... anyone have any tricks to helping this situation?

well kiai could be just breathing. just not with voice. which is really coincidental because our shihan was just stressing this the other day and told us to breath through all of our moves because it puts our body in sync

Learned: Pinan Shodan Pinan Nidan Pinan Sandan Pinan yondan Pinan Godan Naihanchi Jion Bassai Learning: Naihanchi Nidan Sanchin Seipai Chinto Kushanku

No problem Shihan has been calling me Marc-san for the last couple of years. I'm the old guy in the adult class. I was interested in who you were as well. If you want to let me know by email so your name is not out there for everyone to see, feel free: webmaster@actionkaratearts.com Hope to hear from you. Marc G. Oh! Mister Marc! You probably don't remember me since we've only had two classes together, but i'm the black-green belt, James. So where've ya been? You haven't been to any classes lately... just wondering. Oh and by the way, don't tell shihan about this account kay It just would feel a bit aukward... Sorry but sending a personal message through that kind of messenger is a bit complex and i couldn't figure it out....

not to be nosy or anything... but who are you??? i go to afr too! if that's too personal just tell me your belt rank.

just one more situation! i have been noticing that some new boys that sign up to our school have really low kiais... i have been assuming that the reason is for their deep, low voices... but i'm not sure if that is the real reason... any ideas???

Hey just updating a little bit, she's starting to progress, her kiai has gotten a little louder... but it's not loud enough. and to say to tell him to forget about the kiai... i would probably be thrown out of the school ... he stresses soooooooooooooo much about it! he gives whole classes pushups if he thinks kiais are not loud enough! but it's all in good intentions. he tells us that it helps land everything at the same time, gives good power, and... is sometime's provacative, causing... fear the biggest improvement i've seen in her was during one of our random snowcone days during the summer... so i guess she needs a little motivation.. but we can't bring out the snowcone machine every week or.... you know... we'll have a bunch of chubsters walking around

i've tried most of these techniques but still no progress.... we teach the importance of kiai when everyone's kiai is soft and get in a circle and put our hands on our stomache and kiai... most of the students usually get louder but there are still a select few.... any other suggestions??? and in our school im not so sure if it's easier to get the children to kiai than the adults, cuz in my adult class there's only like 8-12 people and when we kiai we can literally shake the windows