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Sparkey
Yellow Belt
Joined: 15 Dec 2002
Posts: 52
Location: Portland, Oregon
Styles: Shorin-ryu
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 Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2003 10:59 pm Post subject: YAHOOO!! Kobudo!!! |
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Hi everyone! Remember I was worried about going to this Kobudo Seminar? ( http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=5483 )? Well, I went on Saturday and learned 2 new katas! I learned Suis Nokun Niban (a bo Kata) and Matayoshi Chinpo Notunfa Nidan (a Tunfa Kata). The seminar was by Nick Flores who was taught by Master Odo for many years in Okinawa.
I was so worried about going, but something really, really cool happened! The first thing we were to do was line up according to rank and follow along with the kata the best we could (we did the bo kata first). Nick Sensei walked around and the students that were having difficulty he pulled them out and put them in a group. Then he watched the people he pulled out and saw those of us that were having a particularly hard time. He had black belt students matched up with some of those students. But me, I was having the hardest time of ALL the other students (I've only been training in Karate since November!). He pulled me aside special and basically he taught me all by myself! I was so poorly skilled that I got special attention and it was so great! He was so kind and patient and went small step by small step so I learned both kata really well. I'm not GOOD at them yet, but I can remember all the steps and perform them with good technique.
I had never even touched the tunfa before Saturday and now, I can do a whole kata! It's pretty cool. I'm really glad I went and I appreaciate the replies to the message I posted previously that encouraged me to go. It was super advice.
My next deal is that I'm going to do my first test for my stripe on February 18th. I've got LOTS of time to practice! |
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SaiFightsMS
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Joined: 28 Oct 2001
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Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| Glad you had such a great time. Practice hard. |
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kazuya Mishima
White Belt
Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 10
Location: Inside the dojo
Styles: Karate Shotokan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 1:35 am Post subject: |
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Glad to hear that. I would like to have seminars like that where i live but, well, they are none.
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omnifinite
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Joined: 09 Apr 2002
Posts: 524
Location: Northern VA
Styles: Hapkido | Kempo | Jujitsu
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 10:06 am Post subject: |
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It's great being the lowest belt at a seminar  . My training partner and I were the lowest belts at the last seminar we went to and we got all the focus from the higher-ups .
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superleeds
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Joined: 03 Sep 2002
Posts: 346
Location: Bergen norway
Styles: Chito-Ryu Karate-Do
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| Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:30 am Post subject: |
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I did my first bo excersise last friday. We learnt 6 kihon's. It was very inspiering indeed. One a funnier note i actually hit myself i the shin while showing off  One of my fellow students told me that i almost knocked himself out. Dangerous stuff
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superleeds
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Location: Bergen norway
Styles: Chito-Ryu Karate-Do
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| Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:33 am Post subject: |
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.... he almost knocked himself out...
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KickChick
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Joined: 02 Aug 2001
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:08 am Post subject: Re: YAHOOO!! Kobudo!!! |
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| Sparkey wrote: |
| My next deal is that I'm going to do my first test for my stripe on February 18th. I've got LOTS of time to practice! |
Wishing you luck and continued perseverence!!!   ...
hurry back and tell us how you did!  |
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SaiFightsMS
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Joined: 28 Oct 2001
Posts: 6397
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| superleeds wrote: |
| I did my first bo excersise last friday. We learnt 6 kihon's. It was very inspiering indeed. One a funnier note i actually hit myself i the shin while showing off One of my fellow students told me that i almost knocked himself out. Dangerous stuff |
Did we neglect to mention that part of your kobudo education was smacking yourself with the weapon? That is one of the reasons it is good to wait until you have a solid grasp of fundamentals before starting weapons.
One of the most important, and often overlooked, aspects to training is awareness of what is going on around you and looking before making a turn. |
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LeaF
Black Belt
Joined: 31 Jul 2002
Posts: 1012
Location: North of the 49
Styles: Goju Ryu Karate-do and Okinawan Kobudo
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| Did we neglect to mention that part of your kobudo education was smacking yourself with the weapon? |
ah this brings back memories, I had to do this in my first kobduo class, that is strike myself. You learn really quick how much weapons hurt. This lesson alone hightens your awareness dramatically
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SaiFightsMS
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Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| It is kind of hard to snicker though when you hear someone with more than a bit of experience get clumsy and smack themselves good in the middle of class. |
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