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vulcan
Aikido is a new art form but based on Daitoryu jujitsu that the founder of Aikido studied (among 2-3 martial arts). Daito ryu has a history of about 1000 years! Aikido focuses more on nutralizing the opponent rather than changing direction at the last moment and ripping his shoulder or other joints out of their sockets. I agree with self discipline but won't pervert martial arts training into some kind of world peace spiritual thing.
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vulcan
Their is another old saying: Anyone who invades China, will become Chinese.
Posted in: As China grows more assertive, U.S., Japan push back
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vulcan
It't not the smoking or the obesity, it is the stress in American society causing Americans to smoke and eat too much, they self medicate on cigarettes and tobacco (and alcohol).
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vulcan
zenny,
soo true!
Posted in: The Essence of Budo
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vulcan
zenny, and unfortunately there are a few in Okinawa that will "sell" rank to individuals as long as they meet the "age requirement" and look the part, complete with grey hair etc. A certain Yuichi Kuda didn't hesitate to give away 8-9th Dan to a few foreigners (Matsumura Kempo Karate) a certain Seiki Toma gave 10th dan away to a certain Roy Hobbs in Shorin ryu karate, Fusei Kise has no problem giving out 5, 6, 7, 8 dan to foreigners for the money and Seifuku Nitta gave a 10th dan to a grey haired blow hard named George Alexander who sells video's all over amazon dot com.. imposters. Them Okinawans who use foreigners as business also have good Okinawan students in martial arts who they demoralized by doing this, causing them to quit after years of training.
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vulcan
kurumazaka, that's good I am glad they know these things. In Okinawa the old men aren't as aware to them things and allowed photos and video's of their art. Not realizing (usually French guys) were going to make money on the footage back home or claim some type of lineage with them masters based on photo "evidence". A "leading authority" Patrick McCarthy is a canadian that does this garbage and has a large following in Austraila. He's a 400 lb fatso making up his own martial art but calls it Okinawan ancient style..
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vulcan
jeffry,
@ Vulcan and okapake,
There is no such thing as race. The aboriginal Hawaiians are descendants of South Pacific Islanders and they now make up less than 15% of the Hawaiian population.
If she says she's part Hawaiian, she is.
And on the census forms, "Pacific Islander" is in the race block, not Hawaiian.
Posted in: Hawaii has a winner in hula dancer Aureana Tseu
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vulcan
I don't know why women hate it when men leave the toilet seat up. If they think about it, it shows that he was considerate enough to let you know he pee'd in the toilet with the seat up. If he was to put it back down, you'd never know if he had it lifted in the first place. Lots of times when a man leaves the seat down and happens to get some pee on the seat after peeing, you cannot see the droplets because they are too small so there should always be doubt in the womans mind if the seat is down when they enter the bathroom. Next time you see the toilet seat up, it should ease your mind, so you won't have to clean the seat due to paranoia, not get you angry.
Posted in: What is one habit that your significant other does or has that you can't stand but put up with anyway?
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vulcan
cleo,
Why? Marion is saying that his wife is no better than any other ryukuan persons and that he loves the ground that his wife walks on, which is the ground of ryukyu. He is in love with ryukyu. Mrs Marion should find someone who married her for herself, not where she came from..
(being sarcastic here)
Posted in: What is one habit that your significant other does or has that you can't stand but put up with anyway?
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vulcan
Kurumazaka: I doubt he is a fake. I'm just saying to be careful of the foreign martial art "masters" who come to Japan to study and try to market themselves because of who they are standing with in a photo. A lot of frauds in martial arts, out for "fame" and money. Most are class A f'ups in thier own society and try to hijack Japanese martial arts/society to appear enlightened back in their country in order to "stand out" and have a following. They give the appearance of someone who is enlightened, (grow a beard or mustache, maybe a ponytail) when in reality they are grasping at another identity and marketing themselves to blind followers who know no better than to see the person for who they really are.
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vulcan
I'm glad there are no quick fixes, I dislike lazy people without discipline. Just don't eat soo much!
Posted in: 150 years of dieting fads and still no quick fix
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vulcan
williB... there is a lot of "business" in martial arts. Beware of the guys who got a fast promotion, especially foreigners who came to Japan or Okinawa and left with a high ranking blackbelt and authorization to head a "branch dojo" in their home country. Likely that the teacher gave him a promotion for "business reasons" and not skill. Usually the foreigner is big so the teacher feels noone will call his bluff anyway and knows just some forms/kata and basic stuff. A lot of times the foreigner will come to Okinawa for the purpose of writing a book and doing a few interviews for the reason of "self promotion" as a "leading western authority" in some style. There are authentic foreign martial artist in Japan and Okinawa and they lived in country for 2 or 3 or 4 decades without desire for "fame" or recognition. In Okinawa for instance in Karate, there are about half dozen foreigners who are very skilled but none has written a book or bragged about it at all.
Posted in: The Essence of Budo
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vulcan
People shouldn't confuse race with nationality. She is Caucasian, Oriental and Pacific Islander. Not: Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Caucasian
Posted in: Hawaii has a winner in hula dancer Aureana Tseu
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vulcan
I actually don't belive in the spiritual being studied. Spritual comes from the repetitive practice of martial art drills. This disciplines the mind. It comes naturally and cannot be attained from mere reading in books. In the old days in America, they had chain gangs that worked the railroads or busted rocks.. it was thought that the repetitive nature of this type of physical labor brought about mental calm and discipline to unsettled minds. The marital artist perfoming kata everyday or punching and kicking and blocking over and over daily achieves the same effect except he attains the knowledge that he can kill with a single blow.. this forces him to control himself apply just the correct technique so he doesn't do more harm than needed. This self control, patience is a type of enlightenment is the spiritual in a nutshell. Yes it is deeper but is a good start for the layman.
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vulcan
Zenny.. what is TMA?
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vulcan
No, not saying that.. but I know there are many imposters in teh martial arts. In Okinawa many visitors come to the Island to take photos with the old master/s and then go back stateside to claim that the photo means they were instructed privately by him.. then open a school. It's a joke in many ways. Their are many self proclaimed, self promoted "experts" in martial arts, especially foreigners. In ninjitsu, it is a weapons art and and assassination way.. something you did when you attacked a guy from behind or in the dark when he didn't know you were there. Not to face someone in a ring where you could guage each other. ninjitsu is superior in it's purpose, and it's purpose isn't to be seen. MMA guys know there are no weapons and there is no surprise that they are going to fight someone and a third man is always in the ring.. In this sense a ring fighter is at the advantage whether a striker, ground fighter or both.
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vulcan
They had a ninjitsu guy fight in the first UFC, he got his ass tore up in about 10 seconds.. by this brawler named Patrick Smith.
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vulcan
Does this idea apply to the criminals... drug trafficers and gangs also? Will they obey it?
The type of stock a rifle or shotgun has (paratroopers folding etc) doesn't change the firing capability or it's capacity. A criminal will simply cut the stock and barrel of a rifle or shotgun to conceal it better.. again, only changing the rules for law abiding citizens.
BTW, owning sawed off shotguns (under 18" barrels) is already against the law in America, has been since 1968. Hasn't prevented anyone from hacksawing barrels off in the ghetto.. and I have no problem with it if the gun is used for defense of the family.
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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vulcan
It raises the red flag when the UN thinks they can pass a law banning private ownership of firearms and it is suppose to override the US constitution. It raises red flags also when non US citizens feel so strongly about changing the rights of US citizens. Outsiders should have no business about the internal affairs and rights of other countries citizens, this includes America. I guess the exception would be human rights.
Posted in: The gun control debate: Do you support the right of citizens to own and bear firearms?
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vulcan
zenny,
I don't think this is true, maybe the ones you talked to, but I think overall they are for an armed populace except for the country they are invading. I've known vets also, all my life and I am one also. Either way, it is irrelivent if they are not American. If they are not American I don't care what they think, their opinion is as irrelivent as my opinion is of what Japan should do.
I don't think there is a person in the world who would want people who aren't responsible to carry a gun. The NRA trains policemen and trains civilians on gun safety and the FBI and local authorities do backround checks on individuals before giving them a licence to carry concealled weapons in the states that allow it. Almost all of them states require some training in safety and marksmanship with the weapon they plan to carry. Some states like Utah, where it is predominantly country and most people hunt dont require it, but there are schools that teach it for them that want additional training.
Again, opinions are nice, but citizens of other countries have no say so in the internal affairs of America.
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