tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49408005459801610492024-03-13T11:56:28.477-07:00Journal of a Grandmaster - Soke of Shorin-Ryu Karate & KobudoSoke Hausel, Arizona Martial Arts Grandmaster & Hall-of-Fame martial arts instructor discusses karate, kobudo, samurai arts, self-defense, jujutsu, history, philosophy, teaching methods, comments from his karate students and includes concepts and ideas on martial arts training. Grandmaster Hausel operates the Arizona Hombu (Arizona School of Traditional Karate) in the East Valley of PhoenixSoke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-32282549734609770832021-10-27T16:42:00.010-07:002023-03-25T14:19:21.586-07:00Self-Defense Training, Gilbert and Mesa, Arizona<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSR5JUBCq2issWqLzfIBEaTjhwDBmAxmw6ISA0K_lrEmUzD-gK46A5PrrfBYhYUaHKK0LMRRn8MmMSHPCRpWr5r9IMQEl9UL8c0xZ_opgesfs12L2L5QXomNlQ0vy4-My_TNXDwGK9Nv1/s2048/DSCF9901.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="2048" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSR5JUBCq2issWqLzfIBEaTjhwDBmAxmw6ISA0K_lrEmUzD-gK46A5PrrfBYhYUaHKK0LMRRn8MmMSHPCRpWr5r9IMQEl9UL8c0xZ_opgesfs12L2L5QXomNlQ0vy4-My_TNXDwGK9Nv1/w640-h412/DSCF9901.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Hombu dojo, Mesa Arizona, 2019</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56eEE5hgisWROPAH4U0DH1vcGhpVGmJ9zyBKFMPmEBjTwcKe3G9XtiM68f2uylZ2RH8tz66sl5ZmkC1-mmag0r8XyuGbrKD7c_BB0Yg-tZp5ToMSgZWutq1_woSw1hEYPwoKAoWkSKhCy/s786/University+of+Wyoming+Campus+Shorin-Ryu+Karate+Kobudo+Kai%252C+2000+%2528Seiyo-ShorinRyu.com%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="786" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56eEE5hgisWROPAH4U0DH1vcGhpVGmJ9zyBKFMPmEBjTwcKe3G9XtiM68f2uylZ2RH8tz66sl5ZmkC1-mmag0r8XyuGbrKD7c_BB0Yg-tZp5ToMSgZWutq1_woSw1hEYPwoKAoWkSKhCy/w640-h210/University+of+Wyoming+Campus+Shorin-Ryu+Karate+Kobudo+Kai%252C+2000+%2528Seiyo-ShorinRyu.com%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Education Gym, University of Wyoming Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo, 1999<br /><br /></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our current students are 13 to 75 years in age. We plan to keep the group small (<20) until the economy turns around. <a href="https://manofyear.blogspot.com">Soke</a> is a member of several halls of fame, taught <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo01pfZPF_zpKStxra4k0rw">karate</a>, <a href="https://az-kobudo.blogspot.com">kobudo</a>, <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com">samurai</a> arts, jujutsu, and self-defense at four different universities. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgt7kynqdW6JNzrUtqNikUNC0nUDDsjRG0rQtXqFfoaZ_y6gh3M4j0IJLaO5z4Sabrxdlwa0U3ltsjvxyKYQUJtQYrbxcOBpyGXgPTOs2MGZRwzDIkPn-V5-LAvQtPx-NP2MkQu60YPdp/s1341/Tadashi+Yamashita+Clinic+at+UW.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="1341" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgt7kynqdW6JNzrUtqNikUNC0nUDDsjRG0rQtXqFfoaZ_y6gh3M4j0IJLaO5z4Sabrxdlwa0U3ltsjvxyKYQUJtQYrbxcOBpyGXgPTOs2MGZRwzDIkPn-V5-LAvQtPx-NP2MkQu60YPdp/w640-h192/Tadashi+Yamashita+Clinic+at+UW.bmp" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Corbett Gym, University of Wyoming Shorin-Ryu Karate, 2003</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75u0UR-Llber-0KiyksYi9DSd3JhIHq1niRG3mSwRkvLDrrvuTmGgYIMcqiwjgNUL7s_7qNx2GFgVpN49u0fF08Apwf10gHxI9dRNljv7Q46-6SHoPbW_R0VZizI3HNs0TPIVvl8wLBGs/s871/Sensei+Hausel+with+Eddie+Begaye+-+University+of+New+Mexico%252C+1975+%2528yoko+tobi+geri%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="863" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75u0UR-Llber-0KiyksYi9DSd3JhIHq1niRG3mSwRkvLDrrvuTmGgYIMcqiwjgNUL7s_7qNx2GFgVpN49u0fF08Apwf10gHxI9dRNljv7Q46-6SHoPbW_R0VZizI3HNs0TPIVvl8wLBGs/w396-h400/Sensei+Hausel+with+Eddie+Begaye+-+University+of+New+Mexico%252C+1975+%2528yoko+tobi+geri%2529.jpg" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Soke (airborne), University of New Mexico, <br />Shorin-Ryu karate, 1975</b></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuKT4KxC_tZ5SgKDIbqk9Je3pmZZwn5MMbswSEQI1ycLPZh5yFTRDmLBm4y_pwGF82EIKbvp3PzxNimXPOhxbABVZj9fV4xhFudujepg2m75SmSpjhRqgeTVa4ZWUHqz5tqaIk7_fzSvr/s968/Soke+Hausel+performs+flying+side+kick+at+the+University+of+Utah+in+1970.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="968" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuKT4KxC_tZ5SgKDIbqk9Je3pmZZwn5MMbswSEQI1ycLPZh5yFTRDmLBm4y_pwGF82EIKbvp3PzxNimXPOhxbABVZj9fV4xhFudujepg2m75SmSpjhRqgeTVa4ZWUHqz5tqaIk7_fzSvr/w400-h366/Soke+Hausel+performs+flying+side+kick+at+the+University+of+Utah+in+1970.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Soke (airborne), University of Utah, <br />Kyokushinkai karate, 1969</i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-11925125763779547222021-04-12T16:10:00.016-07:002023-07-21T20:01:12.943-07:00Karate (空手) Acceleration - the Way of the One-Punch Knockout<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3b6503; font-family: "Marker Felt"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"></span></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yr0fBJ16y6PPEx2Ht5j5uL6k2K1mrUFdf_mt2aYBOjQrsN7KvAhU4WARrdwB0sg_iX1ssk28TwLUT82a9Bj6oPfcAyp34Bcw366V1sus20F63J14VWz4sip7J5Nn_iaHnh-OoFlD006T/s2048/Seiyo+Shorin-Ryu+Hombu+Dojo%252C+Mesa%252C+Arizona+copy.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="2048" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yr0fBJ16y6PPEx2Ht5j5uL6k2K1mrUFdf_mt2aYBOjQrsN7KvAhU4WARrdwB0sg_iX1ssk28TwLUT82a9Bj6oPfcAyp34Bcw366V1sus20F63J14VWz4sip7J5Nn_iaHnh-OoFlD006T/w463-h369/Seiyo+Shorin-Ryu+Hombu+Dojo%252C+Mesa%252C+Arizona+copy.JPG" width="463" /></a></div><br />In Okinawa karate, we emphasize proper <a href="https://youtu.be/C0UXkrwLHHM?list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">transfer of energy</a> from a punch, block, or kick, to the interior of the body of an attacker. This is sometimes called <a href="http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=417">chinkuchi</a>. <a href="http://msisshinryu.com/articles/safreed/chinkuchi.shtml">Chinkucki</a> is a subtle, but important, characteristic of Okinawa karate that takes time to develop and understand. It is something one needs to learn to order to develop a killer punch referred to as a one-punch knock out! To punch, block and kick in Okinawa karate, relax except for the fraction of a second when you make contact. Keep in mind that Okinawa karate systems train for combat, while most Japanese karate trains for tournaments. So, there are differences. To develop chinkuchi, learn <a href="https://www.karatebyjesse.com/kime-putting-the-nail-in-the-coffin/">kime</a>. Kime and chinkucki, are about acceleration - something every karate practitioner needs. I can not emphasize this enough! Movements in karate need to be: (1) relaxed! (2) accelerated! (3) focused at the last possible moment, (4) accelerated! and (5) focused! I know I listed accelerated and focus twice, but this is because these are so important and DIFFICULT to get American martial artists to develop. Study Chinto (aka Gankaku in Japanese) kata performed by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxt2IVLcWJU">Akamine Hiroshi</a>. Watch his kata for focus and acceleration (see about 4 minutes into the video) - it is nearly perfect. Watch it and periodically video tape yourself to see if you are gaining similar acceleration and focus in technique. A fast transfer of momentum implies the amount of force transferred to a target will be large all at once - this is the secret of one-punch knock outs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another important characteristic of Okinawa karate is mochimi. Mochimi refers to relaxation and flexibility. Punches, blocks and kicks should be performed relaxed and should contract only at the point of impact (not while you 'launch' your fist), and finish relaxed, which is different from Japanese karate where striking techniques are stiff throughout the process. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Newton's second law of motion states that Force is equal to Mass multiplied by Acceleration (F=m.a), indicating that heavier fighters can strike with greater force than light fighters based on mass alone. But because of the magic of karate, through proper training, a light-weight fighter can increase the force of strikes by acceleration, and by wisely using body mass with timing and shuffle steps (i.e., <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZxnTae04c">tsugi</a>-ashi or <a href="https://youtu.be/20qcjGsRnMo">yori-ashi</a>), grabs, posture, hip rotation, and shoulder movement. Few of us are as endowed in the martial arts as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRsgsUWYks">Bruce Lee</a> with perfect balance, body movement and acceleration. Even so, we can greatly improve our abilities with daily practice and good instruction. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To use mass effectively, execute every technique with good biomechanics and put more body weight into your punch just like the featherweight Bruce Lee (note how he moved forward to effectively use his body mass).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To increase mass participation with acceleration, practice kata (your body memory tool) at least twice: first, concentrate of mass participation practicing kata at <a href="https://youtu.be/ecAiZj01wzc?list=PLgsEPjPIusDMnS3zzi84tuwZq8bDMKNKU">slow</a> to moderate speed: next concentrate on <a href="https://youtu.be/dapLljycL3A?list=PLgsEPjPIusDMnS3zzi84tuwZq8bDMKNKU">acceleration</a> (you don’t need to move between steps fast, it’s your punches, blocks, and kicks that need to be accelerated to the max, with focus). If you have enough energy left after running through your kata twice (you should feel considerable energy spent), you can run through the kata a third time focusing on mass and acceleration working together. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When you practice for mass participation, work on hip rotation, foot movement, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5utECuXu2w&list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">stance</a>, breathing and the mechanics of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iAnDv7yxEY&list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx&index=2">blocks</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuY8O5chpWY&list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx&index=4">strikes</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx4CpPbMkuA&list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">kicks</a>, and slow the kata down (but you SHOULD hear the sound of your gi sleeve snap on your wrist and forearm and on your ankle and shin when you kick). Acceleration, on the other hand, is the rate of change of speed. In other words, it's about how quickly you increase the speed of your mass in the shortest time possible. Next time you see a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VA8v1btKdQ">hummingbird</a>, watch how quickly it accelerates. In one second, it can cover 50 of its body lengths; whereas, a Euro-fighter jet’s top speed will only cover 39 of its body length in one second (Scott, 2009). To improve acceleration, relax your body and muscles in your arm, then accelerate your punch as fast as possible, with focus - I recommend video-taping yourself and watch for ways to increase power and speed. Also dedicate time to improving your biomechanics and acceleration with properly timed release of <a href="https://youtu.be/1GnAg8sPv64?list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">breath</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When you punch, stand with your back straight, keep your spine and neck erect. Avoid leaning forward, as this will upset balance. Focus on hip movement - you must <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UXkrwLHHM&list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">use hips properly</a> to increase kinetic energy of your strikes. And of course, breathe. Learning to <a href="https://www.thekaratelifestyle.com/how-to-improve-the-power-of-your-punch/">breathe</a> (kokyu) correctly will influence your punching power, speed, stability, and endurance (Jutras, undated).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div>Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-38040459472172775442020-10-08T15:15:00.014-07:002023-07-21T20:02:03.205-07:00KARATE, KOBUDO, SELF-DEFENSE, SAMURAI ARTS for SENIORS, ADULTS & FAMILIES<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />Seniors</b> and some other <b>adults</b> assume they are too old for martial arts, and no schools are available to teach <a href="https://seiyoshorin.blogspot.com">senior and adult martial arts</a>. In <a href="https://arizonatraditionalkarate.blogspot.com">traditional</a> (non-sport) martial arts, schools that follow the old Okinawa traditions do not accept kids under the age of 16. At the Arizona Hombu Karate Dojo in Mesa, Arizona, <b>the number 1 school</b> in the Phoenix Valley, <i>Soke</i> (grandmaster) Hausel, the principal instructor, taught Okinawa <b>Karate</b> and <b>Kobudo</b>, as well as Japanese <b>Jujutsu</b> and <b>Samurai arts</b> (sword, spear, halbert, walking stick, cane, etc), and <b>Self-Defense</b> for some decades at Arizona State, UNM, U of U, and the University of Wyoming to adult students, staff and faculty. Only recently did he decide to accept teens as young as 13 to 16 years of age, as long as they train with a family guardian. One great advantage of this is adults train with other adults, while teens train in the same class with a family member - it develops strong bonds in families, and good technique in adults who do not have to be concerned about a 5-year old kicking them in the shin.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/grandmaster-hausel-arizona">Grandmaster Hausel</a></b>, a senior citizen, indicates all people should take up martial arts - not only for self-defense, but also for physical fitness. His students range from 10 to more than 80 years in age, and his personal instructor, one of the greatest martial artists in the world, is now in his 80s and is even more formable that at an earlier age. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxrWF_sKvcnzSTWrOwASlZV2Oi_mUGyuIoTGcbhf7b-dhPh-3jxqs9h0P4rFYxZQvnbp0WIk38qPyEU0dWI0g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>Daughter-daddy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo01pfZPF_zpKStxra4k0rw">night</a> at the Hombu. </i><i>Soke Hausel taught </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>his own daughter self-defense </i><i>years ago, and she successfully </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>used it on an male </i><i>attacker </i><i>twice her height and weight. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>Watch as two of our favorite </i><i>family members train at the </i><i>Hombu. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>Years ago, one young boy trained </i><i>with his grandfather at the Hombu, and was so </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>quick </i><i>and fast, that his dad, a Mesa cop, periodically </i><i>tested his son by attacking </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>him without warning. </i><i>This continued for a short time until his son (about a </i><i>4th mass </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><i>of his dad) caught him with a perfect </i><i>front kick to the groin. The test ended.</i></span></div><br />Traditional martial arts improve a person's outlook in life by staying healthy through <a href="https://karate-health.blogspot.com">physical and mental conditioning.</a> The intense training of martial arts often burns calories and should result in weight loss, a good circulatory system, better balance, flexibility, good immune system, improved reflexes, focus, memory and more. Karate, in particular, is unique, in that the explosive starts of punches, blocks and kicks are well known for burning more calories than just about any other form of exercise. Kata (Okinawan forms), are like dances, but these forms contain many explosive strikes, etc, and work on balance by using periodic, one-legged stances, teach ambidexterity, proper breathing, stretching, meditation and typically lead to good diet and positive thinking. Just take a look at the Okinawa people who train in <b>karate</b>, <b>kobudo</b>, <i>toide</i> and other similar martial arts. Okinawa has many <a href="https://juxtamagazine.org/2018/04/02/the-mountain-of-youth-what-we-can-learn-from-okinawa-japan/">centurions</a>, actually more per capita than any other group in the world. No matter where you are in the world, there is likely a school in your region that teaches adults the traditional martial arts. In the Phoenix valley, contact the Arizona Hombu Karate dojo, and start learning one of the best forms of exercise known to mankind. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzH0uubOdEcByevt2J16NodRNSJlE8jkhJkcZbeE_ntEUgL384TONwhJyUvMNIqZkGxcFeKDotPsLk5KGXnWkV7J-cUAaztbvgZu7DYf8Mgp3kHsCeC_BYPbX9ovJXwRzYLaGW1YEjvay/s864/Karate+for+Seniors+copy+2.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzH0uubOdEcByevt2J16NodRNSJlE8jkhJkcZbeE_ntEUgL384TONwhJyUvMNIqZkGxcFeKDotPsLk5KGXnWkV7J-cUAaztbvgZu7DYf8Mgp3kHsCeC_BYPbX9ovJXwRzYLaGW1YEjvay/s320/Karate+for+Seniors+copy+2.JPG" /></a></div>Soke Hausel indicated that he has received many comments from his senior citizen students who describe that they feel much better, have much improved balance and lower blood pressure, greater confidence, better memory and focus, faster reflexes, greater flexibility, and improved confidence. One of his 60+ students even said that his sleep has greatly improved as has his dreams. In his dreams, he now, for the first time, defeats aggressors and chases away other monsters. In addition to have a great group of adults and seniors, he also has a well-educated group due to his background. Some of his students are university faculty in the Phoenix Valley, others are school teachers, some are accountants, engineers, soldiers, scientists, handymen, and even ministers, lawyers and computer techs.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxeIwnGitU1gkphoUGEi467GpSUPyD1ifiKHKeWXp9Z8CP3qbpOEtis1Y_jDdzyFL-9UbafWUyv3uMrN6wj2Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Grandmaster (Soke) Hausel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo01pfZPF_zpKStxra4k0rw">demonstrates</a> Nunchaku nidan no kata at the Arizona Hombu Dojo in Mesa. Soke may be a father, grandfather and even great-grandfather, but he can still practice karate and kobudo.</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JcfVAop06Z4" width="320" youtube-src-id="JcfVAop06Z4"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Naihanchi <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo01pfZPF_zpKStxra4k0rw">shodan</a> kata performed at the Arizona </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hombu Karate Dojo in Mesa, Arizona in 2021</i></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-91539540202429094992020-02-20T11:09:00.005-08:002023-03-25T14:39:35.880-07:00Karate, Kids, Legitimacy, and Dojo Language<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span>Before moving to Arizona, our <i>Soke</i> taught his son and daughter <i>karate</i> at the University of Wyoming, and both are now legitimate black belts. His daughter even had to use her training in self-defense from her Ex, who is twice her height and mass. He ended up calling the Cheyenne police for help after Soke's daughter beat him up. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> Over the years, <i>Soke</i> taught more than a thousand martial artists at four major universities, Gold's Gym, at the Seiyo Shorin-Ryu Hombu in Laramie, and later in Mesa. He is a member of the black belt hall of fame, a Who's Who in Martial Arts Legend, and certified in several martial arts.</span><br />
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<span>Soke suggests to watch out for MMA - a dead giveaway since most lack legitimacy. MMA does NOT have values of traditional <i>karate</i> or any traditional <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud%C5%8D">budo</a></i>, and anyone can claim to be <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_belt_(martial_arts)">yudansha</a></i> (black belt) or instructor (<i>sensei</i>) in MMA, even though there only experience may be wrestling in high school. Remember, any one can walk into a martial arts supply house and buy a black belt for $5 or $10. </span><br />
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<span>Too bad parents have no idea what </span><a href="https://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/martial-arts"><span>martial arts are</span></a><span>? But this isn't surprising, as many North American martial artists don't know either. Soke's own personal instructor, told him over the years that he receives requests from questionable martial arts instructors asking to join his Japanese/Okinawan/US association. At least 85% of the people who apply have NO legitimacy. </span><br />
<span><br /></span><span>For kids training in martial arts, their parents need to be aware of <a href="https://www.webmd.com/children/growth-plate-fracture#1">growth plates</a>; and fractures. These can result in serious problems later in life. In particular, joint locks should not be applied to kids. Not so long ago, the author witnessed a kids class at the Chandler community center training in <i><a href="https://japanese-aikido.blogspot.com/">aikido</a></i>. <i>Aikido</i> is all about joint manipulation! </span><br />
<span><br /></span><span>When kids are taught basic karate punches known as <i>tsuki</i>, they have to be closely monitored, to keep their wrists straight, otherwise, they can easily fracture their wrists just by punching a bag. PARENTS - you need to be aware of this!!!</span><br /><span><br /></span>
<span>So, the next time you check your <i>dojo</i> or instructor, do a search on the internet of his/hers <i>dojo</i> or of his/hers name. Next, look inside the <i>dojo</i> for a <i>dojo</i> license (this should be provided by a legitimate international martial arts association), and look for copies of his/hers diplomas. This is where it gets a challenging, knowing what is a legitimate and what is not. Take a few notes and do some internet research, and look to see if the diploma includes mostly <i>kanji</i>. For example, some years ago, a German martial arts association gave our <i>Soke</i> a diploma for the rank of <i>judan</i> (10th dan) in <i><a href="https://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/">jujutsu</a></i>. He now keeps the diploma to show students what phony diplomas look like.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<i><b>Soke</b></i><span><b> Hausel</b>, the world head of </span><i><b>Seiyo no Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai</b></i><span> has been training and teaching martial arts for his entire life. He is not only a <b>hall-of-fame</b> martial arts instructor and <b><i>Who's Who martial arts Legend</i></b>, but also a <b>hall-of-fame</b> geoscientist. </span></div>
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<span>Prior to moving to Arizona and opening the <b>Hombu dojo in Mesa</b> in 2006, <i>Soke</i> taught classes, clinics, and seminars in <i>karate</i>, <i>kobudo</i>, self-defense, women's self-defense, samurai arts and more at the University of Wyoming for more than three decades, along with researching mineral deposits. In 2013, he was awarded one of the highest honors for a westerner in <b>martial arts</b> - that of <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/2013-national-clinic-awards--promotions.html"><i>Meijin Wajutsu</i></a> which translates as martial arts genius.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7rAO8_MysmajMeC-qBaDvhNQcyohUG4VUuYrEj-BEIgXW2nOObD_2UQSKj8caTRmV2QUF0xWc3tPsZ41Qzw52aBge7hwdDTtjPxu1f6SWZCCWFhjsaJZUgjzd1dE_x5Da0c-KLxuFXM/s1600/1.+Arizona+Homb+Dojo.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>I like my students to learn karate, kobudo and other traditional martial arts as well as learn as much as possible about the culture related to Okinawa and Japanese martial arts including some Japanese and Okinawan dialect. Here are some of the terms I expect them to learn over time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Here's some Japanese used in karate.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Opening-Closing Classes</h2><span style="text-align: left;">Kiotsuke (or) Seiretsu - </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> Line up (or) Attention</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Otaga ni rei - </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Bow to one another</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Shomen ni rei </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Bow to Shomen (front)</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Soke/Sensei ni rei </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> </span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Bow to Head Founder/or Instructor</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Mokuso - </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Meditate</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Domo arigoto </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Thank you very much</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Exercises</h2><span style="text-align: left;">Applications </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> </span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> Bunkai</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Basics </span><span style="text-align: left;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;">Kihon</span><div style="text-align: left;">Body hardening <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span> Shitai Kori<br />Calisthenic exercises <span> </span> Undo</div><div style="text-align: left;">Forms <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Kata<br />Preparation exercises<span> <span> </span></span>Junbi undo<br />Throwing Technique <span> </span>Nagewaza<br /><h2>Counting</h2>Ichi, Ni, San, Shi (Yo or Yon), Go Roku, Shichi (Nanna), Hachi, Ku, Ju (counting to 10)<br />10 to 19 - add Ju as a prefix. Thus 11 is Juichi.<br />Time - add ji as suffix thus one o'clock is Ichiji.<br /><br /><h2>Dojo Kun</h2>Karate ni sente nashi <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>There is no first attack in karate<br />Makoto no michi o mamoru koto <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span> Have devotion in seeking a true way <br />Reigi o omonjiru koto <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Always act with good manners.<br />Doryoku no seishin o yashinau koto <span> <span> </span></span>Cultivate a spirit of effort and perseverance.<br />Kekki no yu o imashimeru koto <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span>Refrain from violent and uncontrolled behavior <br />Jinkaku kansei ni tsutomeru koto <span> <span> </span></span> <span> </span>Work to perfect your character.<br /><br /><h2>Dachi (Stances)</h2>Back Stance - Kokutsu-dachi<br />Cat Stance - Neko-ashi-dachi<br />Crane Stance -Genkanku (Tsuri) dachi<br />Cross-leg - Kosa (juji) dachi<br />Front Stance - Zenkutsu dachi<br />Fighting Posture - Kamae (kumite) dachi<br />Horse Riding - Kiba Dachi<br />Heels Together - Musubi Dachi<br />Immovable Stance - Sochin (Fudo) dachi<br />Kneeling Stance - Iaigoshi dachi<br />Left Stance - Hidari dachi<br />Natural Stance - Soto hachiji (yoi) dachi<br />Pigeon-Toe Stance - Hachi (hangetsu) dachi<br />Right Stance - Migi Dachi<br />Side Stance - Yoko dachi<br />Sumo Stance - Shiko Dachi<br />T-stance - Tobuku dachi<br /><br /><h2>Uke (Blocks)</h2>Cross Block - Juji-uke<br />Downward block - Gedan Barai</div><div style="text-align: left;">Elbow block - Hiji uke<br />Grasping block Torite-uke<br />High block - Jodan uke<br />Inward block - Uchi uke<br />Leg block - Ashi uke<br />Open (knife) hand - Shuto-uke<br />Outward block - Ude (Shoto)-uke<br />Palm Heel block - Teisho-uke<br />Rising block - Age uke<br />Sweep block - Hari uke<br /><br /><h2>Keri (Kicks)</h2>Back Kick - Ushiro-geri<br />Back Roundhouse - Ura-maewashi-geri<br />Crescent Kick - Kozumi-geri<br />Front Kick - Mae-geri<br />Flying Front Kick - Mae-tobi-geri<br />Flying Side Kick - Yoko-tobi-geri<br />Knee Kick - Hiza-geri<br />Leg Sweep - Ashi-barai<br />Rising Roundhouse - Age-Maewashi-geri<br />Roundhouse - Maewashi-geri<br />Side Kick - Yoko-geri<br />Snap Kick - Keage-geri<br />Thrust Kick - Kekomi-geri<br />Toe Kick - Tsumasaki-geri</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2>Uchi (Strikes)</h2>Augmented Punch - Morote-zuki (tsuki)<br />Backfist - Uraken (Reiken)-uchi<br />Chicken Hand Strike - Toride-uchi<br />Double (Over-Under) - Yama uchi<br />Elbow Strike - Hiji (empi)-uchi<br />Finger or Thumb - Yubi-uchi<br />Hammer-fist Strike - Kentsui-uchi<br />High Punch - Jodan-zuki<br />Hook Punch - Kaku-zuki<br />Knife-Hand Strike - Shuto-uchi<br />Low-Level Punch - Gedan-zuki<br />Middle Level Punch - Chudan-zuki<br />One-Knuckle Punch - Ippon Ken-uchi<br />Opposite Hand - Gyaku-zuki<br />Palm-Heel Punch - Teisho-uchi<br />Ridge Hand Strike - Haito-uchi<br />Rising Punch - Age-uchi<br />Rising Elbow Strike - Age-Hiji (Empi)-uchi<br />Spear Hand Strike - Nukite-uchi<br />Vital Point Strike - Atemi-uchi </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2>Martial Arts Titles</h2>Sensei - instructor<br />Shihan - Master Instructor<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Soke</a> - Grandmaster, president<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Sokeshodai</a> - First generation grandmaster.<br />Soke-Dai - Vice President<br />Kyoju - Professor.<br />Hanshi - refers to a senior expert considered as "teacher of teachers." <br />Kyoshi - refers to an advanced teacher. <br />Renshi - "one who has mastered himself."<br />Senpai - senior student<br />Yudansha - black belt members<br />Mudansha - lower rank (kyu) members<br />Okuden - refers to entrance to the secret ways <br /><br /><h2>Kumite (Sparring)</h2>Ippon kumite - one step sparring, typically used for self defense drills <br />Sanbon kumite - three step sparring <br />Kiso kumite - structured sparring drawn from a kata (bunkai). <br />Jiyu kumite - free sparring <br />Randori- Free sparring (Judo) <br />Kachinuki - old style contests<br /><br /><h2>Greetings/Responses</h2>Hai - affirmation, as in 'yes' (should be used whenever you are corrected by your sensei)<br />iie - no<br />Domo - thanks<br />Gomen nasai - Excuse me<br />Onegiashimasu - Please<br />Wakarimasu - I understand.<br />Wakarimasen - I don't understand<br />Sumimasen - apology, sorry<br /><br /><h2>Uniform</h2>Obi - belt<br />Gi - training uniform<br />Karategi - karate uniform<br />Judogi - judo uniform<br />Hakama - traditional pleated and bloused pant<br /><br /><h2>Dojo</h2>Kamiza- Front of dojo. <br />Shomen - front, same as the Kamaza<br />Kamidana - shelf or shrine at the Shomen.<br />Shimoza - back of dojo.<br />Joseki - right side of dojo as one enters - where senior students line up.<br />Shimoseki - Left side of dojo.<br />No-Geiko - training outside in the elements.<br />Tatami - mats<br /><br /><h2>Kobudo</h2><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Hojojutsu</a> - the art using a hojo cord (rope).<br />Tanto - dagger<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Tonfa </a>- rice grinder handles ? or baton with handle<br />Ryu fundo kusari - weighted chain<br />Manrikigusari - chain<br />Tessen - war fan<br />Kusarigama - kama with weighted chain<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Naginata </a>- <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Halberd</a><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Yari</a> - spear<br />Bo - wooden staff (usually 6 feet in length).<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Hanbo </a>- half staff (3 foot in length).<br />Tsue - Cane <br />Tanbo - short stick<br />Kuboton (hashi) - hand stick<br />Kioga - collaspable baton<br />Eku (Iku) - oar<br />Tekko - knuckle duster<br />Surushin - weighted chain<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Katana</a> - samurai sword<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Kama </a>- sickle<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Nunchuku </a>- nunchuks<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Sai - three pronged knife</a><br />Kumade (Ra-ke) - rake<br />Kuwa - hoe<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Sojutsu</a> - methods of the spear<br />Kagi - Car Keys<br /><br /><h2>Jujutsu</h2>Nihon jujutsu - Japanese jujutsu<br />Tori - the practitioner who carries out the throw or technique<br />Uke - (Partner) the practitioner who accepts the throw or technique<br />Atemi - strike<br />Koryu jujutsu (ancient jujutsu techniques)<br />Edo Jujutsu (old style jujutsu)<br />Gendai jujutsu - modern jujutsu<br />Goshin jujutsu - non-traditional jujutsu lacking in lineage<br />Judoka- practitioner of judo (term usually reserved for those who are 4th dan or higher).<br />Benkyo-ka - "scholar"<br />kenkyu-sei - "trainees", practitioners below the rank of 4th dan<br />Kodokan - place for teaching the way (Institute of Judo in Tokyo)<br />Nage-waza - throwing techniques, <br />Ne-waza - groundwork <br />Kansetsu-waza - Joint locks<br />Te-waza - hand techniques. <br />Koshi-waza - hip techniques,<br />Ashi-waza - foot and leg techniques.<br />Mae-sutemi-waza - sacrifice techniques in which the thrower falls forward. <br />Ushiro-sutemi-waza - sacrifice techniques in which the thrower falls directly backwards. <br />Yoko-sutemi-waza - Sacrifice techniques in which the thrower falls onto his side. <br />Kansetsu-waza - Joint locks.<br />Shime-waza - strangle or chokeholds.<br />Osaekomi-waza - pinning techniques<br />Ukemi-waza - falling techniques <br /><br /><h2>Martial Arts Styles</h2>Hozoin Ryu - Japanese spear system<br />Karate - art of the empty hand<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Kobudo</a> - art of ancient weapons<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Shorin-Ryu</a> - Pine forest style or Shaolin style of karate<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Jujutsu</a> - art of softness or way of yielding.<br />Judo - translates as gentle way.<br />Yarijutsu - spear fighting system<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Sojutsu</a> - spear martial art<br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/#">Iaido</a> - the way of sword<br />Kenjutsu - sword applications<br />Budo - martial arts ways<br />Bujutsu - martial arts fighting methods<br />Bushido - the way of the warrior<br />Toide - ancient Okinawan art of grappling, joint manipulation and joint separation</div></div>
Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-52445836817887143022019-11-11T12:01:00.001-08:002019-11-11T12:17:17.749-08:00Be PREPARED! The Way of Karate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Being prepared (<i>kitai</i>) for self-defense is very important in training in karate. When I started training in karate in the Black Eagle Federation kyokushinkai dojo in the 1960s, we were taught to do many repetitions to imprint muscle memory so that we would not have to think during a crisis situation - just naturally react. In addition to constant blocks, kicks and punches, we trained over and over with foot sweeps (<i>ashi barai</i>), <a href="https://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/">jujutsu</a> throws, and ending up in the <a href="https://karate-stances.blogspot.com/">proper stances</a>. To get to the point where one can naturally react with good proper technique, one must train in full contact as this builds lightning reflexes - but at the same time, few people today (as it was years ago), can handle full contact, so as an instructor, your dojo may be close to empty.<br />
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Other important aspects are <i>bunkai</i> (self-defense applications) done with full force and acceleration. In this case, one must strike at the air instead of their partner to be sure they are striking with considerable energy and also to be sure that their training partner shows up again for training. In years past, when I trained at the Juko Kai national yudansha clinics, I typically sought out a training partner - R. Smith, who blocked as hard as I did, and hit just as hard and fast as I did - it helped build technique, muscle memory and confidence.<br />
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Another important aspect is training in <i>Kote Kitae </i>- or body hardening. We did this intensely when I trained in kyokushinkai karate as we do in Juko Kai. Taking full-force blocks, kicks and punches will hurt at first, but after some time, it become a unique form of mediation that allows one to block out the pain and also anticipate the strikes.<br />
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And when ever you train in your martial arts and your instructor tells you to do 10 repetitions and he or she does not stop you after you've done the given number of reputations, think of this as a bonus, and do as many as you can until you are told to stop or move on. If you don't, you will never be an outstanding martial artists.<br />
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-6054508048078237782018-07-24T11:42:00.001-07:002018-09-24T21:24:01.458-07:00MARTIAL ARTS CONTRIBUTES TO BRAIN HEALTH & PHYSICAL FITNESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To those who train constantly in martial arts, the positive benefits are not surprising - good health, feeling good, and self-confidence. And now, scientists are just beginning to study the benefits of these effects.</div>
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For instance, some scientists are now looking into links between <b>emotional well-being</b> and <b>physical health.</b> Its vital to note that martial arts has been shown to improve a person's emotional well-being, according to a recent 2018 article from <b>Bangor University in Wales</b>. In one study, older adults, aged 67-93, were asked to take part in: <b>(1) Karate training</b>, <b>(2) Cognitive training</b>, or <b>(3) Non-martial arts physical training</b> over a 3 to 6 month period. The results showed that the <i>"older adults in <b>Karate Training</b> had lower levels of depression and greater levels of self-esteem after the training period, compared to the other groups"</i>.</div>
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In one Italian study, a sedentary group was compared to a group which trained in <b>karate</b>. The Italian researchers found that <i>"taking part in <b>karate</b> improved a person's working memory"</i>. </div>
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Researcher, Dr. Ashleigh Johnstone at <b>Bangor University</b> reported - <i>"There is far more to <b>martial arts</b> than its traditional roles. Though they have been practiced for <b>self-defense</b> and <b>spiritual development</b> for many hundreds of years, only relatively recently have researchers had the methods to assess the true extent of how this practice affects the brain"</i>.</div>
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Now that scientists are performing imagining scans of people's brains, I suspect it is just a matter of time until a study is done to compare increases in size of the hippocampus by <b>karate</b> practitioners compared to other groups. This is because <b>karate</b> provides an constant influx in oxygen to the brain through intense training, and <b>traditional</b> (non-sport) <b>karate</b> practitioners are constantly being challenged by learning <b>new techniques (<i>waza</i>)</b>, applications (<b><i>bunkai</i></b>) <b><i>kata</i></b>, <b><i>kobudo</i></b> and samurai weapons. In addition, these are taught to both sides of the body providing a means to enhance both sides of the brain. Even after training in martial arts for 55 years, I find I'm still constantly learning. It's been said by previous grandmasters in Okinawa karate that there is <i>"No end to learning in the martial arts"</i>. And we are now seeing the scientific fruits of our labors.</div>
Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-77042398437390095982017-09-30T14:04:00.000-07:002018-07-24T11:51:44.610-07:00The 'Art' of Karate<div style="border: 0px; color: #f3ecc3; font-family: Buda, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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About 1989 to 1990, Soke Hausel was not only teaching karate, kobudo, jujutsu, and samurai arts at the University of Wyoming; but, also employed as a <a href="http://danhauselauthor.pbworks.com/w/page/16733742/FrontPage" id="F97748C4-2CCC-4518-A100-0F9AD4D7ACE9" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">research geologist</a> at the Wyoming Geological Survey and periodically took leave of absence to work as a consulting geologist for various mining companies around the world. In 1988 and 1989, six geologists including Soke Hausel discovered a <a href="http://donlincreek.blogspot.com/" id="5516FC7F-D56E-47B1-A7E1-C992910C51D4" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">giant gold deposit in Alaska</a>. The company hired a draftsman at the Wyoming Geological Survey to produce professional quality maps of Soke Hausel's maps of the Donlin Creek gold deposit in Alaska.</div>
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One day, this draftswoman mentioned while working on the the maps that Soke would be a great artist. He responded, "I can't even sketch a stick figure". Fiddy, the draftswoman disagreed and said all Soke needed to do was to focus and sketch small areas in detail just like his maps. </div>
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So, what is martial art? Visualize a boxer. A trained boxer is taught by a friend how to kick someone in the groin. Wow, so now is boxing magically transformed into a mixed martial art? Is it that simple?<br />
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Actually, it is much more complex than one could imagine. And just because someone advertises that they teach mixed martial arts usually means that they have boxing, wresting experience and usually only minor (if any) martial arts experience. Mixed martial arts is a catch-all phrase for people who want to be martial artists likely have no martial arts credentials. </div>
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In traditional martial arts, there is an established lineage and history of certification and credentials - but there is nothing really writing down about the procedure, nor any government regulations (thank goodness). So, we need to first examine the words 'martial' and 'art' to try to get a handle on what a martial art really is.</div>
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<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/martial">Martial </a>is defined as 'military-like' and is pragmatic; however <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/art">art </a>is more difficult to grasp as it is an 'esoteric expression' meaning different things to different people. When researching <b>martial arts</b> dictionaries for a definition of martial arts, it is difficult to find one that provides any kind of meaning - and in most cases, it is obvious that even those <b>martial artists</b> who have compiled <b>martial arts dictionaries</b> were unaware of what a <b>martial art</b> is, as in most cases, a definition is not included. </div>
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The <i><u>Overlook Dictionary of Martial Arts</u></i> defines <b>martial arts</b> as <i>"... an encompassing term usually reserved for the Asian fighting arts, although it can refer to any fighting discipline with or without weapons"</i>. This definition for <b>martial arts</b> is incomplete at best. More enlightening is <i><u>A Dictionary of the Martial Arts</u></i> which didn't even try to define <b>martial arts</b>, the very basis of the dictionary! The authors likely felt it was too difficult of a task to summarize <b>martial arts</b> because of its esoteric aspect. In the <i><u>Overlook Martial Arts Handbook</u></i> the author writes, <i>"The term 'martial arts' means those arts concerned with the waging of war"</i>. </div>
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By separating the two words - 'martial' and 'arts', some insight occurs. Martial has several definitions. One that stands out is<i> "characteristic of, or befitting a warrior"</i>. When discussing <b>martial art </b>we refer to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido"><b>bushido</b></a>, the 'way of the warrior'. This is an important concept because 'way' used in this sense refers to 'path'. But what is path? <i>“A path is a course of action, conduct, or procedure: the path of righteousness”</i>. This definition implies a path should lead to righteousness: a concept common in <b>traditional martial arts</b>.</div>
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Dictionaries provide several meanings for <i>'art'</i> including, <i>"... the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance"</i>. Another definition: <i>"Skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation”</i>. Also, <i>“a branch of learning or university study, especially one of the fine arts or humanities, such as music, philosophy, or literature"</i>.</div>
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Based on these concepts and incorporating philosophy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gichin_Funakoshi">Gichin Funakoshi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dshin_Nagamine">Shoshin Nagamine</a>, two well-known and influential Okinawan <b>Shorin-Ryu karate martial artists</b>; <b>martial art</b> should lead to righteousness (this is why it is rare to see <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/user/CheapSkatePete/media/HeadupAss.jpg.html?filters[term]=head%20up%20ass&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=3">politicians</a> in <b>traditional martial arts</b>). Some might point out that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin">Russian Premier </a>trains in <b><i><a href="http://karatearizona.blogspot.com/2013/03/judo-in-arizona.html">judo</a></i></b>. But there is <b><i><a href="http://judo-ka.blogspot.com/">traditional judo</a></i></b> and there is <i><b>sport Judo</b></i>. Putin trains in sport <b><i>judo</i></b>. But still, it is an anomaly.</div>
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In a discussion of the <b>martial art of karate</b>, Nagamine (2000) wrote, <i>"If there is no <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=images+of+kata&espv=2&biw=1731&bih=875&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=rtcJVeD3G4jeoASHzIGYAw&ved=0CB0QsAQ#tbm=isch&q=images+of+karate+kata">kata</a>, there is no karate, just kicking and punching"</i>. He emphasized that since, <i>"... kata is karate, one must then embrace 'do mu gen' proverb which asserts: There can be no end to learning"</i>. He concluded <i>"karate begins and ends with the study of kata"</i>. So if we are to believe Nagamine (as well as other Okinawan masters) <b>karate</b> must contain <b><i>kata</i></b> and <i><b>kata</b></i> must be the primary curriculum, otherwise it is not <b>karate</b> and not <b>martial art</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17F7WiBsm97W2lwgElj1doIgwoZscsrFW7jxzqNQqHg4PPM_QZSSrTyq9IdS9si3M_ey7haIxistjBhFrhuXKskgNXeQC85KDU-H-F4W6cQfaoX3LiR9MI480X9JIHZba5O78QomMrZJw/s1600/Arizona+samurai+from+the+Arizona+School+of+Traditional+Karate+in+Mesa+and+Gilbert+(Seiyo-ShorinRyu.webs.com).JPG"></a>. And <i><b>kata</b></i> contains exercise, <b>self-defense</b>, interpretation, philosophy, and moving Zen. </div>
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The blending of Zen with empty hand (<b>kung fu </b>and <b>karate</b>) and weapon's training resulted in Shaolin monks becoming formidable fighters and resulted in the world's first <b>martial art</b>. So if one agrees this was the beginning of <b><i>Chuan Fa</i></b> or <b>martial arts</b>, it is apparent Zen, meditation, self-defense exercises and forms (<b><i>kata</i></b>) are necessary ingredients to be a <b>martial art</b>. </div>
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Many <b>martial arts </b>attach the suffix <i>'do',</i> such as <b><i>aikido</i></b>, <i><b>budo</b></i>, <i><b>kendo</b></i>, <i><b>judo</b></i> and <i><b>karate-do</b></i>. By doing so, it translates as <i>'way'</i> or <i>'path' </i>suggesting that the<b> martial art</b> will lead to a path of enlightenment. There are also just as many <b>martial arts</b> that attach the suffix '<i>jutsu</i>', such as <b><i>bujutsu</i></b>, <b><i>kenjutsu</i></b>, <a href="http://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/"><b><i>jujutsu</i></b> </a>and <i><b>karatejutsu</b></i>. These are considered <b>martial combat</b> and most lack <i><b>kata</b></i>. However, in every case, the <i>"jutsu"</i> systems <b>have traditions</b> and also provide ways for self-improvement, unlike MMA.</div>
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Peter Urban (1967) wrote that <b>martial arts</b> refer to fighting arts and suggested a more valid interpretation came from the word <b><i>budo</i></b> which translates as <i>'the way of the fighter'</i>. Urban further wrote that the integration of techniques with the spirit are important. The way or path is intended to lead to the attainment of perfection or what is often known as self-realization, enlightenment, or simply maturity. Be it <b><i>karate</i></b>, <b><i>kendo</i></b>, <b><i>judo</i></b>, <b><i>jujutsu</i></b>, <i><b>iaido</b></i>, <i><b>kobudo</b></i>, <i><b>aikido</b></i>, <b><i>kyudo</i></b>, Urban (1967) wrote that <i>"based on the idea of virtue, the followers of martial arts are in effect descendants of <b>samurai</b> of old. It is the aim of all <b>martial arts instructors</b> to work toward promulgating this spirit of ancient Zen warriors, a spirit which is more than mere knowledge of fighting techniques - it is the attainment of a virtuous way of life!"</i></div>
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<b>Martial arts</b> incorporate the term <b><i>ryu</i></b>. <b><i>Ryu</i></b> is a traditional system or style of martial arts that implies family. This means <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=images+of+seiyo+shorin-ryu&espv=2&biw=1731&bih=875&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xdgJVYD9K465oQS3p4HgCQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ#imgdii=_">Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai</a><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=images+of+seiyo+shorin-ryu&espv=2&biw=1731&bih=875&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xdgJVYD9K465oQS3p4HgCQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ#imgdii=_"> </a>members are a family of <b>traditional martial artists</b> with a <i><b>soke</b></i> (Head of Family). It is peace of mind we seek through <b>martial arts </b>training. <i>"There are many paths to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, but only one peak"</i>. </div>
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Traditional karate and other Okinawan martial arts were kept secret on Okinawa until the 20th century when <i><b>karate</b></i> was introduced to mainland Japan in 1922. Within a short time, the Japanese modified the effective <b>self-defense</b> art into sport. To this day, traditional Okinawan <i><b>karate</b></i> is still considered a weapon rather than sport (unlike <b>Japanese karate</b>). <i><b>Traditional karate</b></i> focuses on (1) <i>junbi undo</i> (warm-up and strength exercises), (2) <i>kihon</i> (basics), (3) <i>shitai kori</i> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhsp6kqqZ5Y&index=12&list=UUX2xWwmMdlu9R6OBGWG3qRQ">body hardening</a>), (4) <i>kata</i> (forms), (5) health, and (6) <i>bunkai</i> (practical applications) - but it's most important aspect is the perfection of its participants! <br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So, what does karate, kobudo, samurai arts, self-defense, art, martial art, writing, geology, public speaking and astronomy have in common? We can only think of two things - Grandmaster Hausel & Who's Who.</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">2017 was another good year for a valley <b>martial arts </b><a href="https://www.everipedia.com/Dan_Hausel/"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b>instructor</b> and geologist</span></a>. <i><b>Grandmaster</b></i> Hausel of Gilbert was notified of selection for awards acknowledging his lifelong dedication to <b>martial arts</b>, <b>geology,</b> <b>writing</b>, and more! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Along with <span style="font-size: large;">General Colin Powell,</span> Hausel was selected for the<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Albert Nelson Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award</b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and with</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"> Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">he was selected for</span><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><b style="font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/apps/blog/show/44586088-arizona-karate-instructor-geoscientist-selected-for-international-awards">Who’s Who in Martial Arts</a></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Earlier, in 2017, the Hall-of-Fame <b>martial arts instructor </b>was notified of his selection to (1) <b>Great Men & Women of Science,</b> (2) the Cambridge Certificate for <b>Outstanding Scientific Achievement </b>and now for (3) <b>Best Martial Arts Teachers in Phoenix</b> for <b>Expertise</b>. And we can now add (4) Who's Who in Martial Arts, and (5) Who's Who Lifetime Achievements.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Grandmaster</b> Hausel taught <b>martial arts </b>for more than 3 decades at the <b>University of Wyoming </b>prior to moving to the valley to teach at <b>ASU</b> before opening the <b>Arizona Hombu <i>dojo</i></b> in <b>Mesa</b>. But overall, he has been training in martial arts for more than 5 decades and teaching for nearly five along with writing more than a thousand books, articles, professional papers, maps and scientific abstracts, presenting about 400 professional talks around the continent, sketching, lecturing about geology, martial arts, and astronomy. </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hausel teaches <b><i>karate</i></b>, <b><i>kobudo</i></b>, <b>self-defense</b> and <b>samurai arts </b>to <b>adults </b>at the <i>dojo</i> at the 60 W. Baseline Center. Grandmaster Hausel began martial arts training in 1964 as a long-haired member of a rock n' roll band known as the Churchmen. Since he started training in <b>martial arts</b>, only a few days have passed when he has not trained or taught martial arts during the past 50+ years. Even when he was in the Army, he trained at night in the barracks, and when he worked as a geologist from a tent in Montana, Wyoming, Australia and Alaska, he still trained in <b>karate</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica";">In <a href="http://donlincreek.blogspot.com/">Alaska</a>, training was challenging. At night, he would return to camp and practice </span><i style="font-family: helvetica;">kata</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"> until mosquitos covered him from head to toe. Never harassed by bears - but one other geologist was treed by a bear that ran off when another camp geologist shot it between the eyes with a .357 magnum. The bear left with a red streak and headache. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Then there is the other side. The Hall-of-Fame <b>geologist</b> with 45 years experience found <b>gemstones</b>, <b>gold</b> and <b>diamonds</b> and <b><a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/gemhunter-s-bibliography">authored</a></b> hundreds of <b>books</b>, papers and abstracts. His geological expertise helps in breaking rocks and teaching his students about rocks and what types of rocks are breakable with the bare hands and which ones are not.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">According the Hausel, <i>"Ok, ok, I'm crazy about <b>martial arts</b> - I love to teach martial arts and it is rewarding to me to see my students progress, and enjoy what they are learning. We have a fantastic group of adults at the Arizona Hombu dojo in Mesa that includes accountants, research professors, professors, scientists, engineers, school teachers, retirees, physical therapists, nutritionists, personal trainers who range in age from young adults to retirees. All my life I've taught adults at four different universities"</i>.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hausel in 1988 in search of <a href="http://donlincreek.blogspot.com/">gold in Alaska</a>. When he wasn't digging for gold<br />he was fighting millions of mosquitos just to practice karate every evening.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>In the Australian outback, Hausel would compete with Japanese black belt-<br />geologist to see who could break the tops off these termite mounds in diamond<br />country.</i></td></tr>
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When it comes to <b><i>tameshi waza</i></b> (breaking techniques), I’ve seen <b>martial artists</b> break re-breakable boards, boards, roofing tile, sheets of ice, cinder block and rocks. The most impressive to me is rock. <br />
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Decades ago, many in the US were under the erroneous impression that karate required constant training of the edge of one hand. According to this urban legend, this training was designed to develop a callused surface that could be used to break through most anything - and this was all there was to karate! In this respect, one didn’t need a <i>gi</i> or even a sensei, all one needed was to beat the side of their hand on a hard concrete surface every day. Then at some point, they would walk into their local police station to register their hand(s) with local law enforcement agencies as a deadly weapon. And if ever challenged, they would have to warn the challenger that they were a karate expert and their hands were registered and considered deadly weapons. No, I’m not making any of this up - ask any senior in your dojo who is from the Baby Boomer era.<br />
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I can still remember a drama we watched on our black & white TV, where a bad guy was trying to kill a good guy with his “judo chop”. The hero of the show barely got out of the way of several strikes that destroyed chairs and tables, until the hero shot him. My mother explained to me and my brother, in order to get a karate hand, one had to constantly hit concrete for years until their hand was callused, ugly and deformed. <br />
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The next day, I started training my hand on our concrete porch in the backyard - this lasted for possibly a couple of minutes at the most until I quickly lost interest because it hurt and was boring. <br />
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Today, we know that karate has much more to offer - and no matter how long we train, there is still more to learn. And when it comes to tameshi waza, this is a very minor part of <i>karate</i>. It’s not breaking that’s important - it’s the confidence building that’s important, whether it comes through breaking inanimate objects and training in self-defense in the <i>dojo</i>. <br />
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I began training in Kokushin Kai karate as a teenager a couple of years after I tried hitting my hand on our backyard concrete porch. In Black Eagle Federation dojo we often heard stories about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mas_Oyama">Mas Oyama</a>. A powerful man who could destroy piles of boards and roofing tiles, bulls, or anyone who wanted to <a href="https://breakingmuscle.com/learn/4-training-tips-from-the-godhand-mas-oyama">fight him</a> with their bare hands. <br />
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Oyama loved to fight! In one instance, he fought 300 full-contact kumite matches in three days (no pads or gloves, just bare hands & feet). The fourth day, he was battered and bruised but showed up to continue fighting. But the contest had ended: no one else showed up. We all figured Oyama was super human who could walk through walls or quickly change into his <i>gi</i> a phone booth. In addition to Oyama, there were stories and legends about other amazing martial artists, such as those affiliated with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MNb8UKMnOo">Juko</a> Kai <a href="https://youtu.be/pB7gnB31NnI">International</a> as well as those from Okinawa such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Djun_Miyagi">Chojun Miyagi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C5%8Dgen_Yamaguchi">Gogen Yamaguchi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morio_Higaonna">Mirio Higaonna</a>. At the time, we didn’t know who Bruce Lee was, but he would later grab our interest after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_(The_Green_Hornet)">Green Hornet show</a> made its way on TV. <br />
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Many great Okinawan martial artists are described in a book by Soshin Nagamine entitled <i>“Tales of Okinawa’s Great Masters”</i>. Another book entitled <i>“20th Century Warriors”</i> by various authors, published in 1971, provides accounts on some other martial artists. And then you will find other examples on the <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/juko-kai-founder-dai-soke-rod-sacharnoski.html">internet</a>.<br />
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When it comes to breaking objects with bare hands, some <a href="https://youtu.be/Kgsc-L3qbxk">hand</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/12fGkBJ2HVs">conditioning</a> and finger <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOu_KufpYZw">strength</a> is helpful, but not necessary. Tameshi waza requires proper technique under a qualified instructor: otherwise you might break something besides a board or rock. If you plan to break boards: like rocks, not all boards are equal. The greener the wood, the more difficult it is to break. Dried boards are easy to break, and plywood is impossible to break since it is layered with wood grains set at different angles to make it very tough and strong - like <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/jade.htm">jade</a>. I suspect the best board breakers in the world are employed at lumber yards, as wood isn’t cheap - the same for roofing tiles, cinder blocks and blocks of ice.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">"Twirling is for marching bands & cheerleaders, not for</span> <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a><span style="color: orange;">" – Soke Hausel</span></span></i></div>
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A few years back, our dojo set up an information booth at the Islands in Gilbert business fair, and a Gilbert taekwondo school brought in their crack black belt demo team. Their kobudo <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwYmpvFnlU">demonstration</a> left much to be desired - the less than <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChvSpchSixI">deadly twirling</a> with ultra-light-weight plastic <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/bojutsu">bo</a> pleased youngsters in the crowd, but for anyone with martial arts or fighting experience, it was clear this was useless. Then the group brought out boards and I do not exaggerate when I say I had no idea that anyone manufactured slabs of wood so thin. I wish I would have picked up a piece of a discarded board fragment just to confirm these were only about 1 mm thick! So, what is the point of breaking boards so thin? Luckily, no flying insects ran into the boards, as I suspect a well-fed flying grasshopper could have split one of those. I really don’t mean to be negative, but this was a poor martial arts demo. Even so, it had kids flocking to their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo">dojang</a> which may not bode well for the future of traditional martial arts.<br />
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When you decide you are ready to break your first rock, learn a little about rocks, it may save your hand. Even though rocks are cheap (unless you buy from a landscaper in the Phoenix valley), they vary in hardness, toughness and break-ability. For instance, <a href="http://www.geomore.com/sedimentary-rocks/">friable sandstone</a> is one of the easier rocks to break (but it may leave grains of sand stuck in your forehead if you decide to try atama waza - breaking with your head). Friable and cemented sandstones can be found by using geological maps for your area. For instance, examine the <a href="https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_16366.htm">geological map of Wyoming</a> and search for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chugwater_Formation">Chugwater Formation</a>. A similar red-bed sandstone occurs in <a href="http://data.azgs.az.gov/geologic-map-of-arizona/">Arizona</a>, <a href="https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/maps/mapview/index.html?extent=-12196893.417928%2C4381715.234188%2C-11304720.423784%2C5065979.511396">Colorado</a> and <a href="http://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/utah-geology">Utah</a> known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Sandstone">Navajo Formation</a>. If you are familiar with the John Wayne westerns; <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/behind-the-scenes-in-monument-valley-4791660/">spectacular buttes</a> of Navajo Sandstone were used as backdrops in some of his movies. As for the Chugwater Formation, it is easy to spot along the edges of mountain ranges and hills. It has a distinct reddish color that will stain your karate gi with rust (iron oxide).<br />
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If you drive on highway 287 north from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlins,_Wyoming">Rawlins</a>, Wyoming; immediately north of town are Chugwater Formation red beds. Or if you visit <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g60502-i43557439-Lander_Wyoming.html">Red Canyon</a> between <a href="http://southpassgreenstone.blogspot.com/">South Pass </a>and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lander,_Wyoming">Lander</a>, Wyoming, the base of the canyon is blanketed by Chugwater Formation sandstones. But the roadside is surrounded by gray, cross-bedded, sandstones (fossilized sand dunes) of the <a href="https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=WYJTRn;0">Nugget Sandstone</a> that are also great for breaking. The Nugget Sandstone forms thin beds that weather to sand and to flat, elongated pieces of friable sandstone perfect for breaking. <br />
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For one demo performed by University of Wyoming <a href="http://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/">Campus Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo Club</a> at half-time at a basketball game, I collected two, large, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_Formation">Fountain Formation</a> sandstone blocks from an old rock quarry on the 9th street road north of <a href="https://www.uwyo.edu/">Laramie</a> once mined for building stone used on the UW Campus. For the demo, I broke one rock with my fist, and the second with my head. Breaking rocks are crowd pleasers simply because people know how hard rocks are and most people have a hard time believing anyone could break a rock with their hands, feet, let alone with their head. <br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shale">Shales</a> and mudstones are often found near or interbedded with sandstone. In western Utah, there is a thick succession of dark gray <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_Shale">Wheller Shale</a> in the House Range and Drum Mountains. Rock hounds scour these rocks to search for trilobite fossils. The Mowry Shale in Wyoming is also a good source for this kind of rock, and also a great place to get your vehicle stuck in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentonite">bentonite</a> in the Spring. Shale is easy to break and weathers to thin slabs. But be cautious and keep bandages handy because shale can produce sharp <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchoidal_fracture">conchoidal fractures</a> when broken. If you are from certain parts of Canada or Colorado, you may be also be familiar with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale">oil shale</a> - another type of shale. If in Florida - limestone is everywhere and is the reason why there are so many circular lakes with gators. Limestones in weakly acidic water often produces sink holes.<br />
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My favorite rock for breaking is limestone - mother nature’s concrete. Search geological maps for limestones and sandstones in the <a href="https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-unit.php?unit=WYPPAcf;0">Casper Formation</a> and gray limestones in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Group">Madison Formation</a> in Wyoming. In Arizona and Utah, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaibab_Limestone">Kaibab Formation</a> is a good source for limestone. <br />
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Everyone has heard of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone,_Arizona">Tombstone, Arizona</a>. When we think of Tombstone, most visualize Wyatt Earp, when they should instead be thinking about Naco Limestone! The reason Earp ended up in Tombstone was because of the <a href="http://www.tombstonemining.com/index.php/properties/stratigraphy">silver-lead-gold-manganese-copper mines dug in the Naco Limestone</a>. Limestone is massive calcium carbonate mined in many places in the west for Portland Cement. Nearly all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone">limestone</a> precipitated in prehistoric oceans and slowly lithified and was later uplifted on continents providing geologists with physical evidence of ancient bodies of water. Much limestone is white or gray. The reason I like limestone is that it is very hard & often weathers to large, massive slabs perfect for breaking. And while at the University of Wyoming, great breaking rocks are found most anywhere along the eastern edge of the university, particularly near the UW golf course.<br />
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Sometime when you are out visiting the Snowy Range near Centennial Wyoming - if you know where to look, you can find <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromatolite">stromatolites</a>. Stromatolites are a form of limestone precipitated by cyanobacteria. Stromatolites at the top of the Snowy Range were deposited 1.7 billion years ago in an ancient ocean. Because of thin layering, these often form flat slabs great for breaking. A few years ago, I put together a website on <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/">gemstones</a> that includes some down-loadable publications. So when in Wyoming, you can find a stromatolite outcrop by using a book, <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/apps/documents/?&page=2">“Guide to Mining Districts, etc., of the Medicine Bow Mountains…”</a> that will lead you to this rock. Imagine a 1.7 billion year old sub-tropical ocean sitting at the top of the cold, dry, Snowy Range mountains. <br />
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In this same region, are very thick successions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzite">quartzite</a>. Quartzites are ‘abused’ sandstones. Just like sandstone, quartzite is formed of sand (silica) grains. The difference is quartzite started out as a sandstone, was deeply buried in the earth’s crust where the overlying thick pile of sediments applied considerable lithic pressure that caused the temperature to increase. This resulted in the sandstone to partially melt with some silica from the sand grains cemented the sandstone to produce a hard, brittle, rock. The fact that quartzites are brittle, means they can be good for breaking - but don’t forget - they are very hard. <br />
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In the <a href="http://www.gemland.com/vsmap.htm">Phoenix Valley</a> in Arizona, good rocks are hard to come by because of past volcanism. The valley is filled with very hard and tough igneous rocks that include <a href="http://geology.com/rocks/rhyolite.shtml">rhyolite</a>, <a href="http://geology.com/rocks/andesite.shtml">andesite</a>, and <a href="http://geology.com/rocks/basalt.shtml">basalt</a>. Most people know what granite is - well rhyolite is nothing more than a fine-grained equivalent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite">granite</a> - and we all know how hard granite. All of these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rock">igneous rocks</a> are hard to break because they are composed of a variety of crystals that have a variety of orientations similar to plywood.<br />
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I only discussed a few common rocks used for breaking. There are hundreds of other types of rocks, so after you break a sandstone, limestone, or rhyolite, you might try others. A few years ago, I <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gems-Minerals-Rocks-Wyoming-Prospectors/dp/1439218560/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">published a book about rocks</a> that also describes some minerals and gemstones. But always look for elongated, flat rocks - your hand will thank you.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most kicks in <b><i>Okinawa karate </i></b>are designed to strike the lower extremities and many can be separated into <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/dojojapanese.htm">keagi and kekomi</a>. Keagi kicks are fast and referred to as snap kicks. This is because when done with focus, the gi pant leg will snap (or whip) against the ankle and shin. The keagi kicks use the ball or instep of the foot as the striking surface. However, a toe kick (<a href="https://youtu.be/EULkMrAafQ0">tsumasaki geri</a>) uses the big toe as the striking point, which is designed to strike the soft areas of the body. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of my students (Dr. Jesse Bergkamp) took a karate vacation to Okinawa a few years back. When he returned, he displayed a very impressive bruise on this stomach where he had been kicked during training. The bruise outlined the big toe next to four little toes that he received from an Okinawan karate practitioner. Many Okinawan karate-ka spend a lot of time with this kick. For instance, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%8Djun_Miyagi">Chojun Miyagi</a>, a past grandmaster of Okinawa Goju-Ryu was known for many feats of power including penetrating gas cans with his big toe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Common kicks include the front snap kick (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD6EnNO3kSU">mae geri keagi</a>) and front thrust kick (mae geri kekomi). The striking point of the front snap kick is either the ball or instep of the foot. The thrust is similar to the snap kick, however, the heal of the foot is used in thrust kicks. As you bring your knee high in mae geri kekomi, focus your concentration on your heal and thrust the heal into your opponent. It isn’t as fast as a snap kick, but it can generate a lot of power. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The side snap kick, <a href="https://youtu.be/YWovIwq2YAg">yoko geri keagi</a> is also a <a href="https://youtu.be/1d270SF2sNU">quick kick</a> that uses the blade of the foot; whereas the side thrust kick, <a href="https://youtu.be/xtuhcOQ-lkg">yoko geri kekomi</a>, requires the heal to be thrust into an attacker. Then there is another side kick known as <a href="https://youtu.be/MeRCCHJtp3Q">yoko tobi geri</a> that is better known as the flying side kick usually reserved for Hollywood. Overall, it has little practical application but is seen often in videos and photos. Similar to the flying side kick is <a href="https://youtu.be/vFVL81miTgQ">mae tobi geri</a> - the flying front kick. This kick has practical use as emphasized in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid">1984 Karate Kid</a> movie. It appears as a double jumping kick but the initial move in this kick is designed to get airborne allowing the second foot to follow with power. This type of movement also works as a sucker kick which can get an attacker to respond to the first movement (first foot) leaving them open to the second kick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ARcslTlD9eg">Maewashi geri</a> is a roundhouse kick. The ball or instep of the foot is used in this keagi kick. Most roundhouse kicks are directed at the side of the attackers knee, stomach, or ribs and referred to as chudan maewashi geri, but a higher kick referred to as <a href="https://youtu.be/76MgBFVGjiE">age maewashi geri</a> is usually directed to the head. <a href="https://youtu.be/FQi3zbefLnc">Gedan maewashi geri</a> (low roundhouse kick) is excellent as a foot sweep. One of my past instructors - Sensei Toshio Osaka, was a master at this. Similar to gedan maewashi geri is <a href="https://youtu.be/ElFMVbwWd4o">ashi barai geri </a>known as a foot kick and prominent in some kata such as naihanchi and is similar to ashi barai (foot sweep). It is directed to the ankle or calf to drop an attacker. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A kick with a similar trajectory to age maewashi geri is that of <a href="http://www.blackbeltwiki.com/mikazuki-geri">mikazuki geri</a> also known as kozumi geri - the <a href="https://youtu.be/DpMsOYMIYSc">crescent kick</a>. Use the bottom of the foot as the striking point such that the <a href="https://youtu.be/v6NCA5pL3w8">heal and ball of the foot</a> strike an attacker. When done correctly, the foot will be perpendicular to the floor with toes pointed up in the air. When this kick is performed in the opposite direction (to the outside), it is referred to as axe kick, known as <a href="https://youtu.be/80ByVQOBjzk">kakato geri</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/_JyOaJ4HmTI">Ushiro geri</a> (back kick) gets the karate ka to use his or hers body weight to add to the force of the kick. Another type of back kick is known as the <a href="https://youtu.be/0G7byTILe8E">spinning heal kick</a> (ushiro maewashi geri). In Shorin-Ryu, we generally try to focus on the heal as the striking point in this kick. Similar to the back kick is <a href="https://youtu.be/iFIafGnQXbM">fumikomi</a> - or foot stomp. The kick is designed to attack the instep or toes of an attacker.</span></div>
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-4826662502838376532016-08-05T09:27:00.001-07:002016-09-11T13:08:48.475-07:00Martial Arts Clinics and Daily Self-Defense, Mesa, Arizona<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">During the week of August 1st, 2016, (</span><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/hall-of-fame-instructor" style="text-align: justify;">Grandmaster Hausel</a><span style="text-align: justify;">) flew to Ogden, <b>Utah</b> from <b>Mesa</b> Gateway airport to teach a martial arts clinic in the Wasatch Mountains at a resort (East Canyon Resort) near Park City. <b>Martial Artists</b> from the <b>Utah</b> Shorin-Kai trained in empty hand (</span><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/karate-classes" style="text-align: justify;"><b>karate</b></a><span style="text-align: justify;">) </span><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/self-defense" style="text-align: justify;"><b>self-defense</b></a><span style="text-align: justify;"> techniques against armed and unarmed attackers. This was followed by </span><a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: justify;"><b>hanbojutsu</b></a><span style="text-align: justify;"> instruction which employs a 3-foot stick known as a <i><b>hanbo</b></i> for <b>self-defense</b>. Personally, I like this art because one can find a <b>stick</b>, <b>cane</b>, or <b>umbrella</b> most anywhere as a substitute for a <b>hanbo</b>. And expandable <b>police batons</b> (ASP) also apply to this art.</span></div>
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The following day, senior members of the <b>martial arts</b> group from <b>Murray Utah</b> were taught <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/"><b>sojutsu</b></a> techniques. <b>Sojutsu</b> is considered a Japanese <b>samurai art</b>. The following day (Monday), <b>Grandmaster Hausel</b> boarded a plane for a return trip to <b>Gilbert, Arizona</b> from <b>Ogden Utah</b>.</div>
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Classes at the <b><i>Arizona Hombu dojo</i></b> resumed on Tuesday evening when we focused on <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a>. The <b>Arizona</b> students practiced <i><b>karate</b></i> forms focusing on taikyoku yondan <i>kata</i> - a <i>kata</i> designed to develop good kicking habits. The class then moved on to <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/"><b>self-defense</b></a> related to wrist grabs. For instance, how do you defend a wrist grab followed by a sucker punch and how do you defend against a two-handed wrist grab while being pulled into a car? These are found in <b><i>Shorin-Ryu karate kata</i></b> and students at the <b><i>Arizona Hombu dojo</i></b> learn these so that when they practice <b><i>kata</i></b> by themselves, the <b>self-defense applications</b> are easily remembered. The way things are in the world and in Phoenix, techniques like these are very important for women and children to learn. Personally, I can't understand why any father would not take their <b>daughter</b> and <b>wife</b> to learn <b>martial arts</b>. My daughter was attacked by her ex years ago, and she whopped him with her <b><i>karate</i></b> training.</div>
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The Wednesday afternoon family class resumed training in naihanchi sandan and rohai kata focusing on the <b>self-defense</b> applications. In particular, rohai kata has some unusual moves interpreted as <b>defenses</b> against aggressive leg takedowns. This was followed by training with <b><i>tanto</i></b> (knife). The evening class continued working on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ7JRUntWWI">bunkai from Pinan godan kata</a> with tekubi waza (<b>wrist throws</b>) before moving on to <b><i>tanto</i></b>.</div>
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Thursday night, the group reviewed <b><i>Nunchaku Shodan kata</i></b> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NdVOMgoCIM&list=UUX2xWwmMdlu9R6OBGWG3qRQ&index=39"><b><i>Nunchaku Nidan kata</i></b></a> and trained in <b><i><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/nunchaku">nunchaku</a> bunkai</i></b> before reviewing <i><b>Suuji No Kun <a href="http://6-foot.blogspot.com/">bo kata</a></b></i> and ending the night by learning a new <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/"><i><b>iaido kata</b></i></a>. Our classes at the <b><i>Hombu dojo</i></b> are open to private lessons as well as to group lessons for adults and families. We hope to see you soon.</div>
Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-65505572555689995812016-06-13T08:55:00.002-07:002016-09-11T13:10:08.406-07:00From Arizona to Texas and Back<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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On June 3rd, 2016, Dr. Neal Adam (Kyoshi/7th dan) and I drove 2,200 miles (round trip) from <b>Gilbert Arizona</b> to <b>New Braunfels Texas</b> to attend the annual Juko Kai International clinic taught by living legend Dai-Soke Sacharnoski. Since about 1992, I have been attending these clinics each year as well as many of the <i><b>kobudo</b></i> and <i>kobujutsu</i> clinics offered by Dai Soke. </div>
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We arrived in New Braunfels about 11:30 pm (Texas time) and the next morning rose in time to drink a pot of coffee and then head to the New Braunfels Convention center to see many of my old friends in the <b>martial arts</b> and then to begin training in many <b>combat</b> techniques and finger joint lock restraints. I wish I could have video taped many of the finger locks as they looked extremely painful and I doubt there is anyone in the world who has mastered these techniques as well as Dai Soke. It’s always very rewarding to see everyone in Juko Kai, and to get time to train with my instructor. </div>
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To get to the clinic, we left the <b>Phoenix East Valley</b> on June 3rd at 6 am and returned to the <b>Phoenix</b> heat late Sunday afternoon. The New Braunfel's temperatures were in the 60s when we left, and we were smacked in the face by soaring 115oF temperatures when we returned to <b>Phoenix</b>. But I must say, it didn’t feel any warmer than the <a href="http://www.space.com/17137-how-hot-is-the-sun.html">chromosphere</a> of the sun. Luckily, only a few parts on Neal’s truck melted. Unfortunately one was the cruise control and the other was the air conditioner.</div>
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After the clinic, we had another good week of training at the <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/karate-classes"><b>Arizona Hombu dojo</b></a>. We have a wonderful group of people that includes nearly 50% female. On Tuesday night, June 7th we trained in<i> <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/"><b>karate kata</b></a></i> focusing on the traditional <i><b>katas</b></i> known as <i>pinan nidan</i> and <i>pinan sandan</i> as well as some <i><b>bunkai</b></i>. The <i><b>bunkai</b></i> are practical applications - or street practical defenses that are either obvious in the <b><i>kata</i></b>, or hidden in <i><b>kata</b></i>. After the <b>karate classes </b>ended, Suzette and Rihanna tested for rank and both did good. In the second class, we trained mostly in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6XNrUFHzNY&list=UUX2xWwmMdlu9R6OBGWG3qRQ&index=38">rohai and okan (wankan sho) kata</a>. </div>
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On Wednesday afternoon <b><i>karate</i></b> & <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><i><b>kobudo</b></i></a>, 5 brown belt students from Gilbert and Mesa continued with their shodan test. Rick, Janel, Tyler, Harmony and Dennis trained in <i>Pinan Nidan, Pinan Sandan</i>, and <i>Tonfa Shodan</i> and many <i><b>bunkai</b></i> and all did very well in this part of the test. Next week, they will test in <i>Pinan Yondan</i> and <i>Tonfa Nidan</i> and <i>bunkai</i>.</div>
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Wednesday evening, some of our students trained in <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/self-defense"><b>self-defense</b></a> and focused on continuous <i>bunkai</i> (practical applications) from <i>pinan godan</i> and moved on to <i>tanto</i> (Japanese knife), <i>manrikigusari</i> (chain) and keychain <i><b>self-defense</b></i>. In continuous <i>bunkai</i>, we take one particular application from <b><i>kata</i></b> and let the defender defend attacks using that waza (technique) in kata. They were then asked to finish each defense with a group of arm bars or throws after they first block and strike. This is designed to build muscle memory.</div>
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Suzette and Rihanna were presented certification of rank for yonkyu (2nd green) at the beginning of Thursday’s class. Being that it was <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/kobudo-weapons">Kobudo</a> night the class focused on the first of six nunchaku kata and some bunkai from kata. Luckily, only one <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/nunchaku">nunchaku</a> broke during bunkai. This was followed by <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/bojutsu">bo</a><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/bojutsu"> training</a>. We finished the week with the <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/samurai-arts">samurai</a><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/samurai-arts"> class</a> by training in <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">iaido</a> - the art of the samurai sword.</div>
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Before each class, I said a silent prayer for my sister in law, Sensei Bill and also Senpai Regina who have health concerns. It was a typical week at the <a href="http://azhombu.blogspot.com/">Arizona Hombu dojo</a>.</div>
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-3144887964445584962016-03-01T07:32:00.000-08:002016-08-05T09:33:25.775-07:00Advantage of Traditional Karate & Kobudo<div style="text-align: justify;">
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What gives a <b>martial arts</b> practitioner the advantage over many others including opponents who are larger?</div>
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It is the constant, weekly training in <b>martial arts</b> along with training in proven methods - methods that have allowed many <i>karate-ka</i> over the past centuries survive aggressive attacks often unscathed. One of the effects of practice leads to <i><b><a href="http://az-mushin.blogspot.com/">mushin</a></b></i> - that <i><b>karate</b></i> state of mind that allows muscle memory to do the thinking for us. But in addition to learning to react to aggression without thinking, <b><i>karate</i></b> teaches us secrets on how to increase acceleration in blocks and strikes, how to strike with the maximum, possible striking force, how to focus strikes for maximum effect, where to strike to provide the most pain, or to knock out the attacker, and how to develop <i>shitai kori </i>or <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIU09VhpAk">body hardening</a></b>. <b><i>Karate</i></b> does not give anyone invincibility, but it does provide an upper edge along with physical fitness and muscle. </div>
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The weekly practice of <b><i><a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a></i></b> - or <b><i>karate</i></b> forms, helps build these characteristics as long as the practitioner trains properly. Personally, I practice <b><i>kata</i></b> ever other day - as this seems to give me maximum benefit. But I also add weight training, body hardening, <b><i>kobudo</i></b>, and teaching to this regimen on other days and some on the same day to balance out my exercise routine - my normal routine has me training 6 to 7 days a week (which I have done for much of the past 50+ years).<br />
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If done improperly, training in <i><b>kata</b></i> can also have negative effects - so it is very important for a student to train in <b><i>kata</i></b> under <b><a href="http://manofyear.blogspot.com/">martial arts instructors</a></b> who understand <b><i>kata </i></b>as there are many <a href="http://karatearizona.blogspot.com/">sport <b><i>martial artists</i></b></a> who practice <b><i>kata</i></b> improperly leading to harmful effects.<br />
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I taught <b>martial arts</b> and <b><a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">self-defense</a> </b>at the <b>University of Wyoming</b> for more than three decades and I tried to emphasize <i><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/dojojapanese.htm">hitotsuki hitogeri </a></i>philosophy and training - striking an attacker with <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2vjExdSmo">focus</a></b> at pressure points to end an attack in one strike - as you never know what the attacker intends or what is coming next. For those <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/lineage">students</a> who made it to <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_belt_(martial_arts)">yudansha</a></b></i> (<b>black belt</b>) at our <b><a href="http://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/">University of Wyoming</a></b> <i><a href="http://azhombu.blogspot.com/">hombu dojo</a></i> as well as our <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/affiliated-schools">affiliated dojos</a>, I could see the power literally with every block, punch and kick.<br />
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While teaching <b><i>karate</i></b> and <b><i><a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a></i></b> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wyoming">University of Wyoming</a></b>, I was very proud of our students and after we affiliated with <i><a href="http://jukokai.com/">Juko Kai International</a></i>, our power, technique and body hardening methods continued to improve. But then, one day, things changed.<br />
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One of my out-standing <i>shihan,</i> who had tremendous technique wanted my permission to attend a <a href="http://karate-tournaments.blogspot.com/">tournament</a>. I had no problem, and I felt he did not need my permission - he was an individual with his own mind, but still it was nice of him to ask. I was proud when he and a couple of other students returned with gold, silver and bronze medals in essentially every event they entered with the exception that they had all been disqualified in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumite">kumite</a></i> for striking too hard - actually, this made me even more proud than the medals they had received in <i>kata</i> and <i>kobudo</i>.<br />
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Unfortunately, I didn't realize at the time what this was leading to. I thought this would be a one time event, but it continued and our students continued bringing home medals - and it was about this time I retired from the university and <a href="http://sokeshodai.blogspot.com/">moved</a> the <i>Hombu dojo</i> to <b><a href="http://chandler-karate.blogspot.com/">Chandler</a></b>, <b><a href="http://gilbert-te.blogspot.com/">Gilbert</a></b>, <b><a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/">Mesa</a> </b><b><a href="http://arizonama.blogspot.com/">Arizona</a> </b>and left the <b>University of Wyoming <i>dojo</i></b> to the same <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shihan">shihan</a></b></i> who was into tournaments.<br />
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Later, I returned to the <b>University of Wyoming</b> for a series of <b><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/ma-clinics-demos-speaker">clinics</a></b> and then I discovered what tournaments do to a <b>martial artist</b>. It was sad. My <i>shihan</i> had good intentions, and his technique was nearly flawless when I left, but all of the tournament preparations left the students at UW without focus. Where had the focus gone? I believe the tournament preparations focused on no focus and more on performance. Tournament fighters were not allowed to strike with focus or power, and <b><i>kata</i></b> had to look more like a ballet than shadow boxing. I felt like I had been staved in the back and I lost my temper - but now I realize I just should have moved on and considered the UW <i>dojo</i> a loss.<br />
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So, when a person practices <b><i>kata</i></b> - they must focus every technique. Sometimes they need to do <b><i>kata</i></b> with as much power and focus that they can generate and other times they need to slow the <b><i>kata</i></b> down (but still with full or near full focus and power). Most good <b><i>karate</i></b> schools on Okinawa focus every single strike and block in <b><i>kata</i></b>. On <b>Japan</b>, they do the same, but they add <i>ma</i> - or timing, which can also cause some problems. On <b>Okinawa</b> (the source of <b><i>karate</i></b>), the students learn to visualize each <b>self-defense</b> (<i>bunkai</i>) technique while they practice <b>kata</b>.<br />
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So, as you train or 'shadow box' with your <b><i>kata</i></b>, and if you feel your technique lacks power and your imaginary opponent walks away laughing at you, you need to generate a lot more power and focus. And you need to do this each time you practice <b><i>kata</i></b> - the only thing you should ever change is acceleration of strikes and blocks - the focus <b>must always be there</b> and <i><b>kata</b></i> should never look like a <i>tai chi</i> form. One day fast, another day slow - in this way, your muscles learn to react fast with power, but also they learn to recognize each individual technique. And remember, how hard you train and how hard you strike will carry over to the street when you are attacked. If you train like <i>tai chi,</i> this is how you will defend yourself. If you punch like Bruce Lee, you will defend like Bruce Lee. This is also how you should train in <i><b>kata bunkai</b></i> (individual <b>self-defense </b>applications built in <b><i>kata</i></b>) - full focus and power. Unless your <i>uke</i> (partner) is well-trained in <i>shitai kori</i>, you don't want to hit him or her with full power during these exercises, but you can definitely strike the air adjacent to them with full force - just make sure it is off to their side and not directed at them - and don't wear gloves as these give your muscles improper feed back.<br />
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Now back to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8amLdrMTEJE">size</a>. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_nNdI1K6Q0">Karate</a></b> can give you a distinct <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhO2Ug9t8M">advantage</a>. Remember the story of <b>David and Goliath</b> in the <b>Holy Bible</b>? Think it was a fable? Recently archeologists discovered <a href="http://www.hope-of-israel.org/p7.htm">artifacts</a> in Israel, including a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1081850/Proof-David-slew-Goliath-Israeli-archaeologists-unearth-oldest-Hebrew-text.html">Hebrew text</a> about this battle. The 1993 and 1994 discoveries indicated a Philistine giant name Goliath, an 9 foot 8 inch man, was defeated by a small Shepard boy named David in the 10th century BC. Goliath was wearing armor, about 120 pounds in weight, along with his sword and other weapons, and likely was a frightening figure - but can you imagine how slow he moved? He would have had <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantism">gigantism</a> and not only would have had awkward movements, but also poor vision. David could have ran circles around Goliath until he took one of his <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/chalcedony">chalcedony</a> projectiles (flint, agate, jasper) about the size of a golf ball and accelerated this rock to about 80 miles per hour striking Goliath in the forehead with a kinetic energy of about 90 joules - enough to kill him. An example of BC <i><b>kobudo</b></i>.<br />
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In<b> martial arts</b>, one can develop extremely <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060814-fight-science_2.html">powerful and fast strikes.</a> So fast are some that they can accelerate a strike faster than a snake. And rocks and bricks are <a href="http://grandmaster.pbworks.com/w/page/15379983/Physics%20and%20Karate">no match for focused strikes</a>. And there are examples of martial artists knocking off <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brHuxeV029E">horns of bulls</a> with <i>shuto</i> (karate chop) and puncturing fuel cans with their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22S6mHgaVww&ebc=ANyPxKoGyHXrNhkb1KZAjjVK1msWNetcnRPqh5iYGiRNyurO8OSAsgGzqFn7TxUpQBFLC9t204WUTCA_63uE4DCRumosF3HFpQ">toes</a>.</div>
Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-921503698229654372015-12-03T16:26:00.001-08:002018-07-24T11:47:55.477-07:00Traditional Okinawa Karate<div style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
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There are differences between <b>traditional Okinawa karate</b> and <b>traditional Japanese karate</b>. So many differences that one could easily write a book about these - but to the uninitiated, they subtle differences are usually missed until they have years of experience in a variety of <b>martial arts</b>. Differences are present in <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/"><i>kata</i></a>, how a <i>sensei</i> (<b>martial arts instructors</b>) treats <i><b>kata</b></i> and how students (<i>deshi</i>) are treated by Okinawa <i>sensei</i> vs. Japanese <i>sensei</i>.</div>
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Japanese <i>sensei</i> focus on sport; thus <i>kata</i> in Japanese <i>dojo</i> must be done with exact and precise stances. Punches and kicks must be exact and there are no possibilities of variation in movement in any <i><b>kata</b></i>. To me, it's more like being a grunt in the Army. In Japanese schools, students are constantly stopped, held in position at certain points of <i><b>kata</b></i> while the <i>sensei</i> walks from student to student making minor adjustments. The '<i>ma</i>' or timing and distancing are all important as focus is on winning <i>kumite</i> (sparring) contests and performing <i><b>kata</b></i> in front of an audience at competitions.</div>
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In <b>Traditional Okinawa karate schools</b> the focus on '<i>imi</i>' or the meaning of the <i><b>kata</b></i> - something ignored by Japanese <i>sensei</i>. There is no concern for winning - contests are not part of <b>traditional Okinawa karate</b> and instructors recognize people have physical differences and abilities and try to concentrate on developing power and focus for <b>self-defense</b> training for each person. The meaning of <i><b>kata</b></i> is very important in <b>Okinawa karate </b>rather than the execution of the <i><b>kata</b></i>. In <b>Okinawa karate</b>, the student is taught what every move in every <i><b>kata</b></i> is used for and each <i><b>kata</b></i> is broken down into self-defense applications that are practiced in insure the student can defend themselves. </div>
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Just yesterday, I received a phone call from a representative from a coalition of martial artists who wanted me to join in competitions. I tried to explain to this person that traditional karate practitioners do not take part in competition as we consider karate to be a dangerous weapon and our focus is on self-defense and self-improvement. Apparently, he had never heard of this before - and said, "but I thought you were Shorin -Rye-U?" I simply said that most Shorin-Ryu (pronounced Roo) martial artists in particular, do not compete. Apparently this was too much for him to understand. But, we can not blame him, the blame falls on his <i>sensei</i> for not providing him with a history lesson.</div>
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Over the years, I trained in a variety of Japanese and Okinawan karate dojo, so here is my perspective about these two different systems of karate. While you read the following, keep in mind that karate is a unique martial art that evolved on Okinawa for hundreds of years and Okinawa is part of an island chain that lies between China and Japan that was an independent monarchy until 1879. Karate, an indigenous Okinawan art, was not introduced to Japan until 1917. It was later introduced to Hawaii in the 1930s and later to the US (Phoenix, Arizona) in 1946. Prior to its introduction on Japan, karate was not practiced as sport.</div>
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It is important to understand the circumstances of how <i><b>karate</b></i> was introduced on Japan. <b><i>Karate</i></b> was a secret for centuries, and then it was introduced in the Okinawa public school system by Anko Itosu in 1901, <b>karate</b> was unknown to the rest of the world, and it still took until the 1960s before people in the US began to recognize that <b>karate</b> was different than <b><i>judo</i></b>. When <b>karate</b> was introduced to Japan by Okinawan Gichin Funakoshi in 1919, and then again in 1922, it was touch and go as to whether or not it would ever be accepted by the Japanese. The Japanese thought of Okinawan people as country bumpkins - in other words - peasants with little social grace. Gichin Funakoshi had to modify <b>karate</b>, rename all of the <i><b>kata</b></i> giving them Japanese names; and, most importantly, establish a positive working relationship with Japanese <b><i>judo</i></b> founder, Dr. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan%C5%8D_Jigor%C5%8D">Jigoro Kano</a>, before the Japanese would accept <b>karate</b>. The Japanese were so nationalistic that individuals like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mas_Oyama">Mas Oyama</a> had to change their names to receive recognition. Oyama was Korean by birth, and created a Japanese style of <b>karate</b> known as <b>kyokushin</b> in 1957. This type of backwards thinking by the Japanese still pervades, and is one of the primary reasons Japanese <b>karate</b> took a different path than <b>Okinawan karate</b>.<br />
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Last year, my wife's nephew was working in Hawaii transporting medical patients from their homes to various medical facilities, when he picked up one old Japanese man from his home (Hawaii has a very large community of Japanese and Okinawans). While driving him to a medical facility through a neighborhood known for high crime, Jeremy tried to strike up a conversation without realizing there was still strong nationalism with many Japanese people. Jeremy said, <i>“Hey, you look like my Okinawan friend …”</i> The Japanese man responded, <i>“What a terrible thing to say that I look like an Okinawan”</i> and demanded Jeremy stop the vehicle so he could get out and walk.<br />
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Most are unaware that there is a difference between Okinawa and Japanese <b>karate</b>, but there is a significant difference in how <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a> is practiced and perceived and the philosophical purpose of <b>karate</b>. In a Japanese <b><i>dojo</i></b>, <b><i>kata</i></b> must be exact with no room for variance in <a href="http://karate-stances.blogspot.com/">stances</a>, there are distinct breaks in timing known as <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/dojojapanese.htm">ma</a>, and slow techniques are mixed with fast techniques. In Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo">dojo</a>, students are constantly held in stances during both <i>kihon</i> (basics) and <i>kata</i> practice while the <i>sensei</i> walks around from student to student making minor adjustments to the position of feet, shoulders, knees, wrists, weight distribution, etc. There is also considerable emphasis on deep stances. </div>
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I still remember an evening as a teenager too young to have a driver's licensee. On this particular evening, our karate class squatted, duck-walked around the <i>dojo</i>, did dozens of squat-kicks, squatted in <a href="http://asaikarate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Funakoshi-tekki-shodan.jpg">kiba dachi</a> (horse riding stance) with a partner standing on our thighs while placing their hands on our shoulders to add weight to our squats. We did a few hundred kicks - it was a tremendously hard workout for a young teenager with no previous experience in formal exercise prior to joining the Black Eagle Federation Karate dojo. Eight years later, I found basic training in the US Army to be a breeze after <i><b>karate</b></i> training. </div>
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As the class ended, I had to walk home from the <i>dojo</i> through Fairmont Park (in 1964, the park was an unfriendly place often populated by older teens we called greasers who looked to harass younger teens. This was a much different time when bullying was condoned and practiced with impunity). The distance to my home was 1.5 miles - not much of a distance today, but for a 14 year old, it was a challenge. I had no strength left in my legs and had to walk stiff-legged all the way home. Periodically I would relax a knee and would collapse. Then I had to crawl to a tree, telephone pole, park bench, etc, to pull myself upright. I don’t remember being harassed while walking through the park on this night probably because the greasers felt pity on a handicapped teen.</div>
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At the time, I was training in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyokushin">kyokushin</a> Japanese karate</i>. Much emphasis was placed on <i>kiba dachi</i> as a fighting stance along with <i>zenkutsu dachi</i> (front stance). These were found in our <i>kata</i>. When I later trained in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wad%C5%8D-ry%C5%AB">Wado-Ryu</a> karate</i> (Japanese) at the University of Utah, we focused on <i>neko-ashi dachi</i> (cat stance). In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotokan"><i>Shotokan karate</i></a> (Japanese), the emphasis was on front and back stances (<i>kokutsu dachi</i>) with emphasis on deep and perfect stances. In <i>Kempo Karate </i>(Japanese) the emphasis was on <i>kiba dachi</i>.</div>
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<i>Kata</i> were performed more like a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSDHIBcwrkc">military drill team</a> in the Japanese schools and were designed for tournaments and not practical. All of the Japanese systems taught <i>kata</i> with no explanation of application (known as <i>bunkai</i>). Thus, controversy developed as to the use and purpose of <i>kata</i>. In other words, there was no emphasis on <i>bunkai</i>. Sometimes (in Japanese <i>dojo</i>) we practiced <i>kata</i> with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbwrMxaWepQ">one person performing the kata</a> surrounded by three to four attackers along <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embusen">embussen</a> lines. The attackers were <a href="https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=517495955095943&theater">required to kick or punch</a> as we moved from one technique to the next in the <i>kata</i> - it didn’t seem realistic and all techniques were designed for sparring.<br />
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Periodically my <i>sensei</i> in <i>kyokushin karate</i> taught some general self-defense, but the applications were never linked to kata. Much time was spent on sparring due to the sport <i>karate</i> emphasis and overall lack of understanding of <i>kata</i>. It didn't take long, but I was bored as we were not learning anything new. All of my Japanese sensei didn’t have much background in <b>self-defense</b> and none had any background in <i><b>kobudo</b></i>. Japanese karate focused on winning <i>kumite</i> (sparring) contests and all <i>kata</i> were performed for judges. In the final analysis, these Japanese martial arts were military like with little room for interpretation and an objective to win trophies. They were in direct conflict to philosophies of well-known Okinawan practitioners. Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate, stated, <i>“The purpose of Karate lies <b>not in victory of defeat</b>, but in the <b>perfection of its participants</b>”</i>. Karate was all about improving the practitioner, not winning a competition. </div>
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In Okinawan karate schools, <i>kata</i> were taught for muscle memory, balance, power and for self-defense. <i>Bunkai</i> (pragmatic self-defense) was the focus of kata and used to practice defending all kinds of attacks including grabs and also taught to help us develop power, focus, and an understanding of pressure points. This is the reason why those who study Japanese <i>karate</i> constantly ponder at the purpose of <i>kata</i>, but those who study traditional <b><i>Okinawa karate</i></b> continually practice <i>kata</i> along with s<b>elf-defense</b> and understand the importance of <i>kata</i>. In Japanese karate, <i>kata</i> has little purpose other than to please an audience. In Okinawa karate, <i>kata</i> and <i>karate</i> were considered to be the same, as stated by the late <a href="http://seinenkai.com/art-bug4.html">Grandmaster Shoshin Nagame</a>.</div>
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In the past, there were no contests in traditional Okinawan karate systems, although through time, some Okinawan schools began to compete in the 20th century; but most kept in mind the purpose of bunkai (kata applications). Remember Mr Miyagi in the Karate Kid movie, he epitomized the purpose of Okinawa Karate.</div>
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The self-defense applications for each move in <i>kata</i> is very important in Okinawa <i>karate</i> rather than the execution of <i>kata</i>. Each kata is broken down into a group of self-defense applications that are practiced individually to insure the student can <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/self-defense-classes">defend themselves</a>. Individual applications can be referred to as mini-kata. These are sometimes referred to as <i>Shinken Shobu no Kata</i> also known as <i>Kime no Kata</i>.</div>
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Another difference in Okinawa verses Japanese karate is the execution of stances (<i>dachi</i>). In Okinawa karate, students start learning deep stances to build muscle strength, but as the student gains expertise, higher and more natural stances replace deeper stances. For example, <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/dojojapanese.htm"><i>zenkutsu-dachi</i> </a>(front stance) can be half the length of the Japanese stance. The Okinawan karate stances are meant to be practical for self-defense by being natural and quick. Whereas the deep Japanese stance is designed for competition.</div>
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In the past, Okinawa martial artists did not trust Japanese and would not teach the Japanese <i>bunkai</i>. Having a mindset that the Okinawan people were inferior, the Japanese martial artists never sought <i>bunkai</i> and instead borrowed some from well-established Japanese martial arts such as jujutsu, judo, aikido, etc.</div>
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<i>Kime</i> is very important in traditional karate - <i>Kime</i> is about power and focus in strikes and blocks. Every block should be as powerful as every strike. I remember attending clinics in the past when I had another soke send his students to train with me so they could experience power in blocks. These power blocks were taught to me in kyokushin kai karate. In addition to kime, all strikes and blocks need chinkuchi!</div>
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The philosophy of how to use kicks are different in Japanese vs Okinawa dojo. The Japanese karate schools kick low, medium and high (similar to taekwondo). High kicks are good in competition; however, Okinawan kicks are designed for knees, kidneys, stomach, groin, ribs - in other words - below the neck and mostly below the belt. In addition, the Okinawan kicks employ many kekomi geri (thrust kicks) as well as <a href="http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=419">toe kicks</a>. In Japanese karate, <i>tsumasaki geri</i> are unknown and never employed. To develop a good toe kick, one must train the big toe constantly to build toe strength. There are stories about Goju-Ryu’s Chojun Miyagi who periodically demonstrated his powerful tsumasaki geri by penetrating gas cans with his big toe! One of our martial art students, Dr. Bergkamp, traveled to Okinawa a few years ago on tour of some dojo and returned to Arizona with a very impressive bruise on his stomach outlining one big Okinawan toe with a couple of smaller toes. </div>
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In many Okinawa dojo, tools are available to build strength, endurance and callous. They are designed for the whole body, and include tools for strengthening wrists, fingers, toes and knuckles. In a book by Michael Clarke entitled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Hojo-Undo-Traditional/dp/159439136X">The Art of Hojo Undo</a>, many exercises are described with descriptions of traditional Okinawan <a href="http://jmaany.weebly.com/uploads/8/1/9/1/8191287/7229655.gif?463">strength training tools</a> and how they are made. <i>Hojo undo </i>translates as supplementary exercises. For those who are serious traditional practitioners, these tools are a must, although there are many modern equivalents that can be used. Some tools used in <i>hojo undo</i> include: <i>makiwara</i>, <i>chi-ishi</i> (strength stones), <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuskfBP5k_3OFB2e5hJmO4YhFyJzCivP60P8vgs-y7Hv4o9sj2frpolHfenSkFlr6tUvmAT77M1eAig8FShawRrzcY9k9iyNHUxdSxihA-AT0OA_3BDCyCRSSnHB_I72Mev9DYFozLASt/s1600/Hojo+Undo+Nigiri-game+3.jpg">nigiri game</a> (sand-filled ceramic jars), <a href="http://www.shinsokai.com/images/archives/my_karate_journey/Victor_ishi-sashi_Shinsokan.jpg">ishisashi</a> (stone lock), <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDZAMemJzdvF7bPcoLZoVUuBOEsqqgSlA8zkL37ds8d0uUMaTTZBfYLlyK4bXWRfC6MdQ_wvR3YfkIIzBeBLPcc6MRnbxaxuQtLSC_kkjWhSaiNfHdIlG5TvNX1d-OOWka1lbMJhDYhUz/s1600/IMG_1329.jpg">tan</a> (bar bell), <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvvqB8BBxUJaKbkuXCNvIyDNsDpgwnVh35t8E6trruwg9Rfy4t5R-SBZWtq5puWYN-PsCJXM9N2YLKgSbt4h70Zn-B8avnqgYhmO3XYZy87KgRtZi0VItxZSZslz2TpQPXLgpGVWGnWOx/s1600/Hojo+Undo+Kongoken+3.jpg">kongoken</a> (sand-filled ring), <a href="http://www.kodokan.org.uk/wp-content/gallery/hojo-undo-training/hojo-undo-6.jpg">tou</a> (bamboo bundle), kakite bikei (blocking post), <a href="http://www.shinsokai.com/images/tools/makiagi.jpg">makiagi</a> (wrist roller), <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtP85vEOFxWfY5bbHyQ6qKL76Oa4H5BBrnII9gr4k-ABkwO_SRgvU1U98KIWM85J2-vFpb7lbBxfaA-vZlhp7Qd4ueWi6T9kEtc7w9L4bVCm0txGJUOm5zMpgS4qDxM3Hlr3uNA51QEI/s1600/WP_001250.jpg">ude kitae</a> (blocking posts), and <a href="http://40.media.tumblr.com/2703c8d8f3311924f34220592caaee1f/tumblr_n23ai1xGlS1s096hco3_540.jpg">jari bako</a> (sand jars).</div>
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Japanese karate is tailored for large groups; whereas Okinawan karate is designed for small groups. This is one reason many Okinawan commercial dojo fail outside of Okinawa as they are not conducive to large groups needed to help finance a karate school. Most traditional Okinawan dojo rely on the generosity of their students and do not set high fees. Most are supported by donations. However, when Okinawan schools are attached to and supported by a university, they often draw large groups because of their educational value.</div>
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A few years ago, we started a tradition at the Arizona Hombu Dojo in Mesa to compliment our <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/samurai-arts-classes">samurai classes</a> using <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/dojojapanese.htm"><i>tameshigiri</i></a>, or test cuts, with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana">katana</a></i>. This turned out to be very popular, and the best time of the year is after Halloween about the time of Thanksgiving after local stores in the Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa decide to get rid of the pumpkin stocks. We even received pumpkin donations in the past.</div>
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But because of the danger of losing a thumb, we only use unsharpened <i>katana</i>. This practice can be brutal for pumpkins but can lead to pumpkin pie. Even so, can you think of a better way to carve a pumpkin?</div>
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<br />Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-55696280595726909702015-01-07T08:24:00.000-08:002016-01-12T15:31:00.244-08:00Traditional Karate in Arizona - Looking Back at 2014<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Here, students and black belts train together in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naihanchi">naifanchi shoran kata</a> in 2014.</i></td></tr>
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Hard to believe that 2014 is gone. Let's remember 2014 and then look forward to another year at the <a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/">Arizona <i>Hombu</i></a> located in the Phoenix valley along Baseline Road at the border of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler,_Arizona">Chandler</a>, <a href="http://gilbert-te.blogspot.com/">Gilbert</a> and <a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/">Mesa</a>, Arizona.</div>
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2014 began at a snails pace following the holidays. When I ran the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo">dojo </a>at the <a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/">University of Wyoming</a> from 1977 to 2007, this was typical. There was a large influx of students beginning in the Fall semester that would decline around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a>. Students would sporadically wander into the university <i>dojo</i> following the New Year and then we would see another decline at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_break">Spring Break</a> followed by a surge followed with a decline at summer semester. </div>
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At the beginning of 2007, I decided to relocate our <a href="https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=arizona+hombu">Hombu to Arizona</a>. Over the past decades, I taught martial arts at four different universities, and all followed the same student population declines and surges - but by opening a private <i>dojo</i>, I thought these fluctuations would pass - not so - it appears the entire world follows this schedule. And as far as the students who are consistent in their training and appearance at the <i>dojo</i>, they are the few who move on to the level of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_belt_%28martial_arts%29">yudansha</a></i>.</div>
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In 2014, we had our surges and declines, but something else happened. We lost some to the poor economy. As far as I can tell, government continues to lie about how bad our economy really is. This is one of the primary reasons why we never see <a href="http://media.photobucket.com/user/CheapSkatePete/media/HeadupAss.jpg.html?filters[term]=head%20up%20ass&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=3">politicians </a>in traditional martial arts - its because they cannot differentiate what is right from wrong and <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/martial-arts">traditional martial arts</a> are somewhat of an enigma to them because a person must be honest.</div>
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Overall, we have a high level of educated people training in martial arts at our <i>dojo</i> primarily because of our past association with four universities.<br />
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In 2014, we had students move out of state to find work: one long-time student finally gave up and moved near his family in Florida. We also had two long-time students (engineers) transferred out-of-state by their companies because downsizing. Only a few years ago, we lost another engineer for the same reason. I have not seen any improvement in the economy since 2008 in my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hausel">martial arts</a>, <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/">geology</a> or <a href="http://wiki.wyomingauthors.org/w/page/12627509/W%20Dan%20Hausel">writing</a> professions, and I wonder how government can get away with such a poor record.mAnyway, let's look at 2014, now that it has passed.</div>
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<a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/karate-classes"><b>Tuesday nights</b></a> we trained in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihon">kihon </a></i>and <i><a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a></i>. During the year, we focused on the basic <i>kata</i>. Periodically, we split the class into groups while I taught more advanced students and other instructors - <i>Dai-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shihan">Shihan </a></i>Adam, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensei">Sensei </a></i>Borea, <i>Sensei </i>Harden and <i>Sensei </i>Scofield taught other groups of different levels. In the second, or more advanced class on Tuesday nights, we focused on <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/kata">advanced <i>kata</i></a> including <i>Naihanchi Shodan, <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">Rohai</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passai">Passai</a> Dai, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uns%C5%AB">Unsu</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.suibukan.com/content/110/bassai-passai-sho-dai">Passai Sho</a></i>.</div>
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Throughout 2014, <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/self-defense-classes"><b>Wednesday nights</b></a> included advanced training in self-defense as well as <i><a href="http://te007.blogspot.com/">shitai kori </a></i>for a few high-ranking members of the <i>dojo</i>. <i>Shitai kori </i>is body hardening, and the most advanced form of this part of the art was created by <i>Dai-Soke</i> Sacharnoski of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hWbIy5Fkk">Juko Kai International</a> in the 20th century. Wednesday evenings we work on defense against single attackers, multiple attackers, wrestlers, street fighters and <i>karate </i>and <i><a href="http://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/">jujutsu </a></i>practitioners. We include against armed assailants with knifes, guns, clubs, rifles, swords, hammers, etc. Much of the self-defense is part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkai"><i>bunkai</i> </a>from <i>kata </i>and we emphasize the concept of <i>hitotsuki </i>or basically one-punch knockouts. This is one of the major differences between <a href="http://arizonatraditionalkarate.blogspot.com/">traditional <i>karate</i></a> and sport <i>karate</i>. Traditional <i>karate</i> teaches <i>karate </i>is a weapon and one must learn to finish an attacker with power and focus with just one or two strikes. In sport <i>karate</i>, focus is minor and students are taught point fighting for trophies. So we teach all of our students including various <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">women's groups</a> and seniors, to use power. If a person cannot finish an opponent in one or two strikes, there is something wrong with their technique.</div>
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Every so often, we'll add a new training exercise such as training in the park to give them the feel for defending on various surfaces. In the past, we've even turned out the lights in the <i>dojo</i> and strategically placed black belt muggers in the <i>dojo </i>allowing students to walk through one at a time.</div>
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On Wednesdays, we also teach use of belts, towels, ropes, coins, car keys etc, for <a href="http://sk-self-defense.blogspot.com/">self-defense</a>. We'll even add in a few scenarios on how to defend in close quarters - such as on an airplane - we find this to be important as we have a group of students who are engineers and several who are pilots.</div>
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<a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/kobudo-ma-weapons-classes"><b>Thursday evenings</b></a>, we focus on <i>Shorin-Ryu <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a></i>, modern <a href="http://mesa-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><i>kobudo</i> </a>and <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">samurai arts</a>. These are all martial arts weapons including a variety of tools found around the house and garden. During 2014, our students trained in <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=nunchaku+mesa&biw=1421&bih=937&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7nKtVMefM5LdoATzj4GICg&ved=0CB0QsAQ">nunchaku </a>and we focused on this weapon for much of the year learning to use <i><a href="http://nunchuku.blogspot.com/">nunchaku </a></i>in basics, self-defense applications and also as <i>kata</i>. We learned six <i>nunchaku kata </i>over the year and also how to apply all moves in these <i>kata </i>as self-defense. After spending much of the year on <i>Nunchaku</i>, our class began training with <i>nitanbo </i>and now they are focusing on<i> <a href="http://kamajutsu.blogspot.com/">kama</a></i>. Kama is a common garden tool used by both Okinawan and American farmers - it is sickle. In 2014, we training in self-defense application against an attacker with a sword, club, knife and also learned <i>Gama shodan kata.</i> In 2015, we continue to train with <i>kama </i>and will soon start learning <i>gama nidan</i> and then <i>gama sandan kata</i>.</div>
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In the samurai arts class, we trained with <i><a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/">hanbo </a></i>and <i><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=arizona+naginata&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS474US493&espv=2&biw=1138&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eXqtVMPDOJC0oQSzxoLABw&ved=0CB0QsAQ">naginata </a></i>much of the year and we then started with <i><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=arizona+naginata&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS474US493&espv=2&biw=1138&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eXqtVMPDOJC0oQSzxoLABw&ved=0CB0QsAQ#tbm=isch&q=arizona+sojutsu">sojutsu</a></i>. Our students learned to <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=arizona+hanbo&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS474US493&espv=2&biw=1139&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=EnqtVMyqFI2yogTQ2YCQBw&ved=0CEsQsAQ">block, strike and throw</a> opponents with the <i>hanbo</i>. We learned the long <i>yari kata </i>and then began training with <i>bunkai</i>. Later this year, our samurai arts class will start to focus on <i>jujutsu </i>and then <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana">katana</a>.</i></div>
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During 2014, we also had the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=arizona+utah+karate&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS474US493&espv=2&biw=1138&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=N3ytVMjcH9jeoAS33YLoCg&ved=0CB0QsAQ">Arizona-Utah</a> Shorin-Ryu karate and kobudo clinic as well as the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=arizona+utah+karate&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS474US493&espv=2&biw=1138&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=N3ytVMjcH9jeoAS33YLoCg&ved=0CB0QsAQ#tbm=isch&q=Utah+gassuku">Utah Gassuku</a>. We plan to have the same two annual clinics in 2015 as well as attend the Juko Kai clinic in Texas. We are also expecting visits from some of our shihan and sensei from Colorado, Massachusetts, Utah and Wyoming in 2015. I should also point out that in 2014, my fondness of <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/">rocks </a>led me to publish <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AW.%20Dan%20Hausel">another book</a>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Shitai kori</i> (body hardening). This aspect<br />
of <i>Shorin-Ryu karate</i> is only taught to<br />
our most advanced students. The<br />
basics of the art are taught at the Arizona<br />
<i>Hombu</i> and more advanced applications are<br />
taught to a few students who are invited to<br />
attend the annual <i>Juko Kai International </i><br />
clinic in New Braunfels, Texas. Here Chase<br />
Cassidy, 1st degree black belt from Gillette,<br />
Wyoming learns to accept strikes to vital<br />
parts of the body.<br />
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If you get some free time, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arizona+School+of+Traditional+Karate/@33.379674,-111.833439,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xaa09ce22dc907e71?hl=en">stop in and visit our hombu dojo</a> - we would love to meet you.</div>
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<br />Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-63041109366027721792014-06-22T11:12:00.002-07:002016-06-13T08:38:30.206-07:00Martial Art in Arizona<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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for sometime later, you will likely be attacked on the street.</td></tr>
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It was about 1989 or 1990. I was finishing a five-year research project related to <a href="http://searching-for-gold.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">gold</span> </a>at <a href="http://southpassgreenstone.blogspot.com/">South Pass</a> Wyoming and submitted a group of eight 1:24,000 scale geological maps for publication including a compilation map at 1:48,000 scale for the entire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_belt">greenstone belt</a> and its <a href="http://wyprospector.blogspot.com/">gold districts</a>. Our draftswoman, Fiddy, who was a very good artist suggested I would be a very good artist based on my maps. Huh? Me?</div>
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I laughed at her comment and indicated I was challenged by 'stick figures'. She followed up with a comment that seemed to have kick-started an unused part of my brain - <i>"You should try sketching like you map, focus on details in small areas and let it grow into a larger picture."</i></div>
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That seemed to make sense - so I tried and was shocked that hidden in my brain, were the tools for sketching. Thank you Fiddy! So, I decided to do a variety of sketches of things that interested me. And of course, some were related to <a href="http://gilbertma.blogspot.com/">martial arts</a> and in particular to <a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Shorin-Ryu Karate</span></a>, <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">Kobudo</a>, Samurai arts and <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">self-defense</a>.</div>
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So, while growing up, going to college and working as a professional musician, astronomer, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hausel">geologist</a>, author, <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/grandmaster">martial arts instructor and professor</a>, I had no idea that this talent lay hidden within me.</div>
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In 2013, I was presented a special award at the <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Juko Kai</span></a> National Clinic in Texas. I was presented the honorary title of <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/2013-national-clinic-awards--promotions.html"><i>Meijin Wajutsu</i></a>. And in my opinion, Juko Kai International is the most prestigious martial arts association in the world, so this was a great honor. </div>
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At first I was taken back by this title. Me a genius? I never received very good grades in school, but the more I thought about it, the more I started to feel comfortable. Yes, I was creative in music, geology, art, writing and martial arts - so isn't this what genius is about? It was clear many martial arts groups and associations as well as geological groups had also recognized this characteristic in me. Over the years, I had been inducted into several Halls-of-Fame for martial arts and geological research. In the martial arts, I can visualize techniques before anyone tries a new technique and I can vocalize how to do these techniques. So for me, a person who is engineering-challenged, martial arts have been perfect because of its artistic overtones. But I think, at least for genius, when applied to me it relates to interest and how I pursue that interest - it has little to do with IQ.</div>
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Stop in our <i>dojo</i> and say <i>'konnichi wa' . </i>You can check out our martial arts and some of our martial art in the dojo. We are located on Baseline Road between Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa, Arizona. Just click on</div>
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<br />Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-55604182642816497972014-04-27T17:26:00.000-07:002016-03-01T07:26:48.264-08:00Traditional Martial Arts <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 2014, I was contacted by nearly two dozen producers and associates searching for another hit reality TV program. They contacted me because of my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hausel">expertise</a> in rocks, minerals, gemstones and martial arts. Because of the great successes of some shows related to gold and gemstones - nearly all of the contacts have been interested in this part of my background. But I tried to create interest in <a href="http://www.manta.com/c/mrn0thw/arizona-school-of-traditional-karate">traditional martial arts</a> with the latest producer who was unfortunately more interested in another gemstone </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">program. But this</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is what I proposed.</span></div>
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<b>Summary</b>. Traditional martial artists speak of ‘the Way’ or
‘path’. It is so embedded in traditional martial arts that the Japanese term
for ‘way’ (<i>do</i>) shows up everywhere -
in <i>judo</i>, <i>iaido</i>, <i>aikido</i>, <i>kendo</i>, <i>kobudo</i> and even <i>karatedo</i>.
It is this ‘path’ (as well as other characteristics) that makes martial arts (<i>budo</i>)
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Traditional martial arts have redeeming and esoteric values. Thus, a trip to a Zen Buddhist temple and Shinto temple would be appropriate for a program or two.</div>
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<b>Location</b>. <i>The Way</i> would be a reality program centered in Arizona, and include periodic trips to the
mountains of Utah and Wyoming, to international martial arts clinics in New
Braunfels, Texas and include a trip to Okinawa and mainland Japan to educate the TV audience
about martial arts and Zen. The program would follow select students and instructors
as they train to become proficient in martial arts and include history,
philosophy, martial arts training, and backgrounds of the martial artists
in their chosen professional fields.</div>
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<b>The people</b>. <a href="http://seiyoshorin.blogspot.com/">Adult traditional
martial artists</a> would be the focus of this program and include a group of highly educated professionals. Some of the more interesting characters could include Neal (a PhD biologist, university faculty member, and 6<sup>th</sup>
degree black belt), Patrick (engineer for Boeing, pilot,
and 2<sup>nd</sup> degree black belt), Paula (2<sup>nd</sup> degree black
belt Japanese American of samurai lineage with a very interesting life story
that alone could be made into a book or movie), Bill (3<sup>rd</sup>
degree black belt and retired air force pilot), Ryan (2<span style="font-size: x-small;">nd </span>degree black belt and nutritionist at a local hospital), Alexi (brown belt and school teacher), Dave and Megan (Dave is
a blue belt and chemist. His daughter Megan is a yellow belt and Japanese who attends public and Japanese schools in
the Phoenix valley) and <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/grandmaster">myself</a>
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<b>Guests</b>. Some possible guests - my instructor (Grandmaster and world head of Juko Kai
International), <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hebr2ytgv2I&list=UUKhh_LMFzE1bCNoiEP5oOjA&index=7&feature=plcp">Kirby</a> (10<sup>th</sup> degree black belt), Ron (10<sup>th</sup>
degree black belt, friend, retired lawyer), my son Eric (5<sup>th</sup>
degree black belt, geologist, astrophysicist, physicist, astronomer and
mathematician), my daughter Jessica (business manager and brown belt). </div>
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<b>Details</b>. In the original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid">Karate Kid movie</a>, two
types of <i>karate</i> were depicted: <i>Miyagi-Ryu karate</i> (traditional) and <i>Cobra Kai Karate</i> (sport). The movie best
portrayed these differences in the personalities of instructors and their students,
but was also subtly expressed in discussions by Mr. Miyagi concerning use and
lethal potential of traditional <i>karate</i>
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I visualize a traditional martial
arts school (<i>dojo</i>) as a backdrop
(I propose my <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=phoenix+karate+schools&hl=en&ll=33.37867,-111.83316&spn=0.000018,0.008948&sll=33.379207,-111.833803&layer=c&cid=12252550910362812017&panoid=D-MDOI9AxOaZF4SSJrHPUQ&cbp=13,51.47,,0,0&gl=us&hq=phoenix+karate+schools&t=m&z=17&vpsr">school</a>). The theme of the show would be about <a href="http://az-te.blogspot.com/">my students</a> (a group of scientists,
university faculty, teachers, librarians, engineers, accountants, lawyers,
etc), their trial and tribulations in learning traditional martial arts and watching
their progress over time. </div>
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The 'Way' would include <a href="http://teicon.blogspot.com/">history</a> and <a href="http://az-mushin.blogspot.com/">philosophy</a> of <a href="http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/2008/12/history-of-shorin-ryu.html">traditional</a>
martial arts. New students would learn how to put on their angry
white pajamas (known as <i>gi</i> in
Japanese), tie <i>obi</i> (belt), bow,
speak Japanese, and walk, kick, punch and block the Okinawa way and include many moments of the <a href="http://az-te.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-lighter-side-of-martial-arts.html">lighter-side</a>.
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Students would learn and demonstrate <i>karate</i>, <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><i>kobudo</i></a>
(weapons), <a href="http://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/"><i>jujutsu</i></a>, <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">samurai arts</a>,
and <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">self-defense</a>. Programs would focus on <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/"><i>kata</i></a> and <i>bunkai</i> (<i>katas</i> are forms
in martial arts and <i>bunkai</i> are their
practical applications), <i>shitai kori</i>, <i>tameshiwari</i> (<a href="http://te007.blogspot.com/">breaking rocks</a>), <i>tamishigari</i> (<a href="http://kyoju-nagi.blogspot.com/2011/12/arizona-martial-arts-classes.html">test
cuts</a> with samurai sword - around Halloween, I like to recycle pumpkins by
teaching my students to cut with a sword), <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/kobudoweaponsclasses.htm"><i>kobudo</i></a> (the traditional martial arts
weapons) and the successes as our new students learn to control their focus,
lose weight, gain self-confidence and are promoted in rank.</div>
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We would include demonstrations of weapons, first as farming and fishing tools, and then convert them to combat weapons - <a href="http://nunchuku.blogspot.com/"><i>nunchaku</i></a>,
<a href="http://6-foot.blogspot.com/"><i>bo</i></a>,
<a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/"><i>hanbo</i></a>,
<a href="http://kamajutsu.blogspot.com/"><i>kama</i></a>,
<a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><i>sai</i></a>,
<i><a href="http://seiyo-tonfa.blogspot.com/">tonfa</a>,</i> <i>kuwa</i> (garden hoe)
and modern equivalents such as ropes and key chains we carry every
day. <i>Kobudo</i> was created hundreds of
years ago on Okinawa after bladed weapons were outlawed by Okinawa King
Shoshin. The Okinawan people were not sold on this policy, so they began
developing farming and fishing tools as weapons of self-defense. In past self-defense
clinics that I taught to groups including college students, faculty and
librarians, I’ve <a href="http://sk-self-defense.blogspot.com/">introduced them
to their tools</a> of self-defense including books, magazines, coins, purses,
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Some episodes, the audience would be introduced to common <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/samuraiclasses.htm">Samurai weapons</a>
such as <i>naginata</i> (pole arm), <i>yari</i> (spear), <i>jujutsu</i> (throws), <i>katana</i>
(samurai sword), <i>tanto</i> (knife) and
include cutting pumpkins and cactus with samurai swords. Because of my background, <a href="http://wygemstones.blogspot.com/">gemstone</a>, <a href="http://searching-for-gold.blogspot.com/">gold</a> and <a href="http://discussionsondiamonds.blogspot.com/">diamond prospecting</a> could
be introduced. When I taught martial arts at the University of Wyoming, each
spring I would teach the martial artists what I called ‘Geology 101’, a class
in breaking rocks.</div>
Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-86451063520132650222014-04-05T10:30:00.003-07:002015-01-23T08:19:53.024-08:00Arizona Grandfather Breaks Rocks for Golden Anniversary<br />
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his hands and head? Ours can!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After training in traditional martial
arts for 50 years, <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/authorized-zksbbr-sokeship-appointments.html"><u>Grandmaster
Hausel</u></a> of Gilbert still practices 5 to 6 days a week and teaches 10 classes
3 days a week with periodic weekend clinics. The former professor of martial
arts taught <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/karate-students"><u>many hundreds
of students</u></a> karate, <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/kobudoweaponsclasses.htm"><u>kobudo</u></a>,
jujutsu, <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/kobudoweaponsclasses.htm"><u>samurai
arts</u></a>, <a href="http://sk-self-defense.blogspot.com/"><u>self-defense</u></a>,
martial arts history, and <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/"><u>women’s
self-defense</u></a> classes while at the University of Wyoming from 1977 to 2007.
After retiring from the university, he moved to Gilbert and opened a <a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/"><u>martial arts school</u></a> on the border of <a href="http://chandler-karate.blogspot.com/"><u>Chandler</u></a>, <a href="http://gilbert-te.blogspot.com/"><u>Gilbert</u></a> and <a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/"><u>Mesa</u></a> and has students who travel from
as far as Phoenix, Scottsdale, Queen Creek and <a href="http://tempekarate.blogspot.com/"><u>Tempe</u></a> three times a week and others
who periodically travel from as far as Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Nebraska,
Utah, Wyoming, India and Vietnam to train at the <a href="http://sokeshodai.blogspot.com/"><u>Arizona Martial Arts center</u></a>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">He kicks and punches most every day
except when he is searching for <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/"><u>gemstones
and gold</u></a> and writing <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/bibliography.htm"><u>books</u></a>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In 1976, Soke Hausel broke roofing tiles with <br />
his head for karate demos. While at the University of Wyoming, he actually<br />
broke slabs of rock quarried north of Laramie at half-time demonstrations at<br />
University of Wyoming basketball games.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fifty years ago, Grandmaster Hausel played
guitar in a rock n’ roll band when the band decided to take classes at a local
karate school because long hair was not popular. In 1964, if one had long hair,
people actually restrained the person to cut their hair. So the band learned self
defense. Even his high school administration bullied and discriminated against
kids with long hair, so he took matters in his own hands, so to speak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It was a different time. In 1964, bullying
was encouraged. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“But I highly recommend
it. One had to learn to stand for what they believed in; unlike today, where
adults cry over anything that doesn’t go their way. Our society has really
wimped out over the past few decades”</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <a href="http://gemhunter.webs.com/bibliography.htm"><u>Hall-of-Fame martial artist</u></a>
began when karate training was brutal. Even so, he elected to continue <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hausel"><u>martial arts for the rest of his
life</u></a>. Martial arts should be a lifelong commitment - not a fling. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soke Hausel taught rock breaking to UW students every spring.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Traditional arts provide opportunities
for people to earn rank and learn to defend themselves. Unfortunately, there
are many schools in Arizona that require 6-month, very expensive contracts in
order to receive a black belt at what is known as a McDojo or a diploma mill, whether
you can defend yourself or not. Traditional martial arts are about earning
everything and are inexpensive! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“I
feel like a 30-year-old in a 60-year-old body. I have more power and acceleration
in my punches, kicks and blocks than at any other time in my life. Martial arts
have kept me healthy even though I have a few back problems – but those were
all related to younger times when I tried to lift too much weight for a skinny
guy.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Soke Hausel teaches martial arts at the <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/"><u>Arizona School of Traditional Karate</u></a>
(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">aka</i> Arizona Hombu) on the border of
Gilbert and Mesa. He has a few thousand students scattered worldwide: many are
university professors, teachers, engineers, scientists, doctors, lawyers,
social scientists, law enforcement agents and artists. His son, daughter and
grandsons are proficient in martial arts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-69763286936691173472014-03-02T15:12:00.000-08:002015-01-23T08:20:56.676-08:00Arizona Martial Artists Learn Traditional Samurai Weapons<a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/">Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai</a> students have the opportunity to learn the <a href="http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/">traditional</a> Okinawan Shorin-Ryu karate and <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a> arts, as well as many other martial arts. For instance, not too long ago, several members of the <a href="http://azhombu.blogspot.com/">Arizona Hombu</a> tested in <a href="http://seiyo-tonfa.blogspot.com/">Tonfa</a> and some tested in <a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/">Sai</a>. At these exams, I often see some extraordinary achievements in our students abilities.<br />
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It is only after a student has trained in a specific martial art <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/kobudoweaponsclasses.htm">weapon </a>for several months and in some cases a few years before they can test. When it gets to the point I feel they have reached a level where they have become proficient in the art, I let them take the exam. If they pass, they are granted <em>menkyo</em> in that martial weapon art. <br />
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During the exam, a student must demonstrate basics (<em>kihon</em>) of handling a weapon, as well as learn forms (<a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/"><em>kata</em></a>) that might be associated with the weapon, they must also learn all of the applications (<em>bunkai</em>) in <a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/kata">the <em>kata</em></a> and then also perform one step sparring (<em>ippon kumite</em>) and free sparring (<em>jiyu kumite</em>). In short, they must become experts before I provide them with an opportunity to test for certification. In most cases, the certification is equivalent to <em>Menkyu Okuden</em> in the Koryu schools (old combat schools).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://arizonatraditionalkarate.blogspot.com/">Arizona students</a> learn traditional <em><a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/">hanbo</a></em> and certify in the martial art in March, 2014.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defending against a hay maker using <em>hanbo</em>. Ryan with hanbo<br />
defends against punch from Patrick. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arizona Hombu members certify in <em><a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">naginata</a></em> in February 2014</td></tr>
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-64357176577951943792014-02-19T12:37:00.000-08:002014-03-29T17:30:36.122-07:00The Lighter Side of Martial Arts - Arizona Karate and Kobudo<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>'Bruce', pencil sketch by Soke Hausel</em></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we think of <a href="http://traditionalhombu.blogspot.com/">traditional martial arts</a>, we think of near super humans who carry power in their fingers, hands
and feet to break rocks, tear bark from trees, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FteS-NxwXsA">chop horns off bulls</a>, smash
blocks of ice, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hebr2ytgv2I&list=UUKhh_LMFzE1bCNoiEP5oOjA&index=7&feature=plcp">accept full force kicks in the groin</a> with a smile and... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>...well there is another side that is hidden –
that of the lighter side of the macho and mystic of <a href="http://arizonama.blogspot.com/">martial arts</a>. </span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I remember one event that
happened many years ago that was material for Hollywood. I was working at a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Hansen_Planetarium">planetarium</a> while attending college and just finished working while I walked
out of the door to see two of our female staff members begin accosted by a
couple of goons driving down State Street, who saw the two attractive women and
made a quick turn into our staff parking lot, jumped out of their car, and would
not let the ladies close their car door unless they provided some personal
information. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Being a martial artist, I stepped
in and challenged them. I told them to get away from the car or else. They
refused. Thus, I took a karate stance while facing them. In my mind, I visualized myself as
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee">Bruce Lee</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Dragon">Enter the Dragon</a> getting ready to do battle to the end. And it
worked! </span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">These guys obviously saw the killing
instinct in my eyes! All of a sudden, I saw the fear in their eyes explode with
the diameter of their eyes suddenly growing to nearly twice their normal size as
fear raged through their primitive minds. This was followed by a quick about
face as they ran as fast as they could to their car. As I was mentally patting
myself on my back for projecting my<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MNb8UKMnOo&list=UUKhh_LMFzE1bCNoiEP5oOjA&index=1&feature=plcp"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ki</i></a>
and scaring the daylights out of them, Louis, one of our other staff members
who moved to SLC from Detroit, ran past me swinging a 2x4 over his head chasing
the thugs out of our parking lot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well,
maybe I projected my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ki</i> to Louis?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Kubi ashi waza - ankle lift defense using </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)"><em>expandable police baton</em></a><em> (ASP or kibo) performed by </em><br />
<em>Shihan-Dai Kyle Gewecke (4th dan) from Gillette against Sempai Brett Philbrick from </em><br />
<em>Laramie (2nd dan). The same technique can also be performed </em><em>without a <a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">weapon</a> must by </em><br />
<em>grabbing the attacker's ankle. </em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">During my <a href="http://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/"><em>jujutsu</em></a> classes at the University of Wyoming, two of my more entertaining students were often reinventing techniques (not on purpose, but by accident) and if only video cameras were as common then as they are today, maybe I could have caught this husband and wife team and made a few $hundred thousand on <a href="http://afv.com/">America's Funnies Home Videos</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">During one class, I demonstrated a technique I will refer to as <em>kubi ashi waza</em> in which an attacker bear hugs his intended victim from behind. The defender quickly thrusts his or hers buttocks into the attacker while reaching down to grab one ankle of the attacker and lifts his leg to drop him on his back. Sounds pretty straight forward - but not for my favorite married couple. I</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">magine this, an attacker comes up from behind and grabs you in a bear hug. You reach down, thrusting your buttocks into him while reaching down for an ankle. You lift up the ankle and, surprise, you have your own ankle. Yes, my student Glenn actually did this.</span><br />
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-83907563824826938102014-02-06T09:17:00.000-08:002014-03-29T17:33:20.237-07:00Health and Arizona Martial Arts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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People are surprised at how healthy many <b>martial artists</b> appear. One of my student <a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/aboutus.htm">s<i>ensei </i></a>(<b><a href="http://www.seiyo-shorinryu.com/about-us">instructors</a></b>) from <a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/">Mesa</a>, Arizona, who practices karate in mesa, is a retired pilot in his late 60s who has suffered through many physical ailments. We are surprised to hear about his many <i>past </i>problems. Nowadays, when he visits the doctor for a checkup, his physician asks, <i>"How old are you?"</i> apparently impressed by his overall physical condition expressed by favorable blood pressure and heart rate that this <i>Sensei </i>directly attributes to his training in martial arts since retirement.<br />
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Another student was a professor of linguistics when I taught martial arts at the <a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/">University of Wyoming</a>. This student began training while in his 70s and told me that he looked forward to learning martial arts much of his life. However, when he was younger, he was a professor at a university ruled by communists in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia">Estonia</a>, who would not allow him to train in martial arts. This is something people should think about before they again elect a person with ties to a communist and socialist past. This was a common phenomenon behind the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain">Iron Curtain</a> where the government first took away all civilian guns, then eliminated perceived political opponents through mass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_Communist_regimes">genocide </a>(as many as 100 million people have been murdered by communists), and restricted all freedom at every level. At least three of my students and one co-author suffered through communists regimes, and they still suffer though nightmares of those times. I suspect that many of my Vietnamese students also suffered. But back to this student. When he was in his 80s, he was in excellent health and had excellent memory and was actually the fastest of any of my students.<br />
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This is a common phenomenon in martial arts. The father of modern karate and a Shorin-Ryu Karate Master, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gichin_Funakoshi">Gichin Funakoshi</a>, wrote in his book -<u> Karate-Do - My Way of Life</u> about health and <a href="http://training-memories.blogspot.com/">martial arts training</a>. He wrote, while in his 90s, <i>"Thanks to my devotion to Karate-do that I have never once had to consult a physician. I have never in my life taken any medicine, no pills, no elixirs, not even a single injection. Karate-do is not merely an art that teaches how to strike and kick, it is also a defense against illness and disease"</i>.<br />
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Personally, when I see people who are out of shape, like those folks we see in Walmart who waddle into the store and immediately plop down on an electric scooter to usher themselves around the store, I have to feel for them. All it would take is for them to get out of those chairs and start training in martial arts to see a dramatic change in their health.<br />
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A few years ago, I tore a meniscus in my left knee due to a physical defect I was born with. I had to have surgery and they gave me crutches to walk out of the facility, which I did not use - I barely had a limp. I attended physical therapy where the therapist was amazed at my abilities the first day of therapy and progression over the next few weeks. I was told they only had one other person who was as far as long as me after similar surgery, a professional<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Suns"> basketball player</a> who was nearly 45 years younger. This was all due to my training in <a href="http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/">Shorin-Ryu Karate-do</a>.Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-64856387818128838452013-12-07T15:41:00.001-08:002014-04-27T17:41:17.990-07:00KARATE STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS & TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">FIFTY YEARS OF MARTIAL ARTS</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I was asked to write a book about <strong>traditional martial arts</strong>. The first chapter and guts of this book would be about my <strong>martial arts </strong>students. My students best reflect my path in the <em>martial arts</em>. Our <em>deshi</em> is what makes any martial arts instructor who he or she is.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never did I expect I would be looking at my 50th Anniversary in <strong>Martial Arts</strong> - but here it is staring me in the face. In 2014, I celebrate five decades of a <em>budo</em> path by telling stories of experiences, awards, events, instructors and life. Any path of a karate instructor should focus on the students and hopefully these students are outstanding contributors to society for they are the legacy of a martial arts instructor. So I will tell you about my students. </span><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Essentially everyone has been a perfect fit for my <em>hombu</em> <em>dojo</em> (<em>school</em>) and <em>ryu</em>. Misfits that stepped into the <em>dojo</em> in the past, either became enlightened or moved on to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid_(1984_film)">Cobra Kai school</a> down the road. And I only remember two.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several years ago, I was invited to attend the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wyoming">University of Wyoming</a></b>, College of
Engineering Graduation. Only two students were selected to speak at the ceremony
– Csaba Rozgonyi, 1<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>st</sup> dan who moved from <strong>Czechoslovakia</strong> to the US and was the top graduating student in the
entire college with a 4.0 GPA in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">chemical
engineering</b>, and Sandy Stahl, 5<sup>th</sup> dan, from <strong>Montana</strong> who was selected by the
student body to speak on their behalf and who was graduating in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Civil Engineering</b>. Both spoke about experiences in </span></span><a href="http://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">martial arts</b> while at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">University of Wyoming</b></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and how our
program helped their focus all through college. It was a plus for our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">martial arts</b> program. At about the same time, our school had been
selected as the top-rated <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Juko Kai
International</b> School of the Year in 1999. And in the following year, I had been selected as the top <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Juko Kai International</b> affiliated Soke
of the Year. We had an excellent program and trained a few thousand students at UW. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Juko
Kai International</b> is one of the largest traditional
US/Okinawa/Japan <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">martial arts</b> associations in the
world. After 30 years, I left the University of Wyoming.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2006, I decided to move the </span><a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seiyo Shorin-Ryu</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <em>hombu</em> to </span><a href="http://azhombu.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arizona</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> where I started building a <strong><a href="http://sokeshodai.blogspot.com/">new program</a></strong>. I initially tried to associate with <strong>Arizona State University</strong>, but it was apparent their bureaucracy was too entrenched so we moved the <strong>Hombu</strong> to the border of <strong>Gilbert</strong> and <strong>Mesa</strong>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some reason, engineers have especially been attracted to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">karate</b> and <strong>kobudo. </strong>But our organization also includes many teachers, professors, scientists, social scientists, law enforcement agents, and some clergy, artists, firemen, electricians, computer techs, janitors and oil field workers. Here is a little information about some of our students.</span></div>
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<strong><u>Dr. Sumeet Aphale, Sensei/3rd dan</u></strong>. I am attaching my dissertation acknowledgement which also features you!! Thanks for all your patience and all that you have taught me.<br />
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Acknowledgment - A PhD is a huge undertaking and cannot be accomplished without inputs of all kinds by a great many people. The work with this dissertation has been extensive and trying, but in the first place exciting, instructive, and fun. Without help, support, and encouragement from several persons, I would never have been able to finish this work...<br />
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... I also give a special thanks to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hausel">Dan Hausel</a>, my martial arts instructor for the past four years, for his instruction and patience. His way of life is an ideal I will always try to follow. I thank Amit, my roommate and friend who patiently put up with me and all my whims throughout the years. I also thank my friends Gaurav, Senthil, Chinmay, Jignesh, Kevin, George, Kris, Katie, Cyrena, Brian and Sondra for giving me the much needed moments of joy without which I would never have finished this gigantic task. There definitely are more people who deserve my gratitude and I ask for their forgiveness for not being able to name everyone of them. Please note that I haven’t forgotten you. Finally, I thank my parents who were a constant source of inspiration and optimism through these trying years ...<br />
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My interest in martial arts began after watching a series of “old school” Shaw brothers and Jackie Chan movies, way back in 1990. In my home town (Pune, India) the several martial art schools in existence, only taught Judo, Karate or Tae Kwon Do (no Kung Fu). After about a month each in many of these schools, I made up my mind to pursue Karate. I began with Wado-Ryu and soon moved to Isshin Ryu in 1992. For about three and a half years, all I remember is knuckle push-ups, kata, body hardening and getting beaten up by other, more skilled martial artists!<br />
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My vagabond life (due to the study options I picked) started in 1996 and I was unable to continue as a full-time student of any single school. Sporadic training and discussion sessions with other martial artists (from different martial arts and styles), books and movies were my training aids for quite some time. It is during this period, that I began understanding martial arts as a Way of Life, rather than just being kata, sparring and knuckle push-ups.<br />
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My academic pursuits brought me to Laramie in 2000. It was a time when I was fed up by the stagnant nature of my martial arts training and I took about a year off from it all. I visited the <a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/">Seiyo Shorin Ryu Karate dojo</a> on the UW campus in 2001 and was quite impressed by the instructor (Soke Dan Hausel) and his senior students. The quality and zeal they all possessed in their technique was surprising to me, knowing that they hardly ever had sparring sessions and I just had to learn from them. The five years that I spent with this talented group of people were full of poignant learning experiences, a lot of self evaluation and fun. From here, I took lasting, fond memories and strong friendships with me, when I moved to Australia in the fall of 2005.<br />
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I continue to be a student of martial arts, though currently I can only practice what I have already learned rather than learn something new. Soke would have gone through millions of lower blocks (Gedan Barai) in his 40+ year martial arts career and I have yet failed to spot his focus or force waver by an iota. That is my motivation as well as my goal. To me, that is martial arts in its complete perfection.<br />
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Sensei Aphale graduated in 2005 and moved to Australia. He was awarded a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pune">Pune University</a>, India in 1999, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wyoming">University of Wyoming</a> in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2005 from the University of Wyoming. He was a research professor at ARC Center for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Newcastle_(Australia)">Universityof Newcastle</a>, Australia with interests in smart structures, nano-positioning and control systems. Recently, Dr. Aphale accepted a position at the <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a>.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On some hot evenings the
sound of a Harley roaring down Baseline Road and turning onto MacDonald
into the parking lot in front of the </span><a href="http://azhombu.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arizona
Hombu</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> often carries Patrick with big sticks (and </span><a href="http://kyoju-nagi.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">katana</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="http://kyoju-nagi.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bo</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sai</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><a href="http://seiyo-tonfa.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tonfa</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) strapped to his
back. Climbing off the Harley with his backpack filled with <strong><a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a></strong>
weapons that are oversized to match Patrick. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick
trains rain or shine (<em>actually it almost never rains in the Phoenix valley</em>) and it is a rare day we do not see him at the <em><strong>dojo</strong></em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick is an Arizona native and was introduced to
<strong>Shorin-Ryu karate</strong> at 7 years of age. His late father Craig was a Marine and
while stationed in Okinawa with his father, Patrick was regularly left at a </span><a href="http://judo-ka.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Judo</strong></span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <em>dojo</em> while Craig studied
Shorin-Ryu. Patrick didn’t care too much for <em><strong>Judo</strong></em>, as each <strong><em>judo</em></strong> <em>randori</em>
devolved into a scuffle on the ground with one individual sucking <em>tatame</em> mat
until he had to tap-out from inability to breathe. To this day Patrick contends
that <em><strong>judo</strong></em> is solely about suffocation. Craig achieved 2nd Dan at a traditional
<em>dojo</em> in Okinawa; he attained 3rd Dan while serving a tour in Viet Nam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Four generations of Scofields have lived in Arizona since
even before it was a state. Related to confederate gunrunners and Mary Queen of
Scotts, Scotch-Irish Scofields have always had a taste for a challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>ASU</strong></span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (<strong><em>Arizona State University</em></strong>) grad,
Patrick worked as an industrial designer, designing products for companies such
as Rubbermaid, Whirlpool, Coke and FedEx. Patrick eventually launched his own
firm employing 8 people at its peak and ran it for 17 years working with
national and international clients. Patrick leveraged his life-long interest in
flying and has become active in flying ‘warbirds’ - aircraft with military
heritage and histories. He currently flies a Chinese ‘yak’, a restored </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang_CJ-6"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nanchang CJ-6</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and for a
period of time owned and operated imported military </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">L-39 jets</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from
Ukraine and Romania: he learned to fly them and performed in many airshows.
Patrick is currently employed by Boeing as an Advanced Concepts Designer.
Patrick says “Who knows what is next?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharing a memory of his father’s strength Patrick relates a
story from when he was 13 years of age: “My father had returned from Vietnam
and had taken a job at Empire Machinery Company (near the <strong>Arizona Hombu</strong>) and
wanted to put a side gate in the cinder block wall fence at our house. I
watched him one morning walk out with a 16lb sledge hammer over his shoulder
wearing sandals and short pants and his newly grown (post-military) beard. He
was making ready to create an opening by bludgeoning some of the blocks in to
powder with the sledge. He lifted the sledge and prepared to take a mighty
swing, but then reconsidered; he had another idea. I watched as he formed a
<em>mokuso</em> for calming, then took a stance, without further preamble he produced a
<em>kiai</em> and the finest reverse thrust kick I have seen. His sandaled foot crashed
through the cinder blocks and beyond, exploding 4 or five blocks out of the
wall in various states of destruction! As he retracted his extended leg, one of
the blocks cut his leg a bit. This didn’t phase him, he simply picked out the
remainder of the weakened wall section with his sledge like you and I would
pick our teeth with a toothpick. A satisfied <em>Kareteka</em> sat at the dinner table
that evening, having vanquished his stony foe! I grew up with many examples of
his strength”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick had two brief flirtations in <strong>karate</strong> many years ago,
looking into </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotokan"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shotokan</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit%C5%8D-ry%C5%AB"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shito-Ryu</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <em>dojo</em> as
there were no Shorin<strong>-Ryu dojo</strong> in the vicinity. About two years ago, Patrick went
looking again for a <strong><a href="http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/">Shorin-Ryu dojo</a></strong>, he wanted to study Karate and also honor
his father by studying an Okinawan style. The fortuitous find of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiyo_Shorin-Ryu_Karate_and_Kobudo"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seiyo-Shorin
Ryu</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hombu had him on the phone that evening, within a week he started
training and has re-launched his journey into a life that includes martial arts
studies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 52 years of age Patrick says he has noted marked
improvements in his musculature and his body tone and posture. ‘Kung-Fu Panda’
remarks attest to the fact that these improvements have yet to reach his
mid-section. Patrick most recently achieved rank of shodan at the Arizona
Hombu; he notes that it takes a whole dojo and all of the Sempai’s and Sensei’s
there to grow a student. Patrick’s ultimate goal is to become a <em>Shihan</em>; he
wants to frame his certificate in a shared frame with his father’s <strong>Karate</strong>
Certificate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Dr. Neal Adam, Dai-Shihan/6th dan, Phoenix, Arizona</u></strong>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I began <strong>karate</strong> practice in 1982 in
Wheeling, <strong>Illinois</strong> in Shotokan. After several years of trying to find a <strong>dojo</strong> in
the Nebraska/Kansas area, I finally met <strong>Soke Hausel</strong> while working at the
<strong>University of Wyoming</strong> in about 1989. During PhD work at <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_State_University">Kansas State University</a></strong>
and subsequent post-doc research positions in <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona">Phoenix</a></strong>, my <strong>karate</strong> practice
continued on a solo basis. Now that Soke has moved to <strong>Phoenix</strong>, I have the
opportunity once again to have good instruction and coaching, and have really
been enjoying the weapons training. I am now an Asst. Prof. of Biology at <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_University">Grand Canyon University</a></strong>, and am trying to make sure that teaching duties do not prevent
me from training. My daughters and I live across <strong>Phoenix</strong> from <strong>Soke Hausel</strong>, and
Emily, my 9-yr-old, likes to follow along in <strong>karate</strong> practice.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Reverend Dennon Minney, Laramie, Wyoming</u></strong>. I was a <strong>karate student</strong> of Soke Hausel in <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie,_Wyoming">Laramie, </a></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie,_Wyoming">Wyoming</a></strong> in 1983,
1984 and again in 1988-1993. I want to THANK YOU for being one of the Most
Influential People in My Life. Your compassion and Discipline has helped me in
ALL areas.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I met you as a shy, insecure, nerdy, out of shape, anti
social young boy - your initial lessons taught me about life as well as martial
arts. Then my family moved away. I kept practicing. When I moved back, It
seemed like the lessons continued right where they left off and put me on the
right track to become the man I am today. Much Appreciation Sensei. Thanks for
Making a Difference with me.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>The 1996 Juko Kai International Clinic at the University of Wyoming </em><br />
<em>with Dai Soke Sacharnoski (center front) and Sensei Ernst Arnold (far</em><br />
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<strong><u>Dr. Ernst Arnold, Sensei/1st dan, Hagerstown, MD</u></strong>. I can remember my first day of training with <strong>Soke</strong>. I had
been training in <strong>Kempo karate</strong> for nearly 2 years and was looking for something
different. I heard about Soke’s class on the University of Wyoming campus and decided to look into
it. I introduced myself and observed a class. I was very impressed and invited
to participate in the next class. I was full of nervousness and apprehension at
the next class. </div>
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After bowing in and stretching, the class began floor
exercises. In one exercise, each person faced a partner. One person would step
forward with an oi-zuki and the other person would step back with a block. This
would proceed the length of the gymnasium and then back. As chance would have
it, Soke was my partner. This event had a large impact on my philosophy towards
training. As I punched at Soke, he would strike my wrists with great force. He
explained that he liked to use full power in his training. Soke would strike
and hit pressure points in my wrist and this caused a loss of feeling in my
hands, which was a blessing in disguise. Although the pain was real, I was
determined not to shy away and I survived. The lesson learned was an important
one; train as you would fight. Lack of focus and intensity is a waste of time.
Although battered and bruised I was eager for the next class.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Dr Wayne Jensen, Sensei/3rd Dan, University of Nebraska</u></strong>. <em>Dr. Jensen was a professor of Army ROTC at UW,
retired from the army as Lt. Colonel and entered in a
PhD program in the Department of Engineering where he graduated in Civil
Engineering and accepted a position on the faculty at the University of Nebraska
in Lincoln.</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I look forward to reading your newsletter each month. My
department (Construction Management) at UNL is doing extremely well, with
almost three hundred undergraduates but only seven faculty members. We will
probably be forced to institute some type of enrollment limits next year, as
UNL is now aggressively pursuing research in lieu of classroom instruction.
Earlier this month I was promoted to associate professor and received tenure,
so I am now attempting to realign my life’s priorities after accomplishing
those goals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I continue
to work out one to three times each week on a regular basis but mostly alone. I
try to leave one or two days between successive karate training sessions for my
joints and muscles to recover. On my days without martial arts, I run, do yoga
exercises, or work on strength training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, the keys to successful and enjoyable karate have
become balance and persistence. I attempt to follow a program I can maintain
and train using a variety of techniques. Training times, places and techniques
vary with the seasons. During the warmer months, I attempt to complete a
significant percentage of my karate workouts outside, although that sometimes
entails working out near dawn or twilight. I strive to maintain a beginner’s
mind as I continue to practice the techniques and philosophy of karate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fondly remember training in Laramie and still remain in
contact with some of the people I trained with there (Ernst Arnold in
particular). I sincerely hope that your continuing practice of the martial arts
allows you to express your individuality and creativity in a way that is uniquely
yours.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>SANDRA SINICKI, 1st kyu & BRIAN SINICKI, 1st dan -
Nâves-Parmelan, France</u>. </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandra is a native of the Haute Savoie region of France (not
too far from Geneva, Switzerland) and Brian is from Riverton, Wyoming. They
met as exchange students at the University of Wales, Swansea in 1997 and have
been married for almost 8 years. After living in Laramie for six years Sandra
and Brian moved back to France and are now situated in a small village in the
French Alps very close to Sandra's home town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandra currently works for the accounting firm </span><a href="http://grandmaster.pbworks.com/DeLoitte"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DeLoitte</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and Touche in
Geneva, <strong>Switzerland</strong> and Brian is an independent computer consultant and
software developer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The martial arts have played a very significant role in our
lives and personal development since we started training with the<strong> UW Karate</strong>
Club. I (Brian) began in 1995 when I was a sophomore at the <strong>University of Wyoming</strong>, and
Sandra started several years later after moving to Laramie to be with me while
I finished school. For now, the distractions of moving overseas, finding jobs
and getting settled into life in a new country have left us with little or no
time to train. However, with a little one on the way who will need training,
there is no doubt we will be back at it soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outside of the martial arts, we are both very active in
mountain sports and love skiing, rock climbing and alpinism, and Sandra is also
a very dedicated runner. Sandra finished her second marathon last summer in
Stockholm, and the winter before we found ourselves climbing to altitudes over
22,000 feet on Aconcagua in Argentina.</span></div>
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round of hellos and lots of congratulations at all of your accomplishments
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dan, India</u>. </b>Thanks for being my (Teacher) Guru! Walked through with the
guidance of you, Succeeded my life with the teachings of you, You are the
inspiration, Made me win with a spirit, It wouldn’t have been possible without
you, Everyone in their life will have a Guru to lead them, I had you in my life
as my Guru, You made me come out of my ignorance, I learnt to handle the
problems all because of you, I always pay my tribute to you, You were a light
for me in the dark, You were an inspiration and an aspiration, Support me always,
I will succeed in all ways, Happy Guru Purnima! Bless me with all your heart,
Let me become a successful person, I wish to be your disciple always, Let all
your blessings comes to me, On this special occasion of Guru Purnima, Peace and
prosperity be mine when your are wishes are with me, Happy Guru Purnima! (Happy
teacher Day)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u>Sensei Paula Borea, 2nd dan (Shorin-Ryu), 1st dan (Taekwondo), Gilbert, Arizona.</u></strong> I started martial arts 30+ years ago after my daughter Julie was born in Kansas City, Missouri. It all started as a whim. I had gained so much weight during my pregnancy, and even after Julie was born, my weight had not gone down like I hoped it would. I decided I could not go to a jazzercise class and wear leotards and tights! I remembered seeing a <strong>martial arts class</strong> at a local shopping mall and they were wearing those white uniforms which I felt could hide my overweight body very nicely!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The style of <strong>martial arts</strong> at this particular school was <strong>Moo Duk Kwan Su Bak Do</strong>. I was the only female in the classes for a very long time. The harder they pushed, the more determined I became to be the very best I could be. I wanted to prove to myself and the other students I could keep up with the rest of the class. The weight came off, my stamina and strength increased, and I gained a lot of self-confidence. I achieved the level of Red Belt and was to test for my first degree black belt when my husband got orders to move (he was in the U.S. Air Force at the time).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While my husband was stationed in <strong>Japan</strong>, I studied <strong>Shudokan</strong> (traditional <strong>Okinawan</strong> style). Studying <strong>martial arts</strong> had become a part of my life. I continued to study Shudokan when we returned to New Jersey and achieved the level of advanced brown belt. Again, I prepared myself to test for black belt; however, this time my <strong>Sensei</strong> left our school. Since I was working full time, being a full time wife and mom and going to night school for my Bachelor’s Degree, there were not enough hours in the day to also continue my <strong>martial arts training</strong>. So I reestablished my goals to achieve a Bachelor’s Degree first and then go back to my<strong> martial arts training</strong>. I graduated from <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairleigh_Dickinson_University">Fairleigh Dickinson University</a></strong> in May of 1990.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the main benefits I’ve found as a result of practicing <strong>martial arts</strong> is the constant self challenging aspect of the sport. Each level pushes you to a higher level of learning both physically and mentally. It also taught me discipline, total concentration and total focus which I used while going to night school. The ability of total concentration and focus on a subject helped me while my kids would be blasting stereos in their bedrooms, while I was sitting at my desk studying for exams or writing another paper. The discipline, the total concentration, and focus as a result of my training also helped me to achieve the honor of Summa Cum Laude when I graduated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went on to study <strong>Taekwondo</strong> after graduating and eventually achieved my black belt in 1995. However, the training was nothing like the traditional training I received when I studied Shudokan over in <strong>Japan</strong> and the <strong>Sensei</strong> I studied under in New Jersey. Now that we’ve moved to <strong>Arizona</strong>, I’ve tried a couple of different schools in search of my <strong>“Mr. Miyagi”</strong> and I finally found him in <strong>Soke Dan Hausel</strong>!! I feel very privileged to be studying under <strong>Soke</strong> and going back to the traditional way of learning. Granted it takes a little longer to warm up the body and the flexibility is not like it used to be, but if one has the fighting spirit and heart, practicing martial arts becomes a part of you and a way of life. Besides the fact it helps me keep up with my 4 grandchildren!!!</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note: Sensei Paula Borea and her husband, Sensei Bill Borea were recently promoted to nidan in <strong>Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo</strong> and featured on <strong><a href="http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/">Fox 10 News - Phoenix</a></strong> due to a married couple and grandparents, receiving nidan <strong>black belts</strong> at the same time. Additionally, Paula, who is Japanese, is of Samurai lineage. We are all proud of Paula and Bill!</span></em></div>
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Physical Education with Coaching and Health endorsements, and the other was in
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the <strong>karate</strong> program in Laramie and its members, I never would have finished my degree
in education. Fighting the endless politics and bowing to every tedious demand
put forth by professors and administrators at a large university is something
in which someone like me has a hard time finding their place. The funny thing
is, if it wasn’t for a political quirk that forced me to change my class
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I started <strong>karate</strong>, I grew up in Gillette, Wyoming and
was a state champion swimmer from about the age of 11 through high school and
spent my summers playing baseball and working various odd jobs such as life
guarding and construction. My true passion though, was, and still is, music. I got
my first guitar when I was 9 and began playing the violin at 10. When I got to
Jr. High, I started singing and performing in choirs, plays, and musicals. In
high school, I decided that I would also start teaching myself how to play the
piano. I still love to play and have been spending a lot of time recently
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in Rozet, Wyoming. Mostly my job involves creating and organizing physical
activities for elementary school kids. During the summer, I work for the
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opportunity to practice the skills of patients and self control, which are two
very important tools for all teachers. I could go on and on about all of the
things that <strong>karate</strong> has done for me. But of all of these things, the one I am
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">One part of <strong>martial arts</strong> neglected by most martial arts groups, particularly sport karate, is <em>kote kitae</em> - or body hardening. In the <strong>traditional forms of karate</strong>, the body is trained to accept hard punches and kicks by training with a <em>makiwara</em> board. The board produces harden knuckle bone and callus over a period of time. Other types of training may include kicking and punching bags, and still other forms may require use weights or train on rock in bare feet. But nothing is as extreme as <a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=stan+lee%27s+superhumans&view=detail&mid=A913A6FEB19F04ADE269A913A6FEB19F04ADE269&first=141&FORM=NVPFVR">combat <em>k</em>i</a> - a martial art of <em>Juko Kai</em> International created by its grandmaster - <em>Dai Soke</em> Sacharnoski. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">The first time (and second, third, forth, and so on) martial arts students and instructors sees this, they are in denial as well as in complete awe. We all try to figure out how a person can take a full-force kick to the groin and not flinch, let alone not collapse in a heap singing soprano. But all of the<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJqBk8JD4Ho"><em> ki</em> masters</a> I've communicated with, all sing in a normal voice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">There are suggestions these extreme individuals must some how suck up their testicles into their stomach, or some other ridiculous theory that is physically impossible. And of course, none of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hebr2ytgv2I&list=UUKhh_LMFzE1bCNoiEP5oOjA&index=7&feature=plcp">combat ki people</a> wear any protection what-so-ever. So how do they do it? It is done like any other martial art - they train hard and long and learn to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MNb8UKMnOo&list=UUKhh_LMFzE1bCNoiEP5oOjA&index=1&feature=plcp">use this art</a> properly.</span></div>
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Soke Hausel squatting 400 pounds at a body <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">One of the more incredible people to master this art is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJpyyAx8yQ&list=UUKhh_LMFzE1bCNoiEP5oOjA&index=9&feature=plcp"><em>jujitsu</em> stylist</a> from Louisiana by the name of Kirby Roy. After watching him get kicked in the groin, punched in the neck, knife hand in the neck, punched in the sternum, upper cut in the liver, etc, he just stands looking at the attacker as if he is thinking - "is that all you have?" Talk about a humbling experience for the attacker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Believe me, this art is many magnitudes beyond any other. And so how do you learn this? The only way to learn it is to join Juko Kai International. However, a great majority of applicants are refused entrance because of lack of proof of lineage in <strong>martial arts</strong>. This organization includes the best <strong>traditional martial artists</strong> in North America. And in the case of body hardening, there is no second best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">In the summer of 2013, I took a group of my students - traditional
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from the Phoenix Arizona and Gillette Wyoming to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTDGb-Ooi64">Juko Kai </a>National clinic in New
Braunfels, Texas on June 15<sup>th</sup> to train in this incredible art known as </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h88hL10E9vE"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u>Combat Ki</u></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> – a martial art of extreme body
hardening that allows </span><a href="http://www.jukokai.com/juko-ryu-aiki-inyo-ki-jutsu.html"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u>JKI</u></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> martial artists to
accept full-force strikes to vital parts of the body with little effect. The
art, created by Dai-Soke Sacharnoski in 1960, is so advanced it has been
featured on several programs in recent years including </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u><strong>Stan Lee’s
Superhumans</strong></u></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u><strong>Sports Science</strong></u></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">, Discovery Channel
<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/677164/martial_art_combat_ki/">and others</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">While at the clinic, we trained
in Okinawan Kempo and Tode.
At the close of the clinic, martial artists from around North America including
those from Arizona and Wyoming tested for rank and some of our students were awarded Menkyo Okuden (<em>a
combat martial art rank essentially equivalent to 1<sup>st</sup> dan black
belt</em>). Those from Gillette Wyoming who attended the clinic included Kyle Gewecke (4<sup>th</sup> dan), Chase Cassidy (1<sup>st</sup> dan), Brandon
Brown (3<sup>rd</sup> kyu) and Nick Jarvis (4<sup>th</sup> kyu). Those from Arizona included Dr. Neal Adam (6<sup>th</sup> dan), Victoria Davis (1st dan) and Ryan Nemec (4<sup>th</sup> kyu). Menkyo Okuden ranks were awarded to Neal Adam, Kyle Gewecke, Brandon Brown and Nick Jarvis. Chase Cassidy was awarded the rank of Menkyo Kyoshi (<em>essentially equalivaent to 3rd dan</em>).</span></div>
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martial artists from Arizona. Ryan Nemec was awarded <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Outstanding male martial arts student of the year”</i>, an award
presented by the JKI Hombu for students who have shown exceptional dedication
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Soke Hausel was awarded <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Meijin Wa Jutsu’</i> for lifelong
contributions to martial arts as an instructor. Only a few martial artists have
been presented this award.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">In 2012, Soke Hausel was also
awarded <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">junidan</i> and became one of a handful of to be awarded this rank since the 18<sup>th</sup>
century. Soke Hausel began training in martial arts five decades ago and
taught at four major universities prior to opening the </span><a href="http://azhombu.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><u>Arizona Hombu</u></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> (world headquarters) in Mesa in 2006. Recently, he was
also inducted into<strong><em> Who’s Who in America</em></strong> 2013 and 2014 and has been
selected as a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Who’s Who</i></b> honoree more the past 25 years and inducted into
16 Halls of Fame since 1998. He was also inducted into <strong><em>Whos Who in the World</em></strong>, 2013 and 2014.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy Finley of Casper, Wyoming accepts kick from Kyle Gewecke from<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, if you would like to learn the <strong>traditional martial arts</strong>, please come join our martial arts family on Baseline and MacDonald on the border of Mesa and Gilbert. We have a wonderful group of individuals (about 25% women) who are learning martial arts the way it has been taught for centuries. Our students are from Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>In traditional martial arts you only compete with one person - yourself.</strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In 1996, Shihan Hausel takes strikes to vital parts of the body at halftime at a University of Wyomnig basketball game. <br />
Here, sensei Donnette Gillespie, 3rd dan, kicks Hausel in the ribs with all of her power. Incredible, but<br />
nothing compared to what others in the JKI have done over the years.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Training on 1.4 billion year old granite - circa 1992.</td></tr>
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940800545980161049.post-90572450553738181132013-05-13T18:20:00.000-07:002014-04-27T17:41:45.116-07:00Martial Arts Students from Arizona Learn to Use Farming Tools<br />
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<a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kobudo</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, the ancient Okinawan martial
art of farming and fishing tools for self-defense has been so effective, that
many law enforcement agencies around the globe adopted many of these tools for
their line of work. One notable tool was the </span><a href="http://seiyo-tonfa.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">tonfa</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, a side handle baton that replaced
the common ‘Billy club’ for a few decades until the expandable baton was
introduced. But even the expandable baton, known as a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kibo</i> and referred to as </span><a href="https://www.asp-usa.com/store/batons.html"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ASP</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, has a Japanese martial
arts association. For instance, the </span><a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">hanbo</span></u></i></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, a 3-foot baton, is used in
many styles of traditional jujutsu and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjutsu"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ninjutsu</span></u></i></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and is even used in some styles of Shorin-Ryu Karate.
Other similar tools include <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nitanbo</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kobuton</i>.</span></div>
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include an unusual fork-like weapon known as </span><a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sai</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. The sai is a classical kobudo
martial art weapon and one of the hardest to learn. Even so, members of </span><a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> at
the Arizona Hombu in </span><a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mesa</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> tested for
certification with this weapon. To certify, the group was required to
demonstrate four separate advanced kata (forms), bunkai (self-defense
applications) and ippon kumite (sparing). Six martial artists from the </span><a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">martial arts school</span></u></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> successfully
passed exams and were awarded certification in this complicated weapon. The six
included Adam Bialek, Sensei Bill Borea, Amanda Nemec, Ryan Nemec, Alexis
Pillow and Sempai Patrick Scofield. </span></div>
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