terminology?

[Kimpatsu]

I wonder how long 'till you get chased off this time?

I was hoping you'd grow up, but I guess that's a forlorn hope, right?

[jubaji]

I give you a week, tops.

[Kimpatsu]

I give you a week, tops.

What is your problem, apart from terminal assininity?

[jubaji]

tick...tick...tick...

[Kimpatsu]

tick...tick...tick...

Yes, that's truly mature...

[Toudiyama[NL]]

Osu or oss, is considered rude in Japan, other then some Karatestyles noboby uses it, kyokushin being the style that is really know for it, if the greet/bow or if they understand something or to acknowledge
Other styles do not use it in any circumstances because of it's rudeness


Ki-Ai as far as I know doesn't mean Fighting Energy but harmonious Energy, in that sense it is the same as Ai-ki

[Kimpatsu]

Osu or oss, is considered rude in Japan, other then some Karatestyles noboby uses it, kyokushin being the style that is really know for it, if the greet/bow or if they understand something or to acknowledge

Not true, I'm afraid. Businessmen use it all the time, as I described above.

Ki-Ai as far as I know doesn't mean Fighting Energy but harmonious Energy, in that sense it is the same as Ai-ki

The term "kiai" implies focus of energy, as in balance. (Think of reiki and other woo-woo nonsense. They're always on about aligning your energy.) The idea is that your energy should be perfectly focused and balanced at the instant of the strike, with which the kiai is timed to coincide.

[jubaji]

And so it begins...

[bodhisattva]

It was a top heavy dojo with a disproportinate number of black belts to white belts; guess it is pretty intimidating to a white belt to hear 20 or 30 black belts utter uss all at once. LOL

I bet you're right.

[bodhisattva]

Osu or oss, is considered rude in Japan, other then some Karatestyles noboby uses it, kyokushin being the style that is really know for it, if the greet/bow or if they understand something or to acknowledge
Other styles do not use it in any circumstances because of it's rudeness


Ki-Ai as far as I know doesn't mean Fighting Energy but harmonious Energy, in that sense it is the same as Ai-ki

Yeah. I tend to train, to balance my energy.

[Kimpatsu]

Yeah. I tend to train, to balance my energy.

Could you explain what you mean by that, Bod?