It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it were; we have some things that I know my sensei's sensei added in the 1970s, plus my lineage is...
Thanks, I took long service leave a year and a half ago, and shifted about 40 cubic metres of dirt by hand to make it. The circular lawn is a...
Here's my take on suparinpei kata - a fairly standard performance, but I fluffed the jumping kick section a bit as I was running out of room....
Thanks guys! Travess, I fully agree about seeing different interpretations/approaches to kata, and trying to work out what the intention...
Hi all, I've been remiss in my posting here - it's been over a year since I last did anything on this site. Sorry about that, I got less...
MA- earned my fourth dan, and received my school's top service award at the end of the year (a lovely surprise) Work- took off term 4 on long...
Depends on the instructor, the school and the style (in that order). My first aikido school, we had paired weapons practice most weeks. My...
How so? I'd only been training aikido for a few months when it happened. Additionally, it wasn't the reason; it wasn't even, at the time, a...
Which begs the question, defend themselves from what? In most societies, having a punch-on or being assaulted is going to be relatively low on the...
Although possibly not in this particular kata. This is more what jitte used to look like before shotokan got hold of it (although probably minus...
Maybe name it after the main point of conflict or character quality in your plot? like "my heart is not my own" or "a war of the nameless" or...
Firstly, my opinion on this is very heavily influenced by Patrick McCarthy, who maintains that kata were created and should be the culmination of...
From a karate perspective, it's worth thinking about the context in which the art was passed down in the 20th century. Pre-WWII, there was a push...
It's not a goju kata, but we have a number of shorin kata as well in our school, courtesy of my sensei's sensei training for some decades with...
To begin with, sort-of - I'm thinking of a mollegabet-style with rawhide backing, but I might just use a pva glue, or maybe a commercial hide-glue...
Me too, although with the kids these days there are fewer opportunities. Still, I can still get a good 60-70 spp. a week without really trying -...
Seriously? I teach biology and theory of knowledge (an IB subject for Y11 and Y12 students which, amongst other things investigates the...
A someone who has held and examined specimens of both skulls (and post-cranial skeletons and skins of both), I can confidently say they are an...
welcome, from another Goju person. It's good to see another karate person on the board. To answer your question, a girl got me interested in...
Sorry for being late to the party, but Congratulations! Both for the grade and the commitment to get there.
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