ts757

quite frankly, I think it depends on your age. At 16, I can take more than a week of karate trraining and have no problems (except the obvious problem of technique loss, etc). At 45+, you tend to experience quite a lot of problems upon your return.

Doesnt anyone see walking around with a large "coca-cola" symbol on your back offensive to the martial art itself? I have to agree with some of the opinions, lowering lesson fees is a good reason. *cough* McDojo *cough* I suppose its just evidence of the arts adapting to todays modern culture. To quote the signature of a moderator "oh well, time will tell."

Do you think it's right for clubs to get sponsership? Does it complete the McDojo image? is it an insult to the very foundation of karate? Or is it ok, as long as what the club teaches is sound? What do you guys and dolls think? [ This Message was edited by: ts757 on 2001-10-12 15:37 ]

I would also reccomend tai chi and wing chun, but you should remember that although in the long term these may help your health, they wont provide the strenuous excersise your doctor is reccomending. Personally, I would reccomend joining a gym, where you can choose what level of excersise you want, or get a personal trainer. Also there will be dedicated medical staff around to help you incase of a problem, which is not gaurranteed (did i spell that right?) at a martial arts class.

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting, HUH!

Bon, you really need to work on your mental control and disipline. There's something called a punch bag that is used when you get that angry, but the martial arts should be teaching you the mental control to combat anger of that magnitude.

My question is: Why do people who get their black belts through cheap grading systems when they dont deserve it (the sensei is just trying to make cash) think they are so good??? Personally, I dont grade as often as I can even though I have the ability to, because karate is about what you think of yourself, not the impression you make on other people. I dont believe in using simplistic labels (like belts) to pigeon hole people, and anyone who does is a drooling moron (ok, bad joke I appologise).

Or Fat Tony (simpsons) - "I dont get mad, i get stabby." :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

War is kinda unlikely, but it couldnt have happened at a worse time, this is almost certain to send america into chaos. As long as they dont target the memworth hill base in harrogate, I'm a rather safe distance from the action.

shame, i was a grandmaster (along with everyone else) for a while there...

ok, my attempt to get more replies failed... damnit.

I'm not planning to take up a second art, I'm just interested in people's views... keep 'em coming.

If you were to start practising a second art, would it be better to choose an art that is completely the opposite to your current art (e.g. tai chi (soft) - karate(hard)(i dont want an argument about whats hard and whats soft (or that i've used too many brackets))) to get experience in a broad range of styles, or to choose one thats similar? For those who think I might be changing from karate, then no worries, I'm simply interested in what people think.

A properly performed traditional roundhouse kick, karate style, hurts. I cant speak for Muay Thai as i have never practised it. As long as the kick delivers the required KO or point (depending on situation), then quite frankly, does it matter which hurts more? [ This Message was edited by: ts757 on 2001-09-06 12:23 ]

I'm still as impatiant as ever. It takes too long for the kettle to boil, 2 minutes??? What were they thinking? Personally, I dont think a modern day lifestyle can incorperate the martial arts into it as anything more than a hobby. Unless your temple has a TV with sky digital.

I just dont fight. I guess that makes me a wimp.

Wow, 14? I'd say it's a hormonal balance problem. Dont go too mad over the women, ok? lol

I prefer the figure 5 - 6 years to get to black belt. at least.

I got blisters once. but that wasnt from training. it was from a 12 mile (20 km) walk.

Also it increases the amount of muscle fibres, which affects the number of mitrocondrian (i forget the spelling). You have to remember that the weight training will increase the number of microfibrus strands, but the running and will cause the muscles to work and thus the mitros. The Weight lifting will build up the number of mirtocondria, and the running will make them work and burn the fat. I prefer the running, as it also excersises the cardio vascular system, and if you wanna loost weight the chances are that you could have build up in your arteries (leading to miocardial infarction, the most common cause of heart attacks). Lay off the McDonnalds, ok?

well, the military explored the option, when it failed on animals the project was immediatly scrapped... or was it? Knowing my luck I'll have men in black (or white) jackets at my door tommorrow.

What you're describing is caused by increased levels of adrenaline, endorphins and severals other chemicals produced as the body reacts to stress and a threat. The increased perception is due to increased neuro-transmitter levels. The human body is not designed to cope with these levels of chemicals, and if sustained would burn out within a few months, while giving the person huge amounts of strength with no pain. Research has been done by the US military (at this point i might add "to create the perfect soldier", but i'm not like that), but it has not been possible to induce these levels in animals and keep the animal alive for long. When stressed, the body produces more of these chemicals anyway, and it has been observed what happens after long term exposure to high amounts. Basically, dont get angry! I would guess it's a genetic problem, which causes unusually high levels of certain stress related chemicals to be produced when you get angry. See a doctor, some medications will be able to reduce the amount of certain hormones produced.

After my shoulder injury, I would usually ahve gone to the doctor. He would have prescribed Ibuprofen, which reduces inflammation and pain. The inflammation is there to increase blood flow to the damaged area and protect it from further damage, while the pain is an indicator of when not to train. What is the point of getting pain killers??? I stuck with Glucosamine, which is found in the body anyway and took it in high concentrations. I started taking it about 3 months ago (the injury happened 1 year ago) and my shoulder is fully repaired. I'd rather pay for something that actually repairs than get pain killers free off the NHS.

Hell, most of the medication the doctors give will just cause another problem while solving the first.

Maybe I can up with something groundbreaking? nah. Anyways, maybe what makes a black belt cannot be defined in lists of attributes? Sure, they're important, but isn't it primarily down to their attitude and dedication to the art? If a person decides, I'm not going to go to lessons, I'll just go for my black belt and pass because I'm good (yes, karateronin, I can see the irony, but I had an excuse...) then they are showing no dedication to the art. Oh yeah, you've got to be good at karate too. Also, I find it hard to see black belt as a milestone in itself. Technically it's just another belt that the japs chose when they ran out of colours...