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Monday, March 9, 2009

Martial Arts (Karate) Kata

Kata means literally "shape" or "model." Kata is a formalized sequence of movements which represent various attack and defense postures. These postures are based on idealized combat applications.

Some kata use low and wide stances. This practice develops leg strength, correct posture, and gracefulness. Vigorous arm movements enhance cardiovascular fitness and upper body strength. Kata vary in number of movements and difficulty. The longer kata require the karateka to learn many complex movements. Diligent training and correct mindfulness lead to real understanding of combat principles.

Physical routines were a logical way to preserve this type of knowledge. The various moves have multiple interpretations and applications. Because the applicability for actual self-defense is so flexible there is no definitively correct way to interpret all kata. That is why only high ranking practitioners are qualified to judge adequate form for their own style. Some of the criteria for judging the quality of a performance are: Absence of missteps; correct beginning and especially ending; crispness and smoothness; correct speed and power; confidence; and knowledge of application. Kata with the same name are often performed differently in other styles of karate. Kata are taught with minor variations among schools of the same style. Even the same instructor will teach a particular kata slightly differently as the years pass.

To attain a formal rank the karateka must demonstrate competent performance of specific required kata for that level. The Japanese terminology for grades or ranks is commonly used. Requirements for examinations vary among schools.

By Faisal Mehmood

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Slimming And Flat Stomach Tips…..

I am faisal mehmood and I am a black belt in martial art (Karate).

I will tell some tips about health and about fitness men and women both….

Because my aim is,,,,

HEALTHY PAKISTAN SO HEALTHY SCOCIETY……

Are you struggling with belly fat? Would you like to have a flat stomach? Have you tried doing stomach exercises and saw no results?

Learn how to get a flat stomach. Separate the truth from the myths. Learn how to do stomach exercises correctly, what foods help you burn fat as you eat and the benefits of cardio exercises.

We think about losing belly fat and getting a flat stomach we imagine ourselves doing lots of crunches and other stomach exercises. Well stomach exercises are good for toning your stomach muscles but stomach exercises alone are not enough.

To get a toned flat stomach you will need to lose the fat that is covering your stomach muscles, and the best way to burn stomach fat is a combination of changing your eating habits, so your body stores less fat, and doing cardio exercises to burn the fat that is already there.

And it’s not just what you eat or don't eat. When and how often you eat is equally important and determines whether your body stores fat or burns it even when you rest.

I will help you create a healthy meal plan and show you how healthy eating habits can cause your body to store less fat after every meal while increasing your metabolism to burn more calories and lose fat all over your body.

Lose Stomach Fat by Adding Cardio Exercises to Your Ab Workout

What is the best exercise for a flat stomach? If you said stomach exercises you are going to be surprised.

Doing cardio exercises is probably the single most important thing you can do to get a flat stomach. They burn far more calories then stomach exercises like crunches. When you do cardio exercises your body will burn calories and when you burn more calories then you consume you will be losing fat, stomach fat included.

You can't have a flat stomach if you have a layer of fat covering your stomach muscles. By doing cardio exercises you will burn fat all over your body, reducing the fat covering your stomach, making your stomach muscles show.

Choose the Best Stomach Exercises to Lose Belly Fat

First you should know that you can't lose fat in just one section of your body, like your stomach. You can't crunch your way to a flat stomach without cardio exercises and a proper diet. You can read more about the spot toning myth here.

With that said stomach exercises are essential for toning your abs and training your stomach muscles. So if you wish to get a sexy flat stomach you should definitely include stomach exercises in your workout routine.

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Bruce Lee

“Dialogue And Some Introduction”

· You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. because, I mean I don't want to be like "As Confucius say," but under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens that people are different.
· When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!
· All types of knowledge, ultimately self knowledge.
· A good martial artist does not become tense but ready.
· Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.
· Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain.
· Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

I have spent the last eleven years submerged in the study of martial arts. My emphasis has always been on Bruce Lee and his art of Jeet Kune Do. Through his example, I have extended my studies to many different arts, philosophies, etc. Through these studies, I have come across several instances of passages, ideas, and philosophies that have been attributed to Bruce Lee that were clearly someone else's work.

I would like to say that I in no way intend this to be a slap in the face of the late Bruce Lee. On the contrary, I feel that Bruce Lee has done more for the martial arts in the 20th century than has anyone- period. I have also tried to follow his teachings for the last 11 years as best that I can. My problem arises by what is attributed to the originality of Bruce Lee. What were actually his own ideas as opposed to something just regurgitated from his vast library?

Bruce Lee was a very well-read man, with over 2000 books in his personal library. When the Tao of Jeet Kune Do was published as a collection of his notes, many mistook them to be all his own original writings. Many still do. But according to Ted Wong, (long time friend and student of Bruce Lee) when questioned in an interview published by Karate International magazine stated: "Mostly, it is just his philosophy and his personal notes. Actually it's more like a diary, with notes on different arts..."

Bruce Lee is said to have been an obsessive note taker and the Tao of Jeet Kune Do is a published version of his notes. The notes range from personal ideas to passages in books to drawings. What causes problems is that there are few distinctions made between original and copied material. With the exception of a handful of cited copyrighted sources at the beginning of the Tao of Jeet Kune Do, most are not acknowledged. This is also true of nearly all of the countless Bruce Lee books on the market today. To make matters more complicated, Bruce Lee himself embellished on certain passages, thus making the passages sound like original Bruce Lee works.

The following examples were found purely accidentally through my personal studies. I have focused mainly on written material, but this movie scene seemed to be an ideal place to start.

Do you remember the scene in Enter the Dragon where Lee's character stated his style was the style of "Fighting Without Fighting" and proceeded to lure the bully into boarding the small boat? He then untied the boat and set it adrift. This scene was based on an anecdote of a well-known Japanese swordsman named Tsukahara Bokuden (1490-1571). As the story goes, Bokuden was crossing a lake one day when confronted by another swordsman who was bent on displaying his skill. When Bokuden was asked what his style was, he replied, "The mutekatsu ryu." Bokuden explained that this style was the highest form of swordsmanship, for it relied on no hands. The other swordsman grew angry and demanded a demonstration. Bokuden suggested an island so no innocent people would be hurt. When the boat reached the shore, the other swordsman preceded Bokuden, who appeared to follow, but pushed the boat back out into the lake. Bokuden then spoke in a calm voice saying that this is how mutekatsu ryu defeats the enemy.

Now I understand that this is just a scene from a movie, but it has been stated that Bruce Lee liked to inject higher philosophical principles into his movies and this scene has been quoted many times to exemplify Jeet Kune Do's highest ideals. I think it is interesting to see where it came from, don't you?

Now here's one that applies directly to the physical techniques of his art of Jeet Kune Do. The following excerpts refer to the footwork involved in reaching your opponent.

The Tao of Jeet Kune Do

"...It is a constant, rapid shifting of ground, seeking the slightest closing which will greatly increase the chances of hitting the opponent."

Sports Illustrated: Book of Fencing

"It is a constant rapid shifting of ground, seeking the slight closing of distance, which will greatly increase the chances of hitting the opponent."

Most JKD people are aware that Bruce Lee borrowed many ideas from western fencing, but did you know that this was an almost direct quote?

The copyright on the Sports Illustrated: Book of Fencing is 1960, 1962. It was published in 1962. Now Bruce Lee would have been in Seattle at this time and still attending Edison Technical School. It is very doubtful that Lee would have written this first. Also, Lee was still very much Wing Chun oriented in his fighting style. It was not until the late sixties that Lee coined the term "Jeet Kune Do", which we have been told consists mainly of Wing Chun, boxing, and western fencing.

Here are a couple of examples where Bruce Lee took someone else's words and either simply inserted "Jeet Kune Do" or changed it slightly to accommodate an unarmed combat art.

One that I have heard repeated many times over the years and Bruce Lee even included in a personal letter to a fan named "John", in only slightly different wording, is:

The Tao of Jeet Kune Do

"With all the training thrown to the wind, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere, anybody knows where, the art of Jeet Kune Do attains its perfection."

Yagyu Tajima no kami Munenori (1571-1646) Japanese swordsman

"...When this is realized, with all the training thrown to the winds, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own workings, with the self vanished nowhere anybody knows, the art of swordsmanship attains its perfection and one who has it is called a meijin."

This was written over 300 years ago! It appears to be an adopted philosophy that should be credited to Yagyu Tajima no kami Munenori, not Bruce Lee.

From Faisal Mehmood

Monday, March 2, 2009

Hello Dears,

Assalam-U-Alaikum ,

I am Faisal Mehmood belong to Tai’s Bando Karate (Martial Arts). I am black belt in”Bando Karate “(Martial Arts) and won lots of fights and demonstrations. Lets we know about Karate (Martial Arts). Martial Arts Is one of the best defending Arts you can do with a show.
With Martial Arts You can learn much Technique’s to defend your self and others.
Also you can calm you mind in a smooth warm up session.

So if you are someone who has anger management problems Karate (Martial Arts) Is probably one of the best chilling up sessions you can do.

Apart from when you are doing an Attack session which is a lot more fun
That is indeed true, controversial (or contradictory) as it may seem.
Many parents do not want to cross this threshold, for example if they have a child who needs to follow a course of anger management.
The problem is that still too often, martial arts are seen as 'training violence'.
That is, however, completely the wrong attitude, as people often forget that one of the main factors in martial arts is discipline.
That includes getting things like violence, attacking, anger and the likes out of your mind. Well... there is also Karate (Martial Arts) that are not (that) aggressive at all, such as Aikido (which I practiced for a while) and Tai Chi (which seems to be half martial art / half meditation). I have tried a few martial arts but quit shortly after i started because I wasn't particularly interested in them but still they never teach you how to attack someone they only teach you how to defend yourself, all the example situations they teach you are never like someone owes you money so you go bash them. It’s always in Self Defence. Obviously you can use the skills they teach you to attack but they always tell you to only use Karate (Martial Arts) when it is absolutely necessary and trying to sort it out peacefully is the best option. But they still are teaching you to fight but they try to teach you to use the martial art skill in a good way.

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