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The Geeky Martial Artists
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10 contributions to The Geeky Martial Artists
1d ago
Movies that inspire people to train martial arts
One of my greatest influences as a martial art is the film blood sport with Jean Claude Vandamme. Not for the brutality that the title entails. But rather the friendship and camaraderie the fighters had in the movie as well as the amazing things one can do in martial arts if willing to put in the time to train it physically. What movie has inspired others training to keep it exciting for them? Even if a person has seen it a hundred times I want to know. Eric Miller.
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@Sadie Cowan The original karate kid trilogy has a great theme to it. A person can be both bully and bullied at the same time. As in the case of both Johnny and Daniel. Each does things that arent necessarily nice creating an unwanted response from the other. The other great theme of those movies is friendship. Mr miyagi becomes Daniels teacher, replaces and absent father, and his friend. I think the saddest scene is when they go to Okinawa and Daniel is consoling Mr Miyagi on the loss of his father. This showed how all people can help one another and all people go through similar experiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJynmSt_d04
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No inspiration to train would be complete without lonewolf mcquade. One of Chuck Norris's Greatest films. I hope this clip inspires people to watch the film. I maybe the only one who was around when the film first came out. Even if I was in elementary school. But I love sharing my favorites with people. Enjoy. Chuck Norris has inspired my training for many years. I hope he can do the same for others!
1d ago
My journey in the martial arts
Hello all . To those who dont know me I trained with sifu nic and sihing (sifu) courtney. I had previously been a student of Robert Young as a child martial artist. Having studied in Fred Villaris Shaolin Kempo karate. He went on to found Eastern Dragon karate school. That school focuses on combining the aspects of shaolin kempo karate he taught me in the Fred Villari system as well as other aspects of the martial arts. Currently I study Uechi Ryu Karate with Sensei John Guarnieri at 603 Karate where I am ranked brown belt. And I am currently also studying American Kenpo Karate with Senior Professor Shawn Knight of Knight Method Kenpo school. I am ranked blue belt in that style. My training in the martial arts has been a facinating one. I have done various things. Met various people. And I look forward to the journey continuing and meeting other great people along the way.
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New comment 11h ago
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@Nic Rollins Its great to be here. Martial Arts, Martial Science is a passion of mine. I wanted to share links with everyone in my introduction post but forgot to do so. But here are the links to the other Martial Arts I have studied . As we are all students and study more than the violence side to the styles. We also study the art side. I wanted to include these. If you have any questions beyond the posted links feel free to ask me directly. If I dont know the answer I will find it for you. Included below: Fred Villari's Shaolin Kempo Karate, 603 Uechi Ryu Karate, Knight Method American Kenpo.https://www.603karate.com/teen-adult-classes https://www.knightmethodkenpo.com/ https://villariskaratepa.com/roots/
2d ago
Nerdy Books!
What's everybody reading right now? I'm doing my annual re-read of Pyramids by Terry Pratchett, it's my favorite book in the Discworld Series and I always want to go back to it during the fall since it's such a nostalgic and cozy book.
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New comment 14h ago
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@Nic Rollins Always great to hear about your current readings sifu. I am not familar with that series. I read alot of martial arts books. Classic literature these days. But I will have to check those out as a change up some time.
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Side note on the readings topic. Any books by George Mattson The North American Grand Master of Uechi Ryu Karate are worth delving into. He is a wealth of knowledge. And writes in a way thats transferable to any martial arts style area of study. I hope this helps further everyones academic side of studying a martial art.https://www.google.com/search?q=george+mattson+books&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS820US820&oq=george+mattson+books&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiABBiiBDIKCAMQABiABBiiBDIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIKCAUQABiABBiiBNIBCTg4NDNqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
23h ago
Mid-October Training Log
What have i been working on the most lately? Reviewing several older katas/forms that I haven't done in a long time to try to keep them fresh. Interesting things that I've pulled from my practice/training? Any time I go back to older forms (especially ones I have done in awhile), I often find new "stories" or self-defense ideas within them that are different from previous times I've practiced them. What do I plan on practicing next? Since I'm in the midst of restructuring some of my teaching patterns, I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of review on fundamental techniques, forms and weapons to determine the best way to teach others to do it effectively!
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New comment 14h ago
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Its great you plan on doing alot of review. Have you thought of trying a new style of art to see how it compliments your pai lum skills sifu? Learning is a great thing. It can be fun seeing how one styles forms are similar to another.
2d ago
Favorite Board Game
Its tabletop Tuesday at my house tonight. Interested what everyone's favorite board games are!
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New comment 14h ago
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@James Paul I have never heard of any of the game you mention. However strategy games as a topic are great. Chess. Or Go are also strategy games you might consider.
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@Nic Rollins dungeons and dragons can be a good distraction. I find because life can be stressful people tend to gravitate to it for the quest aspect. I havent played it. But I watch a lot of western tv shows and movies. The plot or theme of most westerns is going out of ones comfort zone . Getting away from home . Without challenge theres no room to grow essentially.
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@eric-miller-9418
My name is Eric Miller. A former student of pai lum kajukenpo. Current uechi Ryu and American Kenpo student. I seek to connect my knowledge and learn!
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Joined Oct 16, 2024
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