tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67042521851206833632011-07-31T05:20:39.434-04:00TO SEEK WHAT THE MASTERS SOUGHT NOT TO BECOME WHAT THEY WERE. Ideas and theorys on the constant evolution of martial arts thru it's present form and historical documents and research.komatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015369022512313874noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704252185120683363.post-11302072441257601182009-11-09T09:01:00.002-05:002009-11-09T09:04:04.150-05:00

OVER COMPENSATES WITH FEET//HAS NO SOFT//WON'T COMMIT//DOESN'T UNDERSTAND BODY MASS TRANSFER//WON'T READ AS IT MIGHT CHALLENGE HIS IDEAS OR JUST LAZY//.CARES ONLY FOR TRADITIONAL METHODS//CARES ONLY FOR WHAT IS POPULAR OR "NEW"//STUDIES "SECRET" METHOD//TRAINS ONLY WHEN "IN THE MOOD"//NO ANGLES//COMMON EXCUSE "BECAUSE MY SENSEI SAID SO"''KATA "BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO IT FOR MY NEXT BELT"//NO CENTER

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Understands how to turn speed into power.' Uses sweeps reaps and throws. Deadly close in with elbows and knees and head buts Understands importance of center line and other superior blocking systems Knows how to use stance as a weapon Explosive entire body movement to close in suddenly Wears opponent down with leg kicks Trains on the makiwara and heavy bag. Never skips kata practice Builds

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If you know youself and your enemy there is no fear in a 1000 battles. So said SUN TZU in his BOOK OF WAR but to those who have actually read it know it is also a book of infiltration and intelligence gathering in order to "know" the enemy before battle lines are drawn. In a self defense situation we are not allowed the luxury of "pre knowledge" of an attacker.However there are signals we can

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Yes but not with the same intent of winning a prize but of guaranteeing one's safety so the ground and pound aspect was unlikely to be present.Taking someone down and then assuming the ground and pound posistion or trying for a submission is actually prolonging a fight and the longer the fight lasts the more your chances of losing increase.In MMA matches how many times have you seen someone come

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In terms of self defense the bunkai shown in the video would be almost if not totally ineffective. It assumes each opponent will "take his turn" It is geared to sport range and all techniques are performed using sport distancing. It assumes one strike will do it or even just a block. It assumes and does not allow for opponents who grab or attempt to grapple. It assumes the opponent will not

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How to Slow Down or Completely Halt Your Martial Arts Training Progress by Sensei J. Richard Kirkham B.Sc. Over the years, I've seen very successful techniques in slowing down martial arts and self-defense training to an almost complete stop. I've listed some of these techniques below, perhaps you're already practicing some of these.... Yeahbutts Note the double t. Now this is a very common

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Let me state it bluntly: This is a BS question.I am not saying you are full of BS but maybe you have been fed BS about best styles and ultimate styles BS..How can that be? It seems like such a simple, straightforward question. Well, the problem isn't with the question per se, the problem is with the thinking that framed it. Specifically, the problem is twofold. 1) What is behind the question

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Karate is often descibed as a military art or being derived from ancient military sources.Indeed it is described as a martial art by everyone including myself. But is it BUDO or WAY OF WAR or BUNMIN JUTSU or civilian technique?1st let us look at what military colleges and experts consider as martial arts' 1 The deployment of troops 2 The resupply of troops 3 The study of battle field tactics 4

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That is what the ad says FEAR NO MAN YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO DEFEAT ANY NUMBER OF MUGGERS RAPISTS EVEN MARTIAL ARTISTS IN JUST 5 MINUTES,!!!!!!!!!!!!Of course these ads have come and gone all thru martial arts history in the west leaving a lot of disapointed (and poorer)people in their wakeThe author claims to have studied several "ancient" martial arts (read karate jujutsu etc) and lists them.He

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THE INVENTION OF A NEW RELIGION (1) (Note 1) The writer of this pamphlet could but skim over a wide subject. For full information see Volume I. of Mr. J. Murdoch's recently-published "History of Japan," the only critical work on that subject existing in the English language.Voltaire and the other eighteenth-century philosophers, who held religions to be the invention of priests,

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I was re-reading this(WATASHI NO KARATE by MOTOBU japanese language version) and came across his interpretation of "karate ni sente nashi". As one would expect from such a reknowned brawler like Motobu, he had the measure of things.Motobu cautions here that it certianly does not mean you should never strike first, as some people are wont to misunderstand. He states that it is clearly not the

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I attended a seminar about 20 years ago at the urging of a friend to see this "master" who knew secret technique passed on to him by the last grand master of the system.As soon as he mentioned the word "secret"I should have passed on it as I normally would then and now.Most of these "secret" teachings have no relevance to modern environmental conditions or are outright useless garbage that no

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Twenty five years or so into the new twentieth century found Japan rising to the drumbeat of nationalism. Her victories over China in 1895 as well as Russia in 1905, followed by the official annexation of Korea in 1910, set the stage for militarism and pride in all things Japanese.The Karatedo that Gichin Funakoshi had brought from Okinawa and had begun to teach in the Japanese capital was

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Are there grappling technique in kata bunkai?To those of us that have studied grappling arts besides traditional karate the answer is blatantly obvious and has been for some time YES.Do KATA contain bunkai that explain purely escape methods .Again the answer is YES for those of us who have come to understand ITOSU's precept that "karate is not for matched engagements but to defend oneself from

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It has been long thought that mental processes under stress work the same as in a non stress situation.The eye sees the cause the information is transmitted to the frontal cortex and decides the degree of the threat and passes it to the amygdala and trggers the fight or flight reaction .Studies of rape cases assaults on police and civilians and military engagements prove that the above is largely

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What is a "patch" job.?An attempt usually futile at worst or unneccesary at best to improve something in which the "patcher" has been inadequately trained or given to understand .Kick boxing full contact karate were attempts to improve sport karate .It may have done that as far as spectator appeal was concerned but did nothing to improve or make karate more effective in terms of self defense in

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On Sheep, Sheepdogs and WolvesExcerpt fromOn Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict, In War and In Peace- By Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Loren W. ChristensenOne Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to Lt. Col. Grossman: "Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident." This is

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What does the kata "need" to do ?Basically it needs to complete itself and this is done by 99% of movement being displayed as forward movement.It needs to define the correct angle of your body facing his in relation to his forward attacking momentum.This is done in the kata by moving on 45 and 90 degree angles in the kata and to complete the form it is always shown as moving forward or in the

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Used to be the signature of a news show called W5.The questions asked can be applied to martial arts as well or a buisness enterprise etc.Awareness is something everybody talks about but few practice or understand the buisness of everyday existence being the main distractor.You can use the questions to formulate your own ideas and protocols for various situations.WHO ? Judging on stereotypes can

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I am referring to the 5 fundamentals of sound technique that should be used to interpret kata technique and pressure test self defense technique .1 The technique should have the potential to end the fight immediately.2 It should make a follow up strike by the attacker impossible or at least difficult3 It should have potential of allowing for quick escape if neccesary.4 It must work against a

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The following was written approxamitely 200 years ago. Nowadays people are shallow and their resolution is not in earnest.They dislike the strenuous and love the easy from the time they are young.When they see something vaguely clever they want to learn it right away but if taught in the manner of the old ways think it not worth learning.Even with methods like these students become bored and

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Of ten confused as being the same thing and tho similar they can be worlds apart.Respect to the samurai was something earned and not always easily given. Courtesy on the other hand was listed in some samurai documents and syllabus as a strategy of personal protection and one not easily understood or practiced if one had a vain or arrogant nature.FUNAKOSHI said "when you go out a 1000 foes await

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A few identifiers.You instructor has a Grandmasters Certificate. .and all the regional reps are MASTERS and/or GRAND MASTERS The Senior Assistant Instructor is a 12 to 15 year old black belt. The sign in the window says the school trains in more than 10 martial arts and charges extra to learn each one. The "master" claims black belt rank in multiple methods(more than 4) and a master in most of

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What is original intent or more clearly what was original intent? It is the reason for which martial arts was developed in the 1st place to ward off an attacker to control and restrain an attacker to escape from violence.Unfortunately most arts whether they be CHINESE or JAPANESE or OKINAWAN or KOREAN or any other group you would care to name have deviated from original intent.In fact the further

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There seems to be to points of view regarding karate and martial arts in general .The DO side and the JUTSU side.Because of the actions of some unscrupolous characters involved in the arts who advertise their art as a JUTSU technique to appear variously as more effective more deadly more practical etc. those who promote the DO view practioners of JUTSU technique as violent idiots.Both approaches

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When police come on a scene of violence or a called to one their attitude towards the participants runs the full scope of possibiltys divided by a very thin line.Which side of that line you end up standing on can decide if you go to jail or go home.Certain requirements need to be met for you to qualify as "the defender".1 did you try to avoid the confrontation?2 can anyone verify you tried to

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Just how martial are they ?These days everything is lumped together as a "martial art" boxing wrestling judo etc. disciplines that were never considered to be anything else than sports until the explosion of karate tkd and kung fu came on the scene and lately bjj and mma.The term martial arts didn't exist in any dictionary except as a description of tha koryu budo of ancient JAPAN such as

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L.A. KANE and KRIS WILDER have produced a definitive work on the understanding of KATA.Though the technique describe are from GOJU KATA they are similar enough to be applied to all OKINAWAN/JAPANESE ryu.Of special interest is the chart they have created for discerning the effectivness of a technique and ideas on optimizing the technique.The book also contains insights on violence and the violent

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Many have read and know FUNAKOSHI's precepts but few are aware of his SENSEI's precepts .They are guides to training and urge one to study the meaning behind the movements .Karate did not develop from Buddhism or Confucianism. In the past the Shorin-ryu school and the Shorei-ryu school were brought to Okinawa from China. Both of these schools have strong points and I therefore list them below

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"Grabbing and pulling hand is the retracting hand"I remember my 1st impression of karate when seeing practioners withdraw the none "active "hand to their hip and leaving themselves wide open .I thought "no one fights like this "this was later born out when seeing some sparring matches .Indeed no one fights like that not even karate ka.So why the retracting the hand to hip emphasis.It has to do

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The code at times seems cotradictory it says "there is no block" then states "use both hands to block".Block in it's most basic definition means "to stop an action from happening ".Once a punch or kick is on it's way it has occured a punch or kick has happened.You can dodge it shift out of the way cover deflect redirect but you can't block it from running it's course.So what does block mean?It

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Many assaults begin with a verbal exchange followed by a sucker punch by one of the participants .Reading body language is all important in these "in your face" confrontations.If you avoid places where violence is likely to occur you may never need to use the following information but in our over crowded societys violence for what ever reason can occur and to you.During the exchangehis eyes get

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Body shifts and jumps represent locks and throws.http://www.waseda-karatebu.org/waseda/history/images/history004_l.jpgThe above picture was taken at WASEDA UNIVERSITY in 1935 it shows FUNAKOSHI on the left teaching a firemans lift type throw and two other students on the right doing an early version of ground and pound.This training is pre sport in which such technique was not allowed and for the

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The following is the code of kata interpretation often referred to as "the oral tradition" in the sense that it was rarely written down for "outsiders" eyes to see.Countering. Immobilize The Opponent Before Striking.//The Names Of Movements Have Been Disguised//.There Are No Techniques that End With A Block//.Block With Both Hands//.Grabbing Hand And Pulling Hand IS THE RETRACTING HAND//The Front

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If you are going to take on the job of passing on a ryu then all the KATA of that ryu are a requirement.GICHIN FUNAKOSHI when he introduced karate to JAPAN knew only the kata he was taught by ITOSU the 5 PINANS and NAIHANCHI SHODAN .He learnt the other 20 KATA from other masters .He changed movements in many KATA and renamed them .If your intent is to become proficient in self defense but not to

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It states "technique is dliberately misnamed" and "there is no block".Why were technique deliberately misnamed?When ITOSU introduced karate into the school curriculum in OKINAWA he realized that the true intent of many technique could and should not be revealed to children .This type of teaching became the accepted method for teaching KATA to all ages particularly foreign students as unlike the "

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PETER URBAN wrote this book awhile ago describing his interactions with his students over the years.In it he uses a term called "circus world" by which he describes the "face"some hide behind and present to the world and how training modified or entirely eliminated the need to hide behind such posturing .If you are a SENSEI you have probably experienced some of which he speaks.My own experience

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I am not referring to performing kata for competition but trying to apply kata technique to sport or dojo sparring.Ideally both practices should be essentialy different .Sport practice both participants are in a ready stance techniques are laubched from a range that facilitates kicking as well as hand strikes.Self defense technique to add some reality should by practiced with the "defenders" back

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In a recent blog KRIS WILDER co author with L.A. KANE of THE WAY OF KATA and THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF VIOLENCE mentioned a conversation he had with TERUO CHINEN a goju master of BUNKAI interpretation that broad scale teaching was inferior to "in depth" teaching.I feel this in depth study of karate can best be developed thru the utilization of proper BUNKAI applications .To many students look at

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Everyone who has used HTML on a computer knows WYSIWYG means what you see is what you get.KATA created in the last 50 years tend to be of that type each technique representing one possibility and one only .Why didn't the ancients do the same ?They understood that in order for their arts to evolve and survive each technique had to have many possibilitys as there is no one absolute only answer or

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Or in other terms changing existing ones or creating entirely new ones.Ever wondered why one ryu does it this way and another that way ?It's because someone changed something.It is highly unlikely that any kata or ryu for that matter exists today as it was in it's original form.As an example let's look at CHINTO KATA supposedly created by MATSUMURA after engaging in combat with a CHINESE

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What makes an explanation of a KATA technique valid ?If we look at the oral tradition governing proper bunkai explanation the task becomes maybe not easier but a lot clearer having a template from which to work.A valid explanation shouldHave the potential to end the conflict immediatelyThe opponent can not readily launch a follow on strikeYou are out of the "line of fire"Your technique disrupts

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KATA contains elements of various specialities of other methods other than kicking and punching.They are jujutsu the art of restraining locking throwing// atemi waza sometimes called kyushujutsu the art of striking vital points on the body//koppojutsu the art of breaking bones and dislocating joints.All these arts are seperate sciences in and of themselves and contain advanced elements not

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The debate is ongoing and perhaps will always be a topic in martial arts circles.Is it neccesary ?What value does it have?If you look at modern training methods they are almost totally geared to sport type practices especially in the realm of sparring.These methods are taken to be self defense measures by most.Such thinking and instruction is misleading and dangerous to the practioner.Currently

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