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Miick 11
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Joined: 01 Jan 2021
Posts: 128


PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:19 pm    Post subject: Gingi Walla Reply with quote

means hello .

I just joined .

I started with Shotokan when a club ( 3 guys ) started using my high school gym . Not long after Australia received its first resident JKA BB instructor Frank Nowak . I traine with him for a few years . . . . old days , old school .

Next was Sikiran karate .... man those guys can KICK !

A bit of Silat in Perth. back to Sydney for Akikai Aikido , again, old school - great stuff !

Moved to the central area of Oz east coast ; no teachers . Started teaching a bit of SD and aikido , including at local school .

Discovered my small rural town had a 3rd dan teacher ( with a small number of students ) from ' Matsamura Seito Shorin Ryu ' an 'old traditional style ' ...been with him about 12 years . During that time an aikido teacher appeared so I was doing that at the same time for a few years ..... having t have a hip replacement (mid 60s now ) I had to drop aikido no more flying through the air across the gym and rolling anymore ..... oh well ) .

Oh yeah , I also do Kobudo , which came down from Hohan Soken via Ted Lange in Oz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohan_S%C5%8Dken

5 bo kata , numerous short jo kata , 1 'jo 20 ' kata (that I developed for our club ) , 2 eku kata, 3 'Soken Gama' , 3 ' Soken Sai' kata , numerous short bokken kata .

We practice mainly 1 - 5 Pinan , 1 - 3 Niharchin, Sanchin, 1 - 2 Passai , Rohai ( heron ) , Chinto, Gojushiho, Kusanku, Hakatsuru ( crane .... the form the whole style is based on ).

They are mostly old forms that dont exist today , so many are hardly recognizable techniques eg ; toe kick UP to hit the hat rim, ( traditional straw hat with under chin tie )
jerking the head back to expose the throat for a toe kick IN to the throat , grabbing and pulling out the top knot hair comb and striking back into the throat with it, etc .
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bushido_man96
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Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30167
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR

PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to KF, Miick! Glad to have you here, and look forward to your contributions!
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sensei8
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Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16386
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]

PostPosted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to KF, Miick 11; glad that you're here!!



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SLK59
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Joined: 05 Nov 2020
Posts: 94
Location: USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate

PostPosted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to the group, Mick 11!
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DWx
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Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 6455
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi

PostPosted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome Miick 11
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Wamp
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Joined: 29 Oct 2020
Posts: 40
Location: Japan
Styles: Ashihara Karate, Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP)

PostPosted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome Miick 11!
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Patrick
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Joined: 01 May 2001
Posts: 28739
Location: Los Angeles, California

PostPosted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to KF, Miick 11.

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Bulltahr
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Joined: 08 Mar 2015
Posts: 727
Location: NEW ZEALAND
Styles: Shotokan, Seido Juku

PostPosted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gidday Mick, a Kiwi here.......
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Wastelander
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Joined: 18 Oct 2010
Posts: 2730
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Styles: Shorin-Ryu, Shuri-Ryu, Judo, KishimotoDi

PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to the forum!
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Judo | 2007-2010: Gokyu | Sensei: Joe Walker (RIP), Ramon Rivera (RIP), Adrian Rivera
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ashworth
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Joined: 13 Nov 2006
Posts: 707
Location: UK
Styles: Shotokan, IJR Karate, Iaido, Kobudo

PostPosted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to the forum! very interesting reading your training history
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