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Patrick McCarthy is an amazing karate-ka with a very deep insight into the traditions of martial arts and if I remember correctly, he is the only non-japanese person to be recognized by the dai-nippon butokukai as "Hanshi" I have done some training with him, read his books, and attended seminars. He is very good at what he does. You can check out his site at http://www.koryu-uchinadi.com/ for more info. I have been to a McCarthy seminar and found him to be less amazing than you describe him. He was rude and overbearing with many of our members, and was verbally abusive and disrespectful when correcting technique issues. I was wholly unimpressed with him, as he was grossly obese and very egotistical, which was very disappointing as I had awaited our seminar with great anticipation. With respect, Sohan Boy, that stinks. Waiting for a seminar, and then having an experience like this. I am sorry for you. This is one thing about meeting our heroes. We want to so bad, but then we find out what they are really like. Sometimes it is good, and sometimes not.

Patrick McCarthy is an amazing karate-ka with a very deep insight into the traditions of martial arts and if I remember correctly, he is the only non-japanese person to be recognized by the dai-nippon butokukai as "Hanshi" I have done some training with him, read his books, and attended seminars. He is very good at what he does. You can check out his site at http://www.koryu-uchinadi.com/ for more info. Thanks for the info.

When we were weapons fighting last week, I let out some yells in the heat of attack, and when I had some good 'finishes.' They weren't really kihaps in the sense that they were flat yells in stead of coming from the gut, but you could call them war yells or spirit yells. I usually only let one out when it is a finishing strike.

Toi-Gye also flows well, and is nice and powerful.

yea, I checked it out at the library but need to buy one for my collection. I am actually becoming quite fond of Mr. Kim. I like Ultimate Flexibility as well, everything you need to know about dynamic and static stretching. You may have read it as I have seen your posts and your very knowl edgable about MA. I am reading Teaching Martial Arts by him now. I have read Teaching Martial Arts, and I also own a copy of The Martial Artists Desk Reference, also by Kim. I also own Ultimate Flexibility, but have not read it yet. A very resourceful person.

That's ok, we can see the analogies.

Very nice form, very graceful. Quite soft, compared to the forms that I do. I would love to see the applications of all the hand techniques.

I understand what you are saying here. We are told to use it to emphasize a technique. I would rather emphasize the technique by knocking the guy over, or knocking the wind out of him, but that is just me. Not that I want to hurt the opponent, but in my style, we can win by knockout. Sure beats dancing around for two minutes!

Thats very true. TKD just has gotten a shaky name becuase of shaky people using the name. I can't understand this, either. Why they have gravitated to TKD, I don't know. I will admit, that in my original organization, I got my black belt in right around 2 years. However, I was never guaranteed that I would get it in that amount of time. I will also say that I have had very good instructors throughout my period with TKD, and in this I have been fortunate. Two years or 4, I don't know which to argue. I think some of it would depend on the curriculum. None of my TKD schools did bunkai, and honestly, I had never heard of it until I came onto this site. If I started my own school, I have learned a lot of things that I would change in order to make my students better. Maybe someday I will get to put it into practice. I have a thought. My dad was in TKD many years ago, but never quite made it to black belt. He was a good fighter, though, and I think I will ask him how many years he was doing it, so I can maybe find out what the time requirements were like then.

I thought that as soon as he pulled it out. But the actual sword guy was wearing a shirt. We can't have that! That ain't right!

I was just going to comment on the kali use of knives, parkerlineage. Darn, you beat me to it! You're reading my mind, aren't you?

That's what I think too, parkerlineage. No such thing as a gentlemanly fighter. No such thing as a fair fight either.

"Soogo hasa mita" at the end of our classes. It means "thank you for the workout." Not sure if I have it spelled right, though. I have also used "kam sa ham ni da."

The one my wife got was a solataire, set in white gold, 1/2 carat, if I remember right. Might have been 1/4, but I think it was 1/2.

I like BBQ chicken pizza, and some ham and pineapple pizza. Good stuff.

Think of it this way. Let's say someone in your school did something that totally goes against the morals and ethics of society, and your school. You want your students to be examples, so you don't want this influence. This could be a reason for a cermonious stripping of rank, and expulsion. I would not want to see this happen, but is an example.

I have read MA After 40 as well. Very good book.

It is ok to kihap, but you don't want to do it too much. Just to emphasize a technique. I know a lot of sport TKDers like to kihap on everything. It gets old after a while, and I would just prefer to save my breath.

Here is a counter question. Why not learn to use weapons by fighting with them, against other weapons, or against empty handed multiple attackers? Now, I like to watch weapons forms from time to time, and I appreciate those that do them. They take lots of time to learn and perform. The way that I prefer to learn to use weapons is to actually use them in a combat scenario, against other weapons, and through drills.

Most TKD schools that I know of take about 2 years to achieve black belt. However, most that I have been associated with are very strict on technique, and I have not been involved with one that is strictly sport oriented. Why the differences arise in how TKD and Karate go about their grading, I don't know. The schools I have attended run on two month testing cycles, and usually have 9 colored belts leading up to black. If I ever run my own school again, I have considered using 3 month cycles for testings.

Yeah, and what the hell was with him going to town on the ballistics gel with the samurai sword? I mean come on guys use your heads- this they do immediately after showing someone who holds titles in sword cutting (which means he obviously knows how to swing a sword). Then we go and have a korean stylist swinging a japanese weapon...... go figure Yeah, and I also thought his bo staff demo on the body replica was kind of different. They made comments about the weapon breaking....it broke because it was designed for competition, not because he was swinging it hard. If he would have used a good solid oak bo, with some thickness to it, I don't think it would have broken.

How many punches was he throwing there? I can never tell, with youTube. As for 50, I would have to see it.

Can I ask who Patrick McCarthy is?

Welcome to KF! Glad to have you. As far as learning Ninjitsu, it seems that if you can't find a school, you may be stuck. I don't recommend books or videos as a beginner, either. You can learn too many bad habits that way. I would look around at all the schools in your area, and see if you can find something that you like. This way, if you ever do get a chance to do nijitsu, then you will have a little MA backing to help you out; kind of give you head start!

I took my wife with me when we went looking for rings. We found a very nice ring, not too gaudy, and fairly decent priced. I didn't spend over $1500 on it, and you should be able to find a very nice ring for around that price. Oh, and congratulations!