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hehehehe. Oh, to answer the question, apart from actual techniques, here's a couple of notes I made from the seminar. "Quick to learn, Quick to forget" CORE - Centre of Reserve Energy Even a 65 year old can do a good Jodan Yoko-Geri Kekomi Even a 65 year old can do 10 straight arm push ups in a row. A yawara with points is actually a "Theraputic Remedial Stick".... it will remedy any situation you get yourself into. To study Karate-Do is no longer enough, we need to research back to the roots and find the Karate-Jitsu that once was. We need to question and elevate our martial arts. "Grades mean nothing. I'm a 9th Dan and yet I must bow to 10th Dans with half the experience I have. Oh Well"

I love seminars. The people you meet and the things you get to do, just fantastic.

hahaha, yeah, I'm the redhead. (Hanshi Ceberano has been training in Karate for 58 years, so I think there's only one in the photo it could be) I too trained with Dan Inosanto. This was fantastic. Ah, why the heck not, while I'm on me "ego tour", here's a photo of that too. The man was phenominal. His humility and also his experience. Just amazing. http://users.esc.net.au/~aacd/images/photos/shawn_dan.jpg

Muscle memory does come into it as you mentioned, and yes that will resolve the situation to some degree, but regarless, stress will reduce the persons ability to complete complex or fine motor movements. Therefore, theoretically, if you have two equal people training equally as hard for equally as long, but one is training in an art that uses complex movements and one is training in an art that uses simple movements, under stress, the person who has trained in an art with simpler movements has a higher chance of being able to apply what they have learned than the other person will. That's not to say that what they have learned is a better art, it just means that under stress, they will be more likely to apply it as taught. Also, the more complex the movement, the more things that can go wrong.

Yeah!! Last time we met, I got to talk to him for about an hour. What I learned in that hour was amazing!!

Sorry, never heard of him.

HAHAHAHAHA, no, just that the creators had little imagination.

I once kicked myself in the groin (long story) Does that count??

Yeah, sounds a little dodgy

Many of the ninjitsu schools now are distant decendants of the original style, but that doesn't mean that they're not good. Just remember that Ninjitsu is more than just a Martial Art, it's the art of espeonage. So if all you want to learn is to defend yourself, Ninjitsu will have you spending time on things you will never use. But.... it's really cool!

Just when you think you've used everything you've got, when the time is desperate enough, you will find more. All I can say is have faith in yourself, give it your all, and the rest is up to the big man upstairs. Good Luck!

For the amount of training it would be to be effective with this weapon, I think there would be a lot more practical alternatives.

HAHAHA, some great stories there. Kids are great fun!

That's so cute!!! Gold!

Glad to hear things are going to work out for you!

By the way, thickness is usually about 19mm

4th of July is the American independence day. I think we call it the 4th of July because we Americans don't like to waste too much time w/ all those syllables in Independence Day....We just have too much other stuff to do. HAHAHAHA, GOLD!!! I think I can understand that one. Oz is the abrreviation capital of the world. Ozzy - G'day Mick, ya goin to uni this arvo? Nah, I'm gonna go tha pub then 'ome for bangers 'n' mash. English - Good Day Michael. Are you going to go to the university this after-noon? No, I'm going to go to the local hotel, then I'm going to go home and have some sausages and mashed potato. hahaha.

Our tourneys are somewhere between yours and that of ParkerLineage. Good choice of Kata. The only thing I can see is that Hangetsu is not really a spectator kata as much as a deep and meaningful. But I'm sure the judges will know that.

Good point. If it's money, it needs further discussion, if it's time, I guess it does too. Remember, there needs to always be a balance. Personal Time, Martial Arts Time, Money etc etc etc

Not a bad way to do it. Quite rare though I think. We too have monthly fees, but there is an additional charge for those grading. (or if you want to look at it from a positive point of view, our students don't get charged extra if they're not grading)

Yeah good point. Post here..... I tried those the other night. There was one I didn't like much, but I quite liked the other two!

you don't need stance for that. the term "sitting down on a punch" is used in boxing all the time, and they don't project their mass in a given direction -they stay centered. she simply says that useing your body mass and assuming a correct body position (stance) helps your technique and you don't have to arm wrestle a guy over a take down, it had nothing to do with boxing and judo, one more thing , karate doesn't use judo base throws since it predates modern Judo, all throws in karate are simple jujitsu or chin-na techniques. and notice I never said it doesn't help. But the way it was stated was that that stance is a necessity, and it's not, as I pointed out. As for judo based throws, shotokan does NOT predate judo, and its founder trained with jigoro kano. AngelaG trains shotokan. In addition, since judo stemmed from jujutsu, it's techniques technically ARE jujutsu techniques, though the purposes behind the two arts may differ. Jigaro Kano and Gichin Funakoshi were friends. Shotokan and Judo were created at about the same time because jointly they were looking for a way to increase the population in their martial arts. Kano felt it was better to create a whole new way, so he took out the "Jitsu" and replaced it with "Do", hence Judo. Similarly, funakoshi studied Karate-Jitsu. He too took out the "Jitsu" and called it "Karate-Do". It was later named "Shotokan Karate-Do" by his students to honour their master. In regards to the throws, as mentioned, at that time, JuJitsu throws and Judo throws were the same thing, but as evolution continues, they have evolved in some schools to be different.

HAHAHA, you love that quote.... hillarious. That's a really good example though. Samo isn't exactly a useless Martial Artist.

Zorbasan has an excellent point. This can really effect your training. Conversley though, someone who is overly enthusiastic can also rub off on others and raise their motivation.

Yeah, that's true, I think ray is a good 6 inches taller than me. Yes, we have a good photographer. One of our middle grade students does some photography in her spare time, so she takes photos at our gradings.