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SUGGESTIONS
FOR MEDITATION PREPARATION:-Set aside
about 1/2 hour for your exercise.-Wear loose
clothing.-Sit comfortably, supporting your
back with pillows, so that you may sit upright
without strain or effort.-To make yourself
aware of tension in your body, you can start
by tightening and holding muscles tight, moving
from your toes upward. Then releasing the
tension.-Drinking a glass of water before
starting helps you feel cleansed.-Take 12
deep breaths holding them in a few seconds
and releasing them. Inhale as deeply as possible
and exhale fully, while focusing on the countdown.-If
thoughts come into your mind, don't get frustrated,
just imagine them leaving out the top of your
head.- Pick a quiet room or area for these
exercises. Incense is also extremely helpful
in creating an all enveloping atmosphere.
Low lighting or candle light is also helpful
in easing your ability to focus. Now simply
enjoy!
Source: meditationforliving.com
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facts Nikola's
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Bill
Wallace retired as the undefeated Professional
Karate Association (PKA) Middleweight Champion
after defeating Bill Biggs in a 12-round bout
in June 1980. The victory, Wallace's 23rd
straight, signaled the end to an illustrious
15-year career in tournament and full contact
fighting.
Known to the karate world simply as "Superfoot,"
symbolic of his awesome left leg, which was
once clocked in excess of 60 mph, Wallace
left a string of battered and bruised bodies
along the martial arts fighting trail.
He used his foot as others would use their
hands, faking opponents with two or three
rapid fake kicks and following with one solid
knockout technique. His power was amazing,
his precision astounding.
Wallace, a 5-foot, 10 1/2 inch native of Portland,
Ind., began studying karate in February 1967
after suffering a right leg injury in a judo
accident. The injury left him without the
use of the leg in karate competition. Some
observers said Wallace was committing martial
arts suicide. Wallace, however, had other
ideas.
In the next seven years, "Superfoot,"
named after his manager saw an advertisement
for a "super foot long hot dog"
at a sporting event, dominated the point-tournament
circuit.
As a national champion point fighter three
years in a row, Wallace captured virtually
every major event on the tournament circuit.
The more prestigious victories included: the
U.S. Championships (3 times), the USKA Grand
Nationals (3 times), and the Top Ten Nationals
(2 times).
He was such as dominant figure in martial
arts that Black Belt magazine, the bible of
industry publications, named him to its Hall
of Fame three times in seven years -- twice
as "Competitor of the Year" and
once as "Man of the Year."
In 1973, Wallace, whose education includes
a bachelor's degree (1971) in physical education
from Ball State University and a master's
degree (1976) in kinesiology (the study of
human movement) from Memphis State University,
suffered what many considered a career-ending
injury. However, one of Wallace's friends,
the late Elvis Presley, flew in a Los Angeles
acupuncturist to treat the Karate champion
at Graceland Manor.
A year later, Wallace turned professional
and captured the PKA middleweight karate championship
with a second-round knockout (hook kick) of
West German Bernd Grothe in Los Angeles. He
relinquished the crown in 1980, undefeated
and respected around the world.
Despite his retirement, Wallace continues
to be one of the martial arts most popular
figures. He is the author of three books:
Karate: Basic Concepts & Skills, Dynamic
Kicking & Stretching, and The Ultimate
Kick.
As well as a former member of the President's
Council on Physical Fitness, Wallace also
has been active in the film industry.
His credits include : A Force of One with
Chuck Norris; Kill Point, with Cameron Mitchell;
Continental Divide and Neighbors, with John
Belushi, whom he acted as trainer and bodyguard;
Protector, with Jackie Chan; A Prayer for
the Dying, with Mickey Rourke; Ninja Turf;
and A sword of Heaven.
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Superfoot
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was January 1972 that Thom Harinck founded the world's
most famous Muay Thai and Kickboxing Gym Chakuriki.
Chakuriki is a Japanese word which means as much
as "the power derived from". Originally
Harinck, who trained Mas Oyama's Kyokushinkai karate
for a short while, meant the Chakuriki-style to
be a mixture of traditional karate, boxing, wrestling,
judo and jiu jitsu, coupled with rigid meditation
sessions. Another part of the style was handling
the traditional kobudo weapons such as bo, manriki
gusari, nunchaku and the sai. The emblem of Chakuriki
shows a Thai boxer and a Bullterrier with a twig
between its fangs as a sign of peace. The Bullterrier
was chosen to resemble because of its courage, intelligence,
power, agility and speed. All of these are characteristic
for a Chakuriki fighter. Source:
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| Kyushindo
Judo is taught using natural, circular movements
to over-balance your opponent, instead of strength
and force to overcome them. Force can always be
added to throws later, but used on its own, is of
limited use if you find yourself against a stronger
opponent. By
concentrating on technique instead of strength and
competition, Kyushindo Judo can be taught safely
and enjoyably, reducing the chances of injury. For
the same reason, the more 'competitive' techniques
such as forced arm locks and strangle holds are
not taught in Kyushindo Judo. We all need to be
able to get up for school or work the next day.
All this doesn't mean that Kyushindo Judo is ineffective
- or needn't be hard work. If you learn to use both
your own and your opponent's movement to take them
off-balance, Judo throws can be just as effective
as by using strength alone. This can take more time
and practice that relying on power, but is worth
the effort. One other difference you'll notice from
other styles is that lessons are taught mainly in
English rather than Japanese. Source:
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Kata Applications from Pre-War Karate Books |
| Wisdom
from the Past: Tidbits on Kata
Applications from Pre-War Karate Books.
Part One By Joe Swift " The Okinawan self
defense art known today as Karate do has undergone some
major changes since its "public debut" a mere
century ago. These changes have come about for many reasons,
including its internationalization and popularization
as a competitive sport. While these are important aspects
of modern Karate do, the "old masters" agreed
upon one thing: the essence of the martial art lies within
its kata....source:
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Katabami Ju-Jitsu Dojo |
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Academy
of Martial Arts & Oriental Healing Arts
Authentic, Traditional & Classical Ju-Jitsu Dojo,
Hand to Hand Combat, Oriental Philosophy & Medicine
,Himalayan Yoga, Meditation, T’ai Chi Chuan, Chi
Gung,
Restoration Therapy and Energy Healing.
Sensei Alexey Kunin, 6 th Dan Ju-Jitsu,
Head of Katabami Ju-Jitsu Family,
Doctor of Natural Medicine & Oriental Arts ( Asia
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| Mark
Dacascos |
His
father is of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry,
mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese. Mark spent first
6 years with grandparents, Raymond and Jane (Kiyoko),
in Hawaii.
Mark competed in his first martial arts tournament at
the age of 7. Although there are pictures of him doing
Kung Fu stances when he was4. Mark lived in Denver before
he moved to Europe. His parents had the opportunity to
be some of the first Kung Fu teachers in Germany. Mark
became friends with Emanuel Bettencourt, a fellow student
of his parents' academy.>>>
source:
Mark Dacascos. com |
| Gen.
Hi Choi Hong |
 Korean
founder of tai kwon do. As a frail and sickly youth, he
studied calligraphy and taekyon under the tutelage of
Hann Il Dong. His turbulent political and military career
began with an expulsion at 12 for organizing a student
walkout, and includes a Japanese imprisonment for complicity
in plans to overthrow the wartime military government
of Korea.source:
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