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Awsome story I think i may pick up that book

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I read in one of bruce lee's books his impression of what a weapon does. He discribes having a weapon as a disadvantage. THis is because when using a weapon your attention will be focused on atacking with only that weapon, compared to when you hold no weapons you open you self up to attack with many other things (eblows, hands etc.)and you are not limiting yourself. So I suppose it all depends on how you look at it

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did you try checking page 2?

congrats and good luck, don't worry being nervous is normal

The great Taoist master Chuang Tzu once dreamt that he was a butterfly fluttering here and there. In the dream he had no awareness of his individuality as a person. He was only a butterfly. Suddenly, he awoke and found himself laying there, a person once again. But then he thought to himself, "Was I before a man who dreamt about being a butterfly, or am I now a butterfly who dreams about being a man?" There once was a monastery that was very strict. Following a vow of silence, no one was allowed to speak at all. But there was one exception to this rule. Every ten years, the monks were permitted to speak just two words. After spending his first ten years at the monastery, one monk went to the head monk. "It has been ten years," said the head monk. "What are the two words you would like to speak?" "Bed... hard..." said the monk. "I see," replied the head monk. Ten years later, the monk returned to the head monk's office. "It has been ten more years," said the head monk. "What are the two words you would like to speak?" "Food... stinks..." said the monk. "I see," replied the head monk. Yet another ten years passed and the monk once again met with the head monk who asked, "What are your two words now, after these ten years?" "I... quit!" said the monk. "Well, I can see why," replied the head monk. "All you ever do is complain."

here is 2 more I just found.... After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull's eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his second shot. "There," he said to the old man, "see if you can match that!" Undisturbed, the master did not draw his bow, but rather motioned for the young archer to follow him up the mountain. Curious about the old fellow's intentions, the champion followed him high into the mountain until they reached a deep chasm spanned by a rather flimsy and shaky log. Calmly stepping out onto the middle of the unsteady and certainly perilous bridge, the old master picked a far away tree as a target, drew his bow, and fired a clean, direct hit. "Now it is your turn," he said as he gracefully stepped back onto the safe ground. Staring with terror into the seemingly bottomless and beckoning abyss, the young man could not force himself to step out onto the log, no less shoot at a target. "You have much skill with your bow," the master said, sensing his challenger's predicament, "but you have little skill with the mind that lets loose the shot." An old man stooped by age and hard work was gathering sticks in the forest. As he hobbled painfully along, he began to feel sorry for himself. With a hopeless gesture he throw his bundle of sticks upon the ground and groaned"Life is too hard, I cannot bear it any longer, If only death would come and take me." Even as those words were out of his mouth, death in the form of a skeleton in a black robe stood before him. "I heard you call me sir." he said, "what can I do for you?" "please sir" replied the old man, "could you please help me put this bundle of sticks back on my shoulder again"

here is another A martial arts student approached his teacher with a question. "I'd like to improve my knowledge of the martial arts. In addition to learning from you, I'd like to study with another teacher in order to learn another style. What do you think of this idea?" "The hunter who chases two rabbits," answered the master, "catches neither one."

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This is a very important part of the kata. With pratice you will be able to block out distractions, all your energy (mental and physical) should and will be focused on the kata you are doing, you will realize that you are the only person in the dojo and everyone else will become oblivous to you while you are doing your kata. Anyone can simply memorize a bunch of chorographed movements and perform them, that does not take any talent. While doing the kata envision each movement being applied to your enemies as they attack you. This will help give you something pratical and useful to focus on while you do the kata, insted of watching what everyone else is doing. Hope this helps

I like that Idea alot, could save alot of people alot of money. I mean once you have been at a dojo for a while and you know youn are not going anywhere I think it would be a great idea to sign something like a 5 year contract, but I can see why alot of people would not like this idea

cool great interview corey

we normally do about 20 mins which includes a warm up stretching and cool down....

Great one KickChick, heres another... A Zen master out for a walk with one of his students points out a fox chasing a rabbit. According to an ancient fable, the rabbit will get away from the fox, the master said. Not so replied the student. The fox is faster but the rabbit will elude him insisted the master. Why are you so certain?, asked the student. Because the fox is running for his dinner and the rabbit is running for his life replied the master.

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nothing has changed for me, just another day..... I agree omnifinite the media has covered 9/11 far to much, at first I was really interested but now I just want it to end, it annoys me

Generally I have found that many karate schools now adays are also offering a Kobudo program. I would suggest looking for a karate/kobudo school, the two arts completment each other very well

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I only pay about $525 Canadian dollars a year. This includes the option of training in Goju Ryu Karate-do 7 days a week, tai chi training and kobudo. I think this is a very reasonable price. It covers all the cost of operating the building (which the sensei owns so he also collects rent from apartments upstairs), and provides him and his family a normal life style without ripping of everyone. There is by no means any lack of quality in our instruction, our sensei is just doing this for the sake of teaching karate and is not trying to rip anyone off.... I think paying $1000 a year is a little unreasonable, I might try to find a more affordable dojo if I were you

I think I would do Aikido or another style of Karate

I find it very difficult to believe that noone has any kind of opinion or input concerning this topic....but yet I see no replies

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