Kato

I prefer eclectic personaly

I'm a 2nd levle orange belt in Go-Ju Ryu Karate and I've been taking it for about a year and a half

We haven't put the military at any Canadian airports, as far as I know. However at Pearson Airport in Toronto they have had tactical officers (complete with helmets body armour and machine guns) from the local police on patrol in all terminals since the attacks.

hmmmm I don't think giving pilots guns is the way to go. The pilots are not trained police officers and there is a good chance that the weapons could be taken away from them by a terrorist or simply in an air rage incident. HOWEVER, I think the idea of putting law enforcement personnel who are specifically trained to operate on aircraft is a GOOD idea. Guarding the aircraft from dangerous people would be these officers full time job so they would be far less likely to have there weapon taken from them and much more likely to hit there target if they were forced to shoot someone. An airplane is a very small environment and there would be a substantial risk of shooting an innocent passenger. I think we could all take a lesson from Israel; they have been putting armed guards on their planes for years now. These guards train all the time to work on aircraft and they have to score extremely high on their firearms accuracy test (much higher then normal police officers). The Israelis have also put steel doors on the ****pits of all there airplane’s and trained there pilots not to open those doors for anyone. If we implemented these measures in North America it would probably go a long way to ending the threat of hijacking. The pilots should concentrate on flying the air plane and leave dealing with hijackers to law enforcement. [ This Message was edited by: Kato on 2001-09-30 19:04 ]

The way the USA is handeling these atacks right now is actualy very good. From what I've heard both the US and Britan have sent special forces into Afganistan to hunt for BinLadin. This is definatily the way to go, take out the terrorists and there suporters without declaring a full scale war on Afganistan. What one has to relize is a ground war in Afganistan would be nothing like the Gulf war, it would be very long and very blody for all concerned. Unlike Iraq the Taliban is no push over, just ask any Russian vetrin. The USSR spent ten years trying to defeat the Taliban in Afganistan before being forced to withdraw defeated, and remember this was the old Soviet Union which had an army every bit as strong as the US army. It should also be noted that this enemy will not surender they are armed with all the weponds the Russians were forced to leave behined when they left, they have bunkers that were made to withstand round the clock carpet bombing by Soviet forces and they are not afraid to make suicide runs just to make a point. There are those who seem very eager to launch a full scale invasion, but they have to relize that we in the west cannot just go in there and kick ass, any war in Afganistan will be long, blody, and many many solders will not come home. Despight or thirst for action the cautious aproach taken by Bush is the right one. Sending in the special forces to look for specific people is most certainly the corect course of action.

Uhoh a Canadians fan....its on NOW

Good luck Tim, this sounds like a wounderfull opportunity, wish you all the best

Thanks Tim it is always good to separate the cranks from those that are actualy trying to cary the discussion forward. As for posting IP's I think it would be a good idea, the old Kickboxing.com message board did and it helped to identify those that were causing problems. I have to say that the kind of nonsence posted above anoys me simply because it gives people who want to learn about and investigate things related to Chi a bad name and makes people want to avoid the whole topic when there are some genuine avenues of study in this area that merit investigation. This Message was edited by: Kato on Aug 1, 2001 6:18pm

Pressure points are usfull in any fighting situation, and many of the strikes we learn in Karate are designed to activate pressure points. However as others have sayed they have to backed up with other moves because not all presure points work on all people and there is the rare individual that is compleatly imune to them.

This definatly sounds fishy, Akido is not suposed to run on a belt system at all. This Message was edited by: Kato on Jul 30, 2001 2:30pm

I'm also taking GoJu and I have to agree with Angus that GoJu karate by it self does not have all that many parctical moves for the street and that cross training is needed. I know in my dojo we use moves from GoJu, Jujitsue and a number of other arts when we do self defence drills.

Chi is a very interesting thing, in my mind the jury is still out as to whether it exists or is merely a physiological phenomenon, as it has never been applied to me personally, however I can relate some of the things I have seen that have been described to me as Chi energy manipulation. I have seen my own sensei move one of our students with out ever touching them it was an interesting thing to watch as the person being moved did not even realise that they were swaying, however since he was a believer in Chi power it could have been a subliminal physiological thing (i.e. he realised he was supposed to move so subconsciously he did what was expected). On another occasion I was attending a seminar put on by George Dillman, during that seminar there were a number of demonstrations of Chi which included the un-bendable arm tick which I get to work for me as well as a number of pressure point knockouts culminating in a no touch knock out preformed by a DKI Master (who’s name escapes me at the moment), anyway it was quite spectacular, the poor guy who volunteered for this fell over with out the Master ever toughing him and it took about 5mins for him to regain consciousness. In fact if Dillman is ever hosting a seminar near any of you it might be worth it to go and see some of this stuff for your self’s (he is always happy to demonstrate stuff on anyone who volunteers). BTW he also demonstrates a lot of very useful very devastating self-defence and fighting techniques, so even if you find the whole Chi thing a bust at least you won’t feel it was a total waist of time. Anyway that is the extent of my experience in dealing Chi related phenomenon, so far I feel what I’ve seen deserves more looking into but is not absolute proof one way or the other.

I agree with the others there is no problem starting up again. I took MAs when I was a kid and then droped out for a while and now I've started up again, and its gr8t!!! Oh yes and you do not need to be in shape to start, the training will get you to the fitness level you need to be at no problem!!!

In Goju-Ryu karate (at least in my school) we are taught that Kinsetsu Geri is one of the most effective kicks in a self defence situation. For those of you are that are not familiar with this it is like a low side kick that goes through the side of the knee on a downward diagnal, the idea being to dislocate the knee joint. After all its hard for them to hurt you if they can't stand up This Message was edited by: Kato on Jul 6, 2001 11:48am

I agree with thaiboxerken as well. If you can't have fun while training then there is no point in doing it. The dojo I currently belong to is like a family and we are all friends, the instructors create a positive atmosphere where we are encouraged to do our best and we are never scolded for making mistakes (after all this is a part of learning). We have had some people that took the whole process way to seriously but they never really got along with anyone else in the dojo and none of them have stuck around more then a month. I have trained in the boot camp style of dojo and it is not as good a learning environment. I think that often these dojos produce people that are too uptight, which is a shame because they never seem to get the same pleasure out of the MA's that people who can have fun and learn at the same time do.

sniff....sniff…sniff...what is that I smell!?! I do believe it is the unmistakable stench of SPAM!!!!

I practice Goju-Ryu Karate, but I think the belt system has more to do with the organization one belongs to then the actual MA being practised. My school beleongs to the DKI and our belt system goes white, yellow, organge,orange-black stripe, green, green-black stripe, blue, blue-black stripe, brown, brown-black stripe, black.

Toronto Blue Jays and of course the Maple Leafs (even though they havn't won the Cup in my lifetime )

I havn't done TKD for a while but when I was taking it the ranks my school used were whight yellow orange green blue red brown and black with stripes included after green.

I just recently turned 21

I've been to one of George Dillman's seminars...... It was very very impressive!!!!! I will definatly be tuning in.

I like the new forum, and it will be nice to have a monitered board