Iron Man vs Bruce Lee
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Learning Karate is a good way to empower women or anyone. For other empowerment ideas check out: TICKET TO FREEDOM. It’s a great read.
By George Royal
History:
Though Karate is often associated with Japanese martial arts, its true origin dwells in Okinawan combat techniques and Southern Chinese martial arts. It is basically a fusion of both arts and was introduced to Japan only in 1921. During this period, Karate was simply known as “Te”, or hand, as called by the Okinawans. Chinese influence is evident in the original symbol for Karate – the “Tang Hand” or “Chinese Hand”.
There were no specified or concrete Karate styles in the early days and simply generalized as Shuri-te, Naha-te and Tomari-te, named after the three cities in which they were formed. Each city had its own methods, principles, system and traditions of Karate.
The introduction, popularization and modernization of Karate to Japan are mainly credited to Funakoshi, an Okinawan master, venerably regarded by many practitioners as “The Father of Modern Karate”. Other prominent Karate experts in his time include Kenwa Mabuni, Miyagi Chojun, Choshin Chibana, and Motobu Choki.
Japan began introducing Karate as a subject in schools before the Second World War and soldiers in the army were often trained in the discipline. Competitions and different styles also started emerging as several universities started karate club programs during this period.
The popularization of Karate in the West has its roots in the American military occupation of Japan and Okinawa after the Second World War, and Japanese immigration to the United States.
Fundamentals of Karate:
Karate mainly stresses on volatile combat techniques such as punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open hand methods. Grappling, joint manipulations, locks, restraints, throwing, and vital point striking are also parts of this discipline.
Karate training is divided into three main sections –
• Kihon refers to the study of basic techniques, movements and components
• Kata or ‘form’, a fixed sequence of moves, is a series of movements and techniques linked together by the combatative principles that the kata expresses.
• Kumite or ’sparring’ evovles from well-defined kata to open attack and defense.
The Uniform – Color of the Belt and Ranks:
The Karate uniform is white and comprised of the Kimono (shirt), Dogi or Keikogi (pants) and a belt (white or colored), a combination introduced by Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo. The color of the belt is dependant on the rank and expertise of a practitioner. In accordance with commonly held standards, white belts are for beginners, and black for the highest rank. This, howver, may differ from one organization to another. Each rank may also have subdivions of its own even if the color of the belt is similar.
Styles and Variations:
Karate styles can be broadly classified into Traditional and Full Body Karate. Traditional styles are those that developed in the early period of the 20th century and include variants such as Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Wado-ryu, Shito-ryu, Kushin-ryu, and Shindo Jinen Ryu. Full contact karate includes styles such as Kyokushin-kaikan and Kansuiryu. Many of the styles have offshoots that developed into styles of their own. Although the concepts remain universal, each representation differ from one another.
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By Damian Ross
Whenever an action film becomes a big hit there is always a rush to emulate the heroes of the film. Whether it is buying film merchandise or real life items like cars, firearms, and clothes people get into a film whole heartedly. Martial arts films are no different as people run out to the local dojo to train in the art that helped the hero save the day. Most honest martial arts instructors will explain that it takes years to learn a martial art, and that those films are seldom a good example of how any martial art really works. Film makers are seldom satisfied with reality and feel a need to improve upon even the most impressive real life situations. The exception though is when knowledgeable people are involved with a project and its creation and reality become part of the fantasy.
This is where we would like to embed a James Bond movie for you. We have, sort of. This is the 1967 Peter Sellers/David Niven version of Casino Royale — James Bond as a comedy:
The James Bond series is a good example of a blend of fantasy and reality. The fantasy side of James Bond is he is able to accomplish what normally takes a whole team of operatives to do in real life espionage assignments. He doesn’t have to deal with any of the dirty or boring parts of intelligence gathering (read sitting in an uncomfortable place, drinking coffee and waiting for extremely long periods of time). Many agents of the CIA and British MI6 will tell you that a lot of what they do is boring, but can still become extremely dangerous in a blink of an eye. For many agents an assignment involves slogging through the mud of some third world hellhole not dinning at the finest restaurants in some of the world’s most beautiful cities.
What the fictional 007 does draw from reality is his martial arts forms. With the exception of one film, You Only Live Twice where 007 learned Ninjitsu (taught to Sean Connery by real life martial arts expert Donn Draeger) the martial art of choice for the British spy in over 20 films is combat Judo. The martial arts form allows Bond to take on much larger opponents, and use their weight against them in personal combat. In From Russia with Love Bond was able to take on a well armed assassin, and turn the tables thanks to his Judo training. For a spy dealing with an ever changing battlefield, pre-world war II Judo is the perfect choice, because it allowed him to be flexible, and different techniques can be seen scattered throughout the films. This form of Judo is nothing if not practical and for a spy operating alone in the field there are no second chances. Bond was able to quickly defeat enemies and move on with the mission.
The reality of James Bond’s world comes from his creator Ian Fleming who drew from his many adventures and experiences in the world of espionage. Before Fleming wrote twelve novels and nine short stories featuring James Bond, secret agent 007 he would have many adventurers of his own. Educated at both Eton College and Sandhurst military academy Fleming would also go on to learn languages and work as both a stockbroker and journalist. Like Bond he enjoyed, many activities like scuba diving, mountain climbing, auto racing as well as smoking and drinking. When World War II began Fleming was an army reservist part of the famous Black Watch regiment, but transferred to the intelligence branch of the Royal Navy by its director Rear Admiral John Godfrey. Like his favorite character he would achieve the rank of Commander and take part in the planning of many operations in the European theater of the war.
Many of the code names for these operations would later become names of Bond novels, and several of the characters of his books are said to be based of real people Fleming met while working in the British intelligence community. Nobody is exactly sure who Bond was based off of, but it is believed he was a combination of several colorful characters Fleming knew. He also helped setup the structure for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which would later become the CIA. During this time he was exposed to the many commando units who were using Judo as part of their unarmed combat training. Fleming would command his own unit of raiders and made sure to include Judo as apart of their training.
Though it is only rumored that Fleming trained a secret Camp X in Canada which trained spies and commandos in close combat, assassination techniques, and sabotage a recent book says it more likely he just visited. What is clear though is Fleming learned well from what he saw, and he brought that to his writing. Fleming who helped to create the modern intelligence agency would spend the post war years creating a fictional world of spies and terrorists.
Though fictional Bond’s martial art of choice is still taught to intelligence operatives and remains the best choice some 50 years later. Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) the United Kingdom’s Special Forces branch still use many of the commando tactics learned in WWII today. WWII combatives which include Judo have stood the test of time on screen, and on the battlefields of the world. Fleming and his peers didn’t have the luxury of looking good on a mission. They needed what worked against the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese, and Judo was the choice of the founders of modern espionage.
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Strength helped make Bruce Lee the master that he was. No Karate program should leave out this important component. For more Martial Arts information check out www.tkdlouisville.com.
Bruce Lee Workout – The Secret Training Device
By Frank Sherrill
As you surf through the Internet, you will undoubtedly see many Bruce Lee workout sites. Most of them are useless. The articles talk about Bruce Lee workouts, but few give you specific details of how he trained.
I’m going to share with you some of his exercise devices. Some he created on his own and others he just adapted to his needs. Now mind you I’m no Bruce Lee expert, but I have spent hundreds of hours researching this man.
Bruce Lee workout – Strength And Speed
Bruce Lee started training at a young age, his father was skilled in Wu style Tai Chi Chuan and began training him in Tai Chi. It is important to understand, that Tai Chi, the style that Bruce Lee’s father practiced, used an exercise called “pushing hands” this is somewhat of an isometric exercise. In that it uses the resistance of another person, as well as an isometric contraction.
From age 13 to 18 Bruce Lee trained with master Yip Man in Wing Chun Gung Fu. In addition to that, Bruce Lee also trained in Western boxing. Winning the 1958 boxing championship match.
Early on, Bruce tried just about anything to increase his speed and power. He started lifting free weights, he used isometric exercise, and he tried just about any exercise gizmo available at the time to give him the winning edge. After a free weight lifting injury, he gave up free weights and began using bodyweight and isometric exercises as the core of his strength and speed program.
Bruce Lee’s training methods were effective. In fact, some of the students became World Karate Champions including Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, and Mike Stone. Between all 3 of them, during their training with Bruce they won every Karate Championship in the United States.
Lee discovered early on, that the key to muscle growth was to keep pushing and placing stress on the muscle. He began using different isometric exercise devices to overcome the major disadvantage of traditional isometrics, which is that you can’t measure your growth or add additional resistance. One of the isometric exercise devices that Bruce Lee used was called a Tensolator. He used this device to increase his punching power, and to develop his incredible V-Tapered body.
Bruce Lee consumed every book on the subject, including Bob Hoffman’s book on isometric training. That book, titled “Functional Isometric Contraction System” opened his mind to other possibilities and the rest as they say is history.
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After School
What a novel idea, check out this after school program at Haynes TKD in Clarksville. We know from research that children are best kept occupied, even as they get older. Now they can earn a Black Belt and gain some real life skills and self esteem. In our expert article Beth Howland talks about after school issues.
Reasons Not to Leave Children Alone After School
By Beth Howland
Leaving your child alone after school until you return from work may sound like a good plan, but there are some strong reasons why it is not such a great idea.
Not Good for Children
Research shows that children are at the highest risk during the hours after school. This is the time of day when juvenile crimes triple and kids are more likely to participate in risky behavior.
However, even if your unsupervised children are not getting into trouble, they are often at home eating, playing games or watching television…and not benefiting much from the time they spent alone.
It Effects You At Work
While worries about unsupervised children put pressure on families, they also have been found to even effect your work.
Recent polls show that 87 percent of working moms say the hours after school are when they are most worried about their child’s safety, and this stress can cause distraction that causes lower productivity and higher sick days. In fact, over 80 percent of employees with kids miss some work because of childcare issues.
There is Another Way
There are other ways to manage this after school time better. Here are three suggestions to help you find a better alternative to the children’s self care:
1. Arrange a swap. Find another parent in your area who is home when you are not. Arrange to watch their kids at a time when they need it and have them watch your kids after school.
2. Look for After School Programs. Many churches and schools have great after school programs for kids that are fun and engaging.
3. Look Online for Help. There are some great online sites that match parents with affordable babysitters in their local area.
Take steps to make a plan not to leave your children alone after school. Then there will be no more worries after the last school bell rings.
Beth Howland is a reviewer of parenting products like Sittercity.
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Karate training is an important part of an overall plan for fitness. A program that runs absolutely true to the Karate discipline will give you what you need for complete fitness – but how many programs are completely true, and how many students are able to fully integrate the tenants? Those who apply the discipline and hard work to meet the challenge of getting a black belt clearly are among the most fit in the country. But can they do it better and achieve more? What supporting actions can take them to even higher levels of achievement? Is diet in order? Would strength training help? How about aerobics?
Most elite martial artists employ a holistic view on fitness to bring about their goals. Do you need more strength, do you need to loose weight? There are far too many who show up for training and competition with a paunch. It’s not that Karate, Tae Kwon Do, or the other martial arts don’t provide fitness – it is that it sometimes takes a more holistic view of fitness that may incorporate more focus on diet and strength training. Students come to Martial Arts for various reasons and often fitness is a side effect not their main focus and yet moving the focus can help them to higher fulfillment of the vision that brought them to the sport in the first place. Through Karate they will gain more fitness, more self esteem, all of that — but the next level, do you want it? What will it take?
We will be posting more on this subject, for now, what is your vision for your life and how are Martial Arts a part of it?
Ok, it’s not Karate, but it’s an awesome post for you, and who doesn’t love these two guys.
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`The Super Fight` was a fictional 1969 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano. At the time, Ali and Marciano were the only undefeated heavyweight champions in history and fans often debated who would win had they met in their primes. Ali and Marciano were filmed acting out every possible scenario in a fight and the result was then determined using probability formulas entered into a computer. The final fight was only shown once in selected cinemas around the world and later released as a DVD. In 1967, radio producer Murray Woroner had the idea of determining the all-time great heavyweight champion of the world in a series of fantasy fights between boxing champions of different eras. Woroner sent out a survey to 250 boxing experts and writers to help determine which boxers would be used in the imaginary fights. Woroner picked the first round of fantasy matches to be: Jack Dempsey vs. Gentleman Jim Corbett John L. Sullivan vs. Jim Braddock Bob Fitzsimmons vs. Jack Sharkey Jim Jeffries vs. Jersey Joe Walcott Joe Louis vs. Jess Willard Max Baer vs. Jack Johnson Rocky Marciano vs. Gene Tunney Muhammad Ali vs. Max Schmeling Punch-by-punch details of the boxer’s records during their prime were entered into an NCR 315 computer. Also their strengths, weaknesses, fighting styles and patterns and other factors and scenarios that the boxers could go through were converted into formulas. The NCR-315 with 20K of memory was supplied by SPS (Systems Programming Services), an independent service bureau in Miami Fla. The algorithms was supplied by an NCR mathematician, and programming was done in Fortran by an employee of SPS. Hank Meyer, President and salesman with a one other partner in SPS, was instrumental in setting this competition up, and contended at the time that it was his idea. The actual running of the software was done the night before each broadcast round of the ‘computer championship’ and took approximately 45 minutes to run, the ouptut was a formatted report containing a series of codes describing each punch. This was then written to magnetic tape, the tape was then manually transferred to a Univac 1005 and printed. This early form of “foot-powered” networking was referred to as sneakernet, the reason for doing this was cost, it was cheaper to print on a 1005 than the 315. This took place in early 1968; the NCR 315 was a state-of-the-art computer at the time. The outcomes were then staged as radio plays with Woroner and radio announcer Guy LeBow as the commentators. The fantasy fights were broadcast worldwide. Even the boxers who were still alive at the time listened to the programs and some of them participated as commentators. After the series of elimination rounds, the final fight was between Dempsey and Marciano. Marciano defeated Dempsey and was considered to be the all-time greatest heavyweight champion by the computer. Woroner awarded the real Marciano a gold and diamond championship belt worth $10,000. Ali was angered over his loss to Jim Jeffries in the fantasy fights and sued Woroner for $1 million for defamation of character. The lawsuit was settled when Woroner offered to pay Ali $10,000 to participate in a filmed version of his radio fantasy fights in which Ali would fight Marciano. Ali, who had been stripped of his heavyweight title and American boxing license three years prior, agreed on the condition that he would also receive a cut of the film’s profits. Marciano also agreed to participate with a similar deal. The same formulas were used again and entered into the NCR 315. In 1969, filming began in a Miami studio. Marciano, who had been retired for almost 13 years, lost over 50 pounds and wore a toupee in order to look as he did in his prime. Even for a “fake” fight, Marciano and Ali really looked forward to meeting each other and getting back in the ring. The two fighters sparred for about 70 to 75 rounds, which were later spliced together according to the computer’s findings which had not yet been determined. Every probable scenario was filmed. The final outcome would not be revealed to anyone until the release of the film. Braddock, Louis, Schmeling, Sharkey and Walcott also recorded commentary to be used in the film. Marciano died in a plane crash three weeks after filming wrapped [1]. On January 20, 1970, the fight was shown only once in 1500 theaters over closed-circuit television in the United States, Canada, and throughout Europe. It grossed $5 million. The computer had determined that Marciano would knock Ali out in the 13th round and the film was edited to present that outcome. All prints of the fight except one were supposed to be immediately destroyed, per Woroner’s stipulation. However, many theaters played the show long after January 20th. After watching the film, Ali reportedly said “That computer was made in Alabama,” joking that Marciano was favored because he was white.[2]Channel: SportsUploaded: October 28, 2007 at 2:49 pm
