Phantasmatic

Hakamas were widely used up until the past 80 -90 years. Until we re-wrote their constutuition making Japan more like the Americas.

Don't worry EnvE I have "re-posted" before, we do that quite a bit here.

We have had this post before but that beez Ok! I live in Dunlap, Illinois a small town in down home farm country and I take Shuri-Ryu Okinawan Kara-te.

Wow, i never heard of that happening, I hope my mom doesn't hear about it, she is really scared about my cousin because he's in the marines.

thanks for the info!

Yeah I do agree that th plot was really sweet. The flying was cool looking but was a little upsetting that no one can actually do that!!!

Does anyone wear hakama pants when they practice kara-te? I use them sometimes to feel more authentic. Many people in Nippon use hakama pants when they practice their kara-te. Do you wear anything else other then a standard karate gi at all?

You should, you can't call yourself a Martial Artist without seeing CTHD....IMHO

I'm guessing you take TKD?

I can;t wait until I get to practice my Bassai Dai kata. We have a special seminar coming up and were going to practice Bassai Ni!!!

I have tried with both and I have come to the conclusion that the chains are far better. So what if they aren't "traditional" nunchaku, they are better weapons. My cord pair broke when i was running a kata at a tournament. Surprisingly I still recieved first place though!! The only drawback of the chain is that it is a little noisy and creaks quite a bit, but nothing a little WD-40 can't change!!

I am a little afraid of dying, if someone were to try and kill me I would fight to my best ability to not die. I would be afraid to die if I knew for a fact i'd be going to hell.

We do cross our legs for lengthy kicks.

I beez the Swedish Chef!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE OWNZ JMALL!!!

Only for people who really know the martial arts. Sorry, I think I am just going to have people from my dojo in it.

Century has videos for that.

Nice van damme!!! I have been interested in making a MA movie since I saw bloodsport back in 92!!!

I like zero rap!!(sorry ad) I like System of a Down, Green Day, Eiffel 65(shut up...) and Disturbed.

I do know someone who hits his shins on the side of a desk. He's rather mad though!!!

Holy Geez, that would really hurt!!!!!

I have read about 50 pages of that book before I misplaced it. Kata is a very important part of karate. If there was a person that practiced kicks and punches all day vs. someone that practiced kicks, punches, and kata all day, I grant you that the person that practices kata would easily win, IMHO. Of course that depends on the heart of the practicioner.

Well, not all are taught by one person. most classes are 1 hour long, but some are 30 min and some are 90 min. All the advanced classes are 90 min. and the little kids classes are 30 min. Most are taught by my sensei but some are taught by sensei's to be! Mostly those classes are the little kids classes.

hmmm... Maybe. If you are serious, I must tell you that we arent going to film it for a long time, probably 5 to 6 months! But if you want to be in the movie I guess you could!!! Maybe you could be the evil stepsister person that kicks the crap out of my friends!!! We still need to build the dojo and make the rest of the script! The dojo is going to look like an old style Japanese dojo and we are all going to get new Gis and were going to start getting in tip top shape. In not that far out of shape but I need to lose some pudginess around the tummy-tum! I want to get my vertical jump up to 30 in. so my kicks wil look fantastic. I'm going to call the local movie theater and see if they can put it on one of those reel things and I can rent it out and watch the final copy on a movie screen, now how sweet is that!!! We are debating whether to buy a brand new high-definition professional camcorder to film it with. It costs $1,500.00 so I don't know if that is going to come a reality.

At our dojo we charge $75 a month with 25 classes a week.

Hey, I watched that Mummy episode and it was nice looking! If our movie turns out anywhere close to that I will be tickled to death!!!