Seeing it with an even larger picture shows the head but all right.
Still though.
Tempers do get carried away when sparring like that. First the guy in white threw a cheep shot after the call, then...
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Seeing it with an even larger picture shows the head but all right.
Still though.
Tempers do get carried away when sparring like that. First the guy in white threw a cheep shot after the call, then...
Watched it several times with a magnifier.
I agree with most here - there was no special touch or pinch.
The kid went down due to the suprise and timeing of the ref's pulling him backward as he...
Well.....Shucks !
It is quite difficult to find a topic or way to get a conversation going, with a topic like - learning self defense techniques useing "old style" or "natural ways" to hone self...
I definately agree with this.
Who could ever know what the original bunkai was for a kata. most likely those that taught me had already had a diluted version of the bunkai taught to them and it...
This has been happening to me almost every day lately. I think the reason I am taking notice of it is because my workouts lately have all been with the Bo and walking cane.
2 days ago I was...
It looks to me like my signature statement - "For every thesis there is an anti-thesis" Holds true for this whole thread.
Can we agree that - Traditional kata should not be changed but its...
As I read on through these previous posts I see a lot of history and tales of the way things were in those days. Interesting.
However this is not what I was really getting at.
First let me say...
Yes you are correct that I was reffering to the weapons ban as a reason some farmers learned more than farm uses for their tools.
I am afraid I have little historical background in martial arts...
What I was getting at with my question is from the opposite angle of the warriors.
I was talking about the average Jo (like myself) that was not interested in taking care of the emperor's demands...
This may seem a bit off for most here but I just can't resist throwing it out there.
I have worked with bo, jo and other MA weapons over the years.
I also mentioned the Hoe in the title here...
Trying a new method of breaking into a quote with comments. Hope it works.
Look for the -------line between yours and mine.
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It is really getting tough...
Not sure if this comment is as much about bunkai as it is about technique.
There was mention of one style working its power by dropping ones weight and that Goju incorperates power comming upward....
In trying to make sense of the past few posts....
The explination of body mechanics seems a bit different than the way I was taught in Goju style but I do get the idea.
Basically if this...
Basically speaking - the bigger, stronger and more practiced person, has a much better chance of winning a fight. Natural instinct and additude hold a big part in this as well.
It is quite easy for...
Again WOW !
Not having time to get back to the forum for a couple of days......
Maaaan ! It seems I made a comment about what reason someone has for getting into martial arts and it seems a bit of...
Shucks - I tried what I remembered of the quote technique on that last reply but it still didn't work as I expected.
One of these days I too will conquer the multi or partial quote trick.
[QUOTE]I still think people focus too much on the "what if" in "bunkai". In other words, I am of the opinion that the execution of meaning should be such that it doesn't matter too much what the...
At this point in my life I am hoping that Chibana and Shiroma are correct.
Because I am stuck with 99.5% of my workouts these days on my won...kata is a bigger part than it was in the past.
I...
WOW !
I have been gone for the past 2 weeks due to computer problems. So many angles have been added since then, I am not going to use any quotes but will try to sum things up from what I have read...
I agree with both of you.
Just to add another little twist....
After my first aprox - 12 years of Goju. (during that time I did take classes in other styles) I never mixed one style with another. ...
AndyM.
Very interesting stroy and it is true that in the few years I was in Shotokan classes, we did no kata bunkai.
This must be why there was such emphasis on balance and wide stances to...
Seems to me that you have a well rounded background of experience.
Do you think you would have understood Goju's advantage over Shotokan's if you had not taken some Shotokan lessons ?
My...
Shorin Ryu - I agree with everything you said but hope and believe that these videos will help to add to my abilities to protect myself if the situation should arise.
That is - as I mentioned...
Thank you JS3
That is the man I was talking about all right.
It is good to have access to more of his info so I will check into his sight for more details.
I believe that with the background I...
I agree that most of what I have seen on ytube is poor for learning anything but I stumbled on a series that breaks down Okanawan bo kata, their bunkai, history, drills, and strength exercises.......