FRANCIS BURGOS wrote: > > Most traditionalists close their minds to the fact that times have > changed, and that their art must change accordingly ... You mean they haven't? I have never seen a makiwara outside of some books, but i have done plenty of training on air shields and focus pads, and that's in a TRADITIONAL karate class! > ... Let's take kata > training as an example ... As if you _really_ know anything about them. > ... What can anyone use a kata for? They have no > physical fitness value, for an exercise to have any physical fitness value > it must overload a muscle, which katas certainly don't do ... You never heard of Sanchin. :) And regualr katas will if you tesne your shoulders too much. > ... besides they > provide no cardiovascular benefits because to have it they must bring ones > heart rate to a minimum of 70% above the resting rate, which they certainly > do not. You must be a world class athelete, then, because I have been using kata for cardiovascular trainining for four years now! The trick is to find a pace where you end up in the proper trainining range. For me, that has alweays been a bit less than full-speed/full-power. And yes, this refers to doing a series of kataa without stopping in between for longer tha a few seconds. [26 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=3285219&hilit=HYPNOSIS> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&3266440 Score: 78 Subject: Re: Cult hypnotism