I need your opinion...

[wushu chik]

"Samurai Karate Kung-Fu & Jujitsu is mixed martial arts. It was developed by Sensei Hisamoto. The Art was originally taught to him by his father and six older brothers. Sensei's older brothers where all six feet, and Sensei turned out to be 5'6. So necessity called for him to modify the techniques over the years to make sure they were affective against bigger and stronger opponents. In doing so Sensei was able to over come the height advantage of all his brothers. He then began his own martial arts studio, with the promise to teach kids, women and smaller men to be able to defend themselves against the bigger meaner and more aggressive bullies. Technique over power, if your technique is affective enough you can defeat anyone, and height and size will no longer matter. If you are big and strong and you learn Sensei's techniques you are even at a greater advantage, because you have the best of both worlds. POWER and TECHNIQUE.

Samurai Karate spans a large array of different martial arts styles. Only using the most effective techniques from each system. Like the Shaolin monks of old, which were masters of all five animal styles of Kung-Fu. The reason being, they realized martial arts was multi-dimensional not just one dimension. In the word of Bruce Lee, a well known martial arts master of modern times, "To truly master fighting, you must be like water ... when water enters a glass it becomes the glass, when water enters the bottle it becomes the bottle." In order to truly master the martial arts, you must open your mind and techniques to include all that is affective to be able to truly survive in all sorts of defensive situations. As mention before, Bruce Lee, even carried on this teaching further and developing a affective fighting style. Sensei Hisamoto has done the same, taking the techniques of his ancestors and expanding upon Master Lee's principles of fighting to develop the 13 animal styles instead of the five of old. The 13 animal styles are further techniques of strategies and expanded systems of fighting for specific ranges of situations when fighting. Unlike the Shaolin Kung-Fu of old it does not take a life-time to learn the principles and techniques Samurai Karate but a modest 4 to 5 years of practice and dedication."

Does anyone agree with me that this guy is a complete IDIOT, and should be DONE AWAY WITH?? DO TELL!!!!

For more info on this guy, go to www.samuraikarate.com (http://www.samuraikarate.com) Its worth a laugh or two!!!

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[wufupaul]

I thought that name sounded familiar, haha. He had ads running in Black Belt and IKF supporting the "Speed man" John LaTourrette(spelling??). I always thought the ad was rather amusing.

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/pic_album2.jpg
Allright...which guy has the superior position? Haha, they both have the other one locked up.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about
life. IT GOES ON.

[Ryu]

Samurai karate? :(

Oh well...better than ninja kungfu I suppose...

Ryu

http://judoinfo.com/images/kimuraosawa.jpg


"One who takes pride in shallow knowledge or understanding is like a monkey who delights in adorning itself with garbage."

[SevenStar]

let's see...
<ul>
The style has 11 belts, and you can get through the system in 4-5 years?</li>

They stress that most of the students take privates, and seem to ush those over the group classes. They have no price listed for the privates, which are probably high. Notice how he makes it clear that the group class rates do not include private lessons...</li>

While we're talking about money, the price for 4 intro classes is 40 bucks?</li>

Why does he have kung fu listed? From the class schedule and list of descriptions, he doesn't teach it.</li>

He has more info on the other styles that he teaches than he does of his own</li>

He endorses the speedman</li>

They spelles "sai" as "sia" (hopefully that's just a typo and they at least do know the name of it)</li>

Look at the photo album, and while you're at it, check out the red belt. That's a cat stance?</li>

"From its very beginning, competition has been an integral part of Judo. This ensures that Judo's techniques are continually refined as the unrealistic techniques are discarded in favor of effective and efficient ones."

I didn't know that that the techniques of jujitsu were unrealistic. ****... samurai must have been sucky fighters. I bet his samurai karate students could kick a true samurai's butt.</li>

A first degree black belt = mastery of the system?</li>

this school also teaches "samurai karate" they have a more detailed history, but it is nothing like, or related to the one referenced in this post: <A HREF="http://www.samurai-karate-uk.co.uk/history.html</li>" TARGET=_blank>http://www.samurai-karate-uk.co.uk/history.html</li></A>

"samurai karate" appears to be a fairly generic term. There are other "samurai karate" clubs and schools also.
http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/dojo/6445/
http://samurai.freeservers.com/home.htm
http://www.eskimo.com/~mscott/ContactUs.html
http://www.chariot.net.au/~idv/links.htm
the list goes on... the styles represented mainly on these sites are kyokushinkai, shotokan and shukokai"</li>

I guess I'll stop now :)

"Just because I joke around sometimes doesn't mean I'm serious about kung-fu.
" - nightair

[SevenStar]

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Gym/8170/TNK1.html

"Just because I joke around sometimes doesn't mean I'm serious about kung-fu.
" - nightair

[Good, better, Me]

Who's mocking ninjas? :p

Ninjas do not exist as long as they don't want to.
http://www.ninjasite.com/shinobi-kai/pic4.gif

[wushu chik]

Sometimes you make me the happies woman alive!! Uh, but you forgot to mention this ONE little thing.....the "shaolin monks of the old" and how his style is "mastered" in just a few years....oh wait...you did say that...i am sorry, I just think that is the FUNNIEST **** I HAVE EVER HEARD!! And to top it all off...his DAD promoted him to his 3rd degree, in WHAT nobody knows...but his dad is a Samurai.....not EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HE CLAIMS HE TEACHES...nothing more needs be said.

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[SevenStar]

making women happy is good! :D

"Just because I joke around sometimes doesn't mean I'm serious about kung-fu.
" - nightair

[Yin Chuan]

Im not an expert but wasnt the samarai class disbanded with the cutting of the topknots at the beginning of the meiji restoration in I beleive the late 1860's.Jigoro Kano established judo as a form of physical fitness in the 1880's with his school the kodokan.He was an innovator in that he established the system of randori(judo free sparring)to see what techniques were effective for different body types etc.It is true that atemi(striking)were not allowed in competition but that throws,locks,chokes,holds were used within the context of a sporting competition(Ive heard that sensei kano used greco roman as one of his models).With this ability to test certain techniques you learn one thing-what works for you as an individual and what doesnt ie techniques based on body type ect. but you still practice the overall curicullum just as in any martial art or martial sport.With judo since it is an olympic sport you have the ability to train with many very,very,talented athletes.What has judo taught me?No one is undefeatable.That is why you can tap or get thrown and in training you get back up and do it all over again.Any athletic pursuit is such an individual thing that its very hard to put into words but to say that a smaller person has an advantage with this technique or that technique is just plain wrong.Im a smaller man (160 lbs)and against a larger person I am at an automatic disadvantage because of body size,leverage,etc.Some of this can be made up by skill but there are no gaurantees to anything in life.As the old saying goes"sometimes you get the bear,sometimes the bear gets you".So why pursue training?Many reasons to me but the main point should be made by sensei kano hiself who wanted the art of judo to be pursued as a healthy method to train the body which invigorates a great spirit in the individual.The mind wills the body and the body invigorates the spirit.I believe people can sense this around people who are "full of life". :cool:

[Xebsball]

One of the things i love about this forum is that we are responsible for hunting mcdojos and stuff.

Keep up the good work.

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"I AM EFFECTIVNESS"

[JasBourne]

"Samurai Karate Kung-Fu & Jujitsu is mixed martial arts." (from the website)

Ok guys, I'm dyin'laughing here. :D

[Royal Dragon]

What if someone WANTED to run a Mc Dojo? would you help him promote it?

Just being silly curious!!!

RD :D

Those that are sucessful are also the biggest failures. the difference between them and the rest of the failures is this, they keep getting up over and over again, until they succeed. "The more they try, the more they fail, BUT, the more they try & fail, the more opertunity they have to succeed, and succeed they do!!"


Check out the Royal Dragon Web site

http://www.Royaldragon.4dw.com

[Johnny Hot Shot]

Acording to that site by black belt your a master of the system sounds like BS to me. It's pretty hard to tell if a school is good or not just by looking at their website. Seems to Me that Samuri Karate is nothing more than a school willing to sell people anything just to make a buck. The biggest alarm being that they offer so many styles as well as pushing private lessons. Offering provate lessons is fine it's when the private lessons are manditory that you know it's just not cool.
These kind of schools make me sick.

"Life's a great Adventure, Mate"
Jacko Jackson

[Mr. Nemo]

I can't believe no one has commented on sevenstar's "ninja kung fu" site yet. For a good laugh, click on that link and read the "interduction" to master Mike Yep. His training has included teakwondo, wong chun kung fu, and jeet kunge do. Of course, his strongest background is in the "chinese ninja art."

[Ryu]

SevenStar,

Well I'll be ****ded! :eek:

Ryu

http://judoinfo.com/images/kimuraosawa.jpg


"One who takes pride in shallow knowledge or understanding is like a monkey who delights in adorning itself with garbage."

[wushu chik]

You guys are funny. I just hope that schools like THIS are going to NOT be on every corner anymore. It's so sad that people like this guy can actually have a school and snow people for money, because you know that's all it's about!! I wonder how many people have e-mailed him and told him what an idiot he is!! Oh well, I guess I will never know (hint hint hint)!!! :D

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[SanHeChuan]

Mr. Nemo
chinese ninja art is a viable term...

"Most historians agree that the ninja evolved from the refugees of the T'ang dynasty is China by 500-700 A.D."

I could elaborate more but i wont at this time because i'm tired. :p

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"Civilize the mind but make savage the body"

Hou fa xian zhi
-start later, but reach first.

[SanHeChuan]

It always amazes me how even people who take the martial arts don't educate them selves enough to at least spot the obvious fakes. Blessed be this forum. :(

Educate the WORLD!

hey, does this make Four cents...

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"Civilize the mind but make savage the body"

Hou fa xian zhi
-start later, but reach first.

[IronFist]

Batter up!

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/pic_album1.jpg

The bigger version wouldn't load.

Iron

[Ryu]

Is he Obi Wan?


I'm a relative novice in the Japanese sword arts, and even I look better than that. :(

Ryu

http://judoinfo.com/images/kimuraosawa.jpg


"One who takes pride in shallow knowledge or understanding is like a monkey who delights in adorning itself with garbage."

[wushu chik]

Did I forget to mention that he's got "master" as his license plate?? Master of what?? Bation?

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[IronFist]

[ ásshole ]


"Meow ^_^" said the cat stance

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/pic_album12.jpg


Strike 1!!!

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/3.jpg

"Get in mah belly!"
http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/2.jpg

[ /ásshole ]

Iron

[IronFist]

But the sad part, is judging by these people's rank they have probably been there a while (a few months at least), which means they probably have a desire to learn martial arts, but are also probably unaware that what they are being taught is neither legit nor effective. Hey, that sounds like an Ashida Kim book.

Iron

[IronFist]

here is the first sentence from their "about samurai karate" page...

and I quote:

"Samurai Karate Kung-Fu & Jujitsu is mixed martial arts."

Sounds like someone has a black belt in English as well.

Iron

[kungfu cowboy]

Definitely not cool to teach useless crap; but you gotta love the wacky websites! :D

[IronFist]

Almost as much as I love stupid looking jongs :) Speaking of which, I haven't seen any recently. Have you?

Iron

[kungfu cowboy]

I forget, did this anal shoehorn ever make the list?

http://www.martialarm.com/images/themartialarm.jpg

Looks like a love/hate relationship to me...

[IronFist]

Hmm, that kind of looks familar. But actually I think a few people/companies make one that looks like that.

But it's strange... looking at that picture, I can't tell which one is the dummy. :confused:

Iron

[IronFist]

The arms look a bit short, fat, and stumpy on this one (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1022423585)

http://abacus.sj.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/339f574ae9b6fad43b52e02bac/i-1.JPG

Still, of all the dummies that suck that we've seen, this one is the best I think. Remember the one on ebay that was like $50 that was a square-cornered 2x4 with three metal pipes attached to it for arms, and secured in a tire for the stand? That one has to be the worst.

Iron

[kungfu cowboy]

Yeah, I actually regret not buying that dummy, it was so bad!

[wushu chik]

You are too funny!!

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[IronFist]

"Now students, observe this powerful grip, and the extra long belt. Soon you too will be invincible."

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/pic_album11.jpg

Iron

[IronFist]

"Yeah, sometimes I drop my sais on my feet, so I need to wear these foot pads..."

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/pic_album4.jpg

Iron

[IronFist]

Is that an earring??!!

Wait, this is a boy, right?

http://www.samuraikarate.com/images/pic_album13.jpg

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

"Esamples of psychic phenomena like walking on fire (on water) and levitation are commonly known."

lol

where's my beer?

[JWTAYLOR]

Why is that guy wearing a "Kenpo Karate" patch if this is "Samurai Karate"?

JWT

If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

Duahh .. . you said 10 wight? waaan . .. twoooooo ... twoooo .. . .twoooo

OH YEAH . . . THAT'S IT . . THAT'S IT BABY . . THAT'S THE ONE

http://users.1st.net/abaddon/mike2.jpg

where's my beer?

[JWTAYLOR]

Ok, I'll bite. WHAT THE FU(K IS GOING ON THERE?

JWT

If you pr!ck us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that the villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. MOV

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i'm not real sure . .. got it from that ninja kung fu site.

i think he is trying to demonstrate his amazing chi powers by enduring being molested by a large fat hermaphrodite.

where's my beer?

[Xebsball]

OMG! LOL!

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"I AM EFFECTIVNESS"

[IronFist]

i think he is trying to demonstrate his amazing chi powers by enduring being molested by a large fat hermaphrodite.

that's "large fat hermaphrodite with a mullet."

Iron

[blaktiger]

:D
Now that I'm done rolling on the floor, laughing so hard I scared my cat...

Hey, did anyone notice that wonderful bit of history on the site? I didn't know that Ed Parker created Kenpo?

Gosh, James Mitose must be spin kicking in his grave right now, eh? And I'm sure that Ed Parker Jr. might just be a worthy sucessor, if it's ok with the turd packer who wrote the copy for this site.

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"I'll be too busy lookin' good!"

[wushu chik]

:D :D :D :D :D

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[Wongsifu]

Good Grief !!! LOL , this is the funniest post to hit since the bob klein one.
That anal shoehorn , made me wake up the neighbourhood with my laughing :D :D :D

what do bin laden and general custer have in common????
They're both wondering where the fu(k all of those tomahawks are coming from. - donated by mojo

[wushu chik]

I beg of you, don't make me even go into detail about his ad in the phonebook. He makes me laugh he's so pathetic.

I am ALWAYS Kung Fu Fighting.....what about you?

[IronFist]

please tell of the phonebook ad :)

Iron

[Kevin73]

Holy Crap! He has a mysterious rank from his dad teaching him stuff, and then only a 1st degree in one style and a brown belt in another and he's started his own style? My godness that's a bunch of crap, he's just starting to learn martial arts

"God gave you a brain, and it annoys Him greatly when you choose not to use it."

[tao of wushu]

Go wushu chik!!!!!! You can come and see this guy November 17th at Chip Wright's Rogue Valley Rumble. It will be good!!! HE HE!!