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ours we practice in with the thinking that kicking techniques are there to bridge the gap between our opponent. for us karate is basically hand techniques.

gosoku ryu the fast, hard style of Karate.right? i think its still based on traditional aspect of karate.

so sanshou/sanda is another style of kung fu? what does it look like?

who is the one starring in Ong Bak? i think that its a very good martial arts movie! truly muay thai is a beautiful and deadly art!

well, the one who started this discussion has yet to reply.

stab him in the armpit while his not looking while also yelling help.

the japanese are well impressed by size. at least the modern ones. others are more impressed by traditional.

reverse bladed katana? or just unsharpened? really?

why do it tomorrow when you can do it today? i have always acknowledge aikido to be a superior MARTIAL ART the only art that could defeat my karate. but you see few aikido students now a days really grasp what aikdo really is. they are trapped by their self satisfied ignorance.

yes, its a great art and the principle behind it is quite impressive. i used it also in my karate "to(draw the sword)strike the enemy at the time he intends to attack" not when his doing the attack 'coz if you do by then it would be impossible to counter.

yes, filipino arnis/escrima are known to practice full contact with no protection.

thanx for the references.

pls correct me if i'm wrong, Moritu Ueshiba is the current doshu of Aikikai Aikido right?

welcome proceed to post in the thread where you state your rank and style ok? we're interested in you welcome

you know what i think you'll understand more ones you start to teach or supervise others at least. your style still private?

no regrets. i just wished i didn't teach my wife karate then.

i'm shodan, since 1994. it seems shorinryu sensei that you are much older and senior than i am! by the way, there seems to be many dan ranking members here in the forum.

why? are fat people only the ones allowed to practice sumo?

any 73 year old boxer here?

what style of aikido do you presently study?

kodokan judo has been my first love. i think i could still do kodokan even when i'm already old.

so this is how many months to 1st rank black belt? minimum years to shodan, 1 year and 9 months? this is in kyokushin? anyway, it took about 6 months before you could be confident with your degree of ability thats the time to promote to 6th kyu to 5th or to 4th kyu. in our system it averages to 4 years from 4th to 1st kyu. about a year at least from 1st kyu to shodan. just train train and train you'll never know how time flies.

i have yet to encounter the san soo style of kung fu, what does it looks like? any descriptions? does it have similarity with other chinese arts like hsing-i or pak mei kung fu? i have encountered hsing-i and pak mei so i'm trying to just maybe there's a similarity so i can more or less imagine what it looks like. thank you

what style do you wear your hakama?

that is why we in our dojo do not have students less than 17 years old.