> You don't understand Shotokan or martial arts Curtis. Go practice it > for 3 or 4 years, 5 or 6 hard and heafty sessions a week, then get > back to me. Then you will understand better what a martial art really > is and how those competitions cannot possibly test what it is > designed for. It is designed SPECIFICALLY to block and then kill on > the second blow, third blow on a bad day. Get it yet. That's it. Its > not designed for TV ratings bullshit. > > What you are talking about is like racing a race car against a > bicycle, only the race car has no gas in it. > > Come back in 4 years when you have studied the topic properly.
My martial arts drug of choice was Jiu Jitsu and I did train hard for about 4 years. First I trained in a mixed martial arts dojo that combined Russian Sambo, Akido, Judo, Tae Kwan Do with Japanese Jiu-jitsu. It was the closest thing to the Brazilian Jiu jitsu that I really wanted to study. I was using tapes and private instruction to test the Brazilian style with what my dojo was teaching and it really came out well. Once a true Brazilian Jiu jitsu studio opened, I left my own dojo right before my brown belt test to become a white belt again. As Bruce Lee said "a black belt is useful to hold up your pants.) After about a year and two shoulder dislocations I had to admit that fighting guys in their 20's in my 40's really wasn't sustainable. But I still train occasionally with friends and love the sport. I was never interested in serious striking skills. With grappling I could go balls out without as much damage. But the first UFC's really were practically no rules, so there is no reason why karate guys couldn't be tested for real. Now they use gloves to protect the hand bones and it makes striking more effective while making grappling a littler harder. I think there is something more profound than TV ratings going on, but this sport isn't for everyone. I have never seen any evidence for the "one strike one kill" myth in karate anywhere in any fighting system I have seen. I think it is a story like yogis flying in the air. Well I probably give it a higher probability than flying, but you get my point. I wouldn't characterize myself as a dope smoking hippie under a tree. My singing business keeps me clear of all smoke and I work out almost every day. My guitar style is very physical so I have to train hard to perform solo, let alone lugging my gear in an out of shows. Exercise is the fountain of youth. I know you understand with your own active lifestyle. So we can agree that we enjoy our own martial arts choices. That seems good enough for me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > I agree, You picked out two of the least technical fighters in > > > UFC. > > > > But both are champions for another reason, heart. > > > > There have been Karate masters of all schools in the octagon. >> > > > > > > Incorrect. You don't know a Master ehen you see one because you > have > > > not practiced Shotokan and understood what one looks like. There > has > > > never been a Shotokan master in the Octagon. > > > > Lets see over 70 UFCs, Pride which is based in Japan had about 60, > and > > K1 has evolved from a full contact Karate tournament into mixed > > martial arts, all of these opportunities to test the claims of > > Shotokan and no one has stepped up to do so? That says a lot right > > there. You may be right about no one specifically from Shotokan but > > many hard Ki karate master have fought in these tournaments.>> > > You don't understand Shotokan or martial arts Curtis. Go practice it > for 3 or 4 years, 5 or 6 hard and heafty sessions a week, then get > back to me. Then you will understand better what a martial art really > is and how those competitions cannot possibly test what it is > designed for. It is designed SPECIFICALLY to block and then kill on > the second blow, third blow on a bad day. Get it yet. That's it. Its > not designed for TV ratings bullshit. > > What you are talking about is like racing a race car against a > bicycle, only the race car has no gas in it. > > Come back in 4 years when you have studied the topic properly. > > > > I enjoyed having this manly man conversation over beer nuts with you > > Off. I'm starting to "get" you a little better. Kind of a Yosemite > > Sam kind of dude aren't you? Entertaining for sure.>> > > More of a mix between Bugs Bunny and a little Popeye when I eat ma > spinach ! > > You sound more like 'Dylan' from the children's cartoon the Magic > Roundabout, but you yanks won't know that. He's the scruffy hippy > dude that hangs out under a tree smking dope and playin' geetar. > > In closing: > > HAAAAYyyyaaaaaaAAAA ! > Ooowwwwoooooooooeeeeeeeoooooo....... > > (Shotakan never EVER make noises like those, I was just playin' > cartoon karate wit' ya.) > > OffWorld >
