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One of my Kyokushin friends would yell, 'McBANG!' just before kicking his opponent in the head. Hehehe, we thought it was heaps funny at the time. Osu.

Kyokushin Sho-Dan Grading req; Must have recommendation from own instructor. Kumite= 40 at 1+1/2 min duration each. Tameshiwari= 1) Seiken, 3 boards. 2) Optional, students choice of break. Kata= All kata to date. (A lot of kata .) Kihon= All kihon to date. Note= Student must now display unison of speed, stamina, strength and co-ordination. Osu.

Hehehe, this may be the clip your talking about, http://www.superkarate.ru/video_kyokushin/video_clips_karate_kyokushin.htm exept its says= "Kyokushin Vs Wing Chun" but looks nothing like wing chun to me.

Respect must be given, in order to be gained.

i dont know about Arjukenka Karate, but i know of a school which teaches Arjuken Karate, maybe the same, maybe not..... none-the-less, i dont really know much about it. sorry.

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I practice yoga and karate, not instantainiously of course..... One thing i noticed when i started Kyokushin is that a majority of the stretches are similar to yoga stretches, but with a different level of muscular tension. Yoga is excellent exersize for off-training-days, when you still want exersize, without the complete physical exertion of practicing karate. Osu.

Yeah, i agree about the eligibility of the question..... to me this goes a little something like; Q) How hard would it be to fight an actual Capoiera Master?? Uuuummmmmmmmm................ A) About as hard as fighting a master of ANY OTHER STYLE. I hate to say it, but before you could even reach for that camera, there would be a whopping great jumping cresent kick to deal with first. Capoiera is a cool art, devised by the brazilian slaves in secrecy, much like karate, for use on thier oppressive masters.

I carved a reasonable bokken out of a piece of spotted gum I found bushwalking. So Id say that it can definantly be done. Single ended staff refers to Dragon-pole (i assume,) and is commonly used in WingChun and other Kung-Fu.

Grenadier, your posts are quite accurately unquestionable. May i ask, do you belong to any ''specific'' sword school?

Kyokushin uses both Kiba and Shiko Dachi in kihon. (Feet must be parallel in Kiba.) I like Kiba more as I think it looks better quite personally, (kata purposes,) IMHO, Kiba is a very powerful stance, more stable than Shiko due to the foot positioning and the way weight is proportioned on each foot. Moving in these stances usually occurs at the height of a normal ZenkutsuDachi, but we drop down lower at the climax of movement (ie, when hit is delivered - throw is executed,) to maximise efficiency of the hit, throw, etc.... Osu.

I do isometric kata with wrist and ankle wieghts, only 1kg weight though, as I find this a good level of resistance to relate back to kata(without weights.) Osu.

One of my instructors taught me to improve my foot-technique by simply holding different foot-positions while watching tv, reading, or whatever your doing that doesnt require any wieght on your foot. I find doing this has helped me with my foot-technique immensely. Osu.

Thats the way it goes in Kyokushin, as previously mentioned, and is also the reason OyamaSosai was 10th Dan upon creating the style. Osu.

From what ive gathered from the Bujinkan, Shuko and Ashiko were not readily used as a climbing tool, but more as a tool for digging, to enhance close combat techniques, and to disarm attackers. Shuko may have been worn continually, although the impracticality of Ashiko made them a specialty tool.

Shuto = Knifehand. Shuko = Spiked hand bands. Ashiko = Spiked foot bands. 25ft you say? Please do get your uncle to take a photo of you next time your up this high.

Hehehe, good point, Im surprised I didnt pick up on that! But hey, he may be doing kumite if its a tournament with many styles, such as NAS or ISKA.

Assuming you mean continuous sparring; I practice to train agility, lots of basic attacking, and SIDESTEPPING!!!! so many people forget to move sideways when they spar. Ive always found that the most basic attacks are the most effective, and wont tire me out as easy as more complicated moves. Ive never really found Kata all that pracitcal for sparring, except the footwork, as most of the techniques are too dangerous. Ie) Jodan-Nukite. Tournaments are designed to see who is more skilled, not who can kill the quickest. This might sound odd, but I dont rely on combos, as much as picking targets instantaniously, this way my attacks are parried/blocked less often. Shadow boxing is good for accomplishing this. Look for openings, and then explode into an attack, Feint to create openings, and then explode into attacks, the list could go on and on........

Yeah, wicked article, After about 12years of karate training, Kanku was the kata I finally decided to devote myself too as well! Im still learning from it to this day. OSU.

Uuummmmm, id say if your doing kata, and not Hyungs, then somthing is wrong with your TKD. Interesting perspectives on staff twirling though. I was always taught to spin the staff minimally, and even then only as a transition to a different position, and never more than 360' at a time. Also, for some methods, one hand leaves the bo for a minute second when changing grips, Ie) from 'shotgun' to 'golfclub' hehehe.

Sanchin and Tensho are two of my favorite kata (and most practiced,) Ive been doing them every day for around 4years now.

They were most certainly NOT a widely used ninja weapon......... I dont think any Bujinkan dojo teaches the Nunchuku. Thats not to say a ninja wouldnt use a pair if they so needed........Hehehe. The website is balonie. Ninja did however invent the internet.

Yeah, Get a bokken before you get a live blade...............DEFINANTLY. As for PaulChens range, Ive met people that dont like the practical-range, But; I own a prac-plus gen-5 (my 2nd cheapest sword, $750AU) and it is AWSOME for cutting. Ive been using it on a bi-daily basis, to perform tameshigiri on things as thich as 8'' thick bamboo, and it has suffered nothing but minor scratches. The only major drawback with the Hanwei range, IMO, they require a tediously large amount of maintenance to keep in good nick. Can you afford $30 worth of Oil/parrafin a month for cleaning??? Along with hours of cleaning and polishing??? The problem with the practicals, as opposed to the plusses, is that the handle has only 1 pin, and the rest of the tang is glued. I STRONGLY RECCOMEND YOU CHECK THE HANDLE FOR ANY CRACKS OR FLAWS BEFORE YOU START CUTTING, as this could be fatal. Anyways, IMHO, the practical/practical-plus is one of the BEST beginner sword you could get your hands on. As for the post on proper technique, I completely agree. Even the smallest flaw in technique can snap a hardened-blade when doing a medium-large cut.

Rankings serve ego only temporarily. Knowledge is ongoing, and serves us for the rest of our lives. OSU. Although i have to agree w/pineapple, If you want your own MA school.....................

Technically, the ball that bounces off the wood carries more initial force. (Laws of Inertia.) It requites more force for an object to bounce off another after impact, than it does for that same object to completely stop. If we were to take the broomstick-tennisball, and thrust at the plywood with only half as much power as we threw the ball, the board still falls. Why? Because we are completing the action of Pushing, rather than Striking. Hence, distributing the force throughout the object differently. The useage of hips in striking is to get this Inertia into the impact. (Unless of course the intent is to push.) OSU.