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	<title>Where Martial Arts People Live On Line ::  dandjurdjevic :: Blogs</title> 
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		<title><![CDATA[The origins of goju-ryu kata: Part 3 - shisochin kata]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1173</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1 and Part 2 of this article.Shisochin begins with 3 opening sanchin stances making it superficially similar to cluster H. However it departs from cluster H in almost every other s]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:59:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The origins of goju-ryu kata: Part 2]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1169</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1 of this article.Factors that might explain the &#8220;traditional&#8221; or &#8220;standard&#8221; history of goju-ryuThere is a tendency for martial artists to venerate the past]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:53:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whole lotta shakin': pre-loading the hips]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1168</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a tendency in some schools of karate today to perform a particular "hip load" on most kata techniques.An example of this movement can be found in the video below of Aragaki Sochin kata, perfo]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:05:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How is MMA different from "real fighting"?]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1165</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often heard it said that while modern &#8220;mixed martial arts&#8221; type tournaments (including UFC and Pride) are not real fighting, they are &#8220;about as @#$% close as you can get&#]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:04:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Changing kata]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1160</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently a colleague posed the following question:Do you "purists" for lack of a better term believe that the small minute changes make that much difference? If miyagi stepped here rather than there, ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:37:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Variations in ude tanren - forearm conditioning]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1154</link>
		<description><![CDATA[For most of my martial arts career I have known (and practised, on and off) the orthodox kote kitae or "ude tanren" - forearm conditioning.  An example can be found here and below:Master Higaonna Mori]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:55:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Civilian defence systems]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1144</link>
		<description><![CDATA[IntroductionIt was in the late '80s in South Africa where I first heard my teacher Lao Tze Bob Davies describe what he taught as a "civilian defence system".  At the time I paid little attention.  It ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:20:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why are my karate punches more like boxing punches when I hit shields ]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1143</link>
		<description><![CDATA[These questions were once put to me by a Shotokan karateka:"I would just like to ask your opinion. When I use the kick shields, the kick take the same form on the shields as they do in fresh air. Howe]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:33:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chambering punches]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1139</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone on an online forum recently wrote words to the effect of &#8220;Do you literally fight with you hands in a chamber position?&#8221;.To me the real question is: "Do you mean to say you DON'T fi]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:55:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The karate "kamae" or guard]]></title>
		<link>http://martialartsfriends.com/blog/view/id_1138</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In my considered view the best guard posture (kamae) for karate is one where you hold one hand in the same position as the lead hand in chudan uke (the standard karate chest level block), but at face ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:02:32 -0700</pubDate>
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