bushido_man96

Really cool. Thanks for sharing, Patrick. Its interesting how they incorporated their knowledge of knife fighting into their Boxing strategies. I'll bet those guys would be fun to watch.

Thanks for the clarification, Zanshin. I did see the name of the organization he is with, but can't remember it off the top of my head. I did see where he said he practiced the Wado katas, though.

It would depend on what the change is, and why. There needs to be a reason for it; a legitimate reason. I would be inquiring into these.

I would like to think that I would try to help. At the very least, I would get on the phone with the police, and get them en route as quickly as possible. I would hope that if I tried to seperate things, that others would try to do the same as well; kind of fuel the pack mentality, I guess. At any rate, it is really hard to say. You never know if someone has a weapon or not. You always have to keep these things in the back of your mind.

You bring up a good point, DWx. It isn't fair to say that MMAers aren't doing "true MA." Every MA has its place.

I do know that Musashi was a caligrapher as well. Whether or not it would be a supplement to MA practice, I don't know. I wouldn't think so, anyways.

Personally, I feel that teaching students to always wait for the technique to be thrown is setting them up for defeat. Action is faster than reaction, and if you intend to wait for every attack before acting, then you put yourself behind the 8-ball from the start. Its easy to say "I'll block whatever they throw at me before I attack," but in reality, I feel that this is very difficult, and unsafe. I feel that teaching ways of identifying the characteristics of an impending attack and teaching the discretion of the pre-emptive strike is far more practical than telling students to never throw the first strike. However, this is just my opinion.

I was wondering how many of the practitioners here have basics/kihon as a standard part of their class training? If so, what does it consist of? Is it a set group of basics that you always go through before class? Or is it random? What is the order? Just curious. My school has set basics that we perform at the beginning of every class, and it takes about 15 to 20 minutes of the class.

I think that their behavior is just about typical for a reality show. When you put someone on TV, they don't usually want to look dull and boring. After all, this is their 15 minutes of fame, so to speak. Now, I am sure that some of them aren't the nicest people in the world. However, these people come from all walks of life, including the TMAs. We just don't see them because there isn't a TMA reality TV show.

RIP.

That, and if we have 400+ active members right now...that is another area of concern.

I would like to see it. It looks pretty cute. It just depends on if we can get the little one to sit through it or not.

Pretty cool. Ah, that brings back memories...

Cool cake. I wonder if its chocolate.....

I have found, and it can also be seen in this thread, that those who want to carry, will; regardless of legality. That is the only problem with conceal and carry laws. When conceal/carry came around in KS, all of a sudden many signs went up on the doors of business places, saying you couldn't carry your concealed gun in there. It really hampers the good of the law, and the people who go out of their way to qualify for conceal and carry. When the conceal/carry was in its talk phase, I spoke with several people who were against it. When I asked them why, they said they were concerned about making it legal for criminals to carry guns. My response to them was "criminals are going to carry whether it is legal or not."

Thanks for the responses, guys. You have pretty much nailed what the article talked about. Using the startle response allows you to cover and then begin to take action to get away from the attacks. What also interested me was Abernethy's approach to his applied Karate in using a very similar response against attacks.

I have not seen this one. However, there was a Western done in the same mold as this movie; The Magnificent Seven, and I have heard that it is an excellent movie as well.

As long as the training was good for me, I was getting what I wanted out of the class, and the instructor was good (as far as that goes), I would stay and train. I tend to worry more about my own progress and abilities than those of other students. Now, if said person with said rank decided to start pulling said rank, and being a bit out of line, then I would probably either say something, or prepare to leave the school.

I think that this is a very good idea. I have touched on these points briefly when I have had the opportunities to teach classes, but not much. I do think it is something that is very important when it comes to preparing students to defend themselves.

6-24-08 At the park: Po Eun hyung twice. Did some kicks on the balance beam, too. Push ups on the parallel bars: 10, 12.

5k run, eh? You're the man! 6-23-08 Chest/triceps Bench press: 155x10, 205x6, 215x4 Triceps press down: 90x10, 105x8, 6 Back/shoulders Hang clean and jerk: 105x5, 6, 6 Abs Decline crunches: 3x15 Treadmill: 30 minute walk

Not to mention the ones that have been shot multiple times, and still keep coming. Very scary stuff.

If all of your questions pertain to the system, and to the curriculum, then you are most likely correct in assuming that your questions will be better answered by the higher ranks. However, as a 3rd dan, I have asked for technique advise from a 1st dan, and have got some good advise from such inquires. I try to always stay open-minded when looking for advise. As far as walking into a room full of people, and asking questions about things; usually, you would only have to ask a few people before they could most likely point you in the right direction of someone who specializes in what you are asking about.

A question for Zanshin: Iain Abernethy is a Wado stylist, I believe, and he uses the terminology "bunkai" extensively. Is he the only Wado stylist that does this?

I am not really familiar with Shodo. Can you elaborate a bit more on it?