Kickbutt Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 Hello fellow kickboxers! I've been reading in the other forums about katas and the names for each one. In my school we don't have any special names for them - I kinda wished we did. Anyways, I'm wondering what you call yours - we just say form 1, form 2 etc... I'd also be interested to know if they are all the same as well... See ya! Lori If you think something small cannot make a difference - try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.-Unknown- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY BEE Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 Hey Lori, Most kickboxers today train in full time kickboxing schools and do not practice forms or Katas at all. There are also alot of fighters that come from traditional schools and become kickboxers later on but they each come from different traditional styles of martial arts. In my school we train all students from children to adults men and women all aspects of full contact fighting with no unifrms,Belts or tests. This method of trainning is becoming much more popular in todays world as the fighters and overall students progress much quicker in there fighting skills since that is all that they are focussing on. For one example today is A sad day as one of my top students Chad Distefano passed away on thursday at 21 years old . He started training with me at 16 years old and made it to be an ameteur World champion and A member of USKBA team USA and travelled to the UKRAINE at 19 years old , This was with no prior martial arts experience. He trained very hard and fought very often and progressed very quickly. He is A perfect example of how quickly you can progress if you focas on achieving your goals. Forms are A good tradition and very nice to see but are not necessary to become A good fighter as Chad and many others have proven . Alot of people do not like to take martial arts becuse they do not like the forms/Katas. But there are also many martial artist worldwide who enjoy doing forms .Me personnally I always enjoyed watching them but hated doing them so that is why I opened A school without those traditions as I believed that there had to be others out there that thought like me. If any one is interested in seeing tributes to this great young talent "BAD CHAD" DISTEFANO you can see them on http://www.uskba.com http://www.ringoffirekickboxing.com tommybeeatafc@yahoo.comhttps://www.ringoffirekickboxing.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysteffee Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 That is so sad TOMMY LEE, I'm really sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamrushman Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 my condolences to CHAD DISTEFANO'S family...it is always a sad lost when someone passes that is so young. MAY HE REST IN PEACE....... rushman (karate forums sensei)3rd dan wtf/kukkiwon"saying nothing...sometimes says the most"--e. dickerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY BEE Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 Thank you very much for your kind words. tommybeeatafc@yahoo.comhttps://www.ringoffirekickboxing.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username115 Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 Agreed, tis very sad indeed. Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickbutt Posted September 10, 2001 Author Share Posted September 10, 2001 Hey Tommy - thanks for the info. I'm really sorry to hear about your friend...I went on the site, couldn't find anything to link me to the tributes, can you tell me where to look? How did he die, btw? Again - I'm very sorry for your loss... Lori If you think something small cannot make a difference - try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room.-Unknown- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY BEE Posted September 10, 2001 Share Posted September 10, 2001 Thank you everybody for your kind words, I am printing them and giving them to his family. They very much apreciate the support from the kickboxing World. His funeral was A tribute to his kickboxing career . They had his belts and trophies showcased and showed videos of his fights and people really thought it was nice . Lori: I did not mean to change the subject that you started. Chad had Bronkitas and was on pain killers as he was unable to fight for 1 year due to A car accident that he was in and hurt his feet. He died of complications from the medications and had A cardiac Arrest. You can find the tributes to chad on http://www.uskba.com by going to the current events /news page and you will see them.You can find this by entering there page and scrolling down just A little. Also on the front page of http://www.ringoffirekickboxing.com At the top of the page there is A mention of Chad Distefano passing away and then you can click onto A video clip of him ,There will be more added to this page soon. THERE IS ALSO TRIBUTES to him on the message board on that page . tommybeeatafc@yahoo.comhttps://www.ringoffirekickboxing.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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