Post by powerof0ne on Aug 25, 2013 11:58:18 GMT -5
Before I begin, let it be known that I love my Dad, and he's on my facebook, so he sees the "crazy stuff" I sometimes post. I'm as open, if not more open with my family as I am with any of you.
My Dad started out in Hayashi ha Shito Ryu kai in the 60s, and in this area of the USA, there was only one other karate dojo (which was BS and a story in itself). This was back when "point fighting" was a lot more full contact, there were a lot less belts, and you definitely had to earn your belts. When my Dad joined the Navy he got the opportunity to train in other martial arts, and for a bit at a Chuck Norris school. My Dad never had the knack for the Japanese terminology and kata..he's the emphasis of less is more. I used to think he was a karate dunce, but after many years I wish there were more like him...those that really perfected the techniques. My Dad also is from the age of "grab 'n bash," meaning he's perfected grabbing you while simultaneously smashing you with a jodan or gyaku tsuki. This may sound like something easy, but if you haven't really practiced this thousands of times like my Dad and others of his time, you don't have it down. This was one of the "go to" tools of karate, almost akin to the clinch in Muay Thai. For some reason, and I'm sure a lot of that is it not being legal in tournaments, you don't see it as often anymore. You may see a very quick grab n' punch but not like it used to be. My Dad trained in what you could describe as a early style of "MMA" where they would train ground fighting, boxing, American full-contact karate in the 70s. However ,my Dad had a family with me, my brother, Mom and his own business, so didn't have the time to really compete anymore after that. However, I do remember my Dad competing alongside with me in the first karate tournament I competed in, which was pretty cool.
There was a period, when my Dad and I trained martial arts together, this was both good and bad. He even trained Muay Thai with me, but only for a year or so and quit due to his injuries catching up to him and age. The Muay Thai gym I first trained at was one where only the young and injury free could realistically train..meaning, if I went back in time, I couldn't train there, now.
Well, with all of this being said, I usually don't like talking martial arts with my Dad. I used to, trust me I really did, but now my Dad talks to me about stuff he has little to no experience in. My Dad never trained knockdown karate, competed in kickboxing/Muay Thai and other avenues of martial arts I got into. I did start out in shito ryu and goju ryu, but branched off from those styles many years ago. My Dad for some weird reason seems to think I have the same strengths and weaknesses I had when I was a teenager.
Anyhow, long story short, I love my Dad but really, really, really don't like talking martial arts with him anymore, and haven't in years. The reason why is because it seems like once it starts, we usually always get into some type of disagreement, which leads to an argument. I know my Dad is probably thinking I'm some "punk kid," or something along those lines, but he gets into topics that he knows I have more experience in.
So with all of that being said, I love my Dad but absolutely detest talking about martial arts with him. I also have a cousin who has a long time boyfriend who trained in "ninjitsu" with a local fraud, who thinks he knows a lot about martial arts, who I avoid all martial art talks with.
I have friends today who I think have very little real martial art experience, or experience with fakes, etc. that I like as people, but hate talking martial arts with, too. I think all of us have "Dads" like my "Dad" that we detest talking martial arts with . I learned many years ago to don't even attempt to convince somebody to think like you do, because who wants to admit what they thought or learned is wrong, to learn martial arts all over again?
Osu!
My Dad started out in Hayashi ha Shito Ryu kai in the 60s, and in this area of the USA, there was only one other karate dojo (which was BS and a story in itself). This was back when "point fighting" was a lot more full contact, there were a lot less belts, and you definitely had to earn your belts. When my Dad joined the Navy he got the opportunity to train in other martial arts, and for a bit at a Chuck Norris school. My Dad never had the knack for the Japanese terminology and kata..he's the emphasis of less is more. I used to think he was a karate dunce, but after many years I wish there were more like him...those that really perfected the techniques. My Dad also is from the age of "grab 'n bash," meaning he's perfected grabbing you while simultaneously smashing you with a jodan or gyaku tsuki. This may sound like something easy, but if you haven't really practiced this thousands of times like my Dad and others of his time, you don't have it down. This was one of the "go to" tools of karate, almost akin to the clinch in Muay Thai. For some reason, and I'm sure a lot of that is it not being legal in tournaments, you don't see it as often anymore. You may see a very quick grab n' punch but not like it used to be. My Dad trained in what you could describe as a early style of "MMA" where they would train ground fighting, boxing, American full-contact karate in the 70s. However ,my Dad had a family with me, my brother, Mom and his own business, so didn't have the time to really compete anymore after that. However, I do remember my Dad competing alongside with me in the first karate tournament I competed in, which was pretty cool.
There was a period, when my Dad and I trained martial arts together, this was both good and bad. He even trained Muay Thai with me, but only for a year or so and quit due to his injuries catching up to him and age. The Muay Thai gym I first trained at was one where only the young and injury free could realistically train..meaning, if I went back in time, I couldn't train there, now.
Well, with all of this being said, I usually don't like talking martial arts with my Dad. I used to, trust me I really did, but now my Dad talks to me about stuff he has little to no experience in. My Dad never trained knockdown karate, competed in kickboxing/Muay Thai and other avenues of martial arts I got into. I did start out in shito ryu and goju ryu, but branched off from those styles many years ago. My Dad for some weird reason seems to think I have the same strengths and weaknesses I had when I was a teenager.
Anyhow, long story short, I love my Dad but really, really, really don't like talking martial arts with him anymore, and haven't in years. The reason why is because it seems like once it starts, we usually always get into some type of disagreement, which leads to an argument. I know my Dad is probably thinking I'm some "punk kid," or something along those lines, but he gets into topics that he knows I have more experience in.
So with all of that being said, I love my Dad but absolutely detest talking about martial arts with him. I also have a cousin who has a long time boyfriend who trained in "ninjitsu" with a local fraud, who thinks he knows a lot about martial arts, who I avoid all martial art talks with.
I have friends today who I think have very little real martial art experience, or experience with fakes, etc. that I like as people, but hate talking martial arts with, too. I think all of us have "Dads" like my "Dad" that we detest talking martial arts with . I learned many years ago to don't even attempt to convince somebody to think like you do, because who wants to admit what they thought or learned is wrong, to learn martial arts all over again?
Osu!