Time to get your copy of "Kill or Be Killed" and a tommy gun. Real reality fighting!

You have to admire the Gracies for making an unknown sport from Brazil to an international level. But, I seem to remember Joe Lewis saying he'd rather have gone into pro-football or pro boxing where he could have ...

It goes into how Miyagi made changes. I wish we had someone in Okinawa who could see how the To'on guys do it.

http://uk.geocities.com/sanzinsoo/oral.html

(20) The prototype of Sanchin that Kanryo Higaonna taught in the early days in Okinawa is as follows.
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I was reading about, yes, knees ... and found them a bit more complicated than I thought. I think most of us have an image of a simple hinge, which works for most of knee action; but there is also axial rotation about the shin. It's best illustrated by taking the weight off you leg, bending it about ...

It certainly wouldn't be the first time I misunderstood something. Any clarification would be appreciated.

My understanding is from greater height you have greater momentum that has to be absorbed eccentrically; while at MUCH lower height you meet impact while contracting. A simple example of the ...

I don't really see the makiwara as being classic plyometric training. Its value is more in helping someone feel what it is like to continue imparting energy once the air technique hits the target. This is something that kata cannot teach.

Marcus is right in that you can "push" the makiwara and ...

Rob criticises the world of the early 1900's for not meeting our 21st century standards .. sorry, racism and nationalism and cultural imperialism was pretty much the norm all over the world during most of G Funakoshi's life.

Yeah, some of GF's karate moved from some Okinawan ideal into a college ...

I believe there is a difference between mindlessly repeating movements where there is no chance of understanding them or learning anything from them and practicing things we may not understand until we 'do' understand it, such as scales in music or formulas in math or Uechi Kata.

Music and math ...

I think you're talking about the contracting that happens when you stop an air punch ... I think this is mistakenly called focus when focus happens on impact.

I was told at a Buddhist church we would chant Sutras who's meaning were lost with the language it was composed in. I wondered why ...

If we've lost the rhyme and reason for some set of exercises, why should we mindlessly repeat them?

I think it slows your punch a bit while the muscle is contracting, inducing stretch reflex ... I THINK ...

it's something to do with the SAID principle (specific adaption to imposed demand ... I think ... it's been years since I read about this stuff)

As I remember there are 2 forms of plyometrics: the first you bound from a "greater" height and come to a stop; the second you bound from a "lesser" height and rebound. I think it was Egami who said makiwara weakened his punch .... I'm wondering if Egami might have used a heavier makiwara and taught ...

top of second page reads to me that appearances are more important that substance ....

Or does it mean like a picture or statue of ....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0804833 ... p=S00J&j=0