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Subject: News letter Dec 2010
From: nfdojo@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:09:30 -0600
To: arnoldos@msn.com
News letter Dec 2010
Taketo Nakamura grand master
Okinawa Kenpo
Sanchin, how important is it? If there is no san chin there is no karate, in china it is refered to as iron shirt chi Kung. The word san means 3, the word chin, is chi in china, and ki in japan . So san chin means 3 areas of chi, or 3 battles, three goals, or 3 areas to focus on. THE FIRST BTTLE, goal or focus, what ever you prefer. The first battle is to direct your chi to your miscles, then attack your muscles and train them, litterly attack with kicks and punches. You strike the points that are most likely to get hit in a fight, legs arms torso and neck. You make these areas tough so when your defences are down you can take a hit, the san chin we practice is the one from Uichi Ryu, and arm hardening excersises in every class. You strike these areas that are easily hit in a fight to let them get tuff, but you only hit as hard as the student wants, and he will gradually, tell you harder and harder, after years of this and your hands and feet hurt when you kick or punch the student, then you hit him with a board, usually a 2x2about 4 foot, you do the same cycle of hitting however hard the student wants. After a while when you hit your student with the 2x2 increasing the hardness of the hit and when the 2x2 breaks break, the first battle is won, and you keep practicing this maneuver.
THE SECOND BATTLE is the breathing, this is a breathing refered to Taoist breathing, inhale fast and exhale slow, when you get to the end of your exhale make the sound ssss. compressing the inhaled air inside you, also directing the compression to areas you are being hit on. Wheather it's your arms legs different parts of your torso or neck. This is done in conjunction with the first battle of the muscles.
THE THIRD BATtLE is the focusing of your eyes. First you focus on a spot straight in front of you on in the direction you are going. Your shoulders are down and your spine ad neck are curved down with your chin slightly in. What this does is that it kicks in the part of your brain that thinks like a reptile. We all have a reptilian brain section where we do not think, fear, love or hate. A reptile does not know love fear or hate, it just knows that it's hungry, or has to defend it's self. Just like a snake will wait for a mouse to come by and if he is hungry he will eat it. If he is threatened he will bite in self defense. So by letting your shoulders down tucking your chin in slightly you automatically go into the reptilian mode. You don't love hate or show emotion you just do the appropriate moves that you learned in karate.
Practcing your kata in this manner has great benefit. You conduct all three battles coordinated to gather in lock step just as marines conduct close order drill, or battle tactics while in training. The commander gives the order the troops conduct the execution of those orders in the prescribed pattern or kata, so to speak. The orders given from the cmmander ( the brain ) with power, demeanor and inthusiasm given in the tone of his voice and physical appearance (chi) as he issues the orders to his troops will determine the out come of the maneuvers being conducted as he supervises the manouver's every function.
Chi is also used in kata . In sanchin extended chi When you trust your hands out you exhale when you with draw your hands you in hale. Using your chi you imagine your punch keeping on going in a spiraling motion through the wall, then as you bring your hand back you spiral it back in the direction of the rotation of your fist. Just as a patrol goes in to an area it follows a planed route, when ti returns it comes back in an other route. This is sanchin, or iron shirt chi Kung as it was refered to in ancient china. Real karate is a martial art ( martial means military) so I used military terms.
The spiritual chi is another story, this part can not be explained, you have to experience it. If you have any questions or coments call
Sensei Flores 361-449-2374 or nfdojo@yahoo.com. Twitter@nfdojoIn a message dated 12/12/2010 4:03:09 PM Mountain Standard Time, nfdojo@yahoo.com writes:
This feed back is from Howard Webb law enforcement
Here is my two cents. Put my name on it. I am not ashamed to tell people what I think.
I started training in Okinawa Kenpo with Sensei Flores in the early 80's in Yuma, AZ. Since that time, Sensei Flores' training has been the foundation for the fifty law enforcement defensive tactics training programs I have developed for the Oregon Public Safety Academy, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, and DHB Armor (for the Hitman suit).
What makes Okinawa Kenpo the only martial art that is truly applicable to law enforcement? The founding Okinawa Kenpo masters believed two things about their martial art that distinguishes it from other martial arts systems and what makes Okinawa Kenpo the only martial art truly applicable to law enforcement. First, Okinawa Kenpo is only a system of combat. It is not a path to enlightenment or personal growth. Second, because their lives depended on their training, they discovered the way you trained is the way you would react under the stress of a life and death encounter. Law enforcement discovered that the way you train is the way you react under stress by analyzing the deaths of police officers in the line of duty in the mid-1960's.
Because Okinawa Kenpo is first and foremost a combat art, it is not for the faint of heart, the squeamish, or the peace-nik-cosmic oatmeal cookie looking for the meaning of life. However, it is for those who are drawn to warriors and warrior values. Combat is Darwinian in nature. That is what separates Okinawa Kenpo from martial sports: bogo gear and attitude.
Howard Webb
Executive Director
(406) 459-1838 - Direct
(406) 241-6150 - Office
accjtraining@aol.com - email
www.accjt.org - Website
ACCJT Mailing Address:
PO Box 1702
Missoula, Montana 59806-1702
From: nfdojo@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:09:30 -0600
To: arnoldos@msn.com
News letter Dec 2010
Taketo Nakamura grand master
Okinawa Kenpo
Sanchin, how important is it? If there is no san chin there is no karate, in china it is refered to as iron shirt chi Kung. The word san means 3, the word chin, is chi in china, and ki in japan . So san chin means 3 areas of chi, or 3 battles, three goals, or 3 areas to focus on. THE FIRST BTTLE, goal or focus, what ever you prefer. The first battle is to direct your chi to your miscles, then attack your muscles and train them, litterly attack with kicks and punches. You strike the points that are most likely to get hit in a fight, legs arms torso and neck. You make these areas tough so when your defences are down you can take a hit, the san chin we practice is the one from Uichi Ryu, and arm hardening excersises in every class. You strike these areas that are easily hit in a fight to let them get tuff, but you only hit as hard as the student wants, and he will gradually, tell you harder and harder, after years of this and your hands and feet hurt when you kick or punch the student, then you hit him with a board, usually a 2x2about 4 foot, you do the same cycle of hitting however hard the student wants. After a while when you hit your student with the 2x2 increasing the hardness of the hit and when the 2x2 breaks break, the first battle is won, and you keep practicing this maneuver.
THE SECOND BATTLE is the breathing, this is a breathing refered to Taoist breathing, inhale fast and exhale slow, when you get to the end of your exhale make the sound ssss. compressing the inhaled air inside you, also directing the compression to areas you are being hit on. Wheather it's your arms legs different parts of your torso or neck. This is done in conjunction with the first battle of the muscles.
THE THIRD BATtLE is the focusing of your eyes. First you focus on a spot straight in front of you on in the direction you are going. Your shoulders are down and your spine ad neck are curved down with your chin slightly in. What this does is that it kicks in the part of your brain that thinks like a reptile. We all have a reptilian brain section where we do not think, fear, love or hate. A reptile does not know love fear or hate, it just knows that it's hungry, or has to defend it's self. Just like a snake will wait for a mouse to come by and if he is hungry he will eat it. If he is threatened he will bite in self defense. So by letting your shoulders down tucking your chin in slightly you automatically go into the reptilian mode. You don't love hate or show emotion you just do the appropriate moves that you learned in karate.
Practcing your kata in this manner has great benefit. You conduct all three battles coordinated to gather in lock step just as marines conduct close order drill, or battle tactics while in training. The commander gives the order the troops conduct the execution of those orders in the prescribed pattern or kata, so to speak. The orders given from the cmmander ( the brain ) with power, demeanor and inthusiasm given in the tone of his voice and physical appearance (chi) as he issues the orders to his troops will determine the out come of the maneuvers being conducted as he supervises the manouver's every function.
Chi is also used in kata . In sanchin extended chi When you trust your hands out you exhale when you with draw your hands you in hale. Using your chi you imagine your punch keeping on going in a spiraling motion through the wall, then as you bring your hand back you spiral it back in the direction of the rotation of your fist. Just as a patrol goes in to an area it follows a planed route, when ti returns it comes back in an other route. This is sanchin, or iron shirt chi Kung as it was refered to in ancient china. Real karate is a martial art ( martial means military) so I used military terms.
The spiritual chi is another story, this part can not be explained, you have to experience it. If you have any questions or coments call
Sensei Flores 361-449-2374 or nfdojo@yahoo.com. Twitter@nfdojoIn a message dated 12/12/2010 4:03:09 PM Mountain Standard Time, nfdojo@yahoo.com writes:
This feed back is from Howard Webb law enforcement
Here is my two cents. Put my name on it. I am not ashamed to tell people what I think.
I started training in Okinawa Kenpo with Sensei Flores in the early 80's in Yuma, AZ. Since that time, Sensei Flores' training has been the foundation for the fifty law enforcement defensive tactics training programs I have developed for the Oregon Public Safety Academy, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, and DHB Armor (for the Hitman suit).
What makes Okinawa Kenpo the only martial art that is truly applicable to law enforcement? The founding Okinawa Kenpo masters believed two things about their martial art that distinguishes it from other martial arts systems and what makes Okinawa Kenpo the only martial art truly applicable to law enforcement. First, Okinawa Kenpo is only a system of combat. It is not a path to enlightenment or personal growth. Second, because their lives depended on their training, they discovered the way you trained is the way you would react under the stress of a life and death encounter. Law enforcement discovered that the way you train is the way you react under stress by analyzing the deaths of police officers in the line of duty in the mid-1960's.
Because Okinawa Kenpo is first and foremost a combat art, it is not for the faint of heart, the squeamish, or the peace-nik-cosmic oatmeal cookie looking for the meaning of life. However, it is for those who are drawn to warriors and warrior values. Combat is Darwinian in nature. That is what separates Okinawa Kenpo from martial sports: bogo gear and attitude.
Howard Webb
Executive Director
(406) 459-1838 - Direct
(406) 241-6150 - Office
accjtraining@aol.com - email
www.accjt.org - Website
ACCJT Mailing Address:
PO Box 1702
Missoula, Montana 59806-1702