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No, it is the Toronto Star (Canada), a mainstream newspaper.

Yes, style bashing is rather rude, isn't it?

The Toronto Star, June 12, 2003 This isn't martial arts related, other than you never know what kind of weapon you might be attacked with, and on an avoidance level, why it is best not to feud with your neighbours.... Woman's hands cut off with machete Single mother undergoes surgery Neighbour to appear in court HENRY STANCU STAFF REPORTER A single mother of five had her hands hacked off in a machete attack at her Scarborough home yesterday. As the 44-year-old underwent surgery to reattach her hands, severed at the wrists, police charged her 38-year-old neighbour, also a single mother of five, in the attack. The entire article can be found at visit http://www.thestar.com

We were introduced to the first 3 kata in our first month - saying I'd learned them by then would be a bit of a stretch; we needed them in order to get our yellow belt, which you needed to train about 3 months for. That was when I was taking Japanese Goju so it was Taikyokyu Gedan, Chudan and Jodan that we learned.

Sounds fishy to me.

The movie was out in 1990 and I believe they were outa few years before that.

Didn't you write one yesterday directing people to another post and saying that others were saying that karate was useless for self defense? The thread was closed and deleted shortly after whoever wrote it so I'm not sure. Perhaps it was not you, but I've seen this common theme a few times in the past few days.

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I think you're too sensitive; you've written several posts trying to rally support from other karateka on this point. I think you or maybe someone else with the same issue even challenged other people Look, some karate schools don't even teach self defense aspects. Mine happens to, but not all do. If yours does too, great; don't feel you need to defend all the McDojo schools out there that don't, however.

They didn't come out until I was in high school, so no, I didn't watch them.

I can't cheer you up at this point because I see your Mom's perspective. You can't be going around kicking people whether you take a martial art or not - and most martial arts instructors will stop training you if they hear you've used what you've learned in class in a situation outside of the dojo (unless it was a VERY serious situation warranting its use).

No, I didn't see many movies as a kid. I only had two channels on TV and I never saw a "martial arts" type movie until I was already taking judo. I still haven't seen a Bruce Lee movie, as hard to believe as that is.

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Well you might see my daughter and myself there, not 100% sure although I know pre-registration is due by the 13th. If we attend, we will compete in weapons and Kata. It is not very likely we would compete in Kumite because we have not had any chance to practice it yet. Well, good luck either way

Aikido, traditional Jiu Jitsu, and kobudo practitioners are most often seen with them. Whether you can wear one at your dojo or not is up to your instructor. Sometimes it depends on your rank, too. There was another thread on here that dealt with that. Apparently the role was/is to obscure the footwork.

Sorry. Double post

I think I will go to Collingwood. I'm going to register in person sometime this week. I am not sure what to compete in though. Kumite for sure, but I'm not sure about kata - probably though. I'll wait on weapons until I've learned Chatan Yara No Bo - I'd feel outclassed with Matsu Higa No Bo in the Black Belt division.

What do you consider a "street fight"? Your title said street fight but your question just says fight. If by street fight you mean a fight out of the dojo that wasn't a play fight, I'd have to say yes, but nothing major; the person stopped after one move. If you mean have I been attacked while walking down the street in an attempted mugging, rape whatever - no.

I guess it depends on your definition of a martial artist in that case. For example, I feel T'ai Chi is a martial art. I've taken some yang style T'ai Chi and was shown the meaning behind the moves (at least the first level stuff). However, I've met Taoist T'ai Chi people who swore up and down that T'ai Chi is NOT a martial art. They did the moves (that had rather obvious MA application to the trained eye) but NEVER learned the MA applications. Are they martial artists because they take T'ai Chi - a recognized martial art ? If so, are they able to defend themselves? That is a rather extreme, though true, example to prove my point, but the fact is some martial arts clubs DON'T teach self defense. I think whether a martial artist (of any style) can defend themselves depends on the club, the practitioner's skill and attitude, and the skill level and attitude of the attacker. Just because a person hasn't had martial arts training doesn't mean they are untrained or unexperienced; they could have fought numerous times in the past - you just don't know.

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Wow! Awesome job! Impressive kata indeed at yellow belt - I didn't see anyone below red belt performing a bo kata on Sunday, and certainly not Matsu Higa No Bo!

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Apparently it still is a requirement for testing (according to Sensei's wife). I haven't been to a grading since I've been back, so I can't verify. I mentioned it to Sensei on Sunday that we need to spar more on Mondays and Wednesdays since hardly anyone shows on Fridays. He agreed, and said it ticks him off that hardly anyone shows for Fridays. I mentioned it might just be because it is a Friday, since 4 of us had a great time sparring and grappling last Friday. He mentioned he might just make it one of the things he does for part of the class, then people will have to spar. I guess we'll see; we didn't spar Monday, but since I got to spar Friday and Sunday perhaps he figured I was good for a day or two; I wouldn't expect to spar every class, but adding it to Monday/Wednesday class once a week - or even every two weeks - would be nice Another thing I'm thinking of running by people is seeing if we can spar for 1/2 hour to an hour after class on Wednesdays - we're bound to get a few people to stay after class (at least half the class enjoys it).

Relaxing through pain seems to help a lot - especially with muscular pains, as muscular pain is often caused by cramping - relaxing eases it.