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I did some pretty hardcore training under Hanshi Ken Tallack. My black belt grading was about 9 hours long and it was brutal. But it sounds like a cakewalk compared to the way Bill Hind used to train LOL.
Listening to this as I am entering a somewhat forced time of taking a break from training, it was very insightful to hear from both of you, and what you have seen in the past few years! Thank you for sharing, great topic Senseis!
Thanks to the people of Punch Kick Choke Chat for having me on their podcast. It was a pleasure to share some of my perspectives with some very welcoming and knowledgeable people
Thank you for dedicating yourselves to the martial arts in this format. As far as this video is concerned, however, as Itosu's biographer, I am sorry to say that it contains many errors and anachronisms - starting with the opening photo, which shows Japanese fencing master Miyake Sango and not Itosu Ankō (1831-1915). The photo issue was corrected several years ago. It is very important to make this clear, otherwise such kind falsehoods based on incorrect sources and interpretations regarding Itosu will continue to spread.
Hi Mr. Feldmann, thank you for reaching out to us with these comments including the photo discrepancy. We'd love to have you on the show to correct the record and chat with us about Itosu. Please reach out if you are interested and we'll arrange the details.
@@pkcc Sure, let's do this. I just finished my book about Yabu Kentsu and started promoting it but will certainly find time to also talk about Itosu Anko. To arrange the details we should switch to email. Just let me know your address. Many thanks - Thomas
If you contact us through the form here we can switch to email. Happy to talk about Yabu Kentsu and your latest book as well. Thanks! www.punchkickchokechat.com/contact
While at Tsuruoka's summer camp,,it was my turn to help cooks I made a special secret fartless chili ,,Ron really liked it,,but during the night it sounded like the blazing saddle movie,,feel sorry for those that slept in the tents, yelling at me saying you lied...priceless
Met Sensei Ron at one of Tsuroka's summer camps, we trained hard, but Ron had us laughing even harder,,it was nice to hear some of his stories and his speed and power were something to behold,,thanks Ron
What a podcast! It's very interesting to me how martial arts can be a "vehicle," as you mentioned, to make martial artists balanced and benefit their lives in many ways. You all have great perspectives. Master Rego, Sensei, you hit many points I needed to learn!
Well..here it is 2024 and I have just discovered this page. I was a student of Benny Allen back in 1975 and it was so wonderful to hear Sensei Guest speak so highly of him. It was my great misfortune to have started training with Sensei Allen only scant months before he and Sensei Bill Hind closed the Beaches Karate Club. As Sensei Guest mentioned, karate is a business and Sensei Allen was still only charging $20. a month at the time so the club closed. Speaking here of greatest regrets, my greatest regret may be that I didn't just attach myself to Benny and try to be his shadow for as long as may have been possible. Benny was not a stickler on time served and grading. If he thought you were ready, he just advanced you. He did hold gradings but I was working evenings a lot when I was training at the Beaches Dojo so I missed grading nights. But after one month as a white belt I came to the dojo the afternoon following a grading night and Benny just tossed me a yellow belt. Two months later a similar event when he just tossed me an orange belt. I would often show up at the dojo in the afternoon when, often, it was just Benny and myself there. I recall one day I was kicking the bag and Benny was watching and giving me tips when he said to me, "If you keep training like this you will have your black belt in two years." Needless to say, my head swelled about three hat sizes as I knew that the trip to sho dan was generally around four years. But as was Benny's way he quickly deflated my ego by pointing out how my high mawashi geri's lacked any real power. The night the Beaches club closed was the last time I ever saw Benny. I continued training with Bill Hind in church basements and rec centers for a few months after that...and not to take anything away from Sensei Hind, but Benny was, and would always be my Sensei. I look forward to watching all of these videos where I am familiar with many of the names mentioned. Many thanks to all involved in producing them.
About hikite. I think it's natural instinct to try and grab the attackers arm and you're not wrong to do so, especially if there's a weapon involved. You want to minimize the danger by restricting the weapon's range of movement. But whatever comes after is not so clear and has to be trained (pull them out of balance & reposition yourself in an angle where it's "safe" to strike back). So from a self defence perspective, practicing hikite five hundred million times makes sense - because once you grab their arm, its also natural instinct to try to push/pull the "danger" as far away from your face/torso as possible; but that gives your opponent the initiative and the leverage to pull you out of balance and then you die.
Had the pleasure of training at James dojo last time I was in Okinawa. He also served as my tour guide and arranged several additional sessions with other Masters. A true teacher and life long student.
