Speaking of famous martial arts guys on the HI forum

DannyinJapan

DannyinJapan

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I dont know about any of you guys, but when I saw Alfred Tan's name in the forum, he needed no introduction.
I have owned one of the katanas he designed...
 
Danny!

Yep, I can vouch Alf Tans a good guy to do business with as well.

Sirupate {Simon from Tora kukris} is another well qualified martial artist who is a member here.{ although he was unoffcialy asked not to post here any more by Rusty in case of competition for HI.}He has achieved 1st Dan in Taekwondo, 3rd Dan in Karate, 6th Dan in Kickboxing and WKA Goldbar in Kickboxing. Hes Also a qualified Thai Boxing Instructor under Master Toddy. He was also the British Kickboxing squad coach during the World Kickboxing Championship Tournament in Venice, Italy.A runs his own martial arts school.

Cheers,
Spiral
 
Martial arts is one thing I wish I had gotten into, but never had the time or money. HOpefully will sometme, but starting this late won't be same as if I started young.

My dad was a black belt(only 1st degree, I believe) in Judo in high school. Still has belt and gi at home.

Somehow I never got into it. Dunno.
 
Please dont let money or age stop you from starting to learn.
the finest martial artists I know are over 50.
Those old ninjas can whip my ass any day of the week.

Also, Bruiselee is wiser than he knows.
I have been doing this seriously for seven years now and I walk into class wondering what the hell we will learn. I walk out of class wondering what the hell he was talking about.
I seriously DONT KNOW anything about this stuff, but I know that I need to be here and I need to do it.
The other guys in my school all pretty much say the same thing.

True Budo cannot be understood, not really.
In that sense, we are all beginners and there is no rank.

Its like that illustration somebody came up with about what would happen if you fell into a black hole feet first. Your feet have a black belt and your head has a white belt, but your feet have an infinite blackness in front of them so, relatively speaking, there's not much difference.
that sounds a little stupid, but maybe you can guess what I'm trying to say.
 
That makes sense Danny, & it says something about you I think,


A true expert recognises how much they dont know!

Spiral :D
 
I've been back in Aikido since April, and I am so glad to be back!
I love every minute on the mat--okay I didn't like the blade hand strike I took to the eye that dropped me like a dish rag a few days ago, but ALMOST every moment;) :D That was an accident by the way--the sensei had said moments before "make sure you block that incoming strike..." I guess she should have said "and NOT with your eyeball":D
 
Oh, i'll definitely start someday when time allows, and working even now on getting myself into better shpae, just never will be as good as I could have been if I started earlier. Even at 23, already have arthritis starting to show in knees and hands.

Plus if I had started eyars ago like my dad could have had a better record in my one year of wrestling. :) Though he did show me a few moves that I put to good use at the time.
 
Hm. We were given a crash course in BJJ-style jujitsu in Basic.

The guy I was squared up against was about 5" taller than me, and maybe 15 lbs heavier. We started upright, jockeying for position, and then I took him down in a sacrifice throw. (Not something they taught us in Basic, incidentally.)

Now, "for real", you hold your opponent in place, so he can't roll out. Since this was just training, I released him before he really bit the ground. He had me locked up in an anchor-tight choke about 1/2 second later. Our bout had lasted maybe 30 seconds.

Turned out, he'd been the HI high school wrestling champion. :p
 
Must be 20+ years of it now, (dont I feel old...) Taught Chinese and Malaysian styles, (and learned what a bad tempered bastid of a teacher I am), been thrown around the judo and aikido mat, spent a little time among our split toed friends of the night and learned just how little I know.

My first 'love' was silat, but now I'm going off further in the direction of the Chinese arts. The traditional Wu style of tai chi chuan, (Quan Yu lines as taught by Wang Peisheng and Cheng Tinhung), has the best CQC unarmed methods I've seen or done. The sabre stuff works well enough with a khuk. Good for your health too, which is not something I could accuse many arts of.

I've travelled to some fascinating places and met some amazing people. Made some great friends. In the end I'd like to think I've learned more about the sword that creates, (katsujinken), than the sword that destroys, (Setsuninto).
 
Hey Ept777, i'm 25 and have been training in Martial Arts under Sensei Simon Hengle (Tora Martial Arts) for just over 3 years, which isn't long at all compared to the old skool martial artists that have been training forlike EVER!! I have loads of respect for them guys. I kinda wish I had started when I was 10 or so, but if I had, maybe I wouldn't be doing it now. Lots of my friends did things like karate when they were younger, but they stopped when they got to secondary school cos they got into other things... members of the opposite sex, other sports, going out clubbing, alcohol etc! :)

For me, I think starting at 22 was a good thing. It means i'm doing it cos I want to be, not because my parents or anyone else for that matter want me to do it.

I was pretty good at Basketball when I was in my teens and played for the British School girl under 18's team. The training for that was pretty hard going but nothing compared to the martial arts training I do now!!! Training in martial arts has made me push myself more than anything else I have ever done both physically and mentally!! Its certainly good for getting you in shape, providing you put in the effort and it has made me a better person in that I am much more relaxed and confident!! I've had good days and bad days, good being coming 2nd place in my first continual competition, bad being fractured ribs from a side kick.... major pain for 6 weeks!!

I take it that you guys have heard of Bill "Superfoot" Wallace. He is an inspiration to me and in my opinion the greatest ring kicker of all time! ;)
 
Hello SAINT, Joe Lewis is another of my idols as the founder of kickboxing. Benny "the jet" Urquidez is another. My Sensei Simon Hengle has had the privilage of meeting and training with Bill and they were scheduled to do a demo fight back in 1993 or 95, but it never happened as they both sustained injuries!! That I would have loved to see!! Bill was an inspiration to my instructors kicking technique and style. I'm trying, but don't think i'll ever beable to keep my knee up quite like they do!!! Strangely enough, off to training now... will catch up later!! Here goes..... LOL!!
 
Turned out, he'd been the HI high school wrestling champion
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WHOA!! Hold on just a second!! How long have I been off the forum?!?!

HI has a HIGH SCHOOL!!!?!?!?!? My GOD think of how many khukuris I'd have by now if I'd gone to Himalayan Imports High!!:rolleyes: ;) :p :D
 
K,
Joe was something else!Got BB in Okin.in 6 mo(at that time Karate was hardcore)!Joe was the first to wear a Black Gi,he was the BAD BOY!
Had a Side Kick & a Backfist.Wallace had his Kicks,Norris beat them to win the Champonship!As an aside Mike Stone "NEVER" lost!We had no.gloves,foot pads,etc! "WE" did have"broken ribs,broken noses,black eyes & messed up knees & feet!It was an dif.era & time! How would THEY have rated in their prime now!! THEY STILL WOULD KICK ***!Iwas young,Lewis was the "one"as far as I was concerned,me and the other guys in our class worked like dogs!In one class with my instructor we started with 15,next class we had 5! NOBODY gave us anything ,we earned it.NOW!!I've seen ,people BUY BELTS in a yr,9yr old BB,can't even show decent tech,much less fight!
THE SAINT! :cool:
 
Hi SAINT, Well i'm back from training. Had a weapons night tonight which was great. We had Bokken training!! Only thing is if i'd been using my Katana, i'd have no fingers left and I would have cut my own femoral artery blocking against a yoko giri!! Must work on that tomorrow! LOL!

I thought Lewis took 7 months to achieve his Shodan, under Kinjo Kinsoku who taught him that devasting side kick. If I remember correctly he won his first tournament at the Jhoon Rhee US Nationals in 1966 scoring ALL his points with that side kick!! Would not like to have been one of his opponents!! Incidently, wasn't Bill Wallace the only full contact champion to retire undefeated?? I think if those guys were still around and in their prime today, they'd be awesome. I've got loads of respect for the old school martial artists. I've heard stories about training back in THE days!! Don't think I could have hacked it!

My Sensei is very well known in my neck of the woods for being the instructor from hell! I've spoken to many of his ex-students who say the training back then was brutal and that broken ribs, jaws and shins were common. Ex-students that have returned say that his training now is much more relaxed (much to do with law these days), well you coulda fooled me!! Even these days we still do 1000 kick sessions and after that, I can hardly walk for a couple of days! I must remember the Gurkha saying "live hard, fight hard and when necessary, die hard"!
 
Kohei,

May I ask what style you're studying? Sounds interesting, with both kenjutsu and karate techniques.

John
 
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