AndrewGreen

Ripley's and Guiness Prime time always have a martial arts idiot doing something stupid to make martial arts look silly.....

At what age does a person no longer need a belt? I don't give any belts to anyone over 13-14, they are not needed. So an adult black belt isn't going to happen. I figure adults should be able to train without the need for external validation.

SHOES! Unless you are buhhdist and can't wear them indoors for religious reasons....

4 - 7 is good to start grappling. But I wouldn't try teaching a 5 year old kata.... Judo or wrestling would be a better choice IMO

You don't do/watch much boxing do you?

uke is recieve. No change from japanese to Okinawan. Boxing does not take place at only one range, nor do other combat sports.

I think anyone that spars, without stopping after hits, full contact(boxing/kickboxing) will quickly realise blocks are not a good idea. Keep your hands in tight, if you go out to meet a incoming strike you are going to get hit. Karate style blocks will work OCCASIONALLY as a suprise against a tired or lower level fighter, but they are a very bad thing to teach as a primary defence. There is a reason no boxer/kickboxer/mma fighter uses them.

Judo and BJJ should work toegether very well. For the most part its the same techniques, just different emphasis. Anyway, either of those, wrestling, Submission Wrestling, shootfighting, Sambo, etc. Just ask, "How often do you spar". If he says anything less then "every class" keep looking

There is no regulatory body governing martial arts, therefore there is no real certification. Anyone can teach.

All depends on how you define complete. For my objectives, nowhere near complete. For others it is.

No real benefit, no one cares. 99% of the people that walk in your door won't even know that there is such a thing. What it will do is restrict what and how you teach, not something I want.

16 is pretty standard.

not quite. Boxing gloves (mufflers) where first put to use by Jack Broughton a long time ago. The idea was to prevent bruises and cuts to the face in training so that he could get more upper class people in that weren't willing to be banged up all the time. Matches where of course still bareknuckle. And that is how gloves protect the face. Less bruises, less cuts = less beat up appearance, more "civilized" look. Hands are protected too. knuckles are small bones, much smaller then the skull and much easier to break. So wrap the hands, and put a pad on them and you can hit harder. Of course the real danger isn't as much cuts and bruises as it is brain damage from having your head knocked around. Now gloves let you get hit harder, and with less visible damage, and in a way less pain, but your brain takes more bouncing around, which is bad for it

You mean he did kata?

Right foot side kick - Right hand low block Left foot spinning back kick - Right hand Mid block Right hand punch - Left hand inside mid block Finish with right hand reverse punch End stance - horse stance (shiko dachi) for the block, twist into forward stance for the punch (zen kutsu dachi) Does that help?

In Angi's videos he is in a cat stance. (You might look at getting them ) I have images of the 5 yakusoku kumites, PM me a e-mail adress and I'll send them to you

Isshin ryu does not really have a yakusoku kumite set. Are you doing Angi Uezi's lineage? If so I could look it up for you. bo - bo #10 yep 1 - attacks with a thrust 2 - block with the back end and thrust back with the back end.

Kama and gama are the same word, just a phonetic shift. Same as Keri - Geri

No one source, I've been involved in isshinryu for quiet some time and have read a lot of different material on the history. That is fairly basic knowledge and pretty much agreed upon by everyone.

Some from Chotoku Kyan. Tokemine no Kun, Kyan no Sai and Kusanku sai are a result of training with Kyan. Vast majority from Taira Shinken Urashi, shishi, chantan Yara and Hamahiga are from this. I'm sure he learnt more, but just didn't include them...

And some do the sunsu opening sequence with a twist... Not really a major difference, still the same thing...

His uncle didn't teach him much karate and he never trained with Yabiku Moden.

Depends on the group you're with, some do this as vertical as well. Why is it used? Cause Tatsuo Shimabuku prefered it, it's really that simple. He felt it was a better punch, likely because of the influence of his main teacher, Chotoku Kyan, who also liked it. Seisan Seuichin Naihanchi Wansu Sanchin Chinto Kusanku Sunsu Tokemine no Kun Urashi Bo Shishi no Kun Kyan no sai* Kusanku sai Chantan Yara no Sai Hamahiga no tonfa* *Not all groups do these.

No, as soon as you enter a clinch or hit the ground YOU ARE GRAPPLING! So arguing striking is better then grappling, but only if your striking involves lots of grappling is rather pointless...

Karate doesn't have any ground work. At least not traditionally anyway. After the first UFC's proved how neccessary it was some instructors, rather then admit a fault in there system, did the "Oh yeah, we got that to..." bit. Fred Ettish is a good example of what karate ground fighting was before BJJ got popular. Didn't work to well for him though... But that is exactly what "karate" taught to do on the ground. Grappling is neccessary to fight a skilled opponent. Striking isn't, submissions aren't. But to win you'll need one of them. You need to be able to move while seperatedm while clinched and while on the ground. Pure grapplers do all three. Pure strikers do only one (entering clinch or ground is no longer pure striking.) That is why grapplers have the advantage, they know how to move in every range. Whether they choose to look for a submission, look to improve position or strike in those ranges is up to them. Funnily enough, a lot of wrestlers (pure grappling) win by strikes... The question isn't grappling vs striking. It's learning to move in all ranges vs learning to move in some ranges. Which is better should be pretty obvious. Guess it could turn to Strikes vs submissions... But thats a completely different issue