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Post by GJEC on Feb 4, 2017 7:29:39 GMT -5
No plans just now. It takes a lot of setting up and the idea really is to do it in a way that once downloaded onto the phone app people have it with them without thinking about it.
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Post by slaine on Feb 4, 2017 8:02:35 GMT -5
No plans just now. It takes a lot of setting up and the idea really is to do it in a way that once downloaded onto the phone app people have it with them without thinking about it. No problem Gary I totally understand , unfortunately for me my phone doesn't support these kind of apps . |
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Post by GJEC on Feb 4, 2017 14:50:52 GMT -5
Pm me
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Post by GJEC on Feb 21, 2017 11:14:52 GMT -5
Well it's fair to say it's drawn a bit of flak from the old guard but some very positive comments from the new.
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Post by slaine on Feb 23, 2017 18:10:31 GMT -5
Well it's fair to say it's drawn a bit of flak from the old guard but some very positive comments from the new. Care to elaborate , I started Kyokushin back in the early 80's so I would put myself in the old camp and I found it very valuable . |
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Post by GJEC on Feb 24, 2017 2:38:30 GMT -5
Some of the old school seem to think that using your brain is cheating and resting during training to maintain good skills is being lazy.
In fact one asked me if I understood that "Osu" is usually translated as push/endure.
But I expected this and delight in it. As Nietzsche said "To make people uncomfortable, that is my aim"
If it encourages people to examine things they do, it was time well spent.
It's not selling well but I knew that it would only appeal to the curious, not to the "we're the strongest so why change anything?"
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Post by slaine on Feb 24, 2017 15:03:22 GMT -5
I understand " OSU " to be to persevere not to endure , they are 2 different things and it certainly doesn't mean to be stupid , if some still hold on to the training mentality we took for granted years ago and want to forego the advance's and improvements in training methodologies today well leave them to it .
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Post by DC on May 16, 2017 5:42:30 GMT -5
Hi, Is this still available through Kindle? I couldn't find it... :-(
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Post by MMX on May 17, 2017 11:25:15 GMT -5
Hi, Is this still available through Kindle? I couldn't find it... :-( Looks like right now it is not.  |
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Post by DC on May 18, 2017 12:55:56 GMT -5
I have both of Gary's (GJEC) books on kindle - and they were great. I really hope that this one comes up again.
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Post by GJEC on May 20, 2017 5:03:52 GMT -5
I withdrew it from sale as despite good reviews it seemed to p*** a lot of people off.
I got sick of people telling me it was wrong in many areas, in particular the bits about not pushing novices to failure etc.
So as I was selling it to help people it seemed to miss the mark. It's very hard for a novice to disagree with their instructors so in a way it was creating confusion. Not my intention.
Gary
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