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I don't buy this chi thing but found this video and wonder if anyone respects this Dilman character?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z0_n7tGnK0

I have always bad-mouthed chi as tricks or as only working on the weak minded but I had coffee the other day with someone who claims only to want to practice killing or disabling blows. As we talked he mentioned that he used to do Full-contact but stopped as he is trying to wire his brain to only react with what he feels "real" Martial arts should. I pushed him into setting up a day to spar which he did then said "just know that you will get hurt." not in a mean or menacing way but more as a matter of fact

I have spared with MMA fighter, Kickboxers, Ashihara and many who go full contact but never felt afraid. when he said that I all the sudden became drained and my hands started sweating and heard myself say, nevermind. I have never experienced this before in my life. He actually handed me half his cookie and I ate it feeling like a child. When I got my composure the conversation continued about the history of Karate then when we left and were in the parking lot he told me to hit him anywhere but the face or balls. I thought he was crazy but felt enraged when he said, "don't worry, you cannot hurt me." I practice Makiwara my punch should knock most people down. When I hit him, at about 50% he said harder, the next he demanded harder, each punch I threw moved me back. I realized that I was hitting as hard as I could and it wasn't doing a dam thing to him. He then asked ME if I was ok, as if I was the one getting hit. I didn't believe it so grabbed his shirt and pulled it up, there was nothing there but his abdomen which looked a little red as if I had slapped him.

He smiled after I told him I was ok then walked to his car. today, I saw him again and asked about his stomach which he lifted his shirt to show me, no signs that I had hit him with the hardest punch I could. Before you critizise my punch, I have knocked people out, broke wood, and left bruses on most sparing partners, even those who condition.

Is this the chi thing that drained me? Never had that happen before. How the hell did this happen?

About 6 years ago, I started teaching Karate in the lowest income neighborhood in my area. While I was hoping for older students, one of the children that came in was a 4 year old who was shy and scared. He was hiding behind his mother when I met him but as he showed interest, I began to teach him basics. Today he is 10 years old, a good kid who his teachers and most kids like. He even started teaching other children the basics in his school. About two years ago he wanted to try a style that did sparing and met another instructor. While I did not want him to, I told him if it was what he wanted to, he could train with the other instructor as well as me which he has. I have talked to his other instructor who has told me that this little boy has the power and technique to get a black belt in that style and how he has occasionally injured students who are 15 years old. I saw this as a bad thing but the other instructor seemed proud of this. Today, I learned that the other instructor threw him out of his class because the 10 year old told him that he did not feel comfortable being the student who always get asked to demonstrate a technique with him. It truth, I am happy that he is no longer training with the other instructor as his techniques were suffering. For instance, his punches and kicks would lose the snap the day after he trained with the other guy. Still I feel like I should say something to the little boy, any advice? By the way, I take little serious but my job and martial arts so this boy's feelings are difficult for me.

read this article before you answer:

http://www.fightmagazine.com/mma-magazine/mma-arti...

for those too lazy here is the jist, the bad TMA schools are closing and re-opening with the new brand of MMA schools.

A book I am reading says the following (paraphrased)

Korea “karate” claims to be an original arts without a connection to Japan and today they are independent arts with minor connections to Okinawan Karate. This is do to the Japanese military’s treatment of Koreans in World War II.

Still, Hwang Kee used texts from Okinawa to make their forms. General Choi studied Karate-do in a Japanese Universities. The Korean students who studied in Japan during World War II would definitely find society against them.

By looking at the Taikyoku and Heian we can trace some Korean Tang Soo Do to Shotokan. This shows that the pioneers of Tang Soo Do were great martial artists who were able to achieve high ranks while under a oppressive government.

The Okinawan masters separated themselves from the government and saw the dedication of the man. They were willing to risk angering an oppressive government to teach men they found worth while. This may be the reason that Tang soo do was translated to “Tang” rather than the Korean word for empty, and did not refer to the kata they learn as Heian but used Pyon-ang, which sound suspiciously similar to Pinan. It hints to an okinawan connection.

The page is longer but would you agree with this?

Just read about "fight bite" which is when some punches another and is cut by a tooth then gets a really bad infection. I asked this in the med section which only got me a few answers. What can you tell me about it. below is what med answers said.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AttoD...

I got a book that mentions something called "fight bite" it is when someone hits another person in the mouth and cuts their knuckle on a tooth. according to him you can lose you hand from it. Is this real?

I see a lot of people here use it for only MMA or TKD but isn't it any martial art which trains exclusively for sport knowing the rules of that game? I included the word exclusively for sport as I know that some arts have a sport aspect to it but will also add things outside the game. If you train for sport, how do you add the more dangerous techniques (such as trying to intentionally break the knee) and have they accidentally come out during a contest

I found this on one of the sites I visit:

http://www.karatebyjesse.com/karate-olympic-infogr...

So should Karate go the way of TKD and Judo? please explain why

There are many old books published prior to WWII or by the founders of their style there are also books about Okinawa and the rest of Asia to give us a structure of what was happenind when the arts began.

While I read, I find that many "Traditional" martial artist tend to quote modern works rather than the older ones if they quote anything at all. I am not trying to discount modern authors but rather wonder why it seems many of us are lacking in our history.

I don't mean bad mouth other martial artist but rather the styles? There are some misguided individuals who don't know what they are doing and claim in magic but there are people who use the style in a rational way. I train in Karate but love to watch all styles, especially their forms. I feel I learn a lot more from that than just sticking to what I know. I watched a guy do Hung Gar at a park the other day and found one form almost idential to Niahanchi which I do we talked and I learned more applications for my form. (wish I would have written the name down as it was interesing)

Now on the web it seems there are many self-proclaimed masters who spout poison on every turn, are these just salesmen or are they even real martial artist?

If you look at this book on Amazon, click on look inside, near the end, it has a list of references. Would you feel that they are reputable for understanding injuries and martial arts training?

http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Points-History-Scie...

I originally posted this on a martial arts website and got more answers questioning the author than looking at the reference. I want to know if these look like real references or just opinions found on-line before I fork over $20

If you look at this book on Amazon, it has a list of references. Would you feel that they are reputable for understanding injuries and martial arts training?

http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Points-History-Scie...