Hey Jarek, Nicely done video as always! A couple of critiques for you … 1) When you stop the cut between the targets, your next cut should...
Hey Eric, Here's the advice I give to new students encountering seiza for the first time ... Practice helps. Since westerners don't use this...
"slow is smooth, smooth is fast" "Always keep the sharp side and the pointy end between you and the other guy!"
That bit right there needs to be repeated often. A large number of people ask about what school is better, and what art is best for this or that....
Hey Jarek, I like the vid, it is very nicely done as are all the ones you've posted. You seem to have a handle on a number of things that you...
Something else to consider is that a good part of martial arts training is to teach the practitioner how to deal with situations that cause...
For the same reason that the majority of people put things on Youtube ... to get people to notice and pay attention to them. Based on your review...
No, it's really not hard to tell, and it's not about how fast you can do the cuts. A good cut of a single target like that one depends mainly upon...
The video is very nicely done! I like the slow and stop motion, so it is easy to see what's happening. As I've pointed out in your previous...
We were playing Trivial Pursuit (that dates me!) with the neighbors a long while back. The question was ... Who played Quasimodo in the 1956 movie...
There, I fixed it for you ... :)
Tatami is used for tameshigiri because of the amount of knowledge that can be gained through cutting it. It requires significant tip speed and...
Keep your limbs to yourself, and add a sword. :) It's interesting that this is exactly what is taught in the Japanese sword arts. It's all...
And that's how you get ignored. :)
Sorry I can't give you any insight into judo belts and advancement, but I can ask the obvious question "what is IT to you?" Whether it is worth it...
However, since you're talking about Ashida Kim, the analogy would be more like keeping your fertilizer with the dairy. Didn't read the article...
I disagree also. Actual fighting is a last resort when discussing self-defense. If a person is waiting to be attacked before thinking defensively,...
I think he's absolutely correct! Good on you Clyde, just punch those bullets when they shoot at you! :)
Ummm ... so? I read a good portion of what you wrote, but couldn't seem to find any point to it. What are you trying to prove with all of your...
Nice video! You can improve that cut by keeping your weight centered. When you cut you are bending at the waist and so using upper body strength...
Not suggesting they aren't skilled. My eldest son does SCA heavy combat, and he has had to train pretty hard to get good at it. That's why I was...
The big question there is "skilled at what?" I can't see the video from work, but from the pictures it looks like SCA heavy fighting except with...
That wasn't funny ... not funny at all! :) Please point out where anyone mentioned "stuffing their pockets with red pepper". Exaggerate much?...
Then it's just like using the urinal after cutting up habanero peppers! (a friend of mine did that, made a great story!)
Hmmmmm .... I know a number of individuals, none of whom are 15 by the way, that always carry pepper spray with them. For that matter, many police...
This is the Japanese view of shodan (first degree black belt) as espoused by a number of senior level Japanese martial arts instructors that I...
Jeff, You'd scare the bejeebus out of most of the physicists I've met! (and quite a few non-physicists also!) :)
Thanks for the review, I'll have to put it on my "to read" list. However, I've worked with a number of physicists, and not a one of them could...
Just to add a tidbit to the conversation, the Kage ryu (who use tremendously huge swords!) have taught their proponents to accurately throw their...
Wow, you grew up in a much different neighborhood than mine! In my neighborhood (back in the 60's, 70's), you never wanted to go to the ground...
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