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A message specifically for eawoodall but I'd love to hear from anyone else too
Please could you tell me about you experiences of the martial art of Kuta?
I have read in other posts that you have practiced it for years, how did you come across it?
i attended Al Abidin's kuta event in California. It was a valuable experience. I then held a seminar in Louisiana for the Isshinryu Karate Association Master's Meeting. each event had about 10 participants. there is no doubt in anyones's mind as to the power of the kuta strike. there is no magical instant self-defense and everything takes time and practice, but kuta can be learned faster than anything known at this point. i would doubt that a person with no training and no natural fighting ability could learn kuta in a weekend and be able to use it. i t takes time to get this into your physiology. it has great value and can be used with other fighting methods- it will supercharge karate , for instance. i am in Detroit and will gladly talk to anyone about this and demonstate for you. I am not as athletic as Al or Jack and am a lot older, but it would be unlikely that anyone my age could do what i can do. i am the oldest known active practitioner of kuta and the oldest known student of Dok Lee ( not his real name and hikuta is not the name of the art as I learned it). I am scheduled to teach a seminar for the Isshinryu Karate Master's Group in Michigan in January. at this point I restrict my teaching to masters of isshinryu with some exceptions. I will train disabled persons for free . I will train anyone over 60 and women 16 and older. I am not sure what to make of woodall, he seems to have known lee, but uses the term hikuta, so he is a contradiction. I can tell you all that Al Abidin is an honorable person who is dedicated to growing kuta, which I am. if you go to Al's website, you will see instructors in your area. I highly recommend Perry Blouin as well (don't let him hit you, please) Dr. Bill Pogue 248 765 6202
if i call it something else, will anyone know what i mean? or to misquote the bard would it smell as sweet? as i continue to say, I am not here to verify anything i say. i say it, and you believe it or not. faith is all you have to take my word for anything.
true I did not have the money available to goto the AL event, and i wanted to originally go, but eventually i decided I don't want to become a student of AL, or his students. I was never a student of Dok Lee, but I after years of training with other instructors, I happened to met Lee and defeat him. Obviously Lee thought i was new to whatever you choose to call this martial art, since he only knew about me being exposed to it for a 7 day period of time, when I happened to win that day. Dok Lee thought I and only I was worthy of the title DOK, but that is probably because he thought i was new at it, and yet beat him.
I try to not be a contradiction, but i also try to not prove anything. I know free will and this is askmehelpdesk and i can volunteer any info i want, and leave out the other details, or information i want to restrict.
My life is private, and i appreciate you doubting me, dr. bill and go on testing things to see if they are real or not, be sure in what you believe, and in who you trust, because it is safer to know in whom you trust.
the lesson for the rest of you is to be sure those you choose as teachers have to teach what you want to learn. although it would be fun i doubt there is much point in meeting with dr. bill or Al or others because I am not someone who finds togetherness in martial arts needed or even wanted at times. sameness will not always be the best way. I am glad you had fun, and things went well. my hope is that shared burdens are eased burdens.
eawoodall
I guess one of the reasons I think that togetherness in martial arts is not always the best way is because people do have different strengths and weaknesses, and additional abilities or aptitudes in certain areas can cause personal strengths that others who might train with them do not have, and it would be a mistake as an instructor to teach techniques that YOU can do well, and do marvelous things with, but your students can not do.
when teaching it is what the students can learn to do well that should be taught, not your personal favorites, not what you do well.
of course I do not have any students right now, and although i offered to teach recently, none choose to take me up on that offer, so I have not taught anyone substantially in over 20 years. and it is probably for the best, because I am just one man, and even bruce lee choose to close his schools.
Hello. Ive never heard of Kuta before. How old do you think someone should start out in that or anyother self defense? Im wondering about is 5 or 6 years old maybe old enough. Everyone seems to have different opinions on that but I think you would know better.
All of the people I have dealt with in Martial Arts are very proud of who their teaches are ( unless of course thier teaches are not someone to be proud of) and they enjoy discussing thier school and so on.
I assume this "air" of mystery makes it all sound more appealing to the novice and may make a good book to TV story.
Please remember in the end, martial arts training is that of body, mind and soul. One is not taught to do harm to anyone but to protect the peace of life and the inner peace of the person. Yes great violence can be done with the art, but the training includes the training to avoid having to use it also.
most very young children are not ready to start martial arts.
martial arts takes a serious mind (to duplicate or learn what one experiences)
martial arts takes a proper attitude (not to use to harm others)
development or progression takes even more dedication, and is not common in the young.
but many great martial artists have started younger, even in sports when the persons starts at a younger age they are ahead of the game. so although i started very early that does not mean everyone should, or that it is too late for those who start much later to begin.
One of the big problems some have when starting young is the development of the body, and the need to be extra careful because of the needs of proper growth. do not massively overwork the muscles of children, or cause damage that will continue the rest of their life. joints and tendons must be treated properly. children can understate injury, and must be observed for a fine line between dedication and obsession even while hurt severly can be crossed too easily.
but a no pressure, ease of teaching system can develop some skills, and a proper attitude toward the use of martial arts, and some light exercise to slowly train small bodies in physical activities, and use of some of their extra energy can be a form of recess or group activity to get the students moving.
Not everyone has to progress at the same pace, or seriousness.
The "air" of mystery is not a story plot, but simply me saving more for later, not revealing all as it were. some people are amazed at different things.
Dok Lee was known for saying quote, "knowledge replaces fear",and "movement causes movement".
then again perhaps if you started the children on (in this order):
* situational awareness (to not look like a victim)
* moves to get away (to not be held or trapped)
* lower levels of force techniques (to move but not break)
and explain that the less force (needed) in any situation the better.
since atleast the first two may be needed once they get to school perhaps you should teach the five year olds those basics atleast?
in physics when objects move, and interact there are certain ways of understanding, we use these physics concepts to quantify how it happens.
please do a search for hikuta using the search at the top of the page here, and you will see "martial arts and physics?", also answered by me, that series of posts should explain more.
So I can just start learning Hikuta by reading this post from beginning to end???
I dont think so...
I cant get a teacher, cant buy any books. Have to read on the web.
I need a tutorial. I have found tutorials for all other skills but Hikuta.
I have heard that you need a teacher, but I have learn a lot without.
Where to start?
Where can I find the ultimate "To learn this, first do this and that...etc"?
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