How do you practice push hands?

Science and God are not mutually exclusive. God created the human mind and the systems and events it seeks to understand. Any human that professes to know God's will better than another is an #####.

That's a relativ'ism' and as anyone who has taken a basic study of philosophy knows, relativism ...

I believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I'm a fundamentalist Christian with a Calvinist Dispensational bent....hey, you asked! :lol:

With just over 15 years training in karate, 10 in judo and jujitsu and 10 in boxing...I've never experianced chi. I've had punches that seem to be ...

(this is just for fun)...describe your style of martial arts in three words or less...(list your style first please).

SHOTOKAN
simple
direct
powerful

OSU!

Karateka

Any contacts for uechi ryu in Ontario Canada?

Shotokan uses the pheonix eye in Hangetsu, I believe that's the only kata...I could be wrong and often am.

Nope.

Perhaps, tachi waza?

Let me touch on judo for a second.

Tachi waza is sub-divided into three categories:
te waza(hand techniques)
koshi waza(hip or waist techniques)
ashi waza(foot techniques)

What do you think?

Anti grappling always sound funny (no offence), but to avoid grappling you may just have to grapple.

Bill Glasheen wrote:

BTW, I never realized you were "the" Jason. You changed your forum name, no?

- Bill

Sorry Mr. Glasheen, I'm a different jason.

Mr. Glasheen, its not a matter of misunderstanding, I simply disagree.

With respect,

karateka
aka jason

My sensei uses the toe kick with some effect, the danger in this waza is easy to see. Conditioning the toe. With so many other weapons that can be trained and used with great effect, folks just don't want to take the chance on becoming crippled up by conditioning the toe for toe kicks. A gedan ...

I did some miebukan goju, couldn't stand the sensei always degrading other styles. She did it so often I quite, no one style is better then another it's how you use the tools you are learning.

How much use do you make of thigh kicks? We use them as our main weapon in our system of shotokan, just wondering what you thought.

I haven't done sanchin in a while (don't miss it much), but I do have flat feet. The nerves are being kinked by the weight of the fallen ankle which causes the foot to fall asleep. It happens to me during long periods in kiba dachi during kihon.

I like to fight full contact, even when I first started at age 12 I loved the contact. My sensei use to put me in with the men...