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There are recorded instances in youth sports of kids getting hit in the chest and dying. It usually happens in baseball though. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/333/6/337 http://www.nocsae.org/nocsae/RESEARCH/ProgRep/Link_00.htm http://web1.tch.harvard.edu/views/april03/sudden_death.html http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/ysi/SpotlightSum96/sudden.html http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/childinjury/topic/recreation/baseball.htm Here are some links to articles on the topic.

There are records of kids getting hit in the chest during sporting events and dying. It usually involves baseball though. What you have described is a very rare event.

Many people have trouble keeping up in the beginning. Things will improve just give them time.

And a hearty thanks to all the great posters here.

I like the belt kata.

The blocks are basically either a vertical block with the bo in front of you or an over head block thrusting the bo up in the place of the standard headblocks. Punches turn into straight thrusts. The collarbone strikes are done like a standard overhead strike with a bo. The move that stumped me for a while was the first collarbone strike moving to the left. I do that with a sliding hand change bringing the bo like an overhead strike but directed to the side.

Welcome to the forum.

Heian nidan meant a lot more for me after I figured out how to do it with my bo.

I also like the reinfornced side block as a move where you smash down with your arm locking the opponents arm on the arm of your chair. Then grabbing their arm swing out with a hammerfist to the midsection. Like don't reach in front of me you dingbat. Actually I will admit that I have used the headblock into a hammerfist to the face in sparring. And everytime I have pulled it off the other person was so shocked they stopped dead.

I was not taught seated applications.

You might want to look into some of the meal type shakes available or something like a powerbar to carry for lunch.

Does it seem to anyone else that the meridians in the body said to be the pathways of chi are also nerve pathways. And nerves carry a physically measurable electric charge.

On the other hand there is a long history of mystic tradition in Judeo-Christian history. And there are many Christians who meditate on a regular basis and consider meditation to be a form of prayer.

The purpose of this area of the forum is not to say which is better than another it is do compare differences and similarities of various arts.

Good point.

Let us take this thread as an example of how to post supported reasearched facts and how not too. Please remember that when you present something as a researched hard fact you should cite the reference that it came from.

We have had a lot of kata discussion in here on various aspects of kata and its value or lack thereof. I was laying on my bed last night looking at the ceiling thinking about something totally unrelated when part of tekki/naihanchi shodan popped into my head. Starting from the downblock to the side. Now this application is in a seated position. The downblock turns into a hammerfist to the private areas. The cross body punch goes into the head of your opponent. You just hit him someplace that made him lean over remember. Now grab the hair with the same hand. Remeber that headblock to a backfist? That turns into a downward strike across the back of the neck of the opponent you now have across your lap. Take into account that at one point that sequence in the kata goes through a cross footed stance. Those stances can indicate an application for a turn. Now come up with your own example of how you would interpret a piece out of one of the katas you do.

Mirror image can be a real trick to overcome. We had a custom of when working with kids the sempai would do "mirror image" so that when facing the kids they had the same hand and foot forward they did. In the beginning everyone has trouble at times with the right arm or the right leg in front.

One thing I remember reading but not where it came from dealt with preparing a body for burial or cremation. A family member washed the body then it was placed in a simple white kimono with the right side on top - the opposite of how they were worn in life.

No weapons of any type during training.

Oh scissors! Insert your first two fingers in the large loops hold the blades in your fist (blades closed) and you have makeshift brass knuckles or tekko.

More links. http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/fb/fbspeedkick.html http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch4.html

A short answer to why gi's are white. The traditional Japanese Karate, Gi, is made from cotton and allows the Martial Artist to move freely with good air circulation around the body. Karate Gi’s are predominantly white, for the purpose of symbolizing purity of mind. In Karate, to be pure in mind is to be empty of extraneous thoughts and be ready to receive new information and learning from the Sensei or Teacher. http://www.agkk.com.au/enhanced/Uniform.htm I am sure there are others that have insight on this topic and have more to add.

http://www.thejapanpage.com/html/book_directory/Detailed/71.shtml#excerpt Someone thought that the significance of color to the Japanese was complex and interesting enough to write a book about it.

http://www.dowhile.org/physical/projects/k12/work/dens/kerriganc/japan.html