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skinny · 07-22-2003, 10:10 PM

Silverwolf,

I think you are probably an amazing person to be so involved and and so informed about martial arts and especially Bruce Lee who died long before you were even born. I think you will be successful at whatever path you follow much like I think Bruce Lee would have been no matter what path he chose to follow. I think if he were a doctor he would probably have performed the first open heart surgery, if he were a scientist he would probably have found the cure for cancer or at least gave it a hell of a try. If I could go back to your age I think I would definitely have gotten more involved with martial arts thanI did.

I'm not sure which martial arts you follow or what rank you hold but if you are as aware of martial arts and the teachings of people like Bruce Lee imagine where you will be at my age which is 43? Another person you may be interested in learning more about is Morihei Ushiba ( I hope I spelled it correctly.) He was the founder of Aikido. My understanding is that he taught martial arts for many years to the Japanese military. After many years of teaching how to kill he became discontented over his life and what he had done with it. He decided to develop a form of martial art which enabled the artist to defend and protect himself against an attacker using minimal or no force and used the opponents own weight and force against him to throw him off balance and take him down. It is a very graceful style of martial art and takes years to perfect. It involves many locks and throws similar to Judo and many circular evasive actions and foot work to avoid being hit.

If you're not familiar with Aikido you can see it used in any Steven Segal movie although he may add a little bit of other arts into it making it slightly different than the original form of Aikido. My son took it for several years while we lived in the Syracuse area. After relocating to MA we were unable to find a local Aikido school. Check out Aikido of Central New York on the web. Sensei Mether is one of the highest rankin in the world. Also Aikido of NYC has probably the highest ranking in the country.

Good Luck

07-22-2003, 10:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
skinny Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rutland, MA Posts: 52 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I Wish I Was Fourteen Again Silverwolf, I think you are probably an amazing person to be so involved and and so informed about martial arts and especially Bruce Lee who died long before you were even born. I think you will be successful at whatever path you follow much like I think Bruce Lee would have been no matter what path he chose to follow. I think if he were a doctor he would probably have performed the first open heart surgery, if he were a scientist he would probably have found the cure for cancer or at least gave it a hell of a try. If I could go back to your age I think I would definitely have gotten more involved with martial arts thanI did. I'm not sure which martial arts you follow or what rank you hold but if you are as aware of martial arts and the teachings of people like Bruce Lee imagine where you will be at my age which is 43? Another person you may be interested in learning more about is Morihei Ushiba ( I hope I spelled it correctly.) He was the founder of Aikido. My understanding is that he taught martial arts for many years to the Japanese military. After many years of teaching how to kill he became discontented over his life and what he had done with it. He decided to develop a form of martial art which enabled the artist to defend and protect himself against an attacker using minimal or no force and used the opponents own weight and force against him to throw him off balance and take him down. It is a very graceful style of martial art and takes years to perfect. It involves many locks and throws similar to Judo and many circular evasive actions and foot work to avoid being hit. If you're not familiar with Aikido you can see it used in any Steven Segal movie although he may add a little bit of other arts into it making it slightly different than the original form of Aikido. My son took it for several years while we lived in the Syracuse area. After relocating to MA we were unable to find a local Aikido school. Check out Aikido of Central New York on the web. Sensei Mether is one of the highest rankin in the world. Also Aikido of NYC has probably the highest ranking in the country. Good Luck __________________ Skinny, We can go through life afraid of the unknown or face it head on and conquer the demons that stand in our path."