Shotokan is Japanese, not Okinawan. ... -- Rev. Dave Carr Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours any brighter. The joy in life comes not from...
in both these clips i see a momentary reaching down below the knee. what is going on there? there seems to be something there that i do not understand. i am...
I am in the process of starting a karate club out my way however I am having some trouble writing out a hold harmless agreement seems that writer's block has...
the contract i sign in my school goses something like this. Karate is a contact sport. expect to get hit. where in the but ,grion or if female breast too. but...
gun owner went to jail for 1 years for an unlicensed firearm This part of the statement is the reason the gun owner went to jail. It was not that he shot a...
I'm Shotokan myself. I had a chance to study Tang Soo Do and work out with some people that had done Ryukyu kenpo too. Many of the heians and tekkis seem to be...
The Word BUNKAI means "analysis" In most cases, even Shoto-kan(at least with the teacher I had), it is the use of an imaginary opponenet in order to do an in...
KO, Dave, adn JW, I am going to settle this here. LOL Actaully you both are correct to a point. Gichin Funakoshi came to Japan from Okinawa, and crossed the...
It is the House of Shoto by his sir name. Tang Soo Do is an offspring of Tae Kwon Do and Tye Kwon; if you look at any text and go the section of the characters...
John Saxson famous for his role as Ropper in the movie Enter The Dragon is a Shotokon practitioner and has work at the North Hollywood schools during the shot....
The origins are from Okinawa and is the birth place of ShotoKon from the house of Shoto. The Japanese now use it as their own and is thriving as a Japanese...
I'll try to dig my old one up in the mean time you might check in the files section of the Martial Arts Business group Rick Only $2.00 How to Block Better with...
Jeff, Tang Soo Do has nothing to do (at least martial arts-wise) with either Tae Kwon Do or "Tye Kwon" (I assume you meant Tae Kyon ?) - it is Japanese...
... It was further modified by his son - Gigo - and others to make it Japanese. Funakoshi and co. wanted / needed acceptance by the Japanese and made many...
... I'm not sure what you're actually asking or looking for here. What did *you* think? ... Annoying. I don't know much about Kyokushinkai so I can't comment ...
... You're never blocking 2 attacks. Ask yourself how that could possibly make sense - especially with the absence of any followup. For a bunkai to be...
... Maybe. There are historians who believe that Okinawan martial arts were influenced by but did not originate from Chinese arts. It should also be pointed...
Lorraine, No. Shotokan has it's roots in Okinawan Shorin-Ryu, but it is a Japanese art, not Okinawan. I trained in Shotokan and I trained in Shorin-Ryu. It's...
I have studied Shotokan for over twenty years and even though many people think Shotokan is Japenese is becuase that name really does not exist there in Japan....
Interesting please enlighten me. Tang Soo Doo has a lot of simularities with Tae Kwon Do. Do not assume for the spelling of the art that is old as dirt Tye...
The arts home land, Shotkon is very much so Okinawan no matter how you try to debate it. It is a Japanese art that has been adopted. ... From: Dave Carr...
Very nicely written ... From: "machomongo1@..." <machomongo1@...> To: brownbelt1111111@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 8:34:30 AM ...
Thank you of course I must admit that I have Funakoshi's autobiography and the memiors of Chris Nicol so that truly helps. Reference Karate-Do: My Way of Life...
It is also a great book to have in your library, for it states history . ... From: John <machomongo1@...> To: brownbelt1111111@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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