I agree IJ about fitting the kick to the situation, the uechi kick is another tool in my box. Now I just have to figure out how to use them. When practicing it last night I was thinking of the foot going straight to the target, the knee dropping to the same plane as the foot is just a side effect of...

Thanks Rich. I was trying to get some bag work in and I remembered your correction of my sokuto geri. I figured maybe it was the same for the front kick. I'm afraid using the toes will have to come later. So much to learn.

I'm busy at home tonight so couldn't make class or I'd ask Bill. But is the Uechi front kick almost but not quite a front thrusting kick? In other words the knee comes up sharply but drops as foot goes out. This is instead of the knee coming up and holding it's position and the leg straightening wit...

Dana, why not introduce it early on before the student locks into something being only one thing?

Iain Abernathy again
http://iainabernethy.com/articles/article_3.htm

We gotta remember - back in the day they didn't have videotape - so a two man set is a way to see stop-motion action and fix errors in fundamentals. I'd agree with that Dana and toss in kata too. This week Bill and the class pointed out my errors in my fundamentals during Kanshiwa. I think all of t...

Stryke, A Shotokan guy gave a seminar at a karate school I went to and asked why they don't use their blocks. One black belt piped up that they don't work. The guy then gave some painful demonstrations on how to use "blocks" properly. Each one was a strike to a vital point on the arm or le...

Good rant Bill! I like what you've been saying about the transitions. I had someone tell me that most of karate is between the stances. That a punch or kick is really between the chamber and the end point. Dana, good subject. Have you tried thinking about bunkai in terms of goals? For example if you...

I don't think so Ben. I wish that they would consider it but that's not their job. But it is mine with regards to my kids and those they hang out with.

http://www.sportsunabridged.com/su/080902.htm

As for a guess about possible tactics, I'd say that attacking the legs may be your best bet. Many players have knee and ankle problems, and even if they don't, it's a large target, at a good height that can somewhat reliably incapacitate on a good hit. But that would be dirty! 8O :lol: I wonder if ...

Take a thug hand him a couple mill, dress him in shorts and a tank top, let him do what he's always dreamed of doing and you still end up with a thug. The fans involved were like the people that get involved in a bar brawl that have no dog in the original fight. The fans were stupid but the players ...

I love this.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041121/D86FV9GO0.html

Pictures of what happened.
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Bill,
Since we were talking about this in last Saturdays class.

http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=456

I thought the PETA gal Karin would clean up quite nicely with a makeover. Think she'd enjoy a dinner date to Firebirds?

Bill, everytime I go to the Bahamas I eat at this restaurant http://www.the-bahamas-restaurants.com/ ... index.html

It's fun to eat shark while watching sharks eat. It helps establish my place in the food chain, at least for now.