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Big Week
Big week coming up for me. I have a Shorin-Ryu Kenpo seminar from January 31st to February 2nd; then a Kokodo Jujitsu seminar from the 3rd to the 5th, culminating in my black belt test in Jujitsu. We'll have three sessions each day, morning afternoon and evening.
It was not planned for the two seminars to be back-to-back this way, it just worked out that way.
In Hapkido I've been reviewing basics. For a while there I was delving deeply into defenses against throws, weapons techniques and other advanced stuff. Now I'm dialing it back and just reviewing all our grab defenses.
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Comment by Wael on February 15, 2012 at 10:47am -
Thank you, SteelyJan. After being a colored belt all my life, I've earned two black belts in the last two months. But I'm hardly a lean, mean fighting machine. More like a chubby charging rhino.
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Comment by SteelyJan on February 15, 2012 at 4:08am -
Sorry I have been so out of the loop Wael, busy with both art and martial arts. Congratulations on your shodan! 6 days of training , you must be a lean, mean fighting machine! I know you have earned it. I know you are a dedicated martial artist! Enjoy the glory ( for a little while).
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Comment by Wael on February 5, 2012 at 8:19pm
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Thanks Bruce. See you tomorrow for class. I may have to cut it a bit short, as I still have Salma with me and will take her to Casa de Fruta tomorrow after class.
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Comment by Bruce Whitsitt on February 5, 2012 at 8:13pm -
Congratulations on your shodan! That's fantastic!
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Comment by Wael on February 5, 2012 at 5:24pm
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6 days of training, 5 to 8 hours each day. On the last day I tested for shodan in Kokodo Jujitsu and passed. I'm happy about that, I worked hard for it. We went to a restaurant called Japanese Kitchen to celebrate. I haven't been to this kind of restaurant, each "table" is a counter surrounding a grill. The chef cooks all the food as you watch and ladles it onto your plate.
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Comment by Erik Medeiros on February 2, 2012 at 8:46pm -
Sounds like you are on an exciting and fascinating journey, Wael!
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Comment by Wael on February 1, 2012 at 12:02am
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@ Erik, thanks boss. The first day is done and I've already learned a lot. We tend to think of Karate as being very elementary, and maybe some of it is; but I'm realizing that Okinawan Karate is all about practical combat skills. The Okinawans are very unpretentious people, and are not interested in flashy techniques. It's all low kicks, chops to the neck, palms strikes to the face or heart, backfists and hammer fists to the temples, slaps and blade hand strikes to the back of the neck and skull, punches to soft targets like the liver, underarm or kidney; and joint locks used primarily to create striking opportunities. There's not as much circular movement as you find in Hapkido of course, but aside from that I would say it's not inconsistent with Hapkido. For example one of the vital principles of Matsumura Shorin-Ryu is "tai sabake" which means efficient movement or body change. The defender must always shift his body to move off the line of the attack, rather than opposing the attack directly. This is similar to the non-resistance principle in Hapkido.
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Comment by Wael on January 31, 2012 at 4:34pm
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Then have your own seminar, Daniel! 30 students at $100 a pop, you'll have fun and make some money.
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Comment by Daniel McCullar on January 31, 2012 at 12:27pm -
Getting me all jealous. I miss the seminars and large training sessions.
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Comment by Erik Medeiros on January 30, 2012 at 10:49pm
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That's fantastic, Wael! I predict a major breakthrough in your training that takes you to a new quantum level.
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