Shito Ryu

Cool man. Can you get a video of it, then encode it and post it up somewhere on the net??? Anyway, I wish the best of luck to all of you.

Lets see.... O U TRPLE POSTD That means Oh you triple posted. Lol

First off. YES as martial artists we should have self control. But there are FAR to many kids\adults out there that are WAY to cocky. And becasue anytime you punch a guy you can get charged with assault or at th very least get suspended from school. Those kids\adults are getting cockier and cockier by the minute. Sure we shouldn't go around picking fights. but we also shouldn't let those (pardon my french) * HOLES walk all over us and everyone else in their town. You don't have to break their nose\limbs\etc. But knocking the wind out of anyone will shut them up..... If only for the short time it takes to get their breath back. Nowadays people won't stop until their stopped by someone or until they see what their doing is wrong\stupid\immature. So if we let them walk all over us today. Whats going to stop them from walking over us tommorow?.?.?. Oh yeah I bet that the red head doesn't show.... Lol jk

Thanksgiving was great...... But the day after(Fri) wasn't so good. I played poker with my uncles till 2:30 in the morning, lost $50 then had to get up and be to work by 10:00. But luckily the work I did I got like $35 and hour and worked for 2 hours, so I did get it back. But still losing $50 still sucked as.s.

Here are is a quick pic I made of a couple my Sensei told me about(the one on the left is the one that he made for himself) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/ksurf3r_wi/Makiwara.jpg Also just AIM or MSN me for better instructions on how to make them. I didn't want to spend to much time writing out the instructions.

I wouldn't have your makiwara pounded into a tree, or against a brick wall. For makiwaras you want the striking block(whatever you use it could be anything) hung in a manner where it has some give to it. You don't wan't to be punching a padded tree\brick wall. Cause all the energy of your punch will then travel back up your arm and into your shoulders. And that isn't healthy. I will look around for a picture of the kind of makiwara my Sensei made, and put a link to it. They are fairly easy to make, but I can't just explain it with out some kinda picture or even a plan on how to make it. I'll post back in a little while.

The best thing you could do would be to keep a clear mind. And since I have never sparred with someone from a different style, I would suggest maybe going to a Shotokan school and checking out what kinda stuff they do while sparring. I am in Shito-Ryu and that is fairly close in style, I personaly like to do alot of leg sweeps followed up with punches to face\solar plexus. Those are good clean quick moves that will most likely fool a MA of that level. But that is me and no matter what stlyle of MA your in, your prolly gonna fight different from someone else of that exact same style. Before the fight really work on front snap kicks, with the front leg. Those also are very fast techniques. Also in Kung fu do you do many back kicks? Cause those can work REALLY well if the opponent isn't ready for that move. Work on those alot before the fight, and if he scores the first point, then on the next round turn as if your scared and want to run away and if he starts to charge then pop him a nice quick back kick in the gut. These moves aren't something you would prolly beable to easily pull off on an experianced fighter\sparrer. But on a low level karate\(whatever style their in) student, those moves might do the job perfectly. So just work on alot of front snap kicks, back kicks, round house kicks, reverse punches, backfists, sidekicks. And by "work on those techniques" I mean to make sure you can do them as fast as possible. Cause a kick is very good technique if done fast. Also I am not in Shotokan but my Sensei and another student in my class trained in it. And I know that they use alot of deep stances, and reverse punches. I don't know what kind of contact is gonna be at your tourny but elbows are VERY fast and affective in a close up situation. So just keep a clear head and have fun

Or look for a local TKD school that is run by a korean Master. He would most likely be able to do it for you.

I don't know about Korean, but I go to this place for chinese and japanese they may have a korean site too..... --> http://chineseculture.about.com/

* Means s.c.r.e.w.

I personaly wouldn't Buy anything smaller then 100 gigs. But thats just me. BTW would switching the OS drive form master to slave screw things up??? Did you try formating the 20 gig, then installing the OS onto the 20 gig?

What is everyone here Thankful for???

Sorry the first word that came into mind was Korean, cause that was the "greediest" instruster I have ever met. I take it back and give an apoligy to anyone that was offended by my post. Normaly when I am writing stuff like this it is either late at night or I am tired so I don't always, think about how I should phrase my post. And I think if the instructer was white or black I prolly woulda refered to him\her, as "Greedy Cracker" or "Greedy *" as I am very racist.... KIDDING just kidding actually, no I am not. But I don't know what I woulda called them. I have nothing against koreans at all. I find that most are more polite then most americans, and that goes for most any other asian person(Chinese, Japanese, etc.). Americans seem to be brought up to be naturely rude, and asians to be brought up to be polite, but more and more us americans are corrupting them. With our fast food, rap music, and other trends like that.

I personaly wouldn't use the scabberd as my opposite hads weapon. Only because it is very awkward to use a katana one handed. For me at least, maybe once you get strong enough to easily use it one handed, but I wouldn't bother to use the scabbard at all. I would just buy a wakizashi for my other weapon. Here are some nice looking Katana's http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZpaartist86QQsorecordsperpageZ50QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1 And if you don't like Ebay then, try this site.... https://www.martialartssupermarket.com that has some nice paul cehn stuff for reasonable prices.

A basic knowledge is better then none at all MM. I got the basic moves of the Sai form a video that came with the Sai I bought and when we started training with them in class, I was far ahead in Sai skill then anyone(besides Sensei) in the class. Only because I had learned hte basic strikes, blocks, and how to hold the Sai from that video I got. I don't really like the flashy moves because most of them are pointless in a real fight. The look good to your friends and in Kata, but most(not all) are a worthless knowledge.