equaninimus

Kotekite. Lots and lots'o'kotekite.

Seibukan: Shodan- minimum three years training, 5-7 is the average. Nidan-at least two years after shodan, five is again the average. Sandan- at least four years after nidan, 7-8 is about normal.

1) Left hand nagashi uke, right hand gedan zuki to bladder (Chamber for Gedan Barai). Step into opponent's hip, breaking balance with left leg, tettsui uchi to groin or kidney, depending on whterh you stepped into or past the opponent (The gedan barai in zenkutsu dachi). 2) grab belt (or groin! ) of opponent with left hand, push on sternum with fist, step in between leg, place gently on ground. (migi oi zuki), 3) Right nagashi uke, step forward with arm bar (turn, migi gedan barai). 4) Release right wrist from wrist lock through thumb joint, tettsui uchi to face. or scooping block to kick, throw (mawashi tettsui uchi). 5) oi zuki. Just some food for thought about the first five techniques.

First, throw away the "kata is a complete fight with multiple opponents" concept. Get rid of it, wad it up and toss it in the incinerator. Each technique is a complete technique in and of itself. You are not facing three people in a line whom you perform kakie uke on. You are practicing the same technique on opposite sides. Possible oyo for this technique include: -release from a two handed lapel grab. -diagonal step to the side, and ridgehand strike to the neck, and head/neck throw. -step past an opponent, bouncing him sideways. -step into an opponent, grasping his arm, armbar/shoulder dislocation. Those are the simplest applications I can think of. the whole "block then punch, turn, then block, then punch" mentality was something the Japanese imposed on Karate in the 1930s, though I often wonder if the Uchinanchu didn't implicitly encourage them to think this way?

About ten miles, or fifteen minutes by auto.

Wow, a young Kanazawa.

Kata and Kumite are two diferent animals. Kumite is a game. Kata is practice for self defence. I find it very hard to believe that in your short amount of time in Karate you have exhausted the possible oyo for Sesan! The best way to learn what a kata has to offer is to practice the kata. NO one can do that for you. Sesan, particularly the variant practiced by Ishhin Ryu (which is an adaptation of the Kyan version) teaches how to use the hips to move out of teh way of danger. It also teaches trapping a limb that has grabbed yours. In addition, there are strong elements of training in tai-sabaki in the middle portion of the kata. Just practice the kata and let it be your teacher.

Sandan ISKF Shotokan, Nidan JKF-Wado Kai, and Shodan Seibukan Shorin Ryu. Currently practicing the latter.

Its a dojo. I like the people involved, but I wish we had more room.

Make sure to tell the judges that you are better than everyone elese, and throw a tantrum when you lose.

Yeah...like I said, I'm an old fart! I'm 51 years old...dang near a senior citizen! I'm only 37, but my knees and hips feel 51 first thing in the morning, does that count?

I do get the impression that most of what he knows about Karate comes from bad movies and video games.

My brother in law, who put in 22 years in USAF had the chance to train under Nakazato Shuguro for six years on Okinawa (He just kept extending! ). If I were smart, I would have gone USAF, but I was pissed at them for eliminating my AFROTC scholarship in the late 1980s (the Bush I "Peace Dividend") and went into the Army afer college to pay off studetnloans. Oh, well.

How about ones where the response is "wait, show me that again?"

Its an art. I'm trying to remember the actual name, it isn't "Sumo." The Okinawans have a variation called "tegumi."

I wonder if Tameshwari were introduced because Kenjutsu had Tameshigiri? It would make sense, since so much of "Japanese" karate evolved to make the Okinawan art more "Japanese."

Er...isn't is the other way around?? ???

The bullets might help! I basic training, we had a "live fire" execise, where you crawl under barbed wire while a .50 cal is fired overhead, and munitions explode in pits next to you. it was , of course, pouring rain that night too! (If it ain't raining, you ain't training!). One member of our platoon, who stood all of 5 feet tall, panicked, stood up and sprinted to the other end. All I saw as I was trying to get my stupid m-16 untangled from wire was a pair of legs go whooshing past!

Intensity, yes...intent to hurt or overpower, no.

Five feet five and a whole half inches tall.

Why are we doing this again? http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=12166

I actually try to go out of my way to avoid intimidating my partner. This is especially true if they are a beginner.

This is exactly what has been pointed out before. Other people have their own levels of comfort. it is your responsibility as a human being to understand that. Yup, just keep reminding everyone of how much "better" you are than them, and wonder why all of your teeth have been knocked out and why you have no friends.

Healed fractures do gain strength at the site of the fracture. However, this strength does not lend similar strength to the entire segement of bone. In addition, though repeatred trauma to a bone may lead to increased bone mass, it can also lead to calcification in joints, and to dmage to connective tissues. I have always seen more drawbacks than advantages to breaking.

Note the amount of self control I am exhibiting here.....