OH NO! I forgot to send my gratitude to Sensei Mattson for holding these forums and for his patience and support! My apologies!

Thank you also to my teachers, Sensei Bill Glasheen, Rich Castanet, and Victoria Antonich...and the posters on these forums.
Shana

I have been debating this move for some time, but I am sadly stepping down as moderator for the Women's Forum. I have enjoyed the discussions, but my duties as a parent, wife, and a new business partner (small home business on the side) are consuming more and more of my time. I do not feel I have ...

Friends and Family of my mother,

This is actually Vicki's daughter Stephanie writing to give everyone an update on my mom and share some important sites that we've just set up.

Mom just got home on Thursday evening after almost 9 days in the hospital. She has been on the upswing ever since ...

Paul's email is
pscheffler7@gmail.com

I struggled with whether I thought vicki would want this personal info shared; however I determined that the good intentions and need for Vicki's son (and the rest of us) to do something useful..and the likely lift this could give Vicki during her upcoming battle was worth the risk (and might ...

Forwarding this from Vicki's son, Paul:

We are all in shock about the news about Mom's pancreatic cancer. At this time it is unable to be removed and she will be undergoing several months of radiation therapy and chemo in an effort to stop the growth and more importantly, shrink the tumor so ...

well wishes sent
what a great bunch of folks!

She advised that they have found a blockage on her Pancreas and have been doing several surgical procedures to identify and treat it. Let's hope she's up and kicking in no time!
Shana

Our tough gal and compassionate warrior, Vicki Sheffler, is facing some life challenging health issues. I am posting this simply to ask that those of you who know and love her (hard to not do both) send your thoughts/prayers/energy of healing and well wishes her way.

I will provide more details as ...

Dana you will be missed, but I understand the pull of many directions. May you be well and post as you may!
Shana

I think the discipline and breathing we learn in Karate has many uses. I know I've used for pain (contractions), nervousness (job interview), and anger (well..yeah). I'm not surprised that it helped you, and am excited that it helped so well! Glad you found a method to help you through!

I don't know the answers to those questions...but they are raising some interesting things for me to ponder and try...thanks for this discussion and I hope to see other more experienced folks come up with some answers...thank you!

I don't think you're far off base at all. I think the challenge is that it is very easy to think that any kind of training is going to develop the ability you're describing.

Based on what you're just written, what kind(s) of training do you think would best develop that ability?

It's nice to ...

Dana,
So would it be a fairly simplistic interpretation to say that Chinkunchi relates to total body involvement and connectivity? I'm understanding this as interconnected parts that feed together and also balance eachother out to allow full strength, core power, as well as reaction to sudden ...

Sorry for the delayed response but...
WOOO HOO WAHOO!
GRIN!
Beautiful and smart ladies both of ye!
Shana