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Naihanchi Shodan

DD, No,no,no, stop hurting yourself , you hope I am wrong but it seems you pulled a upper thigh muscle close to groin , take it easy and rest at least for a week ,then when you start go slowly if you feel the pain is coming back stop and rest for another week, you can practice but don’t stretch that muscle. If you agitate this kind of injuries they stay with you forever.

interesting, I didn't know this is a crane stance, I think Ishinryu lineage goes toward tomari-te and it's different from shuri-te.in our style one foot hold the other one behinde the knee.(chinto). now in this stance (Ishinryu) do you feel the tension in thigh and leg, or legs are relaxed?

look at this one ,I didn't know you can make 42 steps for kids class all the way from little dragons to monsters. http://inosanto.com/wrapper.php?file=curriculum_littledragons.htm

sorry wrong post

drunken monkey is right what ever you do just do not forget breathing.

this happens even in world cup, for example Japan should win one of three medals in Kata no matter what, while there are some karate-kas better than them and everybody knows. Just wait and watch the world cup in Mexico.

From what you explained ,I think you need to work on your flexibility first, if you can keep your upper body close to your center line you will have a better balance.

Shorinryu Sensei, the hitting drill we also do, specialy every time we have a new student and many of them won't come back after getting a purple arm and thigh the next day, that Naihanchi dachi drill we do it in Sanchin dachi while steping back. very good drills, I gotta visit your dojo.

http://www.bergeronkarate.com/ looks like a BBMPU(black belt mass production unit) I hate it when they have no real sensei and talk about black belt instructors.

thank you, finally. we've been waiting for this moment from WW II.

how about dojos selling Ashida Kim's books. one more , in Sushi-bar dojos they sell you drinking water for $2. one more, the contract you need to sign has fine print longer than actual contract by itself. other one, you see more than 10 patches on Gis.

Thinking of Bunch of insulted MA masters, walking down the streets is pretty scary.

The reason is protecting the knee by not putting it in a vulnerable angle. from zenkutsu dachi if you are going to do a mai geri , at the moment that you chamber your leg and going to kick ,your standing leg should be straight toward the target ,if you have it turned toward out side ,you have opened an angle on your knee that if you get kicked is dangerous. So advanced inward angle helps you there. Naturally when you move forward the movement of back leg creates a torque on front leg and turns it slightly outward (you turn on the ball of your foot). This is technical/tactical reason but as far as kata and correct movement, straight front leg is ok.

a little bit inside is correct although classical is straight forward. then main thing in zenkutsu dachi is hip ,it should turn completely so you stand correct. now about that slight turn in, try this. stand in zenkutsu with slightly turned inside now step in for a chamber or another step, you can see right at the moment that legs come together and passing each other the front leg turns outward , if you have the primary inside angle ,then at this moment you are in a right position to kick or step in. anyway a little inward angle in front foot is definitely ok , but not opposite way. I hope this helped.

price for 3 days practice is around US$60-80. I don't think that you are overcharged. I hate this story of black belt club inside dojos, they charge extra for that?.

McDojos are the same as Mickey-Mouse Dojos and Sushi-bar dojos thats what I think.

And you think not crossing over is part of a half decent appearance?. you wrote "I have since been told that it is actually meant to be an insult to your instructor to have it crossed at the back" this is interesting , anybody else heard something like this?

give us the address of his e-book. thanks

No, you won't. even with different screen name it still kicks you out, instead of $23 to AOL ,get two cheaper account from another ISP provider,I am with EV1.net for $11 per month, you still can use AOL messenger.

it's better if you start with a basic system like Judo,Jujitsu,Karate,Muai thai,boxing,... after making a solid fundation in one style you can go for MMA, that's what i think.

I like the idea of biger girls/boys ratio.

pay attention and practice your basic techniques it all comes back to, basics,basics and more basics.

I just recalled this movie "seven Samurai" , and the seventh one jumping up and down over bullets.

start from beginig , "shane" is right about bad habits .you can't see them but a good teacher can correct your basics. and don't worry about belt color, just go and train hard.