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Is tameshiwara required for black belt ranking?


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Recently somewhere else I was reading someones question about doing a breaking demonstration. It seems as long as they said they had been a black belt they had never done any breaking. So a bit mystified by this I ask in your schools isn't some sort of breaking required for advancement to black belt rank?

 

 

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Our school does not require it

 

 

7th Dan Chidokai


A true combat warrior has to be hard as nails in mind, body and soul. Warriors are action takers and not action fakers. If you are cruising, make time for losing

Posted

We do not require it either .

 

 

Karate is not a sport , it is a way of life .

Sandan Motobu ha Shi-to ryu karate

Katsu ryu kempo

Ryukyu kobudo

Posted

Neither does mine.

 

 

"Never hit a man while he's down; kick him, its easier"


Sensei Ron Bagley (My Sensei)

Posted

Really? Wow? :???: I had to do a straight punch, hammerfist, and elbow break for mine. Not to mention the foot break.

 

 

Posted

Breaking is IMHO a way of taking off stress. Havent you ever seen karate kid 2? "Can you break a log like that?" said Ralph Macio. "Don't know, never been attacked by a tree!" said Mr. Morita

 

 

"Which one is more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi

Posted

One could condition themselves to break without ever having learned any martial art.

 

Breaking is not a good measure of skill at all.

 

Bruce Lee said "Boards dont fight back"

 

How true.

 

 

7th Dan Chidokai


A true combat warrior has to be hard as nails in mind, body and soul. Warriors are action takers and not action fakers. If you are cruising, make time for losing

Posted

Anonymous is right.

 

They say that a board is as strong as a rib, but when a person is moving it is a little harder to hit those ribs.

 

What i am getting at is that breaking boards in one spot is like jabbing someone while their down and trying to show off strength. Not really a great martial art attitude.

 

 

"Which one is more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi

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