wilko9999 Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 (edited) Hi i was sparring with a guy he went to get a ridge hand (open hand) to the side of my head, i turn my head and he got my in the nose it made my eye water, but the sparr was tie, so my guard is always up. L8er Edited June 1, 2003 by wilko9999 Trodai Karate, Brown Belt 1nd Kyu"Belts Are For Holding Your Pants Up" Bruce Lee"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"Ben Paker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko9999 Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Hi i was sparring with a guy he went to get a ridge hand (open hand) to the side of my head, i turn my head and he got my in the nose it made my eye water, but the sparr was tie, so my guard is always up. L8er Trodai Karate, Brown Belt 1nd Kyu"Belts Are For Holding Your Pants Up" Bruce Lee"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"Ben Paker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko9999 Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 and don't put your guard to high because you can not see plus people can kick you in the ribs Trodai Karate, Brown Belt 1nd Kyu"Belts Are For Holding Your Pants Up" Bruce Lee"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"Ben Paker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starturtle Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Im affraid I don't know what a bogu is. Could you define it please? Do not go silently into that good night.Rage, Rage, Against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbitbob Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 While that pretty much answers my question (if you don't know what they are, you don't use them. ), Bogu are chest protectors and head gear allowing contact when sparring. It was my understanding that the way in which Genwakai differed from the parent system of Gensei-Ryu was that the former practiced Bogu kumite. I met your instructor once, way back in the mid 1980s, and found him to be a knowledgeable, friendly person. Unfortuately I was too new to Karate to have asked him any intelligent questions! I have been meaning to venture south and west again to visit his dojo, but most of my time is spent in Norlin Library! There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starturtle Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Oh, ok. Yea we do use them then. Ive just never heard the term bogu used before. We do full contact sparring with pad protection. And yes, my instructor is pretty cool. Im lucky to be practising under someone as knowlegable as he. Do not go silently into that good night.Rage, Rage, Against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewGreen Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Just because you don't use a Japanese term doesn't mean you don't use protective equipment... Andrew Greenhttp://innovativema.ca - All the top martial arts news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Hi I see you all use paded gear for sparr do you always as at my dojo we only use sparring mitts and mouth guards. Does th paded gear help any? and do you ever sparr will out it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotochem Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 A good roundhouse in the head will cure one's desire to drop their hands too often. It happened to me.........once!!! Pain is only temporary, the memory of that pain lasts a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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