On 11 Aug 2003 05:16:43 -0700, (basskisser) wrote:

(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message

Wrong. Calmness is a factor.

factor. Speed, Power, and Intensity IS. Etiquette is too weak of a
word, it is more like tradition.

Wrong. Karate is full of etiquette, including respecting your opponent.


Steve, please provide reference to where you've found this
information. Contrary to your personal belief, you've come up short.

Sorry, but you're wrong yet again. A simple google search turns up:

http://www.shoto.org/dojoEtiquette.htm
http://www.karateplanet.com/all_page...pages/i7_1.asp
http://www.pacifickarate.com/rules.html
http://w3.trib.com/~smammon/isshin.html#general

There's hundreds more links that prove you wrong. This is getting habit
forming for you.

The first thing they teach in Karate, is SPEED, POWER, INTENSITY.
Again, Karate is a defensive martial art. You don't act CALM when you
are being confronted. You are in a defensive posture. You have full

Wrong again. Do you actually think before you post? Karate teaches you
to remain calm when confronted and not panic as you would do if you had
no training.

More links:
From http://www.laffertyshotokan.com/phil...ar2003phil.htm

A calm mind generates not only fast techniques in a martial artist bu
also generates correct techniques because the mind controls the body.
Erratic mind means erratic moves. When the attacker moves, the defender
moves rapidly, smoothly, naturally and effortlessly due to training.

From http://seinenkai.com/art-ethics.html

Karate students are taught to hold back their fists when angry and to
ensure that they are calm and clear-headed when forced into a defensive
situation.

There are also hundreds more links that prove you wrong on this point as
well.

control of your available weapons. You are INTENSELY ready to act. If
and when you have to, you do so with speed, power, and intensity.

You are soooo simple minded. You just don't see that it's possible to
react with speed, power and intensity and yet remain calm, cool and
collected at the same time.

Now again, back to the subject at hand, do you think NONE of the oil
vapor that makes it's way back to the intake manifold via the PCV valve
gets burned?

Steve