learning kempo-karate

Hello, If tied up in the car's trunk and it is moving? Try kicking the rear lights out if you can move your legs. Hopefully someone following will see and call the police. (not all cars you can do this with). Everyone should try to untied themselves to escape..RULE ONE 1 ...escape If tied up next to driver if in a crowd street...try to move your body to cause driver to crash! You want attention here by outsiders. NO two situtions will be the same...try to keep calm & think of ways to escape, try to untied one self, try finding things around you for weapons. Tied up is a very BAD sitution to be in....try to be calm..think how you can get away or escape or fight back if can? One can use there teeth to bite if this available at the right time and place..remember that movie of the paralized guy who got the bad guy come close to him by fooling him by talking soft...he bite his throat. Aloha

Hello, New and unuse muscles will aches if never use before. A sign you are now using those mucscles again. The soreness will go away after a few days or so. Aches and soreness NO one enjoy these pains....only thing NO pain NO gain....so THIS IS GOOD , just temp, till you go to the next level of using additonal more muscles. NO pain...NO gain....except this....just is temp (for life). If you stop for a while...then when you start again...it happens again the aches and pains....NO STOP! Aloha (not wanting to start again here)....gotta and gotta go hard too! Ahhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,sore,sore sore... where's the ACETAMINOPHEN -A a pain reliever....)

Hello, Most of us wash our Gi's. It is when you train with someone in the next class that "didn't wash it", cause one of our sense's to react. Not washing a gi's can be a good technique to use when grappling. Do not under estimate the power of SMELL! it can be good or it can be BAD! It is how you use it! POWER TO YOU! Aloha (wash till clean...dry till not wet any more).

Hello, NOT sure if the karate chop is the very core of martial arts. Karate chops can be an effective technique if use correctly. (especially on the neck area). Not sure using this "chop"on the foot area? if standing up?.... What are other names use to describe this techniques? Kenpo chop,kempo chop? Judo chop, (NO chop suey OK)...... Aloha ( and no pork chops too!)

Hello, Just wondering when or who will be the first to put flashing lights on the gi's. Did you see Elivs karate Gi? with wide bell bottoms? ...........Aloha Aloha

Hello, Have you notice how many people react (get mad or angry) when show the middle finger? or given verbal words the is (not mentionable) to them! If you react by getting angry or getting revengeful or mad? DID WE LOSE? .....and the other person WON..cause they got what they wanted...they wanted you to react with anger,fear,madness! How many of you LOST IN THE PAST? ....and CAN YOU WIN TODAY? The middle finger (SIGN LANGUAGE)...has a few meanings. If shown and given to you? Who will win? Aloha, WIN-WIN by not losing

Hello, Have you try the internet for weight lifting,or muscle building,etc/ At the magazine racks are tons of information....muscle mag,men fitness, iron man, muscle develoment, etc....most of them have routines of some of the best builders in the world. Cardio routines,is also shown in most of the monthly magazines too. You may want to read up on "CORE' training & Matt Furys' book on "Combat condition is worth getting. 1. Running is always a good routine if done 3 times a week for a couple of miles. 2, M,W,F : Push-up 3-5 sets (add varitions, Jump rope 5-10 minutes, 100 full squats, 3. One of the problems is you have a starting or beginning and than you will need to add each week, a little more to each excerise. How much? varies person to person. (especially for weight training) which has so many theories. Weight training can be T,Thr, Sat,.......sunday go to church! REST too! 4.Best way to get the right answers is research the tons of materials out there....choose the one's that make alot of sense to you! 5. Follow professioal advice? Ours may not be best for you? 6. For myself....I like resting 5 days a week...add one day for fishing,and Sunday for watching football! Aloha,

Hello, World of martial art uniforms? is there any VANITY left? Professors's,Master's,10th degrees.....their belts? Many looks like a military General uniforms. Muliple colors are endless....each trying to be more different. At tournaments it looks like a circus acts. Even the forms look like circus acts too! Still old school here..plain whites for Judo and all black for Kempo. Not sure color blind? ...but for sure Not ordor less! To differ is OK....that is what Americans are made of......Aloha

Hello, Just by dropping 1 inch or two will have give you a stronger foundation and a little bit more flexable stance. Try it! .............Aloha

Hello, Yes there are better training methods. The bad guys learn real street techiques that has been proven from experience. There style of anything goes,chaos,non-stop,anything for weapons can be use....NO limits..fight to keep you from fighting back. Hit till you cannot move anymore....they don't care. They been in jail before. Do you train like that? for chaos? Have you ever talk to these guys who fight on the street often? It will be very interesting to hear how they fight? I use to work with a guy who was a trouble maker...got fire for chasing a guy in a VW parking lot with a hammer for a weapon....VW said something and ...oh well. He survive the attack. (out ran this person). TWO great books worth reading: Gift of Fear...and Fighter Fact Book 2..... The real world fighting and world of martial arts? You will find is NOT the same thing! Please study this well....time is a good source of learning. Train in Shotokan Karate, Tang Soo do, Kempo, and a little JUDO....Still learning and still studying about the art of self-defence. My thoughts have change alot since the beginning of learning...still going thru changes....Aloha

Hello, Most martial arts- teach a form of self-defense and make you believe it will work. The army/marines teaches their soldiers to fight in war like conditions...most will come and say it is very different from practice. To learn to fight like real is to practice like real ...anything goes, biting,up close,NONE stop,adenline flowing, fear, in a strange place -unfamliar against people you don't know? Hard to train like that HUH? In a real situtions..it will be harder especially when you do not want to get into a fight-back situtions. Ever see a street fight look like a Kata? Deep stances? arm way back like a karate stance? NO one fights like this? Movies maybe? These books will share something you may not be aware about? By reading them....you will understand...or if you get into a real fight? than you will really understand. ....Aloha

Hello, If you want to know if your style or training makes sense? Read this book by Loren Christensen " Fighter Fact book 2". He is the most modern, realistic, writer, fighter there is ! You will have to read it for yourself. Then compare it to the way you are training. Want to know if your martial arts works? READ the book 2. His articles on hair pulling makes sense, How to handle DOG attacks, what is involved in a real fight, the way you train is the way you will fight..he brings this up alot. The military,FBI, Police, and others have made changes in the way they train. Read the book2....you will find yourself making changes in the way you train too! Loren Christensen is the UP TO DATE , when it comes for REAL SELF-DEFENSE/fighting. Does you martial art works for the real world? This book will give you some insights that has always being around. A MUST read book...if you want to LIVE LONGER! The only way you will KNOW if your martials training works? is read the book! .........Aloha

-Hello, Body guards, Sercuity officers, POLICE officers, Hotel Securitys, Bank and Jewel stores. Customs, governmental agencys for sercurity jobs, military MP'S, Campus Sercuity. Even health and weigh gyms. So many things! ........Aloha PS: Learn JUDO too....this is the best for non-violent ways to handle many or all situtions!

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What's Binary? ......Oops wrong number here...Aloha

Hello, Making changes is a good sign especially when it is a GOOD change. If you want to know what kind of a person your where? or are? Look at the people you are hanging around all the time? This is a good indication of yourself and lifestyle. Stay with good honest,trustworthly people all the time...you will become one of them. Hang around liars,thieves,drug addicts...you will soon become one of them. Life is full of choices.....The hard choices are usually the better ones..it take more effect to do good and be good than bad. Glad you are making a GREAT choice to learn the martial arts and giving up your old ways. Best of luck to you.....Aloha

Hello, Most Japanese words are pronounce the way it is spell: example..take the word: DATE how do your pronounce it? Japanese way it is DA-TE (dot -tay.) KA-TA: two word here also...when performing do it in one word! ........Aloha

Hello, If they learn to get around your long legs (kicking)...you must find a way to get around them from jaming your kicks and learn how to expect a punch and counter there counter! ...counter the counter...so on! You must be telegraphing your moves. Pactice in front of a mirror...when you can move faster than person you see in the mirror...you will be AWESOME! Learn more about feintings/fake movements too! When you practice with the same people oll the time! ...they can read your body and know what you are about to do. Become a Professioal POKER player/ or get a POKER FACE and movements. Learn speed techniques,especially the foot works. Learn to attack quicker than you did before. BE a smarter fighter....(How?) ....should I share my SECRETS? ......OK ....practice harder than anyone else ....practice everyday....work the speed training excerises...learn to have a poker face/movements....just by lowing you stance about 1" inch..you movements will be quicker too. ....study this! .........Aloha

Hello, Mix martial art language here! As long as you know what they are trying to say? ...in any tongue? .....if you understand it? ...it won't matter the language. Learn everything.....when in Rome do what the Romans do! ...learning a multilple langauge....can be fun stuffs! In Hawaii (because of import worker from Philipines,China,Japan,Hawaiians,Portual,and others) many of the language we speak today is a mix, including the traditions of all is mix here! It is call : "Pigeon to the max". "Aa you go and I stay", "how come not pau! "(Pau means- finish). Half the time...if you come from the USA to visit Hawaii? ....hearing the locals speak pigeon....most of you may not understand what they are trying to say! " Aa you NO understand?" I'm PAU (finish) here...............Aloha

Hello, Most people who take martial arts usually becomes more passive and less aggressive. Those that are bullies most times become more aggressive. (lack of self-esteen or lack of self-respect of themselves. It would be wrong to say martial arts is teaching aggressive behaviors. It does teach you how to fight back and defend yourself. (violently). Each person is raise differently and there backgrounds is the reason for the aggressive behaivor. (now they know how to fight)...it increases there behavior attitude. (learning the martial arts is NOT to blame). A person charcter is to blame(the way they were raise). Yet many of us have seen students get more aggressive as they train. (just punch them out!) ....only kidding here...........Aloha

Hello, It was fun to watch the first time. Second time..somethings made you wonder? .........Aloha

Hello, You sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. Important things first, (life has priorties). Your kick boxing skills I'm sure is something you feel very comfortable with. Many people think everyone should achieve a Black Belt. It is only a status symbols today (so many getting one and cannot fight back). If your skills work for you...and if you feel it is NOT neccessary to get one...that is OK. Also teaching is something you must love to do and want to do it. In time it may happen (being promoted to a Black Belt). Take care of your priorties first. Remember this RULES: 1.Family come first (especially when you have kids-it becomes your job to raise them 2. Your work: This take care of your family and life style. 3. What ever you want here, can be martial arts, can be fixing your cars, can be helping others..... ............Aloha

Hello, This is a magic trick. If he could really do this....he would be famous and making lots of money on talk shows. He martial arts would become famous...He would also be sought after by lots of people who would want to learn from him. Why can't he teach others to do this? A man's mind can be fool many times , and is often done! If he had special powers...he would be well known and famous. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do believe you and what you saw! ...BUT was it really what you saw? Magic is something to watch and at times it is amazing too. ..............Aloha, this message will end in MAGIC!

Hello, The ultimate goal should NOT be a Black Belt, But to achieve the level where your response is AUTOMATIC! For many of us? ...this is a life time of training to learn to be automatic. Unless you train for hours everyday, than sooner you learn this. Lets say someone throws a basket ball to you, and you just turn around? ...most times your hands will go up to catch the ball. How long did that take you? (learn fast because the body.face will get hurt). Most of us learn to catch from when we were babies old enought to play ball,RIGHT!. Black Belt only means (today) you met the minumum requirements of your school. (nothing to do with real fighting). There are many street fighters with NO martial art training that can beat up many black belts today. Real fighting teaches what really works, and one learns faster here too. (playing catch). Mind set (killer instincts) .....Research and study this....most of us have never been in a heart pounding...facing a huge guy/guys ready to pound you, (yourself alone too) in a dark parking lot/someplace. How will a Black Belt help you here? .....train for this? Will you be able to block and counter there every strike? Can your body go the distance without tiring? Can you take the punishment of the punches and kicks to you and your body. (adrenline/fear factor)....changes your thinking How long to achieve a Black Belt....most of us quickly....How long will it take for AUTOMATIC reflexes...a life time.................Aloha PS: Change your goals...than the belt will fit.

Hello, Great topic! This is a hard one. Most of us who have train a long time, and never really been in a REAL fight? ...Will never really know this answer. Until you face the real world of fighting...this is where the true test is! The FEAR factor/adrenline response...fight or flee...heart pounding...all alone faceing our NIGHTMARE..SITUTIONS'. Very different from the training halls. All soldiers who goes to REAL combat, learn that the training at home NEVER prepares you for the real thing. It is very different. (usually in the mind). Heart pounding and knowing you can get KILL at anytime (24/7). NOTE: NO one can be prepare for a false crack (unexpected strike)...which most times gives the attacker the advantage. It is more about MIND SET: If you can response in the fear mode (KILLER INSTINCT)....To fight back no matter what. For myself I have been a few fights (before taking martial arts) younger days. (school kind only). Today alot more train and prepare...BUT still unknown how one will do in a REAL fight. I am a lot older now (50's). The true test is on the streets facing something you do not want to face! Just my thoughts here...........Aloha