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Someone here does it... I know they're around

http://www.seishinkan.com/seishin/sskbuki/kakushi/sunt01.htm for an intro to the suntetsu. there are some excellent thrusts available, such as adapting a spear hand, hammerfist, or ridge hand. Heck, I'll bet an open-handed slap with one will be less than pleasant. What do you think of the emei from a defensive standpoint? Have you made any discoveries as to how they aid/hinder blocks?

work on your distancing. if you're too close and not on the offensive, the guy who moves first will most likely win the point on the basis of "action beats reaction" so unless you have a plan of action for attacking, don't just hang around idly in that "danger zone" unless you like getting ravaged in sparring. As you get more experienced, that "danger zone" will decrease, which will also make it easier for you to get closer and score more points, and eventually kick yellow belts in the groin and leave them wondering what happened.

Well, if you get to that point, and you're in a fight where weapons are involved, aren't you pretty much knee-high in doo-doo anyway? The idea of disarming or locking a guy with two of these (and will probably try to make frommage suisse out of you with the other hand while you're trying to lock the other) seems pretty much slim. Unless your weapon of choice is a Remington 870. Don't get me wrong, I understand what you're saying, but my point is that by then, a broken finger is moot.

Of the 4 you listed, Ninjutsu will probably have the most weapons.

I disagree. Given that only about 9-10cm or so will stick out on both sides of the fist, they'd have to be pretty good to grab that without getting punctured in the process.

Unless his teacher pulled a "what do you think?" and he's just too lazy to actually think karatekaBR86, tell us what you think it might be, and maybe we can have a discussion instead of a Q&A.

And it's just as easy for those students to go to the library, check out other schools, look on the internet, etc. If a person is truly awful, the market will not support them. However, if he teaches ineffective stuff, but his students work up a good sweat and have fun... maybe that's all they want: a workout. $79/month is not "affordable for anyone" but this proves my point. If I open a school in the burbs, yeah, I might need to charge that much to cover expenses, and the median income of the area might support that much money... in a more rural area, or an economically depressed area, I might be teaching for $30 a month, or for free at the Y...

There are literally dozens of ways to open a balisong. Many are easy and very fast. Others are more insane and not for the faint of heart or poorly coordinated. http://www.balisongxtreme.com/ is a good start.

Ok, don't be greedy, what have you come up with? SHARE!!! Another weapon you might be interested in is the suntetsu, a japanese weapon that is shorter, and doesn't have spikes, but does have a rotating ring. I wouldn't bother sharpening the tips. I'm sure they will pierce just fine. And I certainly wouldn't want to practice with a sharp weapon unless I'd used it for quite awhile. I'll go ahead and share a theory: while the emei will spin, it's not their primary use. The ring is for weapon retention. On your finger, it is hard to disarm, drop accidently, etc. Also, you can open your hand and grab w/o losing the emei. Now you've got a nice ramp in your hand to add to joint locks to the fingers, wrist, elbow, etc.

doubletap...

Before I answer, let me just say that i have absolutely no training in emei. If you're looking for authentic teachings of the "old ways" you can just ignore everything I have to say. Having said that, if you want to FIGURE OUT how to use them, let's start there. First off, have you come up with anything? What have you noticed about the weapon? Is it a short or long range weapon? Is it easily concealed? Are they heavy? What kind of "real world" improvised weapon would be similar? What other martial weapons are in the same category? For example, the okinawans have the chizukenbo, which are usually only about 6-7 inches long, but also have a string for going around the finger. How are these used? Could their methods be transferred over? I see that you study Karate. Have you tried taking your regular empty hand techniques and seeing if any transfer over? If you don't mind, I'd like to try and turn this into a useful thread where instead of recommending videos, we all try put our heads together, take an exotic weapon, and make it our own.

I believe that Hatsumi extended the Bujinkan rankings to 15th Dan in order to allow some of his more senior students to continue to progress. It was an interesting theory. I would think that by the time you're 10th Dan, you don't need the incentive of another stripe, but... But I won't argue, since Hatsumi is also a martial genius.

No, your handle is fine... assuming you can kill bulls with a single shuto... You *can* do this, right?

I'm saying he should educate himself, and get into less fights. Good Grammar is only a lovely side-effect.

Spend less time fighting and more time in the library. May I suggest "Elements of Style" by Strunk and White for starters? Sorry if this seems overly cruel, but if you're not a troll (and I'm not 100% convinced) it seems like hitting the books may be an excellent way to improve your lot in life.

I've also heard wonderful things about Eosin Panther.

I'm sorry to say this, but your uncle is not fit to teach anything. And YOU should develop a healthier respect for weapons and personal property. It's stupid crap like this that will get some Aussie legislator to try to ban more weapons.

Instead of starting a "tang soo do is korean shotokan" thread every 2 weeks, maybe we could make one of the previous ones a sticky post? :)

Umm... How OLD are you?

Hwang Kee's "Soo Bahk Do: Volume 2" has the first 2 Yuk Ro Hyungs described.

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I've done triples before. I think it's more a matter of the lost Chinese art of Tai Ming than anything else.

I've been using this one for awhile, after someone brought a version of it back from a camp with Juan Moreno. It's not very practical, but meant more for dynamic kicking ability: with the same leg: low round to the left then right mid round to the left then right high kick to the left then right low side kick high side kick axe kick diagonal kick another drill i'll do is start with a few reps of one kick, then build up to an eventual goal. example: triple jump front kick. - single front kick - 2 single front kicks - 1 front kick, 1 jump (non scissor) front kick - 1 jump front kick, 1 front kick - 1 scissor front kick - 1 scissor front kick, 1 front kick - 1 front kick, 1 scissor front kick - triple jump front kick (sam dan ahp cha ki) The final one is just stacking techniques one on top of the other. - front kick - front kick, low round/high round - front kick, low round/high round, stepping side kick - etc. Any others?

Well, a sensei is human too. And we're all guilty of this from time to time. Some people are just much better at giving out backhanded compliments. The dispute sounds like the classic "small traditional class versus large commercial success dojo" argument that comes up quite a bit. I've seen it from both sides. The succesful commercial studio owner will often knock a smaller club guy for having no real students, doing poorly at competitions, etc. The smaller club owner will often feel pangs of jealousy when he sees so many people going to the other school when he/she feels that they offer a superior product. The truth is that both fill a niche.