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Thanks for the kinds words, it is much appreciated. But I still ramble at times! LOL! I will definitely go have a look at your article! Still being a relative newbie here, I was not aware there use to be a section for that...nor am I privy to why it went away. But, it seems like it would be nice to have that. Anyway... On topic... I actually kind of cheated in my explanation using the quadrants. I did so just to make it the easiest way to explain a more difficult concept in the written word here. The quadrant concept I was attempting to convey in the earlier post actually works best when applied to locks and grappling. So, the quadrants applies to a means by which you can get the most "bang for you buck" in such a situation. Additionally, when using this line of thought, there are four (4) more quadrants on the back of the body. When you are getting more into what I think you may be referring to as "space management", then we have a different set of concepts that would best be identified through the following symbol: You have probably seen a symbol like this before in the martial arts or heard it discussed in various different styles. The easiest way to describe it is Happo no Kuzushi (八方の崩し), meaning 8 directions (or all directions) means of unbalancing an opponent. But, in the art that I teach, that isn't really the way that we look at it. Kuzushi (崩し) literally means to pull down, level out, demolish or destroy. So, within that definition you could have unbalancing. But, you could have much, much more as well. Within that, you also have the shiho (四方) or four directions. Where we (the art that I teach) takes a bit of a different turn than most that use this concept is in how it relates to the eight ( gates of primarily] Taijiquan (八門 - bamen. Those gates (or powers are peng (ward off - 掤), lu (roll back - 履), ji (press - 擠), an (push - 按), cai (pull down 採), lie (split - 列), zhou (elbow - 肘) and kao (shoulder - 靠). Those gates can be seen expressed in the bagua or 8 triagrams image: NOTE: There is some additional information listed in the diagram as well that would not necessarily apply to this conversation... It you apply the first image of the 8 lines or directions over top of the bagua symbol, you'll see everything laid out nicely. And, the four most important of them (peng, lu, an and ji) correspond to the shiho (四方) or four directions. If you saw the images of the school patch that I was working on, you'll see the happo and shiho directly incorporated into the design. Hopefully this all made sense and maybe gave you something to think about or consider. I am off to read your article and I am sure that I will have questions for you after I do. Thanks again! heretic. the inquisition has been notified, and the black ships are coming for you.

because foot positioning is largely irrelevant to what the hands are doing.

Weird, no clue how I missed this since I follow Rojas’ channel pretty closely.

Title? Goju ryu karate do desk reference guide Thanks, think I found it. By Johnpaul Williams? yep.Wanna know when some random dude you’ve never heard of was born? It’s the right book for you lol

What are your top 3 training related moments? For me it’s #1. Unsanctioned MMA fight night when I was a teen. Fought a ‘ninjutsu’ guy who had about 10-15lbs on me. The fight lasted about 45 seconds. I threw a kansetsu geri to the knee, which dropped him on to that knee, followed up with a flurry of punches (3-5) then ended it with a rear naked choke. #2.would be while I was working at my second hospital, a patient was detoxing from decades of alcoholism, and had begun hallucinating. I had him in a wrist lock, my forearm across his tricep and bicep, using both leverage and pain compliance to keep him from getting up, but the pain wasn’t working and he stood up. I don’t recall if I actu Swept his foot, or if it was more of a knee to the back of the thigh , but popped a leg up from under him, and tossed him back into the bed. #3. Probably ending a successful run of my own program after a year to pursue other opportunities.

Title? Goju ryu karate do desk reference guide

Ok so it’s like 400 page chronology that starts in 300BC or so. If you really like history thats only slightly related to karate particularly goju you’ll enjoy this book. If you want some level of insight into how goju and karate was trained before WWI, I have not really seen much of that.

So far I’m only 30 or so pages in. Nothing particularly interesting in regards to training related information. Apparently some fancy martial arts committee labeled goju as an ancient Japanese martial art, the only style of karate to be recognized as such

bruh both people i grappled with were at least 300lbs, I’m 177 as of 3 days ago lol. I held one of them up off of me for like 30-40 seconds. Hoooo boi was that an effort lol

unfortunately there have been some hang ups with opening fully :/But teaching classes to me isn’t an excuse to get out of shape, imho an instructor should be working just as hard as their students if not harder, setting the standard and example during the actual work out portion of class.

I am happy that during the grappling bits I was able to make a sequence work for breaking/loosening a clinch for shisochin kata I’d looked into.

This is something I’ve been well aware of the last few weeks or months even now, so not looking for reassurance. There are external factors that have helped create this situation but in the end I am responsible for my lack of exercise and training. Anyway went to an associated dojo that also does MT, boxing, and judo for some sparring. The owner came up to me last March for some sparring. Did 3 rounds of MT rules, 1 round semi-MMA with an older dude who was a wrestler back in the day, he wanted to work on getting to grappling range while someone was striking, and 1 round MMA. BIGGEST lesson, I am as out of shape as i thought, but until you’re doing rounds with another person you just don’t realize what it means. Next lesson, a lot of the stuff I’ve been reverse engineering from kata for grapplingworked pretty well, especially considering the 2 people I did the grappling work with easily had 100lbs on me. So out of shape just before I left I went to the bathroom and threw up a little bit. Not great, but a little bit of driving and good music I feel great now. Made sure to let them know they’re all invited up to work if they’re ever in town (assuming I have no kids classes going on that time and day.)

That's some good looking sparring. That would be fun to do. This is something I find interesting. Karate and likely many other TMAs typically refer to competitions as sparring, whereas more modern combat sports people tend to draw a hard line between sparring and their actual competitions.

i just purchased a book with a long ol' title, that's supposed to have some indepth information about goju. some sort of desk reference, the author was featured in the goju episodes from the art of one dojo YT channel. i'll let you all know what i think about it.

I came up in a dojo where adults and children could train side by side. When I started dating my gf 5 years ago and she came to watch classes she mentioned how weird it was 50 year olds and 5 year olds were in the same class together, and I told her it’s not weird it’s common. But after cobra kai introduced sting ray into the show they did a really good job of parodying mixed age group classes and how weird it is, and highlighting some of the dangers. 1. The way you teach and educate a 5 year old is different from a 15 year old which is different from a 50 year old. 2. Children including older teens often view themselves as more mature and better at making decisions than they really are, and by having children in classes with adults it helps validate to many children that they are as mature as they think. 3. Point 2 makes children extra vulnerable to manipulation by the surrounding adults. I don’t have a problem with parents doing a private class with their child, as 99% chance the parent’s goal is just bind with their kid while doing something the kid enjoys so you really can focus more on the child without shorting the adult. But other than family private classes there is no good reason to put children and adults in the same class. There’s no good reason to put young children and teenagers in the same class. Ideally classes should probably have a fairly narrow age range of 3-5 years at most but I understand there’s several reasons that may not be feasible.

Yes goju has done a much better job of keeping its grappling than shotokan and many other styles have. I think you’ll find with most goju schools they had sparring (if not competition) that resembles MMA to some level, or kyokushin rules. While I’m sure you’ll still have no real trouble finding goju schools that fit the mcdojo archetype I think in goju it’ll be much less common place than other styles.

OP hope you don’t mind if I just turn this into a goju appreciation thread.

Also does anyone know what ever happened to the goju ryu philosopher on YT?

Almost forgot Eric higaonna is a pro mma fighter. Seems to only fight at upper end of low level and mid level promotions, but he has a record of 8-3.

I was 11 and my mom remembered me wanting to do martial arts when I was younger watching power rangers, so she signed me up. I decided I’d do it for three months to say I gave it a try. I had fun so I kept going until I simply really liked it.

But yeah in my dojo I grew up essentially doing something between MMA and current KC rules sparring.

Also your second link doesn’t work.

South Africa is doing some good stuff Then there’s these people This might be giga’s home or original dojo https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCqS3Y0LkDuKlrwvcvzxuFHg/featured An interview with my late shihan and some footage of the local state games with our people(and me) from many years ago

I practice JJ in California, and I've seen our brown belt instructor, who occasionally instructs, give certain white belts their stripes without the head instructor being present. I've only seen this a couple times because I've only been playing JJ for nine months. Javier Blanchards academy in Anaheim (Machado lineage) he is now a black belt, was running his academy as a brown belt some time back when I was inquiring places to train. in addition, I recognize that it would be challenging to imagine a third kyu brown belt in karate assigning grades. i could see it.if a school has a brown belt in charge of a certain class of students for their first 3-6 months of training, i see no reason why a brown belt shouldnt be authorized to advance their students that they teach every week. part of the problem in karate imho is the "black belt isn't the end, its just the beginning" mentality. it's my belief that by the time you reach shodan you should be proficient in a wide variation of karate techniques, and proficient as a fighter. does that mean UFC, or ONE or bellator level of fighter? not really, but if you were to enter an amateur KB or MT or MMA fight you should at least be able to hold your own and ensure you're not getting steam rolled over. in BJJ black belt is the end, that doesn't mean BJJ BBs stop training and stop learning, it just means that they sure as heck know what they're doing by that point without a doubt. if karate as a whole shared a similar mindset then no one would have a problem with brown belts promoting students, especially students with significantly less than a year of training. i think we can learn and take a lot from the way BJJ does things. they're traditional, i believe BJJ actually is older than any of the named styles of karate, they were wear gis, use japanese and brazilian terms, bow to each other or use other shows of respect regularly, etc but they never pigeon-holed themselves into always following tradition. Excellent Post!But I would also point out that, while a Shodan might not necessarily be a fighter on par with those in the UFC or Bellator, the same can be true with BJJ BBs. When the punches start to come down, certain BJJ BB that I've seen in smaller promotions like KOTC, for instance, get tkoed. "Everyone has a plan untill they get punched in the face" -Mike Tyson "“Punch a black belt in the face, he becomes a brown belt. Punch him again, purple...” — Carlson Gracie im not saying BJJ BBs are all UFC material either just saying there needs to be a level of physical proficiency unless there’s obvious reasons for exceptions like disabilities etc.I just don’t like this mentality that causes people to think it’s normal or ok for a BB to have a beginner level of skilll when compared to boxing, KB, MT, BJJ, etc.