IronWarrior

Yes I have had those moments of extreme aggression when i was younger like in my late teens till I was about 22 I was extremely agrressive in kumite and sometimes ended up going through sparring partners like crazy and I had a lack of control that injured my sparring partners... I'am much much more mellow now at 28 almost 29 but its something you have to learn 'control' I did'nt understand then what my instructor meant by 'a person with deadly skill and.... control has options and one day I will have both' well.... now I know what he meant by that..

Karate without contact is pointless! Now you dont gotta go around breaking noses but there has to be contact! Its Karate! Not dance class!

How do I feel about Kyokushin? Well I've been in the Martial arts for almost 23 years and if I knew then what I know now..... I would have started in 'Kyokushin!' Its a hardcore style of karate, no frills,, kinda like a slap in the face that makes you feel good! But you got to find a school that dos'nt water it down and bring 'sport' karate into it like many other dojos do now.

I'am a guy 28 and got my drivers permit 12 years ago.lol

Basically people want to be there our individual now!lol. You see it in the schools, kids dont want to wear uniforms e.t.c. or the girls alter them to make them shorter calling it 'self expression'lol! we as society have lost touch with the need for 'discipline'! When I started Martial arts there were only 2-3 colours of uniforms and that was in the sport open karate events they were white, black or sometimes a red one...Its not just in the Martial arts either like I said above.. we are going to the extreme in everything and eventual its just going to get way out of hand...why because people dont want to conform to a set of standards or rules its just that simple!

Some are filled with dried beans and others I have seen filled with lead shot or metal pellets.

I'am trying to find the movie 'Search and Destroy' on DVD it was made in the early 80's and stars Toronto,Ontario based Tae Kwon Do master Jung Park..

Thanks the info Jay!

You can teach yourself the tecniques from videos and books, but you have to be able to apply them in a self defencse situation e.t.c... so having prior study with a instructor helps, that teaches the weapon in a practical sense not for tournament or 'show'. I just taught myself the Jo staff it was easy since I started using a bo staff 20 years ago so the 'Jo' for me was like a short 'bo' and I understood the tecniques e.t.c.. and how to apply them.

I'am looking for info websites about Jo-Do 'art of the short staff'.Thanks

First off when did your start karate??? sounds like it could be 'acute bursitis'? 'lightly stretching the area' and applying ice and a muscle ointment before training may help.. if it keeps up go see your doctor and get him to refer you to a 'sports injury doctor'

Its soooo cheap best to just buy it on the net or just go to your local chinese herbs store and ask for it.

I would just do some iron palm training and start a good bodybuilding program to build up your muscles, thats your best bet, the extra muscle will act as shock absorbers, I dont beleive in hitting your bones against objects that dont 'give' over a long period of time it can cause major problems years down the road.

It would also be best that you train on the iron palm bag every other day, also get some dit daw jow to rub in your hands to help the conditioning process and circulation e.t.c. you can get it on the net or in a traditional chinese herb store 'easy to find in any chinatown'.good luck

I'd start off hitting them lightly like 20 strikes each hand and increase each week by like 10 strikes and hitting a bit harder each week, thats the best way, take it slow and easy to avoid injuring up your hands.

I agree also!

Its happened to me before, woke up feeling good actually.lol! but some people react different to it, seen people get really freaked out, seen one guy get a bit violent and throwing a few punches when he woke up thinking he was in real danger..

I wash mine in warm water and use tide ultra with bleach and a bit of fabric softner, then dry it on perma press ..

I heard 'Sly' is starting to film in Vegas and parts of Philadelphia..heard he returns to the ring in it, Adrian is dead,sons grown up and a financial hot shot,Rocky owns a small sports bar/eatery,lives in a lower middle class modest house e.t.c.. anyone hear any news about it..always liked those movies 1 and 2 are the best though!

When I first started Karate when I was 5 my instructor called me 4x4 because I was big for 5 and ran all the kids in class over in Kumite like a 4x4 truck.lol I just get called 'D' now short for my name.

You should see the house 2 houses down from me..lol ladys got plastic life size reindeer that glow and then another set of lights wrapped around there bodys all lite up.lol and then like 10 sets of lights all around the doors,windows,fences,railings, and all those window stickons that also lite up...lol left on all nite 7 days a week.. I'd like to see her January Electrical Bill!lol!

So he's basically a 'Wado Ryu Karate blackbelt' that has trained in some aikido and judo? I'd like to know if he has permission from the Wado Ryu and Kai federation in Tokyo,Japan and also the JKA to do that?lol! I doubt it! I also beleive the traditional Katas e.t.c of a 'pure' system should be left alone, but you can still give your students a option and offer aikido classes, judo if you have enough knowledge in those arts to teach it as part of a seperate curriculum.

The first one! seen it the first day it came out at the movies.

So what your favourite martial arts movies? My #1 pick is Enter The Dragon and 'The Octagon' with Chuck Norris, I have other favorites as well always liked "perfect weopon' as well.

Did you get any embroidery done on it?