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- Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:31 pm
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Scorpion Kick
- Replies: 28
- Views: 36335
Re: Scorpion Kick
If the heel of the kicking foot happened to hit a Gall Bladder point (??) at the back of the head, it would not take excessive force to cause disorientation, and possibly a knockout. In my opinion, and as Mr. Kear alluded to, ura mawashigeri could have these points as targets. I have been victim of ...
- Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:10 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Killing me softly
- Replies: 39
- Views: 55443
Re: Killing me softly
The point of my posting the story is that some people probably could tell who was kicking whose butt... or "killing" the opponent without killing the opponent.
Mike Spain
Mike Spain
- Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:02 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Killing me softly
- Replies: 39
- Views: 55443
Re: Killing me softly
This is from someone that witnessed this event in Hawaii, not me: Hironori Ohtsuka had come to Hawaii, to do a demonstration, and promote his disciples & their respective students. During a sword demonstration, in a Honolulu gymnasium (that I can not remember the name), a black belt that he had ...
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:37 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Doesn't this sound familiar?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30730
Re: Doesn't this sound familiar?
Gordon, if you are near Chiang Mai stop by. Lots of good food (I can vouch for) and I am told lots of good beer. Mike Spain Chiang Mai OK, I have had many opinions and thoughts over the past couple of months, both within myself and from the members of this forum. On these forums there are those that...
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:48 am
- Forum: Events and Reports
- Topic: Thailand Vacation and workshop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5112
Re: Thailand Vacation and workshop
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ! A slideshow from Arakawa Takamasa's workshops in Chiang Mai, December,2011, is up. You can see the show by going to our web site, http://www.japankarate-cnx.net , and clicking the link, or just go to http://www.japankarate-cnx.net/KLJC/default.html . We al...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:20 pm
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Non-white Gis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36094
Re: Non-white Gis
With your kind of weather that is a fantastic dojo Mike.! Do you have lighting at night.? Reason I ask is because when I first came to Australia we trained on a concrete slab at the local school for two years, winter and summer with one single 60 watt light bulb through the winter nights. That's wh...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:34 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Non-white Gis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36094
Re: Non-white Gis
PIC039.jpg This is where we practice at the university. The brown balls (some are white, indicating dry already) are dirt with some kind of micro organism that is supposed to help take away the odor from flooding and I think also kill some bacteria. The balls will be sent to Bangkok for the people ...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:23 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Non-white Gis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36094
Re: Non-white Gis
I am out of the dogi color part of this. In our training place it is just "tradition". (Psychologically "beaten" into my brain?????) It was never explained to my why, only that other colors were not allowed - as were Tae Kwon Do uniforms not allowed, no matter what color. Some of...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:51 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Non-white Gis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36094
Re: Non-white Gis
There have been quite a few studies of color and associations with color. And further, studies of black and/versus white. One study I glanced at even suggested there was a neurological connection to black and white... sorry... I didn't "study" the study so I can't give any further details ...
- Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:17 am
- Forum: Wado Talk
- Topic: Non-white Gis
- Replies: 43
- Views: 36094
Re: Non-white Gis
White hat, black hat.
MSPain
MSPain