YOUR MONTHLY MARTIAL ARTS FIX—JULY 2010

RESULTS OF CHAMPIONSHIP

LIGHTWEIGHT (65 Kg) 1. GHULAM MAHBOOB RAHIMI - AFGHANISTAN 2. HUJATULLAH SAMEHZADA - AFGHANISTAN 3. RUSTAM ALAKAEV - RUSSIA MIDDLEWEIGHT (72 Kg) 1. ASTEMIR BESLANEEV - RUSSIA 2. SERGEY BIBIKOV - KAZAKHSTAN 3. LEE JIN KYUNG - KOREA HEAVYWEIGHT (80 Kg) 1. EMIL DZHAFAROV - RUSSIA 2. AHMAD SHAH AFZALI - AFGHANI-STAN 3. RYUJI WADA - JAPAN SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT 1. ANDREY VIDYULIN - RUSSIA 2. FUJI YUSUKE - JAPAN 3. BILAL MARWAN KAZAAL - KUWAIT

Kyokushin Karate is widely known as strongest ka-rate due to its brutal nature of conditioning, high discipline, full contact with no protective gear and no holding of punches. It is not for the faint of heart, nor for those who are seeking to learn mar-tial arts just for "fitness". As a Kyokushin karateka, we train you to be strong, to learn to take punches and fight back in return. Due to the hardcore nature of Kyokushin Karate, not many people can withstand the training but if you do persevere, you come out very strong, physically and mentally. On March 2010, Kuala Lumpur played host to this budo martial art with participants from 20+ coun-tries. This event was organized by Kyokushin-kan Malaysia headed by Shihan Michael Ding AMN, PJK who is a 5th dan black belt in the art.

Shihan Michael with a student

Shihan Okazaki performing demo during opening ceremony

Participant from Russia performing breaking

Location (behind New Paris restaurant SS2, same row as PJ Speech & Drama):

Malaysia Honbu: 5C, Jln 19/29, Section 19, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Contact Sensei: +016 282 5488

1st All Asia Kyokushin-kan Tournament 2010 in Malaysia 1 hour worth of bare knuckle full contact fighting re-

corded live! Opening ceremony Demonstration by Japanese, Indonesians and Malaysians

BONUS!!! (FREE) 1 hour worth of camp training

in Fraser’s hill conducted by Kancho Royama

Ikken practice Bo kata and bunkai Location (behind New Paris restaurant SS2, same row as PJ Speech & Drama):

Malaysia Honbu: 5C, Jln 19/29, Section 19, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Contact Sensei: +016 282 5488

COUNTING 1,2,3,4

Ichi, Ni, san, yon Hana, dul, set, neht

Children are taught to count from an early age, in fact it is amongst the first syllabus one gets taught.

Likewise, counting is imperative in martial arts. Instructors count when keeping track of drills. The numbers serve as a signal to students to execute a certain technique. The bigger the number, the more tired you get...

When counting, timing is very important. too fast, and you get students struggling to keep up, eventually giving up, or even compensating good form just to meet the count. Count to slow by stopping in between too often to correct and you get easily bored students whose atten-tion waver. The perfect balance is slow counts (e.g.: 10 slow counts x 2) for students to get used to a technique and perfect the mechanics, and then (10 fast counts x 3) to promote aerobic and speed when executing the technique. Never compromise a technique just to meet a count. It will promote bad hab-its that will be hard to break later. A good instructor strikes the perfect bal-ance in counting and knows when to speed up or slow down.

The moment the count is chanted, a student should make every effort to com-plete the technique within the shortest time possible. This is to train explosive power and improve reaction time.

Counting is also used during sparring. Especially when you get knocked down :) The referee uses numbers (1...10) to give the fighter time to recover upon the 10th second, if the fighter loses the will to fight, he loses his match.

PERAK KOSHIKI KARATE-DO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2010

Koshiki Karatedo is a competition system

which allows participants to understand

the principles of a fighting match, combin-

ing safety with full power techniques and

the true spirit of traditional Budo. Koshiki

Karatedo practice develops mental

strength, physical fitness and coordina-

tion, and martial prowess through efficient

training of hand and foot techniques and

body movement.

By using “Super Safe” protective equip-

ment, we can train without fear of injury

and still execute full power punching-tsuki

-, kicking-keri- striking-uchi, and other

hitting- ate, techniques. You could truly

taste the techniques is essential to grasp

the most practical and healthful aspects

of traditional Budo.

Koshiki Karatedo is a fair match system which allows and

encourages competition among different martial arts

styles such as non-contact Karate, full-contact Karate,

semi-contact Karate, and others including Kickboxing,

Nippon Kempo, Shorinji Kempo, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do,

and others.

What makes Koshiki different:

Actual strikes and kicks

Safe equipment

Point competition system

Victory through ippon

Fair refereeing

Open to other styles

Ippon (one full point) “ Ippon”-full point means an attack with powerful, controlled, and well executed techniques, which auto-matically wins the match. Examples of “Ippon” techniques include: As a result of a well executed technique on

the protective equipment, the opponent is knocked down, stunned or mentally defeated through the loss of fighting spirit and will to continue;

An excellent and controlled punch, kick and

strike techniques executed after controlling the opponent through ashi-barai (leg sweep) or throwing techniques; and

When a sequence of three or more effective techniques in an unbroken

combination techniques hits perfectly and the opponent cannot adequately counter.

Effective techniques slightly less powerful which do not score an Ippon are awarded points (Wazaari). All contestants should aim to achieve victory through “Ippon”. If no “ Ippon” is scored within match time, the victory is awarded to the contestant who has accumulated the most points of the Wazaari.

REPETITION

Even the word is boring. Repeat, doing the same things over and over again. Some people hate repetition because to them, it poses no challenges to the mind. So what if I punch 500 times, they say? What is difference of punch-ing blocking 10 times, and blocking 100 times? What am I training? Stam-ina? If I wanted stamina, why can’t I just jog?

These questions are what separates true martial artists. Says Sosai Mas Oyama, founder of Kyokushin Karate: train 1000 days a beginner, train 10,000 days a master.

Repetition is important because it pro-motes muscle memory. Practising a block 20 times a week in class is not going to help you in a situation when you have to think fast or when you’re in a panic and noth-ing even goes through your brain. This is where thou-sands of repetition comes in. Teach your muscle to go

1. Envision any forms of attack that you can use the technique for. If it is a strike, imagine which part of the body can be your target. If it’s a block, what strike can you block against OR how can you turn the block into a strike?

2. The mechanics of the technique. Are you turning your hips enough, twisting the wrist? Is it true to form? Where are my eyes looking? Am I breathing right?

3. Train & focus the mind. It is under-standable that after a few hundreds of the same technique, your mind will tend to wander. This is the time to lasso in your thoughts and force yourself to con-centrate and focus on point 1 and 2. Upon hearing the command that you will

be doing 1000 punches, train your mind to accept it in-stead of responding negatively. Counter the laziness. Let’s just start out the first 100 and see where we go from there. You win both ways.

Say you were asked to do 1000 punches. How do you feel as you pro-

gress along?

0-100: Still feeling good, hey, I can do this!

100-200: Arms start to feel sore, but you persevere.

200-500: Stance starts to feel shaky, saliva drying up in mouth, throat

sore from shouting. Feel like giving up

500-600: 2nd wind comes, stamina returns. Hey I’m already halfway

done. I’ll reward myself with <insert personal reward> if I finish this.

600-800: Starts to notice the motion and twisting of body and hand.

Getting so tired, each punch gets more powerful because you’re throw-

ing it out.

800-900: Almost over now.

900-1000: Last lap come on. Shouts and punches get stronger and

louder. You don’t want to finish with a weak punch do you?

Finally it’s over. That feeling of accomplishment knowing that you over-

come your own mind and body and threw out 1000 techniques while

staying true to form, without getting sloppy.

2nd set, anyone?!