If the facts in the story are correct, I'd say the parents have a strong case for a damage award from the city. One of the reasons, if I understand right, for Judo to be practiced in junior high...
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If the facts in the story are correct, I'd say the parents have a strong case for a damage award from the city. One of the reasons, if I understand right, for Judo to be practiced in junior high...
I just moved to Zama city in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan from the U.S. In the U.S., I practiced Enshin karate, a full contact style. Thus, I was looking for a full contact style to study here in...
Thank you. I'll definitely check into these.
I'm moving to Japan to work at Atsugi Naval Air Station in western Kanagawa prefecture (near Yamato city) in September. I understand that there isn't an Enshin dojo near there but I'd like to find a...
Does this mean that the Muay Thai or Brazilian style of low roundhouse exposes more of your back to your opponent if he parries or moves out of the way of your kick?
I'm going to Japan in August, so maybe they'll be doing it by then and I can report on what the experience was like. I've stood in the riduculously long "Gaijin" line at Narita's immigration gateway...
This isn't completely about the media misuing martial art's terms, but is close...I have some extra free time this summer so I'm taking some BJJ classes. The classes are excellent, but they're held...
Speaking of Kyokushin, is there anyone who could help improve the Kyokushin and Mas Oyama articles on Wikipedia? They really need some work:
Kyokushin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyokushin
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If I understand right, Marines spend a lot of time in the field. In Japan they were out in the firing ranges on Okinawa or in the maneuver grounds around Mt. Fuji all the time. Where are they going...
I don't think those little piles of half-digested food on the train platforms in Japan are ramen. I think those are the little seafood snacks they were eating all night along with their drinking. ...
This is a subject of some interest to me. Some of the responses here have been very good. This is what I've seen work (some of it repeats what others have said):
Before retiring for the evening:...
I've seen those guys standing in the train stations in the Tokyo area also. It's interesting how they can stand like that all day long.
One more:
Shidokan is working to schedule a tournament for later this year in Las Vegas. They don't have a date yet but to keep watching their website it's at:
http://www.shidokan.com/
I second cguzik's experience with Amazon marketplace. I've ordered books through Amazon from one of their "partners" in their marketplace and the books never arrived. When I contacted Amazon about...
I think everyone's answers are great. I'll add something that I think no one else mentioned yet, which is that martial arts appeals to our need to "problem solve." If you think about it, an...
The last time I was in Japan, in 2004, it appeared one of the new trends was "high-end" yakitori restaurants. There were a couple of these I went to several times near my wife's family's home in...
The Northeast Sabaki Regional is usually the last week in September. It's sponsored by the New Jersey Enshin dojo: http://www.enshinnewjersey.com/
September 23rd is IKO(1)'s All-American Karate...
Do they need to be in the west coast (USA) area?
I understand that the difference between a master of arts (MA) and master of science (MS) is that the MA degree requires more "social science" (human-related) courses and the MS more technical (math...
This entry in Wikipedia on seppuku appears to cover the subject fairly well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku
Make sure to read under "discussion" tab also because there's apparently a lot...
Did you ever see anyone lose any teeth?
Do they also wear mouth-guards in competition or do their head-guards protect them enough that they don't have to?
Those helmets they wear definitely don't prevent knock-outs. Is there any other style that emulates street-fighting as well as Daido Juku? In addition to face punching with wide swinging hooks like...
But, in this video they're not fighting bare-knuckle. They're wearing gloves. One guy even appears to be wearing boxing gloves. If this fight has the "no face punching" rule, then why would they...
If you'll look at the other thread on this subject you'll see more of the real story behind this. By the way, I've heard that some McDojo (I'm not mentioning any specific names here) will try not to...