Just curious what kind of importance y'all put on the shoken?

Is it generally considered to be a linear strike or are different surfaces (of the hand) and angles (of attack) used?



[This message has been edited by PMeyer (edited March 03, 2002).]

I'm just curious how y'all view it.

good/bad/indifferent?

The school that I'm at now, believes in bare knuckle sparring from time to time and I have to say it is totally different than sparring with gloves.

I'm curious do y'all think that gloves tend to give people a false sense of security? I ...

I don't that know martial arts necessarily make a person more violent. What it does do in my opinion is desensitize you to violence.



[This message has been edited by PMeyer (edited March 02, 2002).]