Bon Posted November 30, 2001 Posted November 30, 2001 (edited) ::edit:: Edited September 29, 2002 by Bon It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
Angus Posted November 30, 2001 Author Posted November 30, 2001 Well man, all karate has kata. Kata is basically the essence of Karate. I'm in Albury, right on the NSW, VIC border. Hmmmm..... i met a bloke called David Bell who runs Zen Go Shu Karate, and he's based in newcastle with a 5th Dan in Goju Ryu. Zen Go Shu is a pretty hard style. It WAS actually a part of the Zen Do Kai/Bob Jones organisation up until about 15 years ago when Davie split from the group due to some 'political' reason. Are u sure that the bloke ur friend goes to is 6th dan in Goju? Cos this could be the same fellow running Goju Ryu classes. Otherwise the instructor of the class has obviously come to his senses and abandoned the traditional ways of Goju Ryu but kept the name. Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Bon Posted November 30, 2001 Posted November 30, 2001 (edited) ::edit:: Edited September 29, 2002 by Bon It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
Angus Posted November 30, 2001 Author Posted November 30, 2001 18 to train? WTF? That's nuts!! Crazy!! Lunacy i tell u! Yeah, i did a crash course in BJJ/ground defence and it absolutely rox0rs!! It's a lot better than Judo from a realism/efficiency perspective cos Judo's more of a sport nowadays. It still teaches u to grapple though, and that is VERY important. My BJJ training was kind of a 4 day a week, 2 hour a day thing for 3/4 months. I'm no expert but all i seriously wated was some ground defence, and i learned that after the first week. Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Angus Posted December 1, 2001 Author Posted December 1, 2001 No problemo bro. Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
KaratekaAikidoist Posted April 21, 2003 Posted April 21, 2003 I always thought Hard/Soft meant counter a hard technique with a soft movement.
The Machine Posted May 13, 2003 Posted May 13, 2003 The reason your instructor was making you practice techniques repeatedly hard (go), and soft (ju) is because you must repeat each movement, strike, and counter in Goju practicing it this way seperately so that ultimately you will be able to combine these two ways so that every technique is, "Goju". for example when executing a punch you will have great speed in the first part of the punch and in the last bit of the punch you will have the power to delivery a knockout blow. "The mind is one with heaven and earth."
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