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You didnt offend me, it just keeps the forum more organised if there is only one of each topic.

Aaron Little, You only need to post a new topic ONCE in ONE section of the forum. If its not in the right spot a moderator will move it.

Thats not really what its about. If you read this you may understand hikite a little better. > http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=317

Interesting post. I think people need to be aware that there is a difference between sparring and self-defence. If your good at sparring it doesnt automatically mean that you are going to be good at defending yourself (although it will increase your chances ALOT). The sparring part allows you to test how your techniques work against a resisting opponent, but doesnt really deal with the potential of surprise attacks and other things you encounter in self defence situations. In my opinion, if your sparring allows the use of has many techniques has possible without causing serious injury to your opponent, then it wont be detromental to your training. The only time sparring becomes detromental is when you get into the mindset that sparring = self defence. Its important to remember that sparring makes up only a small but still very important part of the overall picture.

Good for you.

If you practice them quiet often it may be long enough. But to learn them thoroughly you should know the applications which could take longer to learn. It depends on alot of things like how fast you learn, if you get the feel for the kata quickly etc. But most often your instructor wont teach you a new kata until he/she thinks you are ready for it.

Its a shame, Shorin Ryuu, that not many people know the application of hikite. Especially those who practise it without knowing what its for.

Thats right, usually the kyokushin guard isnt to bad, so its just a matter of lifting both hands slighty higher to protect the face.

Very good point Shane. A good instructor should teach you the techniques you need to know and some ways to use them but still allow you to develope your own way of applying the techniques. If the instructor just spoonfeeds you EVERYTHING and doesnt let you work out some stuff on your own it becomes harder to enjoy your martial arts because you arnt forced to ask any questions.

Thanks for your reply.

How do you perform your kihon combos? An example is uchi-uke, kizama-zuki, gyaku-zuki. Do you "blend" the 3 techniques together really quickly like one big technique?? Or do you perform them with the emphasis on each individual technique so you can clearly see a pause before the start of the next technique in the combo???

Whatever you say.

Im surprised that your a shodan and junior instructOr at the age of 13 considering you can't even spell instructOr.

If you are talking about over-hands then the reason they work is because they are usually setup by other techniques. Or are used when the opponent is worn-out or has a laps in concentration.

In my opinion, stances are an over-exaggeration of the transfer of weight and direction of movement. There are much better ways to condition your legs than using stances.

I agree with Shorinryu Sensei.

http://www.hamedanpankration.20m.com/photo.html Do some research.

Either that or it teaches us control.

That wasnt directly at you.

Basically the techniques which are taught are the same just the focus of the techniques is different. Like in kata, for the techniques of a do kata the focus is more on making them look good and the kata of a jutsu is more about learning to apply them in combat.

I think when it comes to cross training you need to have a good base to begin with like other people have already said. This is so you can become really good at one area so you can always fall back on it rather than just being 'ok' at many different areas. You may even 'find' techniques within your base style that you didnt notice before you began cross-training. <<< Im sure Delta can talk to you more about this.

Basically ones with jutsu after them focus more towards combat and ones with do after them focus more on perfection of character.

Dont try learning without an instructor, it will be near impossible to get good.

Hopefully you should be able to FIGHT an untrained person better than a trained one. Sparring is a completely different story.

It wasnt a compliment