Hi One of my students asked me if I could point him in the direction of any good articles on the web about Kaisetsu. I thought this would be easy to find,...
HI Eddie, ... demonstrate?" ... You worded it pretty well. I find it difficult to get the concept of Zen in Kata. I think I understand the value of Zen but I...
Hi David, sometime it's written as gaisetsu. here a link: http://harp.lib.hiroshima- u.ac.jp/bitstream/harp/2343/1/kenkyu2004270102.pdf arnold ... of any good...
Hi Arnold Got the link to work, but that's a discussion about Karate ni Sente Nashi, with only gaisetsu mentioned as the title of a book as in a commentary of...
Hi David, well ... buy the book. on the other hand search this forum on kaisetsu. It has been discussed before. Arnold ... Nashi, with only gaisetsu mentioned...
Hi Arnold. I am having difficulty in understanding you when you say: "I find it difficult to get the concept of Zen in Kata. I think I understand the value of...
Hi Reg, Thank you for your respons. The link to the study made by the Yale University was on armed MA. It was about the old and present MA and especially on...
What I ... in ... I think so. You are making gross generalizations and jumping to wrong conclusions. Any Japanese art that has a 'do' as a suffix is connected...
Hi Arnold, When you clarify the topic of the research was religion it confirms - for me - the research is even more suspect with religion itself having a...
Arnold, As far as I am aware Zen arrived in Japan in the 1100s with the first established institutions in the early 1200s. This was seen as a key part of the ...
... Hi Arnold I expect that you already have Zen in you Kata practice but just don¡¦t know it. From a Zen point of view this is great. Now after reading...
Hi Eddie , I can't wait for a nice session of Zen on some fine Irish Guiness and the movie Kuro Obi. But first I am going to have a nice Zen weekend in...
... I have not seen the movie 'Kuro Obi' but the main star is Naka who is originally from Takagi Sensei's dojo. Tatsuya Naka wanted to become a professional...
... This is a pretty inaccurate assessment by the gentlemen at Yale depending on how you define religion. If they are defining religion as Zen, I see the...
Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to the forum, but have been avidly reading the fantastic insights, cerebral debates and heated arguments that are emblazoned across...
Hi Melrose Thanks a lot , this is really a great effort and proof of love you have for wado ryu. Nice and congratuations for achievements. Best regards...
I believe that I can solve the Kata Gata issue. In the Japanese Language the K is conjugated to G when combined for a single concept. That is why there is...
Hi Melrose Good to hear you are still globe-trotting! If you ever make it back to Taunton we'll have to see about that shodan! David Luddington ... From:...
Hi Melrose, Mark Tiernan runs the San no Ya branch in Brisbane: www.brisbanewado.websyte.com.au He has been with San no Ya for 30 years, during this time He...
... Hello, For clarification....... The kata I demonstrated in Taunton were from the SYR kuzushi no kata. As far as I know Ohtsuka never performed them in...
Something that really gets to me is the small minority of clubs that charge its students through the nose for every small things from non refundable monthy...
We have suggested donations at our club, £4.50 Adult, £3.00 junior, but everyone is free to put in the tin any amount they would like. (We won't be watching)...
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... My own club charges £2 per adult and £1.50 per child, this usually covers the school hall rent , but in the past my sensei has been known to pay the...
Hi, I get so many emails from the majority of my list asking me to show them triangle techniques that don't require any flexibility and that an average normal...
Hi, everybody. I have always been amazed about how here in the US all Karate dojos target young potential students telling how great karate is in building self...
Hi Maicon I think we have been down this road before. I believe this technique is not viewed as two separate punches but a double punch and as such the stance...