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the character for 金 is pronounced "geum" in korean and "gane" when used in mengane (面金); the character can mean metal or gold. in korean not using kanji, generally "geum" is written/said to refer to...

for whatever its worth,
i am J5

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thanks for this link

The sempai situation as described by the author in the article that you linked scares me. I have sempai/kohai relations in kendo/kumdo, work (only to a degree-but might be the place i am in), school,...

my understanding is that you do not pay extra after you pass the exams here in korea

just a random question...

before they discovered oranges, what color was the egg yolk? :confused:

congratulations Neil Sensei!

that is quite an achievement~

when i first learned kata, the shidachi ever so slightly turns the kensen towards the opponent's raised left fist and advances with pressure on that area. and this pressure makes the uchidachi...

come over to seoul for a visit and we will buy you beer...after we pummel you a bit :D

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so you just ask question that have no basis in reality and when someone (mostly under the presumption that you are being serious) gives thoughtful answers, you make up even more elaborate...

which ones are you exactly referring to?
in the vid, lot of tsukis were thrown, but i did not see a single one that was even remotely close to being an ippon...

doing yoga has helped with my breathing (as with many other things).
for me the transitions from inhaling to exhaling and from exhaling to inhaling is the main danger points. i try to keep these...

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so you don't want to inconvenience those locking the dojo up, but...

don't want to walk the bike home
don't want to walk around in hakama
don't want to change in the rice fields
don't...

so what exactly is causing the delay? it seems that folding the hakama should not cause major delays (nor presumably getting out of them)...

i understand tanden to be little bit below the belly button area. on a bogu, that would correspond to the tare and the zekken area. people with gedan-esque kamae sometimes do this. but if i get...

yeah :) i remember fighting this young buck and finding ourselves in tsubaZ. we both nodded and i started to back away and then a booming hiki-men from him. i got a bit pissed and chased him all...

lot of people do it in the highest levels of competition here in korea and in japan.
if the referees start to enforce the rules, then it will eventually go away.

i have seen hansoku being given...

sorry to resurrect a thread...

but Miyata Sensei at Oakland and Berkeley Dojo is Hachi-dan and passed the test a while ago. He was born in the states, though he spent his subsequent years...

hey Neil,

with my kensen on the opponent's mune, when i see any movement that is not backwards, including any downward movement of the hands or shinai (presumably to knock my kensen away) i give...

in the matsumoto v.s. uchimura match in the semifinals, at 3:54 there is a leg sweep by matsumoto...i guess leg sweeps are still allowed in police matches?

curious...

btw, are you a hot babe? :D

that would explain a lot and in that case, prepared to be talked to for a long time. and since you are hot, they won't mind waiting for you...so problem...

hey,

as others have said, pack up and change faster.
that seems to be the better solution. if folding takes time, do a quick 10 second fold and do it properly when you get home.
in this case, i...

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yeah i think with siblings bashing them over the head is proper "reigi"!!

but i hear that they sort of grow on you as you get older...so maybe bash them only a little bit (don't have...

I always thought that karate as we have it now days originated from okinawa.
and only recently in history are the okinawans considered japanese.

doing martial arts of any kind does not...

i thought it was adapted from china?? :)

maybe i am mixing things up...