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I love strategy games can play them for hours on end I also really like a good first person shooter like Halo (xbox)

My recent favorite is Silver side up -NickelBack

Karate-do my way of life by GICHIN FUNAKOSHI (founder of shotokan) Submissive fighter suggested this book and I would like to agree with him and highly suggest it for any karate pratitoner (shotocan or otherwise), it is a great book. Other karate-related books that I really enjoyed reading and would also recommend are: Classical Man by Richard Kim Weaponless Warriors by Richard Kim All great books that all karate pratitioners should read

Perhaps rather then getting her to do something she is not comfortable with you should suggest to her that perhaps an art like tai chi would be more to her liking

cool thanks for the update Patrick

Don't worry about it everyone is nervous the first few times they do it. Confidence comes with expirence. You will get the hang of it after a while

These are four great people's ideas of what religion is.... "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the feeling of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless circumstances. It is the opium of the people. The obolition of religion as the illusiory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusiors about their condition is a demand to give up a condition that requires illusion." Karl Marx (1818-1883) "Religion would then be the universal obessional neurosis of humanity: like the obessional neurosis of children... If this view is right it is to be supposed that a turning away from religion is bound to occur with the fatal enevitabilty of a process of growth" Sigmund Froud (1856-1939) "If religion has given brith to all that is essential to society it is because society is the sould of religion" Emile Durkheim (1858- 1917) "Religion has it's own independant roots in the hidden depts of the spirit itself." Rudolf Atto (1869-1937) I must say that I agree partly with each of these difinitions altough I think I agree with the third one the most Got these from religion class today and thought I would share them. Which definition do you most agree with and why?

AS many others have said on this thread, I feel my training has helped me avoid fights and troublesome situations greatly, I am yet to get into a fist fight with someone

yea u must be right it probably is style dependant. I also do not know the orgin of all those katas so it is possible that some of them are foreign

B your a little off here.... I know 9 and there has to be at least 18 ( seen my seniors do some) The ones I know are Gedan, Chudan, Jodan, Maswashi uki, Kake Uki, Soto Chudan, dai cho sho, dai cho sho dai, Maswashi Kake Uki. Gedan, Chudan, Jodan, Soto Chudan are mechanically almost the same Maswashi uki, Kake Uki are simular dai cho sho, dai cho sho dai are simular Maswashi Kake Uki As the name suggests this is a combinition of Maswashi Uki and Kake Uki. Altough it is conciderably different Altough Taikyoku means first coarse (basic) Some of these katas get pretty complex (and easy to mix up) even though they all follow the same beasic floor pattern

There is no definite answer to this but many people seem to believe that Bodhidharma created kung fu and the martial arts According to legend Bodhidharma was born in India during the early 6th centary to a warior class known as Kshatriaya. He travelled from india accross the himalayas to the Songshan mountains in the Honan province of china, where he founded the Shoa Lin (Shoalin) Temple. The monks in this temple were very strong mentally but lacked the ablilty to defend themselves, so the were often robbed or hurt. So Bodhidharma created 18 postures, 2 sutra and zazen (breathing/mediatation). He based these early forms on the movements of 5 animals The tiger, monkey, leopard, crane and snake. And so the kung fu and the martial arts began.....

Welcome to the boards

yep forgot to mention ours includes the belt and certificate too $25 dollars Canadian is more or less ten British pounds so it looks like I seem to be paying the average

Well you have tickled my curosity, care to explain I suppose it probably has something to do with the amount taken

For Kyu gradings we pay $25 and for shodan it is $150 $800.00 seems completely unreasonable... btw all prices mentioned are in Canadian dollars

I am yet to encounter rascism at any dojo. The best student at my dojo is African

Certainly, Alot of power can be generated from the hips.

What a great topic HA HA HA

Welcome to the boards I look forward to your input

Yes I believe it is possible to focus on your kicks. When I kick I really try to focus on some of the smaller aspects of the kick. Like what my foot is doing and whether my toes are flexed back or pointing down. These smaller details can make an huge difference. For instance if you are doing a front kick (mae geri) depending where you kick will determine what part of the foot you strike with. If it is a kick to the groin you would want to kick with the top of your foot, but when the same kick is done to the solarplexis the ball of your foot is a much better part to use. So all I can really suggest is to focus on every aspect of your kick and be able to adept them to the situations the present themselves

well done ram, I commend you. Retreat is always the best option. I do not like hurting someone who does not understand what they are doing. A drunk is by no means completely in control of what they are doing. And if you can leave without causing unessary pain to that drunk you are far bigger a man then the dude who kicks the @#$% out of him....

My training has helped me in absolutly every aspect of my life. It has taught me how to stick with things when they are deficult and never give up. It has taught me how to control my emotions, now I rarly get angry. I find it also to be a great stress reliever, and it keeps me busy aside from all the physical benefits. And the list goes on...

I often think back at my first class, when I was first taught where to chamber you hand and how to do the very basic techniques. I remember watching the other kids do Taikyoku gedan. It looked so amazing, I never thought I would be able to learn all those moves. I think I cried after class (I was 8 ) I had so many mixed emotions, I enjoyed it but it seemed sooo imtidating

well said kensai

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