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10/01/2006 In Knowledge Base by andy

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In everything we do, there are opportunities and liabilities. Recognizing them at the appropriate time can mean the difference between life in death in certain cases; in other cases, it can mean getting a good parking space.

Shukumine broke down some of the common chances and cautions with regards to fighting. As with everything else in Taido, we are well-served to extrapolate these concepts to other arenas. First, i’ll just give you the list.

8 Kyo - Chances to Attack

• Just before an attack
• Just after a move
• Just after a missed attack
• During a loss of balance
• During a loss of attention
• During a shortness of breath
• By recognition of pattern
• By recognition of fear

5 Suki - Weaknesses

• Failure to maintain a calm focus

In everything we do, there are opportunities and liabilities. Recognizing them at the appropriate time can mean the difference between life in death in certain cases; in other cases, it can mean getting a good parking space.

Shukumine broke down some of the common chances and cautions with regards to fighting. As with everything else in Taido, we are well-served to extrapolate these concepts to other arenas. First, i’ll just give you the list.

8 Kyo - Chances to Attack

• Just before an attack
• Just after a move
• Just after a missed attack
• During a loss of balance
• During a loss of attention
• During a shortness of breath
• By recognition of pattern
• By recognition of fear

5 Suki - Weaknesses

• Failure to maintain a calm focus

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17/01/2006 In Rankings / Evaluations by andy

Taido is athletic, and you can only expect performance of certain movements in students who are relatively young. I certainly feel that we should continue to encourage young Taidoka to reach the goal of black belt. Eventually, we are going to have to hand them the reigns all together. I know I can’t keep performing at my level forever, so I want to make sure that there is someone ready to step up and keep creating new Taido after I’m too old to eat anything but oatmeal.

But then I hear stuff about four year old black belts and junior high school students making 3dan at some American martial arts schools, and I think “No!!!!! That can’t be right. They’re way too young to be that good. There’s no way they can understand what it means to be a black belt.” But of course, that’s the problem - black belt doesn’t “mean” anything - not objectively.

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