Shorin Ryuu

First of all, there is already a huge topic about Shito-Ryu: http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9254&start=0 The main flaw in your argument is that you seem to assume the founders of Shito-Ryu (Mabuni Kenwa and Shinpan Shiroma) trained in Funakoshi's Shotokan before they founded their respective versions of Shito-Ryu, but this is entirely untrue. They both studied under Higaonna Kanryo and Itosu Anko. Itosu was influenced heavily by Matsumura Sokon (who was influenced heavily by Okinawan ti and Chinese martial arts) and Higaonna Kanryo (who was extremely influenced by Chinese martial arts). Note that Higaonna's method of fighting was very different than what you see in Goju-Ryu, which his student Chojun Miyagi founded. Edit: Regardless of the first assumption, this is more important: Anyway, remember that rather than Shito-Ryu being changed from Shotokan, it is Shotokan that broke away from its Okinawan karate and Chinese origins. Japanese Shotokan is markedly different than what you would see in any traditional Okinawan arts, but I'm not going to discuss the merits or demerits of this (I am biased). Funakoshi stated on several occasions that his karate that he taught, even while he was alive, changed so much from what he originally learned from in Okinawa (and taught in Japan). Some of this was his emphasis, and some of it was his senior students' changes. "Accordingly, even fewer realize that karate in Tokyo today is almost completely different in form from what was earlier practiced in Okinawa. A few years ago I took my students to the Butoku-den in Kyoto to participate in a dedicatory martial arts demonstration...when it came time for their demonstrations, I was even more surprised for their so-called karate was unlike karate. Deeply embarrassed, I felt I should apologize to the other observers. It was the karate that I, who have devoted many years in the art, could not recognize as such." ~Gichin Funakoshi 1943 In Karate-Do, Way of My Life Also, in the same vein, he also mentioned that "It is impossible to speak of in the same breath the karate that is practiced in Tokyo today and the karate that was practiced 10 years ago". I believe that was in 1936. "Times change, and karate must change. Hoping to see karate become popular among high school students...I set about simplifying the kata as much as possible" Those are all Funakoshi quotes. Just something to think about.

Also, having a lot of sugar right before a workout isn't good. Its the classic "sugar-high" where your blood sugar level will spike, then fall drastically and you feel weak and have no energy. Diet is a very important part of health and fitness, obviously. Some people say they can eat whatever they want and they'll actually work it all off, but it alway catches up to you in the end...

There is also a weapon that is just flat-out, a weighted rope. As the name implies, it is just a heavy rope. I think it was maybe in Once Upon a Time in China 2 or 3 (Jet Li movie).

lol...i love the puns in that...course maybe you have to understand japanese to get some of them...that has been circulating around my school for a bit.

I've read somewhere that both are Chinese in origin, but Anan is mainly used by Ryukyu Kobudo and Okinawan Kenpo, while Ananku is present in many other styles. This suggests that they are different. I am really not sure. I have seen ananku demonstrated before and tried it once or twice, but it isn't in my system so I don't know too much about it. You sure change your avatar quite frequently...is that a mood thing?

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Sumo was never a martial art. It is purely a ritual sport in Shintoism, the native religion of Japan. I kinda already answered this in another post, but...

Make sure to attack the body at angles, too. It is designed in most places to withstand direct hits, but is much weaker when attacked at an angle.

I've never had a problem with martial arts interfering with my Christianity...

Actually, there are two main types of feminist theory. The first (which for the life of me, I do not remember its proper name) is what you describe. Its proponents conclude that women are superior at everything and that they should run the entire world. This is a very naive notion and usually isn't grounded in solid methods of political science. The second is critical feminism, which like the general critical perspective theory (of which I probably am the closest to), states that gender roles and things may have some genetic component, but that most things are determined by history and how that history has shaped our perspectives on matters and thus how we act in them. The main point of critical theory is trying to understand that most perspectives have a reason and purpose for analyzing events in a certain way and that rather than trying to solve a problem within a perspective (such as realism or liberalism), it is better to solve a problem at its roots. Critical theory has a strong argument, in my opinion. A good political scientist who suscribes to this notion is J. Ann Tickner (I think thats her name, its summer and I don't have any of my political science books...), in my opinion. A great book on critical theory is The Twenty Years' Crisis by E. H. Carr, which was written about the period between 1919 and 1939 and came out right before the start of WWII (Carr had great timing). It is actually one of the best political science books I have ever read, by the way.

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I've trained with a marine before (and one of my best friends from high school is a marine) and they both said that what they learn extremely basic. People like special forces also undergo psychological training as well, such as taping oranges over the eyes of people, and then practicing to gouge them out with their thumb. Thus, they are a lot more comfortable using lethal techniques because they train that way. And, with the other argument before, if you are in special forces, not only are you in very good shape, but you are very smart. Special forces is not all brute strength, to get in, you have to be a quick learner as well.

Air Force...but I'm not like a parajumper or combat controller...

I start out with a high front stance but I change stances a whole lot.

Sorry, I misunderstood your earlier post. I agree, karate techniques were present in traditional JJ.

In Shorin Ryu, we don't do the full twist punch. We do the 3/4 turn punch, which lines up the forearm bones perfectly, creates optimum muscle alignment, and the most damage (for more on this, see my post at http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=7969 So yeah, I agree, the full twist punch is harmful and was introduced into karate as a way to prevent schoolchildren from hurting each other with a more effective punch when it was introduced to the Japanese elementar school system. We don't use it...

Nah, i just thought I'd mention the powers that Jesus and Moses had, for extra effect. I'm not big on jokes though, I like stuff like Jack Handy and his Deep Thoughts: To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. I remember that one fateful day when Coach too me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis. It takes a big man to cry, but it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man. Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends, and you end up feeling lonely and bitter. Wait. It's not love I'm describing. I'm thinking of a monorail.

That is a bit of a fallacy. Yes, samurai did practice jujitsu, but it was more to do with a way for samurai to fight with little or no weapons, in case they were damaged or lost in a fight. They would most often always practice it with weapons though because they would have them on the battlefield, even if it was nothing but a short sword or dagger. The huge emphasis was on taking down the opponent or disabling them enough to stab them and this method was used because they often wore armor. It is hard to punch through armor, or so I'm told...Plus, it would have to rely on joint manipulation and weight shifting rather than pressure points for the same reason. Later, as with most all traditional Japanese fighting arts, its focus shifted more towards tournament training or self-improvement. Also, karate came from Okinawa and was introduced to Japan in the early 1900s, not from jujitsu. I don't know about aikido that well, so it is possible it came from jujitsu. However, the other martial arts, like kyuujutsu (archery), kenjutsu (swordsmanship), bajutsu (horseriding) etc. all came from the samurai need to use them on the battlefield, not some simplistic spreading from jujitsu. Rather, they were all skills (jujitsu included) that were included in the rather extensive regimen that a true "clasical" samurai would undergo to become the well-rounded classical Japanese warrior.

I heard it like this... Joke 3: Jesus, Moses and an old man were playing golf. First it was Moses turn, he hit the ball and it sailed towards a small lake. Moses spread his arms and the lake split into two and the ball traveled in through the middle and landed about 5 meters from the hole. Then Jesus hit the ball, and it sailed towards a small lake. The ball simply rolled on top of the lake without sinking and landed only 3 meters from the hole. Then the old man hit the ball. When the ball went over the lake, a fish jumped up and cought the ball in the mouth, ant a bird came and stole the ball from the mouth of the fish, and the bird took the ball high up in the air, but it got struck by lightning, and it dropped the ball right on the hole! And then Jesus said: -If you are going to continue like that, we don`t want to play with you dad!

I like the manga a lot better, but both the show and the ova rocked. While we are off topic: MawashiGeri60, it isn't necessary to "shout" (USING CAPS!!!!) all the time...

Most all of his movies have gone downhill, since he started drinking a lot and just all around "not being good" in my opinion. But yeah, Bloodsport was a good movie.