Saw a martial arts demo today...
it completely sucked... It began with the sensei introducing himself and stating that he is a 6th degree black belt in an okinawan style of karate (can't remember, but I think he said goju...although, the four katas they demoed were the first four taught in shotokan) who has been training for 31 years. As soon as he said that, for some reason, I just knew the whole thing would be a hoot. His top student was with him - a brown belt who had been training for one full year. His technique was sloppier than some white belts that I know. They were all very stiff and had zero flexibility - including the sensei.
He went on to say that martial arts focused on 4 things: punches, blocks, strikes and kicks, and that his style was split 50/50 kicks and punches. I'm thinking "what about throws or grappling?" He went on to show some awkward looking self defenses and some one step sparring stuff, followed by a choppy nunchaku kata. The whole thing was a big joke.
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