Sanchin stepping with a partner.

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Having gotten exactly nowhere with this topic among other Karate friends, I thought I might try my luck here: The short version is: I was thumbing through an issue of Black Belt magazine (sigh:, yes, I know...), and I came across an article on power delivery. The author outlined three types: ( Crush...

What lunacy, what hysteria. The radio frequencies used by cellphones ( there are four in quad-band) have been in use for decades, and many more have been in use in much greater signal-strengths. SHOW ME the research where these affect bees. A little ignorance goes a long way: If I could only bottle ...

Jorvik: I think you have a good balance -- boxing and low kicks for self defense. Most attackers are likely going to use these tactics, since they have no higher training. What they do is watch highly-trained professional "fighters" on TV, and then try to use these "techniques" i...

Agreed...completely. A very high concept. I'm not sure I would stop at "wholly understood", however. Perhaps "wholly ingrained" would be my approach. Big difference. Here's how I might make the distinction, and its relevance: The things we struggle to "understand" in cl...

"So Neil did you actually cause a dislocation with this ? not that I dont think it could work ." Stryke. -------------------------------------------------- No, I did not. It was one of those tense situations which never exploded. He backed down, so I laid back. I don't think he ever realiz...

Hey, 5D, I'm a musician too.
Good luck in the upcoming tourney.

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...if someone is literally shaking their (right) fist at you (happened to me), the swallow-chases move (left hand high) will trap their (right) wrist/fist, the right hand (low) hand traps the elbow. When you execute, their right arm is brutally twisted outward to your left, their right. (To their &q...

Wow -- never heard anyone mention that before :"same hand, same foot"... I think I've always done it as right hand on top, but I'm going to give this a major re-visit/re-think and see what I can find. I think Seichin is Uechi's "lost Kata", one student described it as "the h...

Hi Chef! I've been "dropped" lots of times. Just get a new password and you're good to go. I probably go through one a year. The site navigation setup is kind of weird, I find. I think that's the cause. Ever try to get to the Uechi "home" page from the forums? "You can't get...

That makes sense. It sounds like a good approach.
I've done "sweat classes" too, and there definitely is a class spirit that motivates everyone to give their best, and you get caught up in it.

Sensei Louis Hopper led the most memorable ones, for me.

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"Case in point: the friggin' crane eye strike. This is not only a low percentage technique within MMA training circles, it is literally non existant. It doesn't exist. Here is my studied evaluation of MMA opinions on what is High or low percentage: BULLSHIT" (5Dragons) --------------------...

Are you guys doing pushups DURING Karate class? (I hope not!)

Class time is so valuable, I can't imagine wasting it on something you can do in your own living room -- it would take up a lot of learning-time in class.

Just asking: I stumbled onto this thread.

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Dana: you wrote this: "Sanchin for the first three months should be with "power" meaning no major contracting of the muscles. " I'm confused by this. Did you mean "withOUT power"? I was told constantly during my early training to NEVER try to "power" the movem...

I missed a lot of great stuf on this thread; it's really "gone somewhere".

Dana, Stryke .. you "guys" are awesome .. like living in the Uechi "compendium"!

May have some comments after a thorough re-read.

Rock on!

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