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Sounds familiar. In Australia, owning a pair of nunchaku without a permit from the Dept. Firearms (yes- you read that correctly) gets you the same fines/potential sentence as an illegal 9mm handgun........

30 April 2012. -60 min personal Kyokushin kihon training. -10 min kicking combinations: (Right) Jodan Mawashi, (Left) Ushiro Mawashi, (Right) Jodan Mae Geri, (Left) Jodan Mawashi, (Right) Ushiro Mawashi. -30 min kata: Pinan, Gekisai Dai/Sho, TsukiNo and Sanchin.

Interesting and mixed views here. My 2 cents: My first tennis coach told me over and over "practice does not make perfect, PERFECT preactice makes perfect". Also - we train for a specific reason right? Noone ever became a pro at skydiving by eating watermelons if you catch my drift.

I have had the exact same issue with taller people in Kyokushin (I am 5'10" and some of the people I train with are upwards of 6'5"). The only two effective strategies I have found work for me are: 1) Sabaki diagonally towards (to engage in in-fighting) or away to launch a round kick, followed by moving in to engage in-fighting. Basically, being short does not allow me to keep a distance with anyone taller to pick techniques that will tag the opponent time after time (sure I get lucky with them if they are well timed - like a front kick to the solar-plexus), but need to focus on strengths. So, I have to get in and dirty. In fighting with short compact punches, knees and leg kicks. If I can get inside, it is more difficult for someone with longer limbs to attack me full force, so I gain an advantage as I can shoot off my quicker, more compact strikes.

noone should have to live in fear of anything, that being said - often if one does not have anything nice to say, it is better not to say anything at all.

Mine is the way that some Japanese pronounce my english name. I like it, so use it when I can

Some interesting views on this topic. I must say, I agree with the 99% viewpoint. There is not much that actually makes me angry - one exeption, threatening or hurting my loved ones. It just seems to grind my gears. Im not one for revenge, and have not really ever done something to someone out of vengance, but could see why and how it could happen.

1 Have you ever trained with a different style of martial arts? I regularly train in several styles. Presas Arnis, kickboxing and (mainly) Kyokushin. 2 Have you ever trained in another country? Yes - India, Thailand, Mexico and the USA. 3 Have you ever trained outdoors? Yes - I live in the Bush near waterfalls and a great deal of dirt trails and rocky outcrops, it beats training inside!!! 4 Have you ever trained so hard you couldn't stand? Yes - There has been a few kyokushin lessons I have had my legs hammered to jelly, and has taken days to recover. Noteably, a few months back I triped over myself in kumite and sprained my ankle a good one, that stopped me from walking out of the dojo. 5 Have you ever had dreams about training? Yes - one of the most memorable was me training tobi-hiza-geri (flying knee). 6 Have you ever been knocked unconscious during training? No, I have come close - copped a spinning back kick to the head which actually had me seeing stars. Taught me not to underestimate taequondo BB's!!! 7 Have you ever intentionally lost a fight? Yes - training as a guest at an out of town dojo, I felt that I should not show up a not-so-skilled resident BB. 8 Have you ever run from a fight? Yes, I wont go into details, but my brother and I were heavily outnumbered and confrontation would have been futile. 9 Have you ever cried during training? No, after training I have come close. 10 Have you ever saved your own life with martial arts? Dont know about that, but I have definitely averted a few sticky situations as well as defended myself from certain injury. 11 Have you ever saved another person's? Possibly, again, much the same as for #10. It is hard to say if someone would have been severely injured, or died. Neither happened so I guess it does not matter.

25 April 2012. -Kihon training, 45 min. -Pushups 10/9/9/10/9. -Brisk walk 10 min. -Sprint training 5 sets 50metres at 100% intensity - 3 min rest between sets. 27 April 2012. -2hr Kyokushin Class. 28 April 2012. -Moto-X riding, 60 min (if you've never done it, its actually quite a workout!). -5 min jog. -Heavy bag 5 min at 70% intensity. -Pushups, 20/9/11/10/10/8. -Dumbbell lifts 12.5kg: -Rotating shoulder press x 10. -Tricept lift x10. -Flys x20. -Nunchaku freestyle training 15 min.

Anyone had any specifically fine results relating to Martial Arts training utilising supersetting? I would be looking for something along the following lines: Two super sets' for each target muscle group, 1) Compound exersizes 2) Isolation exersizes. Doesnt matter which muscle group, just give me an example if you have had experience.

Thanks for the replies everyone! With a few mixed tactics Im slowly getting definition back! It looks like it will be a long road, but I will get there!

Kyokushin all the way! Serously though, you rarely practice 100% on one another in dojo unless its under agreement or for gradings... otherwise its from 50-70% Good enough to give each other a wallop, but not too much to break ribs and smash jaws. We are there to train, not to kill one another!

I love this! Thank you- Osu

Assertive

I really like the analogy there. All I can add is, perhaps there is the added trait of tempering (akin to that of steel), where the more we are molded (experiences), the more prepared we will be for further molding (experiences). A mistake is only a mistake if we dont learn from it and allow ourselves to repeat it mindlessly.... Thus life and training is really an experience in tempering ourselves for future experiences. I hope this makes sense? EDIT: If your training has slowed as you posted Bushido, I dont necessarily think that means your molding is slowing - to me it just says you have chosen to focus energies on other aspects of life. I applaud that. I read an article not too long ago (dont remeber where, or by whom but it was prob' in Blitz mag) that stated, "a Martial Artist should carry all their forms of training, including discipline, into all other areas of their lives. You can tell a real MA by how they conduct themselves, and their successes outside of the dojo." Now, I am not saying that I wholeheartedly agree with this assertion, but the tennants of truth are there. If you are disciplined inside the dojo, why not apply this to other areas of life you care about (such as family)? I know I would.

9 April 2012. Kettlebell training, 20kg bell: -Swings, 30 double grip. -Swings, 20 alternating hands. -Swings, 10 three taps at peak before alternating hands. -Round the legs pass 2 x10. -Round the body pass 2 x10. -Clean press each arm x10.

2 April 2012. -120 min Kyokushin class, -30 min general fitness training. 4 April 2012. -120 min Kyokushin class, Cardio fitness as fast as possible- -2x 30 push ups on knuckles, -30 push ups on fingertips, -100 situps, -50 tuck-jumps, -100 squats. 5 April 2012. -Drilled kihon in my local park for approx 60 min, -All Kyokushin Kata to 1st dan through once, -Special attention to Pinan Yon and Geikisai Sho, -Sprints over 100m. 7 April 2012. -Walked around the zoo for about 7 hours... -Approx 20min splits flexibility stretching.

I am the same, always wash my dogi. Additionally, I carry hand sanitizer around with me everywhere anyway, so its always available in my car before and after training. Our Shihan makes a very strong point about hygene issues, from adequate clipping of finger/toe nails, to having clean feet before entering the dojo. I also believe that the dojo floors (be they wooden or matted) should be mopped with a bleach solution weekly to prevent bacterial and fungal growth. MMA Magazine (Australia) did an article not long ago on the Staph infections that have been popping up in gyms and why it is beneficial to wear a rash-vest to training. I think (while this is a good point), that hygene should never drop to this level to begin with. On the topic of viral hygene and poeple coming into class sick with the flu... well dont get me started!

If you have ever trained a self-defence application or scenario in class, chances are it was a bunkai even if it was not referred to that way. We do quite a bit of bunkai in kyokushin, some people like it, some do not. Its a far whack away from full-contact sparring most people associate with Kyokushin, but its there and we train it frequently. Ive done hundreds of repetitions of wrist locks and only after months and months finally learned that they come directly from kata... Its all in the eye of the beholder! Osu

I could not agree more. In fact, if the goal is fighting strength then the destabilised lifting is probably more beneficial than isolated weight training.

It would be interesting to see some of the cane-specific stuff. If nothing else,though, the hook would help keep the stick from being pulled from your grasp as easily. I agree. Blitz magazine Australia has done some interesting articles on La Canne and similar arts over the years, but it really does all look like a stick fighting art. In these they do note that not all canes have hooks... I guess it is a personal preference thing. I would be very interested to see some specifics of using the hook end against another armed attacker. If anyone has a link or video of classes/training please do post!

We were mucking around with one of these a few months back, and being a sucker for pain, decided it would be a good idea to cop a little whack across the forearm with it. Felt like a fracture for about an hour, but then the pain subsided pretty quickly. Just glad it was not a full force hit! Good luck with your match. Id be opting for some serious protective equipment! Let us know how it goes!

Having trained in SE asian stick fighting arts (Arnis) for some time, i have found that the techniques translate directly to a cane and umbrella. Especially useful for assisting locks (shoulder and elbow holds and chokes), and for disarming techniques. Ive never had to use one, nor have I ever trained exclusively in any style which has a "Cane" syllabus, but the similarity between short-sticks is definitely there.

For a non-martial artist, you have a profound insight a lot of martial artists I know could learn from