What does a black belt mean to you.

[JaredExtreme]

DannyJian, I'm just curious if you even know what Aikido is. Here's a short history of Aikido:

Morehei Ueshiba, a jujitsu expert, modified jujitsu into a non-violent martial art that uses the opponent's own agression against him. Along with wrist and joint locks he taught his students some quasi zen teachings.

Danny: to say Aikido is not meant for self-defense shows how much you truly know about the art.

[dannyjian]

yes english is my second language sorry about the spelling [spell check only works if you no the rite one ]

stones in glass house ????? sorry please explain.

yours in budo ...........dan

[Szczepankiewicz]

You are correct sir, spell check does not work in a forum. Unfortunately for me....

[dannyjian]

jared ...

aikido is ment to preserve ones self ..trust me i do know this

Morihei Ueshiba quote: The discipline of Aikido, based on the unity of mind ,body is a search for a higher state of consciousness to learn the art is the true path of the budo master .


I think it was you who said you wont find a teacher that says the art is more important . the above quote should help explain

I have been a student of Aikido for a verry long time also Aikibujutsu
I teach boath these arts as 1 art 2 self preservation
I have worked in places that requird me to use Aikido as my method of defence it did work verry well .
Sorry i think i may have misunderstood your post no dis respect was intended to you ,your teacher,or your art .
yours in budo .......dan

[dannyjian]

Szczepankiwicz..

sorry i dont no if i did ask you what styles do you do .
& do you have a problem with insurance where you live .
[we do]

yours in budo ..........dan

[Szczepankiewicz]

The style I currently train in is Kantan Kyo Jujutsu. It is a combination of Chaun Fa, Tae Kyon, Japanese Jujutsu, and Chin Na. I have also crosstrained in Judo and a little bit of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.


I do not have an active participation in running the finances of our school. I don't think we have insurance, as the assets are extremely small. If you sue and win, you get to take the old mats home with you....

Everyone signs a release form that is meant to protect the school.

It's a small operation, so the sensei isn't overly concerned with protection from litigation.

That's a good point dannyjian, I'll have to ask about that.

Check out our websites @ Kantan Kyo and Kamiza

All kinds of superflous information there!

Sz

[Mr. Miyagi]

99.9% of those attempting "to seek a higher state of consciousness" are charlatans.

[dannyjian]

Szczepankiwicz...

sir i have just seen your web site if i may say so "Man thats unreal"
you have so many things that you can learn it seams like it is going to be a verry long road .
your teacher sounds like a top's person .
mate you are so lucky to have found him .
please send my reguards & respects to your teacher & club from my club
Hakuda-ryu Aikibujutsu.

yours in budo ..............dan

More is not better. The more you have to learn, the less well you can learn it.

Those WW2 Close Quarter Combative guys have only 6 basic techniques. But they are such nasty ones....... don't mess with 'em no matter how many variations on a punch you know.

[Superdude]

Considering the fact that I can kick the shit out of 99% of all blackbelts even though I don't have even a white belt, a black belt means absolutely nothing to me.

[Szczepankiewicz]

Now Bitty, you are correct as always, more is not better. The more I train and the more I learn, the fewer techniques I acutally use.

However, having covered the techniques, and having learned them enough to be able to teach them, gives me the opportunity to use them if ever I need them.

Acutally, I only know two techniques: Run like hell and squeal like a little bitch. Those two have solved 99% of my self defense needs.

All the other stuff is window dressing.


In all seriousness however, 6 techniques will take you a long way, but what happens if all 6 fail to achieve your objective? This is unlikely, I agree, especially with those Bad Mother Fokkers in WWII combatives. But what happens?

We try (I say we as referring my instructors) have tried to distill techniques that are useful and will not hurt the user in the process. The advanced techniques are simply variations on the core of basic techniques. The detailed listing of all of our techniques serves the purpose of identifying certain movements in and of themselves to allow for detailed descriptions of combinations.

Come on Bitty, Let's Get It ON!



SZ

[rruffian]

Tank,

Having trained for upwards of 21 years now, I can tell you what my first Black Belt meant to me. Just like getting my degree from college, a black belt was another goal I had set in my life that I was able to attain. I now hold multiple degrees in multiple styles but yet I am still a student. Teaching and passing on the knowledge is what keeps all martial arts alive. As long as you are learning and enjoying what you do, the black belt in secondary to the experience of learning something new.

Good luck with your training.

In all fairness, Schizo, many people into WW2 Combatives seem to use the system as a basis, and they have favourite techniques from other Martial Arts that they would use as well.

I've only just got into it, but would probably still use the main groundwork positions, low roundhouse kick, lead jab etc.

But it was fun winding you up.......

[Szczepankiewicz]

You bitch!





SZ

[conach]

A black belt in Jiu-Jitsu... Wow... U r about to reach the top of the mountain, dude. Once u get it, go have yourself some drinks... Getting a black belt is something to celebrate. My respects and keep it up.

Also my respects to the traditional karate/TKD people (a.k.a. Mc Dojo). I've been there myself doing Shotokan, Goju-Ryu and Kyokushinkai (no Mc Dojo at all) karate. I found frustrating that all those years of Katas and 1 punch-kiai techniques can go to the drain in a street fight. Also the point fighting was something I disliked very much. In one of the dojos I practiced, u had to compete in tournaments to get promoted to a belt. My opinion is that Kyokushinkai is definetely the most serious karate style out there, but that doesn't mean the rest of the styles are crap. Also the senseis are responsible for this Mc Dojo controversy. Some are just businessmen. Some are like my former Kyokushinkai sensei, that was no Ronald Mc Miyagi... He sure made my muscles sore and taught me how to kick. And my current kickboxing teacher is a black belt in TKD... And man, he kicks awesome (move over, Jean Claude). Many people don't even practice traditional karate or TKD for defense purposes, they just do it for fitness. Just get out of work, go do katas, point fighting and then at the end of the month pay for it, not caring about kicking someone's ass... Its just a matter of what makes u confortable... If u wanna kick ass, don't do traditional karate then. Do Kyokushinkai, Muay Thai or Kickboxing... End of the story.