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I'm not afraid of dying but I don't wish to. Being afraid of death is to be afraid of that which creates it.... life. The only way to prevent death, is to not live in the first place.

You know, I never really thought about it, but now that you mention it, it kinda makes sence. I've never done either though, so I wouldn't be the best one to give a proper answer.

That can be the same thing, but that doesn't mean that they always are. There are plenty of people that study the full arts including phillosophy, culture, science etc, and still get a physical workout during training. On the other hand however, there are plenty of schools that only do one or the other.

Kali and Krav Maga are both great arts as far as Self Defence is concerned. As for the workout, you will need to attend the individual school because that is not as dependant on the art as it is the way in which it is taught.

hahaha. yeah, we cool

No, it's not. yes, it will. no, they don't - not very well, anyway. fights happen too fast to have time for a lot of blocking. evasion will serve you better. In all the encounters I've had as a bouncer, I've never once blocked -I evade. The guys I work with who have no formal training don't block either - they evade. yes, there is - unless you only do point sparring. As a fellow (former) bouncer, I would have to agree. Blocks do work in the street, but they are few and far between because evading works a lot better. Sparring will give you the tools to defend yourself, but it takes experience to know how to use them. In theory real fights should be easier, but if you've ever been in any, you'll soon find out that isn't the way it is for real. It's a little thing we like to call "Stress". With stress and fear, the mind starts to shut down and freeze as a defence mechanism (defence for the mind, not self defence). Also, things move a lot faster than you think they would. In theory, reality and theory are the same thing. In reality, they're not.

As long as you are not WHACKING the kid on the head, but just a light tap, it becomes more of a fun game to kids than anything else, and they learn.

WOW, starting in your 70's, that's amazing!!

Just post links, always the best way!

As I understand it, they call it the long form because it's part of a longer form and contains many of the techniques that are learned in class... well at least that's what I remember.... As for the difference, that's the main reason. Japanese Karate Katas are more of a set out performance whereas the chinese/american Kempo is more like a compilation of individual technique combinations. Also, the types of movements used in Kempo are different to Japanese Karate. They are generally closer range and faster.

I envy you. I love kids, but I must admit, teaching adults is more my phorte'.

My black belt still only has one stipe on it, I'm about to grade to third dan. I haven't bothered putting the seond stripe on and will probably have the first one removed.

Looks quite good. Brings back memories of my old Kempo days! Is that in fast forward? Looks a little under cranked.

I think training at that level is fantastic. There are so many that stoptraining, but I think it was Funakoshi that said "Karate is like hot water, you need to constantly apply heat to keep it hot"

I nearly got the opportunity to train with Chuck Sullivan recently, but I couldn't make it. I have had a chance to train with Jeff Speakman a couple of times though, so that's good.

You know what I'd love to see, the Ninja Turtles vs Monkey Magic!!

It sounds to me like you need to eat a little bit of humble pie and perhaps learn a little humility as well as you seem to learn techniques. Trust me, there is more to what you are learning that what you think there is. Someone on here said a little while ago "Being a Black Belt is about learning what you DON'T know about what you know" I think that really illustrates the point. If you find you are bored and not learning anything... look deeper. There's more there than you think. Even with the intense training you are going through, I guarantee you that with the amount of training you have had, there is still much more to learn. What's the rush?? Be patient my friend. The beuty of Martial Arts lies not in the end result but in the journey to get there.

Rotate the knee on the front kick?!? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose?

I don't think our retention rate would even be that high. I'm guessing it's more like 1-2% of all students make it to black belt.

Yeah, I guess just a variance in interpretation, but at the end of the day, we both think the same.... any kind of discrimination that offends is simply unacceptable.

Good point. Better give me a grenade launcher too. hehehehe

Depends.... Traditionally, we do it the same way. If however we wish to disguise the kick, then we may bring it up to the front so that the opponent has no idea if it's Mae Geri, Yoko Geri, Mawashi Geri (done with the same modification), Udi Mawashi Geri or Kin Geri. (to clarify, we train predominantly like the JKA... my instructor was taught by Enoeda and my father has trained directly under Kanazawa).

Its's weird at first, but like anything else, you get used to it.

cool!

Did you mean that as it sounds?? Eg. he called the pen he wrote with (the actual pen) "Shoto"? I hope it was a mistype. It's his Pen Name Not his Pens' Name Eg Pen Name = Nick Name / Author Name / Tag etc. hehehe