Tobias_Reece

Krav Maga is a modern MA developed in the middle east, so I gather that it did take some effective techniques from othe MAs. It was designed purely for combat. I remember being told that Krav Maga was streetfighting at its best, teaching techniques like how to dodge grenades etc.

Hey I know that technique - it was used by Sgt. Slaughter in the WWF. It knocked out people in seconds. Oh wait, that was the Cobra CLUTCH. My mistake..

Fair point, but I think I may have mislead you. When I say kid, I do not mean 6 year olds - my 'kids' range from 10-16 (pretty strange clasification). What we also do is sometimes hold 'bo intros'. Basically, this shows kids how hard the stafff is to use, and that its more than just swinging around a piece of wood. Oh, and for the record, I hardly have any kids asking about weapons - they come to the class instead and try it out. Then they realise they dont like it.

You know this is one thing that really p***s me off. You get big fat 5th dans who cant string two words together, never mind perform Heian Shodan, shouting at people saying "50 Press ups - come on, faster - you can do better than that!!". All this when they can't even do it themselves. Its rediculous!! GRRRRRRRRRR

I've always said that it depends on the student itself and that we should not really generalise. I tach Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, and I get a lot of kids come up to me and ask if they can start swinging the nunchaku about because it looks cool, then slice some people with those sickle thingies (yes, I know they are called kama, but the kids often don't.) Then there are the kids who come up to me and ask if they can train in kobudo (one point), tell me that the bo looks hard to use (two points) and ask me what the sai were originally used for (three points). You see the difference?

Stell Dragon? Sounds like a strange kata to me. Who made it, what does it mean, etc.

Bob Yeah, those nunchaku are fine - and from what I gather I believe you will be practising the modern form. Any more chuck question we can answer? LeaF - check ure PM

Eh.....GGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! Well, in many societies, geezer is just a term for any man - eg. "Aye up geezer" "man, ure a geezer" I means nothing of age. But in answer to your question, I dunno about geezers - I just know I am one

Just for the record, I wasn't being rude when I answered - it was just a short post And yeah, all you guys are right - awareness is damn well important

Why have you focused this on karate?

From what I have heard from many different instructors etc. is that Nakayama's books are very (quote unquote) simple in terms of bunkai - the fact that they don't show many throws, locks etc. But then again, some people may think striking is enough.

Is this any relation between the Kimura guard and Kimura the judo man?

Quite clearly the film that has the best fight scenes in is "Tobias vs. The Mutant Bikina Killer Ninja Vampires" - its a mixture between combat with traditional Okinawan weaponry and a romantic tale featuring a love triangle and heartbreak. No wait, thats just my life story - oops, I always get those two mixed up. However, it does give me a good idea for a movie.......hmmmmmmmmmm.....

DINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDING Hee hee, Tobias' posts make someone happy. Hee hee...victory.....hee hee.......victory. Anyway, back to the real world - Kensai, what exactly is "sankyo"? Using my superior terminology (once again my sarcasm come into play) san means 3 - maybe a three point stretch. However, this could be another one of those faux-amis, where "san" has nothing to do with three. ANyway, help me out here - I'm drowing!!!

For some strange reason I've avoided looking at this thread, but today I actually decided to view it. And what did I think? Well, need I say anything? I'm not going to pick out all the errors in EOTT posts, but just one. I noticed that you mentioned something about soft arts, saying that soft arts are there to defeat the enemy without hurting them. That theory may be true, but don't let it mislead you. I'm sure that Kensai would happily demonstrate a simple (and here comes my extremely limited Aikido knowledge..) Kote-gaeshi on you, and it being a soft art, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt you - instead just stopping you from attacking. Now to say that last sentence I drew on my fantastic skills of sarcasm, of which I'm actually quite proud of. Believe me, Kote-gaeshi does hurt. I bet you also believe that Aikido techniques just throw you onto the floor. If only if it was that simple. You need to know how to fall for that. To someone who doesn't know how to fall a simple thing happens - your wrist goes SNAP. Obviously the wrist breaking is harmless and doesn't hurt you at all. (once again drawing onto my powerful sarcasm skills). I'll just like to verify that I don't actually know much about Aikido, but I do listen to a few ppl, so I think I know something. Anyway, please anyone correct me if I'm wrong. Cya

ShaolinPrincess Kobudo and kobudojutsu is just the same as saying karate-do and karate-jutsu - "do" meaning way whilst "jutsu" meaning art (loosely). Usually, jutsu involves more combat exercises, such as nunchaku combat. However, in kobudo and kobujutsu there is not much difference - usually its just named one of them by the instructor. I train in KobuDO, but still do a lot of combat exercises. Confused? I am

Withers MAA I believe that we have come across a bit of a hurdle in our kusarigama issue. Every respectable resource and every instructor/practitioner of kobudo I have come across says that the kusarigama is a kama on a chain. There is also some info that the kusari means something spectacular (can't remember what). However, after a search on the net , some amateur sites (comic books etc.) say "kusarigama" when they actually show a kama. In fact, there is a website which sells kusarigama but actually shows a kama on its own. However, at the bottom of the kama is a little metal hoop and a weight next to it. Below that is a little note saying "Bugei do not supply chain" To my knowledge, the kama on a chain was a modification on the traditional kama, modified in japan. There are also many learning resources for the kusarigama, which happen to show a sickle on a chain. Lets keep this topic going, just to see where it comes to. Hope this helps

Traditionally, the kusarigama/kama (gama being the plural) is kinda like a mixture between a suruchin and kama - a sickle with a long chain on the end. To my knowledge, and what I have been told, the kama with a short loop on the end is a modern invention, used mainly for competitions. The loop adds extra spiny techniques meaning that they can be used like a nunchaku. Traditionally, there was no such thing as a kama with a chord. Hope this makes sense

Kickboxing IS full contact karate. It is a sport, and sports need rules. You are correct in saying that kicks below the groin in karate are illegal - I'm not au fait with the rules of kickboxing, but I think that they also don't allow kicks below the groin. I could be wrong though.

Bet you didn't have a needle rifle though did you? LOL - it is kind of freaky.

You can have a dojo at any rank

You can have a dojo at any rank

I think you might be refering to the Shodan-ho, which some schools use as a belt before black. It could be used for many reasons, but it isn't used in any of my schools, so I can't really comment

I train in Kobudo as a seperate art - hence my signature (Shotokan Karate - Nidan, Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo - 4th Kyu) At the moment i train in rokushakubo, nunchaku, sai, tsun-kuwa, kama, and will be soon starting the nunti. Hee hee...nunti....hee hee...... Sorry, got a bit carried away there

My system that I have experienced: Reception - 4-5 Y1 - 5-6 Y2 - 6-7 Y3 - 7-8 Y4 - 8-9 Y5 - 9-10 Y6 - 10-11 ^Primary School Y7 - 11-12 Y8 - 12-13 Y9 - 13-14 Y10 - 14-15 Y11 - 15-16 ^High School ^End of mandatory education Lower 6th - 16-17 Upper 6th - 17-18 Hope this helps