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latest newsletter,  time to empty out your head…

Monster Newsletter #256–A Walk on the Weird Side!

The day is grim,
grey,
cold…
but,
above the grim, grey and cold…
the sun is shining!

Happy happy
I get to work out!

And…
so do you!

Now,
I am going to get a little weird this newsletter,
nice of me to warn you,
and the reason is that
I am working on Matrix Tai Chi,
doing real research,
and formulating actual concepts
to rule the universe,
and,
when I do this kind of thing,
I get a little weird.
I’m somewhere,
you know,
but I’m not quite sure where,
but I’m determined to bring something back
to this universe
for you to play with.

That said,
let me make a few left turns.
Hold on,
I’m not trying to buck you off,
there really is something here…

I was thinking about how many hours
I have worked out
this lifetime.
42 years X 1 hour a day= 15,000 hours (approx)
But,
add in a few of those ten hour days
researching and writing,
and I’ve probably worked out
50,000 hours.

And I started thinking,
what is the quality of my work out?
What is the dividing line
where I go from copycatting
and doing the same the same old
and actually
start learning something?

And this led me back to
one of my original thoughts
concerning the martial arts.
You’ll actually find this
written about in
The Master’s Handbook,
written some 40 years ago.

Karate means empty hands,
and you can’t have empty hands
unless you have an empty mind.

And,
I know this principle holds true
through all the arts.
No exceptions,
or what you are studying
isn’t an art.
It is something else.
A sport.
A war.
Up to you.

So,
to achieve enlightenment,
to find the true art
and get to the end of The Way
you have to ask yourself a question.
What makes an empty mind?

Applying Neutronics to the question
(For something to be true
the opposite must also be true,)
we must ask ourselves the question,
what makes a full mind?

Hmmm.

Now,
I know you’ve been stuffed with education,
politics,
TV programming,
and that sort of thing.

As for TV programming,
just go work out a few hours.
All that electronic paraphernalia will vanish.

As for your education,
I’d hold to the math, science, physics,
but throw the rest of it away.

science describes the universe,
measures it,
and is useful,
for it is a way of being sure of our perceptions,
of validating what we see
as real.

Economics?
Toss it.
The rule of economics is
make more than you spend.
You get that one,
and the rest will come true for you.

Philosophy?
I think therefore I am?
A word game.
If I don’t think will I not be?
Well,
that sure flies the wrong way,
when compared to emptying the mind.

Politics?
Ha!
Politics is the art of selling people problems
so you can take their money.
Apply physics to the measurement of money in politics
and this philosophy becomes so utterly plain
it is ridiculous.

Now,
having thrown away ninety per cent of western education,
we are left with the question
what’s in an empty mind?

Hmmm.
It’s not
I think therefore I am…
it is
I perceive therefore the universe is…

As long as I perceive
the universe will continue to be.

The more emptiness I create in my mind,
the more perceptions I will have,
and the more true the universe will be.

And we are left with an answer,
of sorts.

And the answer,
to phrase it as a question,
is
Who is perceiving?

Funny,
it is the same answer
I used to toss back and forth
with other drunken students
back in college.

But,
once you get an empty mind,
(a real one, through discipline, not a drunken one)
you aren’t so easy
to judge or be judged.
And,
your work outs become prayers.
Sacred spaces in which
you expand your perceptions,
become more you,
and the true art
becomes a never ending path
and
life becomes a joy.

Sorry.
Told you it was going to get a little weird.
Well,
scratch an Al,
and he bleeds.

So I will finish the Matrix Tai Chi
as soon as I can,
and try to hold the weirdness to a minimum.

No guarantees,
though.

I have to tell you
there is an utter joy
to being lost in the weirdness
and not knowing
how to get out…

weird

Anyway,
if you don’t want to be weird,
I suggest you grab ahold of Matrix Karate.

Use the graphs I show you
on that course
and you can matrix all of life.
You might go through a little weird,
but you won’t be lost in it,
and,
who knows…
you might like it…

Matrix Karate,
logic in a world of random tricks
it is the solution.
It will make sense out of any art you study,
and you will have taken your first significant step
on The Path of The True Art.

http://www.monstermartialarts.com

Now,
weirdness aside,
let me say,

HanaKwanMass

HanaKwanMass
is a put together of seasons greetings.
It is designed to please everybody,
or,
if you feel like it,
offend everybody.
Heh!

So you’re going to get a lot of HanaKwanMass from me
for the next month,
and,
the whole season is brought to a frothy finish
with my recitation
of what to do
when the big, fat, red intruder
tries to home invade
via the chimney…
oh, man…
we’re gonna be ready for that bozo!

So
work out,
my friends,
find an empty mind
make the universe real,
and
HanaKwanMass!

Here’s that link again

http://www.monstermartialarts.com

Al
=o)

PS–If you want the latest article, try googling ‘ The Secret of How Chi Awareness Works!’

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we’ll need a new definition.
Alvin Toffler

I know, the question is a bit bogus, as one should be comparing arts such as Karate and Aikido merely so as to make them compliment each other. Thus, with that statement made, let us discuss how the fist should wiggle into the glove. No pow and bam, just an honest, up front viewpoint for your edification and enlightenment.

Karate is supposed to be straight line, and Aikido is supposed to be the circle. Yet, if on looks at Karate, let alone the martial arts, one will see that perfection of geometric figure is loose, at best. If Karate could actually adhere to the perfect line, if one examines how the bones, joints, muscles and so on function, the body would probably explode, or, at least collapse upon itself.

And, on the other hand, if Aikido tried to adhere to the perfect circle, except in the most theoretical of classes, the art would not work. And, to be honest, aikido is not your best art for down and dirty combat. While Aikido is pure and wonderful, and can evolve the practitioner to high levels, one should use a martial art like Karate to enter the fight, then apply aikido.

Think about it this way, a fight is the collapse of distance. The length of the arm, and the circle being made, the lever of the extend arm is too long. However, if you want magic, use karate to kick, punch, find yourself on the inside as the distance collapses, and then use a shorter lever.

Instead of doing a two step and trying a three foot arm circle to a wrist twist, try a hard middle inward block, slide in, maybe with a short fist or elbow, then turn the waist. As you turn the waist, bring the arms up to a short position, lever the elbow, shove your shoulder in and pull. Go ahead, try this scenario with a friend, watch a little youtube to get the motions, and you are going to find an instant blend of karate, even the hardest of karate, like Shotokan, and with the purest of Aikido, even the soft of Morihei Uyeshiba.

Now, the above being detailed, the big weakness of Karate is that it is limited, in most modern formats, to destruction. It has been tailored for tournament, gloves put on for more violence, and given over to fighting for fighting sake. But while there is an art to destruction, the true art is in control.

Thus, a study of Aikido, with the advices I give you here, will enable you to confront the fiercest violence, and transmogrify that violence into the most magical and wondrous of techniques. You kick, you punch, maybe soften the fellow up, then you simply embrace the arms and learn how to go with the flow.

A last word about all this, don’t mistake the throws of judo or jujitsu for Aikido techniques. While techniques of the ju variety are wonderful, we want to move from hard to soft complete, and a certain amount of hard is still involved in ju techniques. That all said, I wish you the best with your new art, and a new art it is…karido…aikate…your choice.

Man, there’s gonna be a knock down! I can feel it in my bones! The question is, will Bruce knock down Mohammad, or will Mohammad knock down Bruce?

Okay, first things first, let’s talk about the physical measurements of the men. Bruce Lee was 5 foot seven, and Mohammad Ali was six foot three. The point goes to Mohammad on this one, though it really should only be a half a point, for Bruce’s legs made up for the discrepancy in reach.

Now, weight is going to be important in this match up, so let us take a look. Bruce Lee fluctuated a bit, but at his ripping best he was probably about 160 pounds, Mohammad fluctuated, also, but we can round it out to about 200 pounds. Edge goes to Mohammad in this area, for 200 pounds of flesh is going to have a sizable smackaroonie behind it.

One always has to consider speed in a contest, and here the edge goes to Bruce. Yes, Mohammad had an instant of invisible punch to his credit, but that was only once. Watch Bruce Lee, and even though he wasn’t wearing gloves or in a fight, his speed is a constant blur.

All around martial ability must be considered, and here, again, Bruce gets the edge. Yes, Mohammad was fluid, powerful, and unique, but he only used his arms. Honestly, though we are limited to one point here, I would like to give more to Bruce, for you would have to tie one of Bruces legs behind his back to get an even fight in this category.

One of the most important weapons in a fight is the mouth. Simply, if you talk the talk hard enough, you might not have to walk the walk. That said, in spite of Bruce’s movie inspired oratorical abilities, no one in the world could compete with Mohammad’s trash talk, why, you would have to tie one of Mohammads lips behind his back to get an even contest!

Now, Mohammad is slightly ahead, but the contest is about to be evened, for we are going to consider the most important question in the martial arts, what a person knows. Mohammad knew a lot, there is no doubt, but his was a natural talent, and limited by being able to use only his hands, knowing no grab arts, and so on. Bruce, on the other hand, not only knew an amazing amount of martial arts, he knew Mohammad Ali, he used to watch movies of Mohammad and study his technique.

In conclusion, I am not going to call a knock out, because these men were two fast to be knocked out. But I am going to give a decision to Bruce, this because he not only watched movies of Mohammad Ali, he used to watch them in a mirror so he could adapt Mohammads techniques to both sides! Now that is truly above and beyond, and it is for this reason I give the decision to Bruce Lee!

The problem with freestyle is that it has devolved into fighting. Sounds contradictory, I know, but I began learning martial arts back in the sixties, and I have seen a different face of freestyle. This was a freestyle that was actually more effective, easier to learn, and tempers the personality to grow a better human being.

Now, I have nothing against MMA, or UFC, or learning ground and pound and all the other modes of freestyle. Truth, I think some of this stuff would have been awfully useful back when I was beginning. That said, consider the following points.

Controlled freestyle in the martial arts effectively died when people started putting on pads and protective gear. Sure, we occasionally wore pads back then, but the purpose was for injuries that had occurred. The breaking point, however, was when school owners realized how much money there was to be made in selling protective gear, they pandered to mothers fears, which stopped little Johnny from learning about true control, and effectively stopped the personal growth stage of the martial arts.

Bruce Lee took a frightful toll on freestyle by introducing bouncing. He watched films of Mohammad Ali, realized that bouncing disrupted timing, and changed the world of freestyle. Unfortunately, the effect was also that people stopped learning about timing, and stopped observing a whole fact of life, for time, as you may not have known, keeps this universe going.

With a lack of reality and a lack of timing eating at the innards of budding students, a loss of control was quick to follow. I remember seeing a fellow with three karate lessons under his belt taken to a tournament and encouraged to fight, not to get a point, but to fight. He fought, there were injuries, and nobody showed any control. And control, control through timing and reality, is what the martial arts evolution is really all about.

The final straw behind the death of freestyle had to do with lack of respect. I was taught to bow when I entered the school, and to bow when I got on the mat, and to bow to my classmates and partners, and to bow to the instructor, and it all showed respect. Now there is a bully boy attitude of we’re tough and the hell with the other school, and this derails the art of freestyle, and the art of human compassion.

I know there will be those who disagree, and, let’s face it, my criticisms must be tempered by the real gains of the new arts, of the mixed martial arts and the ultimate fighting championships. There are things to be learned in the new arts, and, I am not opposed to many of the new training methods. When I see people fighting to hurt one another, showing no control and total lack of respect, I am on the other side, the old side, the side that shows compassion for their fellow man.

So, I ask you the question, what can you do to resurrect the old attitude of respect? Will getting rid of gloves and pads enable people to feel the reality of what they are doing, and get rid of harmful attitudes? And, can you do this and still make the art work?

Okay, I’ve been doing the martial arts for over forty years. I’ve lived through the arts of the decades, judo in the fifties, karate in the sixties, kung fu in the seventies, and so on, and I’ve analyzed durn near every art there is. I’ve made up a list of things which I wish people would have told me, or I somehow could have found out, when I first started.

The point here is that classes were where you worked out, and not where you talked. However, and it was years before I realized it, the reason a lot of people didn’t talk was because they didn’t know anything. So are you ready for things you should know before you start the martial arts.

I wish people would have told me about pain, pain hurts, and if I had known the truth about pain it wouldn’t have hurt so darn much. The pain of a block, for instance, can go either way, it can go into the blocker or into the striker, depending upon which one has more intention. It’s not a matter of tough, its a matter of which way you want the energy to go, and it goes following the direction of the more superior mind.

I wish somebody would have sat down and told me what all the body parts are for, or at least told me that learning would have been ten times easier if I had figured out the purposes of the body parts are. What does it matter how you turn the bones, and why does it matter which side of the bone the muscle is on. A very important point could have been made if somebody had just told me I had a head and I could think with it!

This matter of how a body works could have made the martial arts ten times easier if somebody had explained why and how all the parts had to work together. This is a thing called harmony, and when the body has harmony, then intention can flow through the body and make it ten times more efficient. How much does each part weigh, what is the ratio of muscle to body part, how far does each body part have to move to stay with the whole body, how much effort is required for each body part.

Speaking of harmony, if somebody had explained that it was not just harmony within your body, but harmony that was outside your body, then I would have had a ten times easier life. Heck, getting along with your fellow man takes all the tussle out of life. And the truth of love your enemy wold have made me a real martial artist of quality and magnitude.

Probably the most important thing somebody could have told me would have been to work harder. Heck, if I had worked harder I would have gotten to the end faster, maybe even gotten further, maybe even learned more! The point here is that I could have learned all the things that I eventually figured out faster, and then I wouldn’t be griping about all the things that I should have been told.

Ah, the things I didn’t know, they were so great, but, at last I know them. Even more important, you know them, so you don’t have to be slow or stupid or lazy or things like that! Unless, of course, you want to pretend that I didn’t say anything.

Here’s the latest newsletter, enjoy!

Monster Newsletter #255–Matrixing Music!

Look at you,
wallowing in that swivel chair,
turkey juice oozing out your pores
and the world expects you to go buy something.
HAH!

Now go the center of the room,
stand there in a pose,
and wait.
Just wait.
Pretty soon an artistic desire will come over you,
your body will shift slightly,
a second posture,
a third,
and,
zingo bingo…
the work out has begun!

Now that you’re awake…
let me say something.
There are a lot of newbies to the newsletter,
and some of them don’t know much about matrixing,
and a lot of times I wander off
talk about other stuff,
so,
today,
to start the Hanakwanmass season off right,
let me tell you something about Matrixing that you didn’t know.

Matrixing is nothing more than the application of logic.
People think it is going to be a deep secret,
but,
it is really a simple secret.

The problem is that the martial arts
are nothing but strings of random data.
Sequences of tricks,
with no regard for logic.

This,
in itself,
is a phenomenal testament
to the power of the martial arts,
and how powerful martial artists are.

That the arts work
though arranged so piecemeal…
wow!

But you knew that,
you have never been able to deny your own power,
or you wouldn’t have found the martial arts,
and you wouldn’t have found matrixing,
but that isn’t what I wanted to tell you.

What I wanted to tell you
was that when you matrix the martial arts,
when you see a logical bit of software
for your head,
then the head,
the hardware,
starts to straighten out.

The head likes logic,
it starts to matrix things on its own.

So I did the martial arts,
then I started in on math,
wrote a book on the subject.
And I attacked English,
grammar,
and the world started getting real easy and simple.

Almost black and white,
if you know what I mean.

And,
I matrixed music.
And here is what I want to tell you.

If you memorized the Moonlight Sonata
by Beethoven,
could you say that you were a master musician?

People might be in awe of your fingers…
but you would know that you weren’t really a master musician.

You’ve got a ways to go
before you’re a master musician.

The point here is that copying strings of random data
does not a master make.

Well,
if you memorize the strings of data long enough,
and have the kind of mind
that can penetrate through
to the structure beneath.

It is not until the person doing the memorizing
breaks through the memorization process
and starts to realize
that there is a whole structure of music
that he can use
to tap into his creative abilities.

Music is a structure of sound
that is mathematically separated into individual notes.
A master musician can rearrange these individual notes
into a variety of harmonies
through a variety of genres,
duplicating or not
other musicians.

This is a limiting definition,
in a way,
but,
once one understands the structure,
it is entirely unlimiting,
and the spirit does soar.

Without the structure,
it soars about as much as a five year old doing fingerpaints.

With structure…
hello moon, hello stars,
I see a quaint galaxy over that way.

Matrixing provides the structure.
It defines the individual arts.

The thing is,
without the structure defined by matrixing,
art is limited.
You can’t define what you know,
so you can’t know more,
and you’re just lost in a cloud of random thoughts.

With the structure defined by matrixing,
the fog dissipates,
shapes become recognizable,
arts become defined,
and,
you become unlimited.

Matrixing.
It limits
so as to unlimit.
It grounds you
so as to soar you.
It binds the body
in a fashion
that unlimits the spirit.

So,
listen…
get yourself a present.
You spend countless hours,
through the weeks and months and years,
working out.

But,
wouldn’t you like to have the hours you spend
be dedicated to the whole art,
and making your spirit soar,
right now?

Instead of
just memorizing strings of random data
and waiting for decades
for enlightenment to happen…

don’t you want it to happen now?

I tell you this,
I spent seven years to enlightenment,
then I spent another fifteen defining the art
and becoming a master,
and,
looking at my whole over forty year career
all I can do
is wish somebody had come up
and hit me with the matrixing two by four
right on the side of the head,
right in the beginning.

If I had only had the structure right from the beginning,
there is no telling where I’d be now.

Well,
maybe there is,
maybe I would be just sitting here,
turkey juice oozing out of my pores,
thinking about going to the center of the room,
and striking a pose…

Okey doke
friends and neighbors,
here’s a link for you…

Matrix Karate

Al
=o)

PS–If you want the latest article, try googling ‘ The Secret of the Three Essentials of the Martial Arts’

I got tired of playing other people’s songs.
Gregg Allman

ESTÁGIO DE OUTONO KPS

Aos Clubes Filiados

Exmos Senhores

Vimos por este meio convidar V.Exas., a participarem no “ ESTÁGIO DE OUTONO KPS, organizado pela nossa Associação e dirigido pelos membros do Conselho Técnico da KPS, que se irá realizar no próximo dia 05 de Dezembro , no Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo da Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Caneças (em Caneças), com o seguinte horário:

Sábado dia 05 de Dezembro 2009

Manhã
Das 10:00 às 11:30 Horas  - de Cinto Branco (9ºKyu)  a Cinto Vermelho ( 4º Kyu )
Das 11:30 às 13:00 Horas  - a partir de Cinto Vermelho 4º  Kyu

Tarde:
Das 15:30 às 17.30 Horas
Treino de Competição Kata / Kumite  (a partir de Cinto Azul e 12 Anos de idade)

(Neste Treino faremos uma Observação dos Atletas para representarem a KPS, em futuros Torneios Nacionais ou Internacionais.

Vamos todos participar em mais este Evento da Associação, colaborando com a nossa presença activa e empenhada de modo a todos colaborar-mos no Crescimento da KPS.

Com os meus melhores cumprimentos

O Director Técnico Nacional

Kiyoshi José Chagas

Decorreu no passado dia 24 de Outubro, no Ginásio dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Caneças, o 1º TREINO DE INSTRUTORES E GRADUADOS  DA KPS.

Este 1º Treino teve como objectivo principal tansmitir informações gerais a todos quantos estão na função de Ensino.

Este treino foi precedido pelo 1º Treino do Conselho Técnico, onde foram deliniados os Objectivos Técnicos Principais para a KPS, para esta Época Desportiva.

Desenvolveu-se, na Prática com Exercicios de Kiyon, os pormenores Básicos das Técnicas onde cada Membro do Conselho Técnico teve a oportunidade de explicar e Treinar cada uma das Técnicas que suporta o desenvolvimento Básico dos nossos Alunos, bem como o de todos nós, Mestres e Instrutores.

Foi um Treino muito produtivo já que depois da explicação de cada Técnica, foi transmitido a todos, os pormenores, Básicos, por quem explicava, sendo sempre completada essa explicação pelo Kiyoshi, no sentido de ser mais ampla a sua aplicação, bem como o seu possivel aproveitamento em situações de Treino mais avançado.

Conselho Técnico da Karate-Do Portugal Shotokan
Da Esquerda para a Direita: Mestre José Lemos, Mestre Cristina Amaral Mendes, Kiyoshi José Chagas, Mestre César Olival e Mestre Alfredo Henriques.

Fila em Cima: da Esquerda para a Direita: Senpai Rui Penaguião, Sensei Paulo Cruz, Conselho Técnico KPS, Senpai Antonio Ferreira, Instrutor Carlos Rodrigues, Instrutor Ricardo Neto, Senpai Marco Neiva, Senpai Nuno Lourenço, Senpai  Pedro Neiva, Instrutor José Silvestre, Instrutor Jorge Louzada e Instrutor António Pestana.

One of the biggest mysteries of the martial arts is internal energy. Wudan arts, like Tai Chi Chuan and Pa Kua Chang and Hsing i claim it. Supposedly it takes lifetimes to build, but when you get it you can defeat attackers with just a sigh and a brush of the palm.

Well, the truth of the matter is that internal energy is in many arts, and if it is not, it can be put into any art easily. The principles of internal energy, you see, are easy to understand. So if you study kenpo or tae kwon do, or even boxing, then the door is hereby opened for you, this article is going to lay out those principles and shove you through the door.

First, you have to have phenomenal basics, not just good, but phenomenal. What this means is that you must drop your weight when striking or blocking, and do so with such awareness that you actually create a beam of energy down your leg. You must align the parts of your body so that they form an unbroken line of intention, but are relaxed, very important that they are relaxed, because intention and energy will flow easier through a body that is relaxed.

Now, you must make sure that you move the parts of your body at the same time. Everything starts together, and everything stop together, this is called Coordinated Body Motion. Analyze your body so that when it swings into alignment all of the pieces are moving in harmony, and with consideration for their mass and size and shape and so on.

Now, you’ve got basics, and here comes the internal energy. Fill a pipe half with sand and cap it. Move that pipe in such a way that when you stop it all the sand strikes the inside of the pipe at the same time.

This is what internal energy is and does. It is energy swirled on the inside of your body in such a way that it hits the inside of the block, or strike, or foot, or whatever, at the same time. We used to develop this type of energy in karate all the time, but we didn’t call it internal because it didn’t have any undue significance, it was just the way you moved.

It is helpful if you move slowly, concentrating on feeling the motion of energy inside your body. And, to be truthful, the internal Wudan martial arts have arranged their forms so as to help the process. But you can feel it in Karate, or tae kwon do, or any striking art, if you just take the time to appreciate what you are doing.

The real key is that this method, and, to be truthful, all methods, rely on awareness. It is an idea that moves awareness, and the path of this awareness can be called Chi, or Ki, or Prana, or pneuma, or intention. Now, the real question here is whether you can take the time to invest your movements with chi, or intention, or whatever you want to call it, do you have the patience and the awareness to make something significant out of your martial art.

In the martial arts, I don’t care if it is mma, Pa Kua Chang, Shotokan, or whatever, there are three key ingredients. These three ingredients are what makes an art an art, and they are why people study the arts. Oddly, one of the ingredients is almost totally ignored.

One of the ingredients is the pursuit of strength. Muscle mags are filled with strength advertisements, and everybody obsesses on strength. Oddly, strength is the least important of the three essential techniques of the martial arts.

Another ingredient is technique, and this is the most important of the three essentials. Technique is measured by how little effort you need to make a move work. If you need a lot of strength, then your technique is not very good.

The second most important essential to good martial arts, and the one most people ignore, is speed. Interestingly, at least in the beginning, speed is very necessary to make a technique work. Yet strength is what everybody chases.

Yes, people try to get fast, a little bit, but it is an individual effort, and usually put aside in the pursuit of strength. People believe that strength is going to make them faster, you see. Well, it will, but there are flexibility drawbacks, and the speed gained is not always enough.

Speed must be developed in a fashion which tailors it to the technique. As knowledge of technique rises, so should the escalation of speed. In my over 40 years of martial arts I have found only one technique which develops speed in the proper manner.

The Speed Drill is based on a simple slap and grab motion. It makes all techniques as easy to enter as it is to slap a fly. And every technique can be entered using this slap and grab Speed Drill.

So practice the strength of Uechi, and build the technique of Aikido. Work the sticky hands of Wing Chun and focus your concentration into the great nothingness through Tai Chi Chuan. But if you want sheer, raw, powerful speed…you need to practice The Speed Drill.

O tira-teima entre o paraense de coração Lyoto Machida vs o curitibano de nascimento Maurício Shogun Rua foi confirmado pelos dois atletas.

Lyoto anunciou ontem via twitter os planos de encarar Shogun mais uma vez. O campeão meio-pesado do UFC está se recuperando de uma cirurgia na mão e só retornará aos treinos em janeiro.

Do twitter do Lyoto:

– @ruycohen @diegotunisi: está certo a luta contra Shogun para o dia 1o. de Maio sim!
6:12 AM Nov 23rd from web

Portanto, uma das lutas mais polêmicas do MMA moderno terá um novo capítulo. No primeiro duelo entre eles, Lyoto venceu, mas não convenceu.

A vitória por pontos depois de uma luta igual durante 5 rounds foi ofuscada pelas sonoras vaias de fãs descontentes com o resultado.

Parte dos críticos também achou injusta a vitória de Lyoto. Dana White, presidente do UFC, prometeu a revanche para Shogun horas depois da derrota dele.

Palavras de Shogun a propósito da revanche:

- To muito feliz com a confirmação da revanche. Já vou começar a me preparar e vamos que vamos.

- O UFC já confirmou com o meu empresário que eu luto contra o Lyoto de novo. Só falta agora assinar o contrato. Mas tá feito o acordo verbal.

- Não pensei ainda se seguirei a mesma estratégia da luta anterior ou se vou mudar de plano. Ainda vou sentar com a minha equipe para resolver isso.

- Essa revanche é muito desejada porque é uma disputa de cinturão, é pelo título mundial. Esse é meu maior interesse.

- Com certeza to preocupado primeiramente em concretizar meu sonho, que é o de ganhar o cinturão. Vingar a derrota para o Lyoto está em segundo plano, em primeiro plano está o cinturão.

- Com certeza fiquei engasgado pela derrota contra o Lyoto. Mas ele não tem culpa. Quem tem culpa são os juízes que foram as únicas três pessoas do mundo que viram que ele ganhou.

There is a tremendous amount of interest in Matrixing Technology. It is pretty obvious that Matrixing is going to be the next big thing in the martial arts. It is pretty obvious that Matrixing is going to sweep the world and transform the martial arts.

To explain this phenomena, let me say a couple of things. The first is that Matrixing does not invalidate any art, it makes every single art it touches better. The second is that the purpose of matrixing is to align the information of the martial arts, to make it more logical, and therefore easier and faster to learn.

Now the stated purpose of matrixing is to analyze and handle force and direction. To understand this is to understand that every object in the universe has a direction in which it is traveling. And, collision is the point at which trajectories intersect.

Thus, the point of matrixing is to control the paths of objects so that collision is avoided, or at least beneficial. In the martial arts it is easy to see how this could be extremely important. In fact, a little matrixing and you understand it is the underlying principle of not just the martial arts, but all life.

Joe Blow throws a fist at you, or a foot or a body or an elbow or a spear or whatever. You analyze the trajectory of the weapon accurately, and you can handle it. If you do not analyze the trajectory accurately, poor you.

How do you ascertain that you have the correct trajectory analyzed? By knowing what all the potential trajectories are. Only if you have assessed the trajectory by all the potential trajectories can you determine that you have selected the correct trajectory to handle.

So matrixing is a method by which you can analyze all the trajectories, and thus select the correct one to handle. And, by matrixing, you can analyze all of your potential responses, and be assured that the one you choose is the best one. And, here is the real key, matrixing enables to discover trajectories that you did not know existed.

That’s right, to discover what you don’t know, and this makes you the ultimate pioneer, the ultimate explorer. With matrixing you have the key to discover all the dark, secret mysteries that are obscured and hidden, no matter if you are studying uechi ryu or parker kenpo or that esoteric form of silat. Beginners in Tae Kwon Do will learn faster, wudan tai chi chuan students will uncover the ancient mysteries, and even the bash and trash experts of the ground and pound arts in MMA and UFC will find themselves enlightened and uplifted.

Here’s the latest newsletter, it’s about how Ilearned to kill a turkey, sort of. Happy Thanksgiving, and try not to laugh at me too hard.

Monster Newsletter #254–Happy Thanksgiving!

I give thanks that I get to work out!
Everyday.
Many times a day.
And I know you do, too.

I mean,
what else is there?
Eh?

Now,
I lived in Northern California.
place called Redwood Valley,
right outside of Ukiah.

And,
I had a couple of acres of grapes,
a bunch of chickens,
and considered myself
a gentleman farmer.

I should have considered myself
a grade A goof.

You know those fences with the thick wire and the squares?
The squares are smaller on the top of the fence than on the bottom.
Well,
the truth of the matter is
the small squares should be on the bottom.
Keeps the chickens in.
Hey!
I didn’t know that!
So I put up this fence to keep the chickens in,
and they walk out the big squares at the bottom.

My neighbor,
an old guy who really was a gentleman farmer
leaned against the fence and laughed until he cried.

Good for nothing gosh darn $%^$%^&*%^&!

And, then there was the time my wife told me to use the back driveway
when it was raining.
Well,
the back driveway was mud,
and my wife came out and observed
that I was stuck in the mud.
She said,
‘Mud spelled backwards is dum.’
Boy how she laughed.
And it was her that NAGGED me into using the back driveway.

My neighbor,
he was leaning against the upside down fence,
laughing till he cried.

God for nothing ^&*8 %^&*()!

But,
the topper was the rooster.
The rooster jumped on my youngest son,
big Fng rooster,
trying to get his foot claws
into my son’s face.

So I took a stick and,
using perfect form,
cut that rooster across the neck.

Man,
it was a perfect chop!

Rooster had to be dead.

Laid there like he was dead.

So I went and got the shovel,
and when I stuck it under his warm body,
he jumped up
ran around like a…
well..
like a rooster with his head (almost) cut off.

I had broken his neck,
but that didn’t stop him.
He jumped at me,
tried to claw me,
chased me right out of the
^%&*()*&^%&*()&^%&*(
henhouse!

Gosh darn rooster!

My wife asked why I came running out of the henhouse
looking like a zombie (rooster) was after me.

And my neighbor…
you know what that son of a $%^&*(OP was doing!

Leaning against the fng upside down fence laughing till he cried!

Now,
my neighbor wasn’t all bad,
and he was a gentleman.

After he stopped laughing,
he told me the truth about how you hang a fence.
And,
after he stopped laughing,
he got his tractor out and towed me out of the mud.
And,
after he stopped laughing,
he asked if he could have the rooster.
Said his wife knew how to cook tough old birds until they were the proper soft,
winked at me so I understood it was him that she had been cooking all these years.

And,
he told me all sorts of things about wine,
even brought a bottle of his own wine over,
and we toasted each other.

I toasted him and his generosity,
and he toasted how much laughter I had caused him over the year.

Yeah,
he had made the same mistakes I had made,
only fifty years sooner,
so he was not laughing at me,
he was laughing at himself,
and,
me given enough time,
(or, at least enough wine)
with me.

So,
how are you going to kill that turkey?

You have to kill it yourself,
you know?
You are a martial artist,
probably have a shiny sword hanging in your closet,
or at least some Cold Steel,
or maybe a Glock.

So,
how you gonna off the turkey?

You have to do it yourself,
or you aren’t really a martial artist,
right?
(grin, grin, grin)

I mean,
people shouldn’t eat hamburgers
unless they can confront slaughtering beef.

This vegetarian thing is silly.

Come on,
how you gonna kill the turkey?

Put it on a block and chop it?
Chase it down and skewer it with a sword?

Then pluck it and make a big hole in it
and reach your hand up in there and pull out all those gooey things?

Oh,
but don’t ask me to help.
I’m too busy over here,
leaning on this fence
and laughing until I cry…

HAH!

Here’s a link for you…

Blinding Steel
Happy Thanksgiving
all you turkeys,
I give thanks for your friendship
and all the work outs you’ve done over the years.

Al
=o)

PS–If you want the latest article, try googling ‘ The Secret Behind Real Karate Fighting!’

It makes me mad when someone kills snakes or dogs or cats or horses. I don’t even like to eat meat – that is how much I am against killing….

Charles Manson

http://www.asociacionksks.com

O Clube de Karate Shotokan de Mangualde com o apoio da Câmara Municipal de Mangualde, vai levar a cabo uma Campanha de Angariação Alimentar no Concelho de Mangualde. Esta iniciativa tem por objectivo recolher um grande número de bens alimentares essenciais, os quais através do Pelouro de Acção Social do Município de Mangualde serão distribuidos junto dos mais necessitados.
Esta campanha está aberta a todos os interessados em dar o seu contributo neste época de festividades até ao dia 18 de Dezembro.
Para tal poderão entregar os alimentos ao responsável do CKS Mangualde às 2ª e 4ª entre as 19h45 e as 21h00 no Pavilhão Municipal de Mangualde.

Para quem tem dúvidas, os alimentos a recolher são: Açucar, Sal, Farinha, Massa, Arroz, Enlatados, Conservas, Bolachas (tipo Maria), etc…

Para mais informações, poderão entrar em contacto para o 931648831 ou para cksmangualde@gmail.com

AJUDE-NOS A AJUDAR !!

I’m going to tell you something fascinating in this article. I am going to tell you how to make Karate into Kung fu. And, of course, you should be able to make Kung Fu into Karate.

The fact of the matter is that Karate developed from Kung fu. For hundreds of years Okinawa was the shipping center of the far east, and every art, soldier, ambassador, or whatever, came through the doors, and the arts gathered, were dissected, and reorganized to the extreme. Still, there are only so many things you can do with the body, and the main differences are stylistic.

A punch is a punch, a block is a block, a kick is a kick, and a technique is a technique. Uechi Ryu used to be Pan Gai Noon, Shotokan used to be Te, and so on. That said, let’s look at the exact stylistic differences and what to do about them.

First the stances of Kung Fu are lower, have more flourishing, and are badly altered by the desire for art. What I am saying is that somebody will get low on the back stance, put the ball of the foot forward, and tweak the hell out of the back stance just so they can feel, and put on the show, of having more power. Nothing wrong with more power, but this is the image of power, and not the real chi power that is available to a true student of the art.

The stances of karate are a bit higher, and they put more emphasis on keeping the hips low and turning them into the move being done. Nothing wrong with this, but in the case of the back stance, for instance, the back leg is usually turned out too far, gives more power, but immobilizes the stance. Now, proof, go look at pictures of classical stances in kung fu and karate and see if I haven’t described the phenomenas accurately.

Moving up to the arms, the kung fu people have smoother, more liquid motions, which motions are based upon swing the arms circularly. Karate people, on the other hand, turn tight and explode the power outward in a more linear fashion. So the motion, and the energy involved in the two arts, vary from swinging arcs to explosive lines.

So, if you want to change your karate to kung fu, simply align the turn of your stance with the turn of your hips and let the arms swing wider. If you want to change from kung fu into karate, push off the floor, snap the hips, and make the circle of the arms tighter and more efficient. Yes, I realize this is simplistic, but, done for a few weeks, and your eyes are going to open, you are going to tap into the power of a different art, and that power, karate if you are kung fu, kung fu if you are karate, is amazing.

Now, before the purists get ahold of me and raise a rant, let me make a point. There is ballet and there is jazz and there is ballroom and there is…and in the martial arts, scratch the surface of the styles, and you will find the fundamental principles that are heart and soul to the immense power and art the human being is capable of. So, whether you practice a style of karate like shotokan, or a kung fu like mantis, give yourself a chance, try what I’ve said here, and let your art flower.

Vai decorrer no dia 17 de Novembro entre as 15h00 e as 17h00 no Campus do Instituto Politécnico da Guarda (IPG), mais propriamente no Ginásio da ESE, um workshop de Karate orientado por elementos do Centro de Artes Marciais da Guarda. Esta actividade é promovida pelo Gabinete de Desporto e o Centro de Artes Marciais da Guarda, numa política de promoção de actividades desportivas alternativas junto dos alunos da instituição. Esta actividade está aberta a todos os interessados.

VEJA AQUI AS FOTOS DO WORKSHOP

 O baiano Alexandre Pereira conquistou duas medalhas no mundial de Karatê Shotokan, realizado este mês na região da Toscana, na Itália. Ele ficou com o ouro no kumitê por equipe e o bronze no katá em dupla. Logo que chegou a Salvador, o atleta fez questão de ir à sede da Superintendência de Desportos da Bahia (Sudesb), nesta quinta-feira (12), para agradecer por ter viajado com o apoio do Governo do Estado, por meio da superintendência. [+]

O campeão tem uma história de vida interessante. Ele é vigilante do escritório da Secretaria Estadual do Meio Ambiente (Sema), em Ubatã, no Sul do Estado, e alia as artes marciais aos trabalhos sociais, também ligados às causas ambientais.

“A gente marca apresentações de karatê e aproveita para distribuir panfletos de conscientização ambiental. Também dou palestras nos colégios sobre violência, drogas e educação ambiental. Também trabalhamos com crianças carentes”, explica Pereira. Segundo o diretor-geral da Sema, Wesley Faustino, a secretaria cede uma área para ele ministrar as aulas para os meninos e fazer os trabalhos sociais. “E ele aproveita os alunos para a divulgação das nossas atividades”, disse.

O talento, a história de vida e as preocupações sociais de Alexandre chamam a atenção de outras pessoas do Governo. “É um papel do Estado estimular os nossos atletas. Nossos jovens valores. Fiquei na maior felicidade quando soube que ele tinha ganhado na Itália, fez tremular a bandeira da Bahia lá na Europa”.

Dificuldades

O diretor-geral da Sudesb, Raimundo Nonato Tavares, também recebeu a visita do atleta e não escondeu sua felicidade pelo sucesso. Problemas burocráticos com a confederação nacional da modalidade ameaçaram a viagem do campeão, mas os obstáculos vencidos serviram de estímulo contra adversários fortes. “Esse tipo de dificuldade só faz motivar mais para que o esforço daqueles que acreditaram e que ajudaram para a nossa viagem vejam que não foi em vão”, disse Alexandre Pereira.

O karateca já havia conquistado três medalhas no Campeonato Brasileiro disputado em outubro, em Santa Catarina. Na ocasião, também foi à Sudesb para agradecer o apoio por ter viajado junto com seus alunos, que também ganharam medalhas, com passagens cedidas pela Autarquia.

No cumprimento do Calendário Associativo, venho por este meio informar que o

TREINO DE INSTRUTORES E GRADUADOS DA KPS, terá a seguinte programação:

DATA: 14 de Novembro de 2009

LOCAL: PAVILHÃO GIMNODESPORTIVO DA BELA VISTA (VALE FETAL) ALMADA

HORÁRIO:

DAS 10:00 ÀS 11:15    “TREINO CONSELHO TÉCNICO”

DAS 11:30 ÀS 13:00 HORAS TREINO DE INSTRUTORES E GRADUADOS.

Esperamos pela a participação de todos

Decorreu pela primeira vez, no passado Domingo dia 8 de Novembro no Pavilhão Municipal de Mangualde, o Campeonato Regional de Karate Centro-Norte dos Escalões Cadetes e Juniores.
A organização deste evento esteve a cargo do Clube de Karate Shotokan de Mangualde em parceria com a Federação Nacional de Karate de Portugal (FNK-P) e com o apoio da Câmara Municipal de Mangualde, Junta de Freguesia de Mangualde e Bombeiros Voluntários de Mangualde.
A competição decorreu durante toda a manha do dia 8 até às 15h00 da tarde. Iniciou com as provas de Kata (técnica) seguida das provas de Kumite (Combate). Estiveram presentes mais de uma dezena de clubes da Região Centro/Norte num total de mais de uma centena de atletas em competição.
Marcaram presença neste Campeonato o Sr. Presidente da Câmara de Mangualde, Dr. João Azevedo, procedendo à abertura do Campeonato, o Assessor do Sr. Presidente da Câmara, Sr. Vice-Presidente da Câmara, Engº Patrício, o Sr. Vereador João Lopes e o representante da Junta de Freguesia de Mangualde, Sr. João Gonçalves.
No final do Campeonato foram entregues as medalhas aos vencedores pelo Sr. Vice-Presidente da Câmara de Mangualde, Engº Patrício, pelo representante da Junta de Freguesia de Mangualde, Sr. João Gonçalves e pelo Instrutor do Clube de Karate de Mangualde, Pedro Veloso.
Este evento decorreu da melhor forma não tendo registado quaisquer acidentes de maior intervenção, deixando satisfeitos todos os intervenientes. Neste sentido e com as condições favoráveis que apresentou o Pavilhão Municipal a FNK-P demonstrou desde já o interesse na realização futura de outras provas do género na Cidade de Mangualde.
Deixamos desde já aqui o agradecimento ao Município de Mangualde (Executivo, Gabinete de Desporto, Gabinete de Turismo, Funcionários do Pavilhão Municipal) à Junta de Freguesia de Mangualde e aos elementos do CKS Mangualde pelo apoio prestado à realização deste evento.

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I don’t care if you study Uechi ryu or shotokan or kenpo, or whatever, you’re going to need a powerful fist. I don’t care if it is boxing or Krav maga or tae kwon do, you’re going to need a fist that knocks them down the first time! Even if you’re in Aikido or Tai Chi, you’re going to need some kind of real power, or at least know what power is so you can properly handle it.

The funny thing is that a powerful punch is easily attained if you follow a couple of easy steps. You don’t have to bash your hands against a telephone pole. You don’t have to spear your fingers into boxes of sand.

As with most things in this world, once you know the knowledge behind something, that something is easy to understand and do. Thus, the first thing you need to know in developing a killer punch is simple. That one thing you need to understand is…weight.

This universe has only objects flying through space. When objects collide there is the sensation of weight. The more weight involved in the collision, the more effect there is going to be.

You hit somebody, and your fist flies through space and collides. Now, if the body your fist is colliding with weighs 200 pounds, then you are going to have to have a two hundred pound fist. Well, you could multiply the 20 pounds of your fist by ten times the velocity, but there is an easier way.

The easiest way is to get your body behind the punch. Your arm may weigh 20 pounds, but if you can add your legs and your torso and even your head to the equation, you can weigh, especially when you times your weight by velocity, 200 pounds. Heck, if you can get a hundred pounds of body weight into a punch, and then multiple it by a simple ten, you are going to have a thousand pound punch.

First, do lots of push ups, and when your arms get strong, start jumping your push ups into the air. Second, examine your form slowly, looking at the pieces of your body and how to assemble them into one intention. Three, set up a six foot tall box, make it weigh 200 pounds, pad it, and practice shoving it across the floor with your punch.

The funny things is that this method is so simple that everybody overlooks it. And, to be truthful, nobody really understands the importance of gauging weight in the martial arts. But, whether you do tai chi chuan, pa kua chang, Chinese Kenpo, tae kwon do, or any of the forms of classical karate, you need to understand weight, and you need to implement some form of the training method I have detailed here if you want The Most Powerful Punch in The World!

Author: Paul A. Walker
Source: isnare.com

Are you looking to join your, drills
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, up? If you haven’t yet visited your local martial arts, drills
, school, you’re probably wondering what a typical karate class looks like. This article will break down the main elements of a good karate class.

Obviously not every club will follow this format and, drills
, within each martial, drills
, arts, drills
, school the weekly classes will also change but this is meant to be, drills
, a guide of what to expect in general.

Classes also vary in length ranging from short 30 minute classes for young kids to 1 hour classes or longer for older kids, teenagers, drills
, and adults. The following example is based on a one-hour class and not all of these elements will be covered in each lesson.

1. Formal etiquette The majority of karate schools adhere to some kind of formal etiquette at the beginning and end of each class. This practice can be attributed to traditional Asian culture where bowing and formal chanting are often used to begin and end any type of structured activity. Depending, drills
, on your chosen karate school you could see the, drills
, full routine, drills
, of formal etiquette including, drills
, kneeling, multiple bows and the verbal recital of the, drills
, school creed to a more laidback approach of an informal hand clap followed by the words, “Let’s begin”.

2. Warm-up and stretching Before any type of physical activity it is highly, drills
, recommended that you warm-up and stretch. It is often a good idea to end the activity, drills
, with more stretching (sometimes called a warm-down), drills
, . Karate is a, drills
, very, drills
, physical activity and so it should be obvious that a warm-up is an integral part of each lesson.

3. Practice of basic techniques Right after the warm-up ends many karate classes begin with basic practice. This includes drilling stances, punches, kicks, blocks and strikes on the spot and up and down the floor with the focus being on multiple repetitions, drills
, of the main techniques required for each rank level.

4. Forms practice Forms are pre-defined sequences of techniques that a practitioner must memorize. The forms are, drills
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, a main requirement for each test, and they help the practitioner, drills
, to understand how different techniques fit together and integrate into sets of techniques. There are many different forms and each one has a set pattern with a, drills
, central focus.

They are often likened to the martial arts, drills
, equivalent of a dance routine but most forms, drills
, have accompanying application drills that show how each technique can be used against an opponent in a self-defense situation.

5. Short break Depending, drills
, on the length and intensity of each class, practitioners are often given the chance of a short “water break.”

6. Partner work drills These types of drills, drills
, are usually one of the fun parts of a karate class, drills
, because the practitioners get to practice their techniques with an opponent to see how they are used and to drill appropriate reactions to different types of attacks. Partner, drills
, work drills aren’t always limited to two people but can, drills
, often include multiple opponents or group training drills. This usually depends on the creativity of the instructor and the overall level of the class.

7. Pads and targets An important part of karate training is to practice your techniques against different types of targets. These targets include soft,, drills
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, and targets are usually a lot of fun for all involved and give you a real sense of what it feels like to actually strike a target.

8. Conditioning drills This is really where your level of fitness can improve dramatically. Conditioning drills include running, jumping, push-ups, sit-ups, jumping, drills
, jacks, star jumps, squats, relays, and any number of stamina-focused activities. Depending on the level of the, drills
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, class and the age group these drills are not always for the light-hearted but you did want to get a good workout, didn’t you?

So in a nutshell a typical, drills
, karate class will include some or all of these different elements.

For more information on this and other relevant topics for people looking to get started in the, drills
, martial arts, be sure to download my FREE Report, “Karate for Newcomers: How to Find Out Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Karate Practice”. You can download it at my website http://www.freekarateinformation.com

The truth of Tai Chi is inherent in a symbol that nobody understands. If you read to the end of this article you will understand that symbol, and it will enlighten your practice of the martial arts. I am speaking of that grand terminus, the yin yang symbol.

The Yin Yang symbol is two fishes swimming is night and day is good and evil is…poppycock. The Yin Yang symbol has nothing to do with those poetic but truncated observations possible to our short lived species. The Ying Yang symbol is actually a quite mechanistic approach and empirical observation to our universe.

Everything in the universe is a motor. A motor is defined as tension between two objects. Doesn’t matter whether the tension is push or pull, just that the tension is, and that is what holds our universe together and…keeps it apart.

An atom, with electron and proton, forever chasing and never catching, is a motor. A cell, with potassium and sodium bubbling their happy little lives away, is a motor. And this dichotomous viewpoint of the universe can be extended through all the combined motors, which are called machines, up to the attraction and repulsion of celestial bodies of the most intense and largest magnitude.

When you do Tai Chi you are pulsing energy up the legs, across the generator, and down the legs. Back and forth, alternating current, causing the generator, called the Tan Tien, to bubble its unique energy, called chi. Imagine the generator as a little cup of tea, being swirled, not to slosh, but to be mixed in yin yang motorific fashion, just enough to froth just a bit of steamy chi.

As you do Tai Chi you become aware of the space that your body occupies in space, and awareness hollows out the receptacle for this chi. Eventually the golden elixir, summoned far more efficiently and efficaciously than any ancient alchemist might believe, fills the body, becomes responsive to the wish and desire of the student/philosopher. Good health, strength and endurance, mental clarity, all are the product of a body made to function the way it was designed to be functioned.

Animals do Tai Chi, and wonder why we don’t. Babies are possessed of Tai Chi, and robbed of it through the cultural expectations which accompany the aging process. And, the space of yourself being attained, you know the answer…who you were before you were born, and who you are after you die.

I sell nothing with this article, I only search for friends, and give away my knowledge. Can you have it? Can you have yourself, the eternal you that all love and none see?