Hi, I have the book nut at this time I am not at home to look and compare. I have my own interactive drawings in the form of a database...
Hello, Only familiar with just one numbering scheme. As long as the Chinese names are referenced then the identification is possible and the...
Hi, Interesting topic, especially given my history. Bunkai was taught at my school to a limited degree when I first started; over the years...
Hi, He looks to be about 36 according to his bio. I had expected 15 for some reason but was wrong. Anything I can do to help save you the...
Hello, Yes, after re-resding my post it did look like I was simply throwing out the sum total of the existing body of knowledge in favor of...
Yes, a impasse. We can disagree. ;) -Chris J.
Hi, I liked your message. Teaching the pigs to sing, DOES seem futile. And much of Karate is, as it was described, rudimentary Shao-Lin. One...
Are you taking the **** pal?? Hi, What exactly do you mean by this comment? It leaves me confused, and wondering just exactly how old you...
Well, I have to disagree again, I am afraid. The "replacement blocks" you mentioned were actually something else before Funakoshi simplified them...
Hapkido OK... Yong Sul Choi was the person who created Hapki-do. He stated that he had been the only practitioner who had ever learned all...
Kata No Sekai I think that the expression Kata No Sekai might mean this- Kata can mean a standard method of anything- there might be a kata of...
Hi, There are 2 old concepts that might illuminate this discussion. Go, and Ju, Yin and Yang, however you say them it means Hard and Soft,...
Tradition Hi, This thread really deals with the motivations of the instructor. The old methods were not concerned much with rank; this...
Some good books Hi, You might lookat these 2 books if you have an interest in researching the pressure points. The first is by Eachou Chen...
OOH.... Although there may indeed be valuable technical information disseminated in the class itself, I would steer clear of the org....
Hi, The older Okinawan Kempo used this. It goes along with a 1/4 turned fist position and the two things together cause 2 points of bone...
Hello, There are various things an instructor might or might not be good at. There is the application of the art they teach for one. The...
Hello, I believe there is a branch dojo of Okinawan Kemp there under the Ryu-Te oranization (Oyata). It does not get any more effective and...
Hi, Lets all just take a deep breath here.....there. Now let it out.... Now lets get real for just a moment here....
Hello, Sounds like you found a decent instructor. There really are a lot of diploma mills and K-Mart corner Dojos out there, in not just the...
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