karate question

[Chris05]

What is the proper breathing when throwing punches and kicks and what is the purpose of doing splits.

[granmasterchen]

hmmmm tough question honestly.

skill wise each is a master

fighting wise each are legends

bruce lee helped revolutionize chinese martial arts to the western world

chuck norris has helped make the korean arts very popular in the states.

each have a great movie career.

philosophically each are undisputedly masters.

everyone knows of bruce lees exploits of a new way to understand martial arts....but, chuck norris has also come to that concept, he just wasn't the first.

If bruce lee would have lived much longer, then we could see how great he could have been, but he didn't ....so in comparison of how good he was as a martial artist: knowledge, skill and involvement in the community and society as a whole along with spreading martial arts.....each have become masters in my eyes.

I think that chuck norris has had the benefit to learn from Bruce and has had many years to build on his teachings and surpass him.

I give the upper hand to chuck norris, only because he out lived bruce lee.

If bruce lee was alive today, it would be much different, i can only imagine what things he would have came up with.

[Smitty]

I have a better question:

Why won't anyone let Bruce Lee go? It seems like every time I open a page here I see a Bruce Lee quote. Yes, he was a master. So was Gichin Funakoshi. So was Choshin Chibana. Chojun Miyagi. Kanryo Higashionna.

Let it rest already. Man.

[y2_sub]

None , I think Oyama Sosai is the best martial artist that have ever lived

[y2_sub]

I have a better question:

Why won't anyone let Bruce Lee go? It seems like every time I open a page here I see a Bruce Lee quote. Yes, he was a master. So was Gichin Funakoshi. So was Choshin Chibana. Chojun Miyagi. Kanryo Higashionna.

Let it rest already. Man.

Agreed

[granmasterchen]

that would be a very nice day....but i doubt it will ever happen....too much hype about a guy that ....well...i'll just be quite. ( I don't think he should get all the recognition that he does)

[Why_Worry]

He does get a bit too much attention. I mean one of the best martial artist i have ever heard of was Itoman Bunkichi and how many of you have ever ehard of him. He could jump like 15 or 20 feet straight up and do amazing things, not to mention he was really fast at dodging and beat a few samurais just be dodging their sword attacks. THen there was a man named agena who had amazing strong fingers and fists. He could also jump pretty high.

But to answer the question, the correct breathing differs in each style. I learn to be calm and have no anger in my breathing, but in self defense classes sometimes peopel are told to be angry although what i learn is that drains your energy very quickly and it can tense up yoru body so you dont get the chi flowing and you dont get as much power. The are other ways though, jut in wha ti practice alot is focused towards peaceful ways. And splits...the only use for those is in capoeira because that was originally supposed to be looking like a dance so the slavers wouldnt mind the slaves practicing. O and in a few styles splits are used in strikes like in a kung fu style the practitioner rises their foot al the way up and grabs in kidna in a split then kinda falls down into a split. Its weird to see

[Jay]

bruce lee just becuase he had every style in his locker whenever he needed it

[y2_sub]

Why_Worry , it's not only about jumping high , as a matter of fact it's not at all about high jumps , jumping high is good for ballet dancers not for martial artists

One other thing , believe in nothing until you actually c it .

[Smitty]

bruce lee just becuase he had every style in his locker whenever he needed it

I don't know alot about Bruce Lee, but I'll repeat the old saying:

"Jack of all trades, master of none."