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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
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  (1954-
) Chinese martial artist and motion picture star. Chan
was born in Hong Kong and entered the China Drama Academy
at 7. His first screen appearance, at 8, was in a Cantonese
movie, The Big and Little Wong Tin-Bar source: Dragon
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 Born
February 18, 1930
(Paget
Bermuda), 10o DAN, Bermuda's highest ranked martial artist,
Founder
(1971) Bermuda
Karate Institut
Bermuda Karate Institute focuses on the Goju (hard/soft)
style, one of the major branches of Japanese karate, which
originally developed in Okinawa. O-Sensei Skipper received
his rank from his sensei ( t e a c h e r ) , grand patriarch
Peter Urban , who introduced the Goju style to the eastern
U.S. in the early fifties after study in Japan. Urban
trained under Gogen Yamaguchi , considered until his death
in 1989 as the grand patriarch of Japanese Goju, as Mr.
Urban is regarded as the grand patriarch of U. S .A. Goju.
Urban was also taught by Richard Kim , a fellow student
of the late Matsutatsu Oyama of Kyoshukushinkai. During
his travels as a merchant seaman, O-Sensei Skipper also
trained in Manila under the late Latino Gonzales , a founder
of Philippine karate, and in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan.
In addition to the classical forms of Okinawan/ Japanese
Goju, BKI incorporates contemporary tournament fighting,
ippon kumite (self-defense), judo and jujitsu, kobudo
(bo staff and sai) and iai (katana - sword - drawing).
Emphasis is placed on conditioning and stretching especially
for martial arts activity. O-Sensei Skipper, as assistant
coach of the Trans World Oil Karate Team (originally the
Atlantic World Karate Team ) from 1987 to 1990, had the
opportunity to coach and train with top international
players in point karate and communicates the benefits
of this unique experience to his students in Bermuda.
From time to time BKI holds special training sessions
under exceptionally qualified guest teachers. These have
included Chuck Merriman , U.S. national karate coach for
WKF; Kathy Baxter , AAU forms champion; Domingo Llanos
, AAU forms champion and WUKO silver medalist; Teruo Chinen
, student of goju founder Chogun Miyagi; Toshihiro Oshiro
, Okinawan kobudo master; Toyotaro Miyazaki , forms and
weapons champion; WUKO gold medalist Billy Blanks ; and
Joe Pina , trainer of several East Coast champions and
coach of the Capo Verde 2000 Olympic tae Kwon do team.
.....Previously O-Sensei achieved the first Bermudian
world title in forms (senior division WKF World Championships
Mestre, Italy, November 1992).
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May,1948
From organized a Japan Karate do Association.
Sensei Gichin Funakoshi assumed the top of Shihan of Japan
Karate do Association. Source
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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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