Interestingly enough, I did a little research into "copyrighting" forms, techniques, etc., once upon a time. Can't be done. Period. Names...
No, "shorinji" means "Shaolin Temple," where "Shaolin" just refers to "Shaolin" whatever... If it is a Chinese Kempo style, then the characters...
My question is, if it is "Shaolin" kempo, why is Japanese being used? Wouldn't "Shaolin" somehow imply a Chinese origin?
What experiences are you looking to hear about? I've beein doing Reverse Breathing since the very first class I took nearly 20 years ago. It...
I'm not trying to hound anyone, but this Ajmma12 character is all over the internet pushing the Dillman thing everywhere he goes. "Caveat...
I am in HHC, I Corps, and I work in the JAG office as a military paralegal NCO. The school we rent space from (we aren't a part of their...
I'm stationed at Fort Lewis, and I train/teach at a school in Tacoma. I study/teach Yiliquan primarily, though I am currently also doing some...
If your "qi lines" were "closed," you'd be dead... When people practice qigong, this kind of comment is often heard. If your meridians were...
Just noticed that it is the American grown arts or neo-Japanese/Okinawan arts that are at the center of the NTKO and other BS claims... It is...
Isn't it enough that when someone proclaims an ability to do such and so, and then presents a public seminar on the same topic, that someone shows...
Perhaps Franki is correct in some particulars... Those that wish to believe in fairy tales will, inevitably, concoct any of a variety of...
Ah, but it is so much easier to sell crap technique to the ignorant public, milking them all the while of their easily obtained disposable income...
While I'll go ahead and take your word for it (what else can I do, right?), at least for the sake of argument, the difference between you and I it...
Terribly sorry, KickChick, but you are less than correct in several particulars... First, kata doesn't mean form, at least according to this...
It's not about getting into a ****ing match... It isn't about proving whether something works or not. It is about truth in advertising,...
But when you open the topic by pointing out that you are an instructor, that statement causes readers to believe you are an authority on the...
I work for attorneys. I know how to write. That doesn't mean that I don't agree 100% with Robert and what he has to say... Well, let's...
Why "try?" Why don't your students and fellow instructors come at each other full bore? Why do they not do so during seminars? Certainly...
One day the novitiate was meditating in the temple when the master abbott happened by. The novitiate began asking questions about Zen, and before...
Amen! I'll stand right in front of them, and if they slip the technique past me so it doesn't hit, or if they land it with no power, I'll just...
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