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oi tsuki gyaku tsuki age uke gedan barai mae geri yoko geri mawashi geri That is just off the top of my head you see there are a few holes. Take a look at the sticky thread for terms in general martial arts.

Hubby probably finds it amusing to watch you chase it too.

A link I just encountered today. http://www.bookrags.com/ To download a desktop version of plam reader. There is both a free version and palm reader pro. There is a rapidly growing number of books available in palm format. http://overdrive.com/partners/palm/downloads.asp Assorted book sites: http://www.baen.com/library/ http://www.memoware.com/

Horses' rump and the Queen President Bush was to represent the United States of America on a highly formal, orchestrated "state visit" to Great Britain. Air Force One stopped at a bright red carpet along which the President strode to join Queen Elizabeth II in a beautiful, ornate 17th-century coach hitched to 6 enormous matched white horses. The coach proceeded through the streets en route to Buckingham Palace, the President and the Queen alternating between exchanging pleasantries and waving each out their respective windows to the cheering throngs. At one point, the right rear horse produced a thunderous, cataclysmic fart that reverberated through the air and rattled the doors of the coach. Presidents and Queens are, first and foremost, human beings. Their first reaction was to focus their attentions outside their respective windows, and behave as if nothing extraordinary had happened. The Queen, steeped in decades of experience living with the mundane and bazaar together, was the first to realize that ignoring what had happened was ridiculous. "Mr. President, please accept my regrets - - - I'm sure you understand that there are some things that even a Queen cannot control." "Your Majesty, please don't give the matter another thought; why, if you hadn't said something, I would have thought it was one of the horses."

LOL Monkeygirl - belt stickers. Some of us actually prefer not to have size stickers on our belt and remove them stick on or not. http://www.martialartssupermarket.com/ That company carries most of the major brands.

Elbow strikes and the like are not really cheesy. They have more of a self defense application than breaking a stack of bricks does. If you are grabbed from behind what is going to do you more good an elbow to the ribs or a downwards movement on what that would match a stack of bricks?

Is there such a thing as a karate culture? How would you define karate culture? Is your karate culture exclusive to that of your dojo? Would your karate culture say affect how you chose what to wear when going out in terms of clothing? Say to wear clothes you can kick in comfortably? Does your karate culture make you live a bit differently than your couch potatoe neighbors or friends in terms of the amount of time you spend on your training? Or how you eat as compared to them.

It really isn't good to try to say that one style is better than another style. They all have strenghts and weaknesses. And how effective a style is largely depends on what you are able to get out of it. Some of that depends on your instructor and some depends on how much you are willing to work with what you are taught and make it your own.

Your parents will not let you have a katana? They probably view it as something that you will only get yourself in trouble with. Now remember that many who learn katana in a school start with a wooden practice sword. If I were you that is where I would be thinking. Learn techniques safely first with a practice weapon.

They are much lighter.

It depends on what kind of shoes you have them on with.

By what do you mean "fighting lady"?

Cardio kickboxing is an aerbic fitness class like step is an aerobic fitness class. It is not a martial art it is a fitness system using movements from martial arts. While a belt may be used as a reward they should not be considered as a measure of martial arts capability.

It is not a question of wether or not it is better it is just a bit different. Most Japanese karate styles have their roots in Okinawan forms.

Indian martial arts just don't have the world exposure that the Japanese/Okinawan and Chinese arts have. Remember that the Japanese/Okinawan arts didn't spread much outside their local area until after WW2 when servicemen brought them home with them. And that Chinese arts did not spread much until the cultural revolution when people left China if the could.

Shorin ryu starts with basic blocks and punches. It uses linear motions. I think hung gar is more circular. I am not sure it is possible to say that any one style is more effective than any other due to the differences in how a person can adapt what they are learning to the situation they find themself in. Some who do well in sparring situations don't do well in a "real life" self defense application. It is not necessarily the training that comes into play as much as it is the mental state of the person who has trained. And one of the goals of traditonal Japanese/Okinawan karate is to not actually have the fight.

Ah, I see king of fighters. Your post dropped to page 2. As new threads are made and posted to the older threads that are not getting responses get pushed down the line.

Asking the same question in two different forums is condidered double posting. I removed the thread from this forum because this one had the fewer replies. There are some questions that get asked that get a lot of replies and some that don't. It all depends on who reads the question and who has something to say about it. Most questions where people are looking for a style to get into or change into are asked in getting started in the martial arts.

I agree with shotochem.

Okay John G. I did a little bit when I was 18 and 19. I dabblen in tang so do and pa kua while I was in Korea in 1976. I started training seriously in my middle 30's. Then it was shorin ryu at first. Now I do mostly shotokan and I will be 46 next month.

Actually Chuck Norris relates the story of his black belt test in Korea in one of his books. He talks about being called up to test and going blank and failing the test. Going blank is not necessarily an instance of not being ready so much as it is nerves.

There are three main lines of shorin ryu. It is an Okinawan based style that uses higher stances. They do the traditional pinan/naihanchi katas. Nagamine's book is the one that is best known about the style. You start learning basic skills and go from there. You may find it slow moving at first. But you will be learning katas so that might help with some of the boredom. Because if you have been doing muay thai you will have some of the basic skills allready. And there may be a few habits they will want you to unlearn.

I wonder what the percentage of students who continue traing stay in the style they originally started out in. And how many switch after they get started finding that something else actually would suit them better? And I wonder if researching before startig makes any difference.

This is a double post. Please start only one thread on the same topic.

I find that I have a lot of trouble with the leather stretching out then the shoes don't fit quiet right. Or my feet move sideways over the outer edge of the sole of the shoe.