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I wasn't insinuating that anybody did.

Ah I see, sorry to hear about your instrcutor, but glad to hear that somebody is doing a good job of taking his place. Once again congrats.

Well good job, how did you manage to get skipped a rank? Pretty cool.

The history of weapons is so bloggy. Nunchukus were originally a wooden flail used to crush rice. Sais just used to be used to plant seeds...many people on these boards to agree with the history of the weapons, but many do, I personally do, but that's your take on it

Ah I see..haha the internet is bad for clarification.

Well if the student is just asking how a technique is done, by all means help him/her out with that technique. But if it is one of those nagging "you don't do it like that" types...simply talk to them after class, or pull them off to the side and tell them that as nicely as you can, that sensei appointed you to instruct, and that you are doing it how sensei showed you, and that if they really don't like it they can ask sensei on the matter but please don't bring it up in front of class, as that's disrupting class time.

Actually...a few, but mainly I just notice they're called "kung fu schools.

oh I forgot to mention hand positioning. When you're fighting, keep your hands way out. This does 1 of 3 things. Firstly, by keeping your hands out it creates more distance between you too..where it makes them think a bit more of what they have to do to get in and score, as to where if your arms are close and into you it will bring them in and not worry about how far out your hands are. Secondly, if you have your hands out, it takes much less effort to block, try this: Put your arms into you like a boxer, ask a friend to kick about to your waist, and throw a downward block at it. Do you see how slow and how long it took you to get your arm all the way from you to your knee? Now Hold your arms out a lot more, ask him to kick again, throw another downward block....do you see how much less you have to go to block that kick? Ok, now last but not least, if your hands are in, it brings in hard punches and kciks, where if your hands are out, you can block them before they get to you.

Hahaha....this has been a fun topic.

That's a hard one to figure out...hahaha

Thanks guys I'm lookin' at those kamikaze gis, those look really nice.

Anytime.

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Davison said it best...just don't even worry about it. Get that ego out of there and work with what you have to go by.

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Hmm..I notice these guys (By guys I mean practioners of Gracie Jujitsu) like to take it to their back a lot..which I know is a good thing in jujitsu (compared to wrestlers who always need to be on top)...but I notice that Gracies like to be on their back about 90% of the time. What is everybody else's take on this? Generally if I get on my back I love to get people in my guard, this presents too many opportunities for me to get them in an arm bar or a choke if I see a straightned arm or two...but I also like to be on top with those "heavier" guys...because those guys just use their weight to crush..ugh...

Oh, that's another good point dingyuan brought up. I was at a tournie yesterday for jujitsu, and I was watching a friend of mine spar. He was WAYYYYY tinier than this other guy, but he won because he didn't give the other guy a break. I told him, that if the big guy tried to clinch, unclinch and keep kicking him or make him struggle, don't let him see daylight without giving it a hard breather...and he won. He outlasted the other guy and tapped him out.

Everybody has their own learning pace/abilities...I love to see white belts come in though that are just natural talents.

I was wanting to see what everybody's school emphasizes on while sparring? We have two major things we work on. The first is touch and go..what this means is when an opponent throws something at you, it has to come back tot he soemtime, so as it does come back to them, you want to take advantage of it because it leaves a gap in their defense. So when you see the gap, you exploit it and attack it. Also this means that as soon as you block, you should counter...every time, all the time. Number too is 3 or more will always score. This means always do three techniques when sparring or in a tournament, not just 1, not just 2, but 3. That way, if you even do score with 2 good techniques, but the judges don't see it, continue to throw that last technique in. It's nothing like 3-step sparring. It's just instead of limiting yourself to 1 or 2 techniques, why not throw in 3 or more to get the point? How about all of your guys'/girls' dojos? What do they emphasize on in sparring?

Bunkai is the meaning of the moves that you are doing in a kata, and what the moves are. A kata is a set of premade moves to help with your fighting, and katas have been passed down from generation to generation of karate masters and their students. Kata is a very traditional thing, and some choose to do it, and some don't..it just depends upon the style/instructor.

Ok, so let's hear it...who's your favorite baseball team? I'll start it off...Cleveland Indians.