Nungali

...... a lonely man ..... ........ and his toast ..

Not in my expereince ; teacher had a VAST range of techniques and always stressed to adapt or adopt to one's natural advantage . Sounds like you are on the trad defensive here ? I dont know why you seem to think original forms of martial arts were like that , before they got turned into a 'cultural performance ' ?

I was just starting to get into that side of things when the hip started to play up , since then, and now even with a metal replacement .... nope ! The thing is .... why block , control, capture , a kick coming in from a lower position, with hands or arms ? Makes more sense to use the legs feet and keep hands and legs free. We had four basic ones which I can now do again, and simple 'front jamb' . (I got my boss a beauty with one ... we would throw surprise techniques at each other at work for a joke ... one time, he comes up to me , with his GF on arm, and tries a front kick to my groin, I slapped it out the way with my foot while shifting off line and flicked my toe into his groin .... its quick ! He goes "You bastard ! " and laughed and she goes "Hey ! dont damage that ! " We used to do 'sticky feet' standing on one leg ( foot and leg version of 'sticky hands ' ) but those days are gone for me now .

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Whats with some Peeps ? ! ? ? well it did make me laugh ... but its also really horrible ! So .....

New neighbours 'tod ' (just started walking but not talking ) on seeing an old fashioned sausage dog boot scrapper that someone recently left end of the ramp up to the verandah.... from a distance, looks like the other rocks, lying around the edge of the garden . I pointed at it and told her ' Look .... dog ! " She looked over and ..... mhe .... rocks . So I ' No ... look ....dog !and pointed again. She staggered over and looked, then the shape clicked and registered and she throws her head back ..... ; " Gluurg- ark ! " and laughs . I'm not sure what gluug-ark means ? Dog ... or 'oh yeah ' or " Oh, look at that ! " Gave her a good 10 minute laugh ... then of course she had to take everyone else there to show them . Her first comprehension of the concept of a statue ? ... which reminds me .... What did the first Maori say when they showed him a statue of his brother ?

t - o - a - s - t . (Toast spell ) Lost in Translation ; may you have lots of toast (just pretend this is written in Hebrew , apparently that will make it a 'spell' )

Hopefully, its a promise from Shinto . Maybe even his last post ?

Stage 1 . From mollis (“soft”) +‎ -ēscō. I become soft; I soften. (figuratively) I become mild, gentle. (figuratively) I become effeminate, unmanly.

I think or reflect upon, consider, contemplate, ponder, meditate (upon); intend I plan, contrive, devise (by extension) I meditate, study, exercise myself in, practise or rehearse something

Krav Magra uses hand gun and rifle in MA training. Israeli guy in our club that did it said his instructor also favoured sai as it built up wrist and forearm ... for gun use. But does KM teach you to use a gun within the others hand range ? Come on guys ! Instructor I was teaching some kata to had weapons and also handguns on weapons rack ... I had to ... I just had to ; " Don't tell me you teach defence against a hand gun ? " Him; " Sure, take it up and I show you . " So I did and immediately pointed it at him from a distance " If you move; I'll drill ya, now hand over your wallet ! " He takes it out and goes to hand it to me " Stray put and drop it on the floor ." He does. " Now walk away ." But he says " Doesn't matter, only $20 in it . " Me ; " Oh a smart arse eh ? " So I pointed the gun at his kneecap and said " Bang ! "

Not 'traditional' but perhaps ' inevitable ' ;

But ... wtf with these guys ??? and their 'supporters ' ? Loud mouth Yank makes a good point ;

but how the hell did he get the designation ? ! " “was described by state media as one of China’s greatest tai chi masters . . .” Makes the 'state media look pretty crap !

His 'method is illegal ' ? But I get the rest ... a vid like this one ; except in this case , I believe the 'master' issued a challenge ( the fool ! ) . This vid also appears with title 'Fake Aikido Master .... " all one would have to do would be remove the 'fake ' word, and peeps not knowing much about Aikido would be poo-pooing it after watching this ... besides, there are already plenty of vids showing how aikido does not work in MMA So ; " Fake Tai-chi Master creamed by MMA guy " seems to work .

Oh ... it was a privately made video for private viewing , I get it now . You have been very fortunate, I have some of those but from Kosei Nishihira , Most of the old Soken ones have been put on line. Although, who knows what is out there ? I have the last one from Mr Nishihira before he died , unfortunately, it was made by a young woman ( a friend of a student who happened to be in Okinawa for other reasons ) who knew neither Okinawan, Japanese or any Martial Arts . When He tried to demonstrate some things with her as her camera was filming she ..... well, lets say she wasn't a very good ' crash dummy' . Do you have a 'Crane form' ; Hakatsuru ?

I had similar probs with both ; heart beat relay nerve compressed by misaligned spine ( also in associated areas can give arm or hand/fingers numbness ) get your verts checked ! T1 & T2

" That being said - there is power in knowledge - and a peaceful resolution is preferred over hurting someone if at all possible. That is why the few students that I still teach - are required to come to Qigong class - learn to be calm - learn to project calmness to others, learn to shield, in almost every situation violence can be avoided. " PS . Well done on this bit too . I used to be an orderly in a public hospital , all types of people ( some HUGE ) could come into emergency, confused, agro, drunk, drugged , violent ... my job to maintain order but ; in all situations violence must be avoided . A good exercise / practice in 'using your nut ' (and don't mean a head but ) and 'energy reception and projection' . My 'tactics' worked well as in 10 years only 3 or 4 occasions I had to 'cross the line' .

Sorry .... you studied privately with Oyata ? .... studied private DVD or studied a DVD privately ? My tradition comes from Hohan Soken ( via Kosei Nishihira / Ted Lange in Australia ... see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishihira_Kosei ) I used to think attack 'energy channels' too , but after more accurate assessment , not 'energy channels' but 'weak points' ( which can include 'energy channels' but also more . ( But also that depends on one's definition of energy channels ) Even your Sensai Professor affirms the same ; You make an interesting point about " hidden coded moves that will show you how to attack the energy channels in a given sequence " , as Dillman points out, quoting Soken's words to him ; " You do beautiful kata, but you don't why . " Now, if 'proper' bunkai is not understood from Kata or 'fighting sequence', how can this be applied ? Further, if the kata has been changed ( to a 'modern form ' ) so even the moves are not the same, 'application' moves further into the unknown. Okinawan Karate went through great changes pre / during / since WWII, to 'mask ' a lot of this ; modified as a 'Physical Education' system for school children, loss of teachers and traditions during war, then the victor Americans asking the just decimated Okinawans to teach them their 'secret deadly fighting arts' ( ) , then it being turned into a sport . then the strange 'progress' in USA to 'instant higher dans ' ...( Again in Dillman's own words, quoting Soken to him ; " How you get 5, 6, 7 Black Belt ? " ... and Dillman confessing, aside, "God ! I hope he doesn't ask me what rank I am . " ,. and again, Dillman confessing ; he (Soken ) said I should come to Okinawa and he would teach it to me .... : " But I never did " ? ) ... What made Hohan Soken different was, he was a traditional Master, left Okinawa before the changes in Karate, for Argentina, and returned after the end of WWII with an older still intact unaffected 'interpretation' . I don't know if the tradition survived in Argentina or not ?

That's harmful and ' not ok ' .... your stewardship has been revoked .

Indeed ! It seems a very open definition for some nowadays ..... how about a 'Christian atheist ? Or good old Fr. Dougal who has 'issues with some points of theology '

Another tactic ; cant meet the challenge so tries the ' you are too inexperienced to engage with me ' Practice on my own ? I have been practicing on my own and with other people for over 40 years . I have used 'ki' or 'chi' or whatever you want to call it continually. I have even instructed a group of 60 people at one time and pulled a slight built nervous woman out the front of that group, and after a simple quick coaching got her to demonstrate the 'immovable body' against two big muscly guys that cou8ld not lift her , in front of the gaping and astounded group ( but this was with contact .... ie. they were grabbing her arms as they tried to lift her. ) I have put people on their arse or thrown them across the mat ' with one finger ' ( well, that's what it looks like ) ... but there is always some 'contact' . So don't give me this 'at a distance' rubbish ! And don't tell me to 'practice' .... son . You go get some experience up your belt ; cross train , go up against some real people of different traditions , try your 'magic chi passes' and see where it gets you . Eventually you might figure out what is really going on. You are now making even less sense ; I am the one not believing in 'Santa ' - You are the one believing in 'Santa' . Who needs to 'grow up ' here ?

Oh ? I missed that . What do you mean by 'consumed' by the GD ? If that is what you meant. The GD represented " The adam and eve were thrust out of the garden before they could partake of it and become as gods." ; ( the 'Fall of Man' ) by the diagram; Da'at ? Never heard that one before !

i understand that ^ is one of ' the oldest excuses in the book. ' 'Miracles' eh ? Many of them eh ? Should not be too hard to post a vid of one then ? Allow me ; Longman pai ? I should have known ....