Originally Posted By Plateauplower⏩

Thanks for the explanation Kaz. Yea I have a ryote tori in my Yawara stuff as well basically double wrist and elbow locks from double hand grabs. And a ryote hazushi or two hand escape as well as a morote versions which are two on one. My favorite is Akushu kotemaki tori (probably spelling it wrong) but it’s a winding joint lock (thumb, wrist, elbow, shoulder -in that order up the joint chain)from a handshake or grab.

There's one more thing, "ryo-te" and "moro-te" are both mean "two hands" or "both hands". "morote" has a quaint feel and also often means something like "bottom of one's heart". The word is usually used like, "morote wo agete dai-sansei" (="I agree from the bottom of my heart")

Originally Posted By Plateauplower⏩

My wife is loving her new role as my Uke for the next few days as I try to make sure I can hit them all smoothly .

OK, I'll leave you two lovebirds alone…….

Originally Posted By BbyGainz⏩

GUYYYYSSSS

I just received my 2018 District Champ AND World Championship placement certificates in the mail.
I got 1st in my district (the whole southeastern US) in traditional weapons (bo staff)
I placed 12th in the world in my ring, which is probably one of the most competitive and talented groups of women in my organization.

Spoiler!

Nice job, Way to Go, sister!!

Originally Posted By wooosh3⏩

judo practitioner here, currently on break recovering from a broken foot

Sorry to hear about that, wish you a speedy recovery, brother!!

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
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🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
Thread: RIP Snails : https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=181070293&page=100

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🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
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📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

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Originally Posted By Kev1972⏩

I try to practice Gun fu, but I usually end up asked to leave the firing range and told never come back.

LOL! Hi Kevin, you'll like this, it's called Gun Kata .

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
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Originally Posted By Samraiwise⏩

LOL! Hi Kevin, you'll like this, it's called Gun Kata .

Loved all those movies. Equilibrium and 1st Kickass are two of my favorites.

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Originally Posted By wrassler45⏩

I've actually wrestled two people from Japan in international competition. I never really left the sport as I have been coaching since I retired. Honestly, I believe coaching can be a lot more rewarding in certain situations

Hey thanks for the follow-up, brother. My respect, actually being given the chance in the international competitions is no small feat, I must say it's awesome and amazing. It's a great thing, what you are doing. As a coach, teaching the next generation not only the technique but also sharing your experience as an vanguard to them. My hats off to you. *bow*

—————–

By making this thread, I was hoping to create a place with an atmosphere of kinda athletic club camp I used to join when I was a teen, for friends here who also want to share their life and Martial Arts. I still love those moments as the fondest memories of all my life and I thought it would be good for you too. I'll be 60 this summer and I don't know how long I could keep doing this but I'll do try as long as I can.

About this thread, it seems it's time for me to close up. Again thank you everybody for posting here. Good luck and I'm rooting for every one of you!!!

See you when I see you. *bow*











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🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
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📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
Thread: RIP Snails : https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=181070293&page=100

⭐ Samurai Break: 140kg(308lb) Failed Bench Press Recovery Video:
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📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

It's been almost 15 months since then, I'm still alive and kicking….

just wondering, is there any martial artist who has new stores to share with us?

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
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📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

I did karate from when I was 6 untill I was about 12.
I was very talented and did competitions in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France.
I quit because of a lack of ambition/ father figure to tell me to keep doing things I didn't like for the greater good.

From 14 untill around 19 I just focused on becoming big and strong but I was also lazy and unathletic.
At the same time I smoked a lot, started doing drugs & actually selling drugs to make money and it got me into a whole lot of trouble (example I got robbed by 5 men with machetes at gunpoint because of some "supposed drug deal")

Around 19 years old I wondered wtf was wrong with me and I was sick of being this lazy fat guy who just looked big and didn't know how to fight.

From when I was 19 years old untill around 20 I trained muay thai for anything between 3 to 6 hours a day 6x/ week.
I flunked out of college that time so I had nothing else to do. My ambition was to become pro.

I went through 3 standing heavybags (obliterated the poles that hold the bag lol) and my midkicks were the hardest my coaches have ever seen for my weight (I went to a Yodsanklai seminar and mine were comparable).

In 1 year my coaches thought I was ready for fights so they set me up. I won or drawed every fight age 21 till 23 even practically breaking someone's arm once with a midkick.
All went well untill I was diagnosed with a rare form of Myositis ossificans in my shins @ 24. I ignored it & it became really, really bad (my blood pressure went up and my feet were constantly numb/ purple/ cold in my last months fighting).
My stamina was horrible, blood pressure through the roof and my last 2 fights I got TKO'd & KO'd.

Doctor denied me from doing competitions so I went through a lot of procedures & bullchit regarding my shins. They won't ever be the same.

The main issue was that much exercise & damage from kicks in such a short time span (I was never that active in my childhood/ teenage years so my bones were not conditioned at all) and also I ran a lot; sometimes I went for 20-30 mile runs with excruciating pain just blaming it on shin splints. If I just did 2 more fights I would have been pro / top-class (don't know how they do muay thai rankings in America)

Next year I will be taking up boxing; but it's sad that my strongest weapon (legkicks) has been taken away from me.
Occasionally I throw a full power midkick or 2 at the heavybag just to see if I still got it; but times of fully kicking someone's knee are over for me.

I'll start a new chapter with boxing & ultrarunning (hopefully) when this Corona chit is done with.

Fun fact: I never liked fighting. I never liked the feeling and I never liked the adrenaline. I did it just as a test to myself and to see if I was an undisciplined pussy or not.
It was my self made initiation into manhood (huge fan of king-warrior-magician-lover)

Pic for your time: me on the right headkicking a (very talented) dude.

You mirin dat calve muscle huh?

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Like many in my cohort, I watched The Karate Kid…and became fascinated with karate. I started at 8 in a style derived from Okinawan, but I think changed/adapted by the instructor with other styles and things he learned in the military. I took that until 12, when I changed to TKD because the school had dissolved. 3-4 years of that, and then back to karate for another two years after my original karate instructor started a new practice.

I fell out of practice when football and track took over my time…became a football captain, and threw shot put and discus.

In college, though…martial arts faded for me. They came back in my late twenties when I decided to join a nearby Shotokan school. Two years of that, and on a whim I went to check out a Judo class…which literally swept me off me feet

I've been practicing Judo and bjj on and off for 13 years…currently nothing due to the lockdown

I plan on making a throwing dummy soon, and will be focusing on Judo for the next few years in hopes of achieving shodan… I'm working on nikyu. I mostly need points from tournaments and seminars. I'm blue in bjj, and currently not practicing although I want to go back as time allows. I will probably try to start attending open mats more along with Judo whenever everything starts up again and my back is ready (currently healing from sciatica…idk, several weeks if not a couple of months away from being healthy enough to practice).

I did take fencing in college, and would love to restart that at some point…or perhaps kendo. I love archery and throwing knives and tomahawks. If I had more time I would love to study many other martial arts…get back I to karate as well and perhaps traditional jiu-jitsu. I would enjoy all of it in which I could participate.

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Originally Posted By Lowkick⏩

…………….

In 1 year my coaches thought I was ready for fights so they set me up. I won or drawed every fight age 21 till 23 even practically breaking someone's arm once with a midkick.
All went well untill I was diagnosed with a rare form of Myositis ossificans in my shins @ 24. I ignored it & it became really, really bad (my blood pressure went up and my feet were constantly numb/ purple/ cold in my last months fighting).
My stamina was horrible, blood pressure through the roof and my last 2 fights I got TKO'd & KO'd.

Doctor denied me from doing competitions so I went through a lot of procedures & bullchit regarding my shins. They won't ever be the same.

The main issue was that much exercise & damage from kicks in such a short time span (I was never that active in my childhood/ teenage years so my bones were not conditioned at all) and also I ran a lot; sometimes I went for 20-30 mile runs with excruciating pain just blaming it on shin splints. If I just did 2 more fights I would have been pro / top-class (don't know how they do muay thai rankings in America)

Next year I will be taking up boxing; but it's sad that my strongest weapon (legkicks) has been taken away from me.
Occasionally I throw a full power midkick or 2 at the heavybag just to see if I still got it; but times of fully kicking someone's knee are over for me.

I'll start a new chapter with boxing & ultrarunning (hopefully) when this Corona chit is done with.

Fun fact: I never liked fighting. I never liked the feeling and I never liked the adrenaline. I did it just as a test to myself and to see if I was an undisciplined pussy or not.
It was my self made initiation into manhood (huge fan of king-warrior-magician-lover)

Pic for your time: me on the right headkicking a (very talented) dude.
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/attac...1&d=1588094051

You mirin dat calve muscle huh?

Even after what happened to you, your never having lost the positive attitude towards life is amazingly refreshing. I wish you good luck on your next endeavors. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

P.S. Of course, mirin your calves too!!

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
Thread: RIP Snails : https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=181070293&page=100

⭐ Samurai Break: 140kg(308lb) Failed Bench Press Recovery Video:
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📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
Thread: RIP Snails : https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=181070293&page=100

⭐ Samurai Break: 140kg(308lb) Failed Bench Press Recovery Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8eIkpZ29u0
⭐ Over 35 Journals > Samurai, Without Ever Having Felt Sorry For Itself:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=4832373&page=200
📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

Originally Posted By GreatOldOne⏩

Like many in my cohort, I watched The Karate Kid…and became fascinated with karate. I started at 8 in a style derived from Okinawan, but I think changed/adapted by the instructor with other styles and things he learned in the military. I took that until 12, when I changed to TKD because the school had dissolved. 3-4 years of that, and then back to karate for another two years after my original karate instructor started a new practice.

I fell out of practice when football and track took over my time…became a football captain, and threw shot put and discus.

In college, though…martial arts faded for me. They came back in my late twenties when I decided to join a nearby Shotokan school. Two years of that, and on a whim I went to check out a Judo class…which literally swept me off me feet

I've been practicing Judo and bjj on and off for 13 years…currently nothing due to the lockdown

I plan on making a throwing dummy soon, and will be focusing on Judo for the next few years in hopes of achieving shodan… I'm working on nikyu. I mostly need points from tournaments and seminars. I'm blue in bjj, and currently not practicing although I want to go back as time allows. I will probably try to start attending open mats more along with Judo whenever everything starts up again and my back is ready (currently healing from sciatica…idk, several weeks if not a couple of months away from being healthy enough to practice).

I did take fencing in college, and would love to restart that at some point…or perhaps kendo. I love archery and throwing knives and tomahawks. If I had more time I would love to study many other martial arts…get back I to karate as well and perhaps traditional jiu-jitsu. I would enjoy all of it in which I could participate.

Karate, Football, TKD, Judo, BJJ, Fencing, Kendo (Japanese bamboo fencing), Throwing Weapons, Archery and old Jujitsu!! Wow and wow.



I wonder who is your ancestor!?

Sorry about sciatica, I have chronic sciatica so feel you brother. Take care and keep mastering killing arts!!

🌺 Lauren Brooks Kelly (snailsrus) - Jul 25, 1991 – Jan 29, 2022
Thread: RIP Snails : https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=181070293&page=100

⭐ Samurai Break: 140kg(308lb) Failed Bench Press Recovery Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8eIkpZ29u0
⭐ Over 35 Journals > Samurai, Without Ever Having Felt Sorry For Itself:
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📌 Please Call me Kaz, a 64-year-old 🥋 Karate Kid in Tokyo.

"I yam what I yam" - Popeye the sailor

Originally Posted By Samraiwise⏩

Karate, Football, TKD, Judo, BJJ, Fencing, Kendo (Japanese bamboo fencing), Throwing Weapons, Archery and old Jujitsu!! Wow and wow.



I wonder who is your ancestor!?

Sorry about sciatica, I have chronic sciatica so feel you brother. Take care and keep mastering killing arts!!

I'm mostly Irish and Scottish, and English. Further back in my lineage is Comanche and Cherokee…but pretty far back. I have a lot of interests, but I'm nothing special. I have a reasonably good harai goshi for my level, which is my pet technique.

I've hurt my back before…and it's a reinjured from years ago. I'm hoping to get back to pain free…I think I will based on how it's going, but it's a slow injury to heal. I suppose it's more fortunate that it coincides with this social distancing as the dojo is closed.

I do see myself continuing with martial arts indefinitely, though. My sensei is in his 60's and can still beat me…he's real quick. He's the only guy I know who can standing choke people reliably in randori lol…I think it's because he is a karate guy first. He does Japanese style jiu-jitsu as well…from what he's shown in Judo…kind of like Aikido but pretty rough. He does kendo too…which is amazing to me to see those guys go at it.

I think to progress in Judo I just need to focus on it, though. At least for a few more years. I'm years away from shodan and would like to achieve it while I'm still alive lol.

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