dragontooth73
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i have NO time to put down the detail i want to here (eh look ... rushed for time ... imma mainlander now lolz) ... but since you had that *look* in your eyes i wanted to suggest some places you could goto in japan to explore martial arts a bit more.
i've mulled it over and skipped the gladiator academies and kungfu studios ... since you'll probably have exposure to that in LA. here are some experimental styles ... all of them are located in the greater Tokyo metroplex:
Taijutsu - Chiba-ken, 03-3269-0467
founded by a pair named Nagano and Kura, both met in the college Karate tournament circuit. Kura (5'5") was fighting a bigger opponent (6'2") and could make no headway ... in the midst of the fight Kura made one light punch on gut instinct and down the bigger guy went. Nagano and Kura since then have been looking for the secret in that punch ... they used a whole bunch of other college karateka as guinea pigs (lol) and have incorporated some neat reflexology theories into their training.
shoot ... have to goto work ... will list 4 other places as i come back ... by the way i feel obligated to explain the a subtle aspect of japanese nuance (lecture mode on)
there's a marked difference between mushin (no-mind) and isshin (one-mind) ... people do talk about "zen consciousness" and whatnot, but the pillar of concentration is not really mushin; that's an ungraspable state. by it's very nature you can't actively strive for it, so what's the use of even describing it?
there's a term called "seishin tohistu" (lit. spiritual fusion) that's used to describe the harmony between mind and body ... this cohesion makes possible either mushin or isshin, and personally i'd venture to say that most people describe isshin ("i am going to take this BG down") ... in mushin you can't remember what the hell happened - heck just mentioning it means you're snapped out of it - so i'd say that isshin is the best way to describe the concentration necessary for battle.
heck, anyone who's lived in japan or watched old war movies probably has seen bandannas wrapped round the forehead with words such as "shori" (lit. victory) and "tohkon" (lit. fighting spirit) ... and also isshin ... the vocabulary of battle supports it; "taba ni natteh kakaru" (to be attack united) and a whole bunch of other phrases. mention of mushin? never. that's for zen priests.
anyways, hope i made sense ... late for work LOLz ... brb later to add more
[This message has been edited by dragontooth73 (edited September 29, 2000).]
i've mulled it over and skipped the gladiator academies and kungfu studios ... since you'll probably have exposure to that in LA. here are some experimental styles ... all of them are located in the greater Tokyo metroplex:
Taijutsu - Chiba-ken, 03-3269-0467
founded by a pair named Nagano and Kura, both met in the college Karate tournament circuit. Kura (5'5") was fighting a bigger opponent (6'2") and could make no headway ... in the midst of the fight Kura made one light punch on gut instinct and down the bigger guy went. Nagano and Kura since then have been looking for the secret in that punch ... they used a whole bunch of other college karateka as guinea pigs (lol) and have incorporated some neat reflexology theories into their training.
shoot ... have to goto work ... will list 4 other places as i come back ... by the way i feel obligated to explain the a subtle aspect of japanese nuance (lecture mode on)
there's a marked difference between mushin (no-mind) and isshin (one-mind) ... people do talk about "zen consciousness" and whatnot, but the pillar of concentration is not really mushin; that's an ungraspable state. by it's very nature you can't actively strive for it, so what's the use of even describing it?
there's a term called "seishin tohistu" (lit. spiritual fusion) that's used to describe the harmony between mind and body ... this cohesion makes possible either mushin or isshin, and personally i'd venture to say that most people describe isshin ("i am going to take this BG down") ... in mushin you can't remember what the hell happened - heck just mentioning it means you're snapped out of it - so i'd say that isshin is the best way to describe the concentration necessary for battle.
heck, anyone who's lived in japan or watched old war movies probably has seen bandannas wrapped round the forehead with words such as "shori" (lit. victory) and "tohkon" (lit. fighting spirit) ... and also isshin ... the vocabulary of battle supports it; "taba ni natteh kakaru" (to be attack united) and a whole bunch of other phrases. mention of mushin? never. that's for zen priests.
anyways, hope i made sense ... late for work LOLz ... brb later to add more
[This message has been edited by dragontooth73 (edited September 29, 2000).]