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The Nishiuchi weapons tapes are good.

When I first began in shorin ryu we started kata the first night. After doing the basic blocks and punching drills.

G95Champ is a good person to ask questions in this area.

There crops up practitioners of all arts who from time to time feel a need to express the superiority of their art above all others by "bashing" the other arts and styles. But please do not personally attack another forum member. We try to catch bashing type posts and remove them and let the poster know that it is not an appropriate type of posting to be making here. Same thing goes for those who personally attack other forum members.

Many people learn self control during the process of their training. However many do not think it a good idea to train those who allready do things that might be construed as bullying. Brothers can be a royal pain. But it is still not a good idea to kick them.

My bo is 5 and a half feet long and is one inch diameter hickory. It has a bit of flex in it and that makes it feel alive in my hands when I execute a technique with a good amount of snap. It is lighter than the bo's others in the dojo are using. Maybe looking for one in Canadian ash might be nice for you they are lighter and a bit narrower in diameter than many others.

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That phenomenon can happen at any belt level it is not reserved strictly for black belts.

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This is the third time I have seen this exact same question by the same person. Please ask a question only one time and in one area of the forum.

The differences in the kata's I have learned in matsubayshi shorin ryu and shotokan are basically the length or depth of the stance. And Shorin ryu being Okinawan bases uses some different terms for the same technique. Other than that both pretty much stress equal use of hands and feet. Katas are similar with shorin ryu using the older Okinawan names (ex Pinan, Naihanch) while shotokan uses Japanese names (Heian, Tekki). And where you might see a cat stance in shorin ryu it may very well be a kokutsu dachi in shotokan.

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Time to close this one. Thing must stay friendly and not get into personal attacks.

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Something loose and comfortable like sweats and a t-shirt.

Visualization and biofeedback are techniques used in pain control clinics to help people deal with physical problems.

Something along the order of 6-7 years.

The other thread was closed because the points were getting to be a bit too personal and bordering on insults.

There is a thread going on this topic in the karate area. Please direct all responses to that one.

I am going to close this since there is another thread on the same topic.