Karate
Karate… similar first part from another recent lesson…
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Gojo Karate is what i hold a belt in. But if some one is willing to teach i am willing to add to what i know, with or with out a weapon, so i guess my style whould be the the sum all i have learned over the years by all the teachers that have taught me so much about self defence, peace and life.
Thank You to all of them!
My random before I slave my self….
…my random request
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My art is Kung Fu San Soo. The translation for the Chinese words san soo means “technique practice” referring to our preference to practicing pactical combative techniques. The original name of the art as it was called in China was Tsoi Li Hoi Fut Hung, but that would be too complicated for Americans to try to remember when Jimmy Woo was beginning to promote the art in the 1950’s and 1960’s. As far as the origin of the term “martial arts”, I agree with the Roman origen.
I love your show, don’t change a thing! Funny, pretty, and smart!!!
Privyet Krasivaya!
Karate, according to my sensei, actually started in India, in 500BC or AD, can’t remember now which one, by a Buddhist monk and was taken to China while he traveled.
Martial Art comes from the Root.. Mars, the Roman God of war… therefore martial has anything to do with War or the military… martial music, martial arts, martial law, and I belief such words as Field Marshal…
Taekwondo
Shotokan
two i Know and did in my 20’s Good to know As it gives you power to control your anger as well as defending self . Shows respect and calm
When in a tight spot .
My favorite martial art is Aikido. Ai pronounced eye means harmony. Ki pronounced key means energy. Do pronounced dough means a way or path. So Aikido means the way of harmonizing with energy. The emphasis should be on the first section of the word strongest. Like EYEkeydough. Like how Subaru should be pronounced suBAroo. Different but same.
I am currently preparing for my 3rd degree in it. Martial refers to war and fighting and so martial arts are fighting arts.
“Martial arts” came from a transposition of “marital arts.” They were invented by abused husbands trying to defend themselves from their wives.
hahaha thats godamn hilarious
Quote
he says thank you HotForWords 
“It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.” – Aristotle 384-322 B.C………another random for a friend….
Muay Thai
Extraordinary Lesson! You rock!
I loved this…
LOL
My favorite martial arts are Aikido, Hapkido and Judo!
I would love to know the word origin of Tai Chi or even
Krav Maga??
You rock!
warmly,
Nelson
speculative screenwriter/Insurance Agent.
(New Hollywood Vegas, Michigan!)
SOS Teacher!
Video Word Request
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLyEdsv0TWc
Talk Like a Pirate Day is fast ahead!
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Cheerio
Karate was not created in China and it wasn’t perfected in Japan. Karate is original from Okinawa, a set of islands south of Japan and East of the South of China. The island traded with China materials, philosophy and arts. The Okinawans mixed South Chinese Kung Fu with their own style and created a style that roughly translated to “Chinese Hand”. Years later Japan invades Okinawa and it becomes a Japanese territory. The take their martial art and change it from “Chinese Hand” to Karate or “Empty hand” which has a more philosophical meaning than just fighting without weapons (Japan already has Jujitsu and Aikido and both style are empty handed fighting styles). The Japanese try to force the Okinawans to teach them their style so they have a choice: teach their style or go into hiding. So some teach the Japanese part of the style while others go into hiding and different schools opens. For any more information you can go to http://www.cidio.net
When I was living in Hawaii, about a decade ago, I learned about 3 or 4 months worth of Okinawan Karate Do. I managed to get up to orange belt, but I thought that style was a little rigid and wasn’t for me. If I stayed in a little longer, I could have learned how to use weapons.
I think the idealogy of learning to do something as a point as not to use it, doesn’t adapt well for self-defense or when neccesary to use it. Now a days there doesn’t seem much use of it, when you don’t often encounter a defensive situation, or having to worry about getting charged for assault by the guy who deserved it. I think that something that means “empty hands” has become more of an empty sport.
I seriously would only get beat up by you.
I wonder about two words that are used the same way and almost are exactly the same. Why do we say them diiferently? Did they orig. mean something different?
The two words that I am requesting are
1) regardless
2) irregardless
Marina, Can you get to the bottom of this? Please?!
She read your mind on Oct16th last year…Regardless or irregardless of whether you were paying attention, check it out again. If you scare easily , don’t click the link.
By the way,….Very impressive kicking Marina. Indeed !
My favorite Karate move is when someone tries to poke me in the eyes with their two fingers, I put my hand on the bridge of my nose between my eyes to block it. (very “Three Stooges” like)
3001 on the vote
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#2 @ 1659
#3 @ 1207
Looking good, but not counting the chickens before they hatch.
2996 now.
Only 5 more votes needed to break 3000.
Who’s going to do it?
It could be you.
Cool vid Marina!! Loved the sound effects
Homework : If I had to go by what martial art looked the coolest, I’d go with Capoeira. Capoeira looks more like break-dancing to me
For those who are interested in a show about martial arts, check out Human Weapon. I saw a few episodes of this show on cable, and it featured martial arts such as Kendo, Jujitsu and Tae Kwon Do.
From the episodes I have seen so far, Tae Kwon Do is the one to go for, especially if you are looking to test your limits. It looked more physically intense than I thought it would be.
My fave martial art related quote (From a show called Lano & Woodley) – “Careful frank, I know Karate, Jujitsu, and other martial art words.”
The political season has reminded me of the words I always wondered about: right wing and left wing. What are conservatives and liberals on the right or left of?
Liberals and Conservatives are, relatively speaking, considered to be on the “left” or “right” of “center”. With “center” being defined as occupying the “mainstream” of prevailing (contemporary) political thought.
But why are liberals on the left and not the right?
Because they’re not “right”, they’re “wrong”. As bestselling author and syndicated radio talk show host Michael Savage has so astutely and accurately observed: “Liberalism is a Mental Disorder”!
oh my god. marina….. i was looking through my images on my laptop and i found this.
it looks like kobe LOL:
kobe lookalike
Hey Marina,
With the recent events in Georgia I was curious why is there a Georgia in the US and south of Russia? Why do the Russians call it Gruziya and why do the Georgians call their country Sakartvelo?
Hey Marina just finished watching a load of your videos, after watching pant ees 1 + 2 I was wondering if you could tell me where the word Knicker/s comes from. we in the uk often use it as a word for womens underwear, but the word also appears in the name of an ice cream dessert – knickerbocker glory. Any ideas?? p.s when is your Calendar coming out?
Misscupcake just gave me permission to remix her video!! YAY
LOL you dont have to publicly announce it !!
hehe
James is too young to have or keep secrets… his own or anyone elses
Well It won’t be a secret when its on youtbe will it?
I like you James, so I hope you didn’t take it wrong, a lot of young guys could take some lessons from you, in how to treat a woman.
But leaving a little mystery is a good thing, let people figure stuff out.
Be cool…and if a woman tells you something that no one else hears, “that” is more precious than anything I can think of… at least anything I can remember. (free advice is worth what you pay for it I quess).
You’re a smart kid, I hope your parents are cool with your antics. Cheers
f: “what does X mean?”
m: (explains.)
f: “oh, i thought it meant something else.”
m: “yeah? what?”
f: “you know.”
m: “no, i don’t. what do you mean?”
f: “you know exactly what i was thinking of.”
m: “no, i don’t, otherwise i wouldn’t ask. so …?”
f: “ah, never mind.”
m: .oO(wtf?)
f: “forget about it, let’s just drop it.”
m: “umm … why don’t you just tell me?”
f: (drops it.)
annoying as hell. you can’t argue with that.
same conversation b/w males:
m1: “what does X mean?”
m2: (explains.)
m1: “oh, okay, i was thinking about Y.”
and that’s that.
anyway, here’s my question. what if a man tells you something that no one else hears? is that any less precious because a man told you, not a woman? maybe you didn’t mean it like that, correct me if i’m wrong.
LOL. once you get to (f: “you know exactly what i was thinking of.”) as a man married for 25 years it ain’t going any farther than that… at that time.eg. today’s quote
As far as a what a man tells you being precious, and this is a bit of a rash generalisation, I guy doesn’t usualy speak to you from the heart & doesn’t for lack of a better way to put it “feel” like he is giving away a piece of himself. Guys will weigh the value of info from another guy & if the value isn’t understood won’t drop it ’til it is. As you say a women doesn’t, generaly, understand that you may not “feel’ the value of her communication. Emotion & logic have trouble connecting.
At least thats how I think about it… helps me survive.
Stll women are a full of mystery, so anytime something makes sense it is treated as precious, ’cause its a little rare.
The word Martial comes from the name Marina, as a tribute the one all knowing master of all arts! =)
I thought the word was invented by Martial Earp.
HAHAHAHAHA =))
Extraordinary!!!
I do know crazy
This reminded me of a video I watched a while back, called Afro Ninja!
My favorite martial art is Judo! In my opinion, one of the best self defense tactics ever. Get close, put down, fatality! and then just wait for the ambulance
Judo has some amazing techniques such as “here’s your arm back, to go”, “looky, you can fly”, “smell my… crouch”, what’s that on the ground” and “are you OK?”. Of course in Japanese they might sound a little different to you, but that’s basically what they mean.
Marina you should train yourself to be a jūdōka. Because Intelligence and rapidness beat brute strength and size, always! Just use the correct techniques, and you can get out of any situation!
Want to know how to train? We have a saying, “The best training for judo is judo”. You know what’s short for “Just do it”? … JUDO IT!
P.S: Cutest kimono I ever seen!
No new video yet?
I’ve noticed SOMEONE is a LITTLE busy.
I recently wrote a paper on the word “chicano”.I came across the word “chicanery”.Is there a similarity between the two? what is the origin of “chicanery”.
Hello Marina could you investigate the origin of clairvoyant clairvoyance please
My Dearest Marina:
Could you please investigate the origin of the word “flummoxed” for me?
Your obedient student,
SurfinRI
Surfs up at Misquamitcut
From Narragansett to Old Cape Cod,
If you don’t dig Surfin’ you’re a clod!
My previous post is part of the lyrics to a late 60’s surfin’ tune, but I can’t remember who sang it. Does anyone in “HotForWords” nation know the song? I didn’t get any results from googling it…
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=i1426pDG510&feature=related
a real star http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3U4stiHC9WI elvis
a real star yes he was that ELVIS was the biggest ever
Marina,
It is the style called Miagi Doo from the Karate kid.
It realy works as a defense.
I utalized the style years ago when I blocked a series of shots as my opponet got faster and faster .
I used it for defence and didn’t get hit once.
Although my oppenent was so fast that I didn’t get a chance to go on offense.
So I never threw a shot but Joe claimed to be a black belt.
Greg
Try not to mis spell Marital Arts.
Hai Karate
Be careful how you use it
Thirty-five years ago, as a young stud, I would drench myself in Hai Karate cologne before I went to work at the local supermarket. That stuff turned me into a real chick magnet. I wish I had a bottle right now!
Seems like I’m slow these last few days. I should have posyed this on the “cologne” lesson – LOL
Word Request: Rick Roll
The song isn’t even called Rick Roll, and yet everybody calls it that.
And also, if you want to do a little more to this word, then find out how people started Rick Rolling people in the first place. Why that song out of many many others?
Thanks.
Rick Roll?
Hi, Marina.
Thank you for doing the two most internationally famous Japanese words. I’m so glad.
My favorite martial art is “Kendo”. I think it’s much cooler than fencing.
“Ken” means sword, and “do” means spirit. (It’s the same word that is in “Judo”) So it means, the spirit of swrod. Sounds cool, ha?
After watching that, there needs to be a Hot for Words musical. If they could do one about a spelling bee, they can do one about word origins. Besides, it is a hot topic right now! Hot for Words, the musical…I can imagine it. Can’t you ?
You got great abs.
[ snatches the pebble from Marina's hand ]
Lmao! You are so awesome to watch you crazy female! Anyways, my favorite form of martial arts is Shaolin Kung Fu.
all different topic:
in all west-europe, the romans or at least their church esteblished the word “padre”.
(fr. pere; ger. Vater; eng. father…ect).
Even the familiar form “Papa” is wellknown
is there a mentionable reason why in english children say
“dad” or “daddy” ?
hmm, i would want to know where comes word “Automatic”
My hand is up, word request: tricky. As in, “If you can’t convince them with genius, baffle ‘em with it.” Tricky.
Extra points to anyone correctly identifying who said the above quote to whom. Never mind where it was said and heard.
And simply to expound on the subject of martial arts a bit, I read somewhere that it was a form of jujitsu that was exported from India and developed in Asia that began all the different forms of martial arts we have today. Most people are under the impression and believe that martial arts is an Asian “thing,” but in actuality its origins trace back to India. This is all I recollect from something I read in the past …, I think I read it from Cecil. I’d check it out myself and then make this post cool, but I don’t have the time to go searching.
weird. i always thought india was in asia …
… totally.
When it got to France, they called it savate
As you can see on this site, India is in Australia.
Bob, I found this book in the library while researching my own.
If one resides in New York State and are in need of an excellent book for your coffee table, this is it. These civil servants made an excellent book for the peonic [sic] citizenry
you nutter, excellent moves M. Kicking about with some Tai Chi three times a week, 5am, crack of dawn, all weather conditions, bare chested only a bit like yoga with me M, just fall over and fart alot
— dont just look at the end of the finger, otherwise you will miss all the heavenly glory! Love asian extream dvds, so many to watch, tony ja, jet lee kick some serious busting moves. Practice Muay Tai with mate who is winchung expert, always get my but kicked but so much fun to do.
Hello gorgeous, i have a couple of word requests to make. 1st word gorgeous, 2nd pleasure Thanks urick…
Everybody loves Kung-Fu fighting…..
but my personal favorite is Calligraphy, it’s the best….
Don’t believe me…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5GslQ6ZP-w
LOL… Little girl to father “The paper is over here”
LOL
Good find Cashy! I loved that! 
Worth checking out the film it comes from, got some really great comedy moments like that but also some excellent Kung Fu, the badly dubbed English version is a must.
Think of a niche
I quite like the one above the monument to Pitt the Elder at Westminster Abbey. It’s in the North transept and contains a statue of Pitt mid speech with outstretched arm.
I think David’s other self-defense mechanisms mentioned below could potentially ward off any would-be attackers. Especially number 2. Nice.
But I wouldn’t recommend doing so too long in public, or the Police might not find that too amusing. Maybe the defense is a weakness disguised as a strength?
You could call it the 2-D porcupine defense posture, or something like that. Some people just wouldn’t understand, eh? (That’s the point, right?)
Once when approached by an aggressor, I just smiled. Smiles can be quite disarming. Love can be a confusing feeling to an evolving soul. It’s my weapon of choice, nonetheless.
http://www.planetx64.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1409&Itemid=19,,,,,,,,,,,, whats google up too, 2nd paragraph?
Hi Marina!
Me and my brother were interested in learning the origin of a common word used in some phrases and that word is ‘Blue‘ which is included in phrases like ‘Into the Blue‘, ‘Out of the Blue‘, ‘Feeling Blue‘. I suppose there are more that I cant think of at the moment… so our question is… why Blue? Why that particular colour? Why is it used in such phrases where you get into it, see something going out of it or feeling it?
i would like to know about the wrods hocus-pocus
It wasn’t hocus-pocus that turned Pocahontas into Rebecca Rolfe.
Teacher! Teacher! Oh, oh! I have my hand up!
Can you do a bit on the word PATRIOT?
I heard the wind up of McCains acceptance speech and I thought one bit was exceptionally well put (and I quote):
“I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else’s. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency; for its faith in the wisdom, justice and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again. I wasn’t my own man anymore. I was my country’s.”
In particular I liked the “…not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for.”
I know Samuel Johnson had a thing or two to say about patriotism.
Dear Marinochka,
One fish is just a fish, but why are two fish called a ’school’?
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea!
Joy to you and me.
I saw Three Dog Night a long time ago, twice, then with Ringo Starr’s All-Star Band. Loved all the performances.
Teacher, What is a Three Dog Night?
When it’s so cold in the igloo, you have to snuggle up with three dogs to stay warm.
It’s called martial art because since they have to do with fighting. Martial comes from the word Mars who was the Roman god of war.
My favorite martial art is Sambo (which just so happens to be Russian) or Aikido from Japan. I would have said Krav Maga (Israeli) but that’s not actually considered a martial art because there are no rules and it’s non competitive.
Martial arts means the art of the warrior. Martial, I believe, has its root in the war god Mars. Arts are skills and talents that are learned over time and mastered – so, like painting, fighting is such a skill that can be learned and mastered. Ergo…martial arts….
There you go…another mystery solved by your trusty wizard, Prospero.
Trusty Wizard, you are truly Oz-some!
Hi Marina,
Funny ending!!! LOL
Empty hands… verrrry interrrresting!
Other martial arts that are very subtle and effective are…
steering the opponents concentration away from their aggression
1. point and say “look out!” to someone behind the aggressor… then go “beep beep” and run away like roadrunner in the cartoons.
2. lay down on the ground with your arms spread open and start singing “highway to hell” by ACDC.
3. carry around a wad of fake 20 dollar bills, throw them in to the air at the last moment, while his eyes go towards all the money, kick him in the nuts and punch him in the nose!
Those are all karate styles!
#1 is Empty Mind
#2 is Empty Voice
#3 is Empty Wallet
#4 is Doelander, Oleander, Poelander, Smoeleander, Woelander, Joelander……………………………well i know all the oleander styles of Oleander fighting.
Marina, at least you’re kicking the stuffing out of your competition on YouTube.
But not with this video on Karate; it must be the slowest climber for a long time. Probably the single-word title is not inspiring people to click on it. You could say that when Marina was thinking of a sexy title for this video, she came up empty-handed.
True. I was referring to her vid on Best Weekend. Sorry I didn’t clarify that.
Marina’s video now has 2870 votes. She leads with a significant 1222 votes over the second place video. Another eight days to go.
You make karaoke and karate very, very sexy!
Privet Marina,
I would love to learn the etymology of tea/chai. It seems to be one or the other in quite a number of languages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_uzRweGghg
2845 on the vote looking good for marina
Marina, Do you have any funny stories about being in the back seat of one of these cars? http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PFjMi5EIaeM/ROjUAxsjABI/AAAAAAAAAjA/wkLSlDXaPLE/Lada+2103+13
I learn so much from you, you are amazing! I would like to request the word “kid”. I have two kids of my own and I was talking to my husband yesterday about the relevance of the word kid being used not only for our own kids but also for baby goats. And that got me thinking about why we call our children kids and if that came from the goats, and if it did why don’t we call our kids calves or foals.. just a thought lol
So you use Karate to stay in shape and have a fine toned body so that you have to use Karate to defend yourself.
But Marina, that a double whamee.
You have such a disarming smile.
Hi,
Nice video, I have learned Judo for about 7-8 years now.
What about the word – Piranha?
Hecky
Hello Marina:
Thank you for the lesson!
Forms of Martial Arts I have trained in:
Gōjū-ryū
Tae Kwon-Do
Kali Sikaran
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Kung Fu
Kickboxing
Tae Kwon-do I liked the least. It has become more of a “sport” for competitions, and that’s not what I was there to learn.
Kung Fu was the most “graceful”, I can see why Hollywood uses variations of it for their movies. It just looks impressive and remains effective. I’m not that graceful and so I’m not that impressive to watch, but I am effective in it.
Kali Sikaran is weapons fighting, very effective if one gets the hang of it and loads of fun. Swinging sticks and weapons around also quickly builds upper body strength.
Gōjū-ryū is traditional Japanese karate. It was my first karate and one which sparked my interest in martial arts. It’s simple and effective, but not my personal favorite.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is submission grappling and ground fighting techniques. I really enjoyed this one. Learning this one causes cuts, abrasions, and bruises all over, so the training physically hurts. Well worth it though.
Kickboxing – Just a great way to stay in shape. Combines elements of all the above, so I don’t study in depth in any specific one and keeps me in shape enough to practice moves from all of them.
It was just random luck that I read this post. Very interesting to read a synopsis of your martial arts experience as well as your personal take on each art. I’ve observed quite a few Tae Kwon-Do classes, but that’s the extent of my exposure to martial arts. If I were younger, I would give one a try. Too bad Suzanne Tamim, the Lebanese pop star brutally murdered in Dubai recently, didn’t have a background in martial arts. It might have saved her life.
Your never too old to start. I know of 50 and 60-year olds who pick it up. Increases flexibility and strength. True, they’ll never achieve what a 20-year old could achieve, but its about personal achievement, not competition.
how about the word ‘horny’? i’ve always wondered how that came to mean that you are in sexual arousal. Thanks, keep up the great work.
I think that word is already in the list… hit the Words/Lessons link and enjoy.
Hello Marina,
I pulled a hamstring watching you. You are the best, I laughed every time I thought of this show while I worked last night.
For the longest time I’ve always associated martial arts with the “far east”. But I don’t think they cover the whole field.
But Capman911 I believe hit it on the head with his answer- can I copy his homework?
My favorite martial art? I like boxing and fencing. Do they qualify?
Thank you, Marina, that was so much fun to watch.
How come there is no standard unit of measurement for the thickness of a ply.
Is two ply toilet paper is equal to a two ply tire. Does each industry set its own standard?
In the tire industry is a five ply Uniroyal tire equal to a five ply Goodyear tire?
Is two ply Kleenex equal to two ply store brand tissue?
Are plies from European plywood metric and are the plies equal the USA plywood industry?
What is the story behind the word ply? I’m not going to lose any sleep over this but I just was wondering.
Anyone please feel free to contribute
Don’t try to apply logic to it.
Ply simply means a layer – Two ply tissue has two layers, plywood is a composite wooden sheet made of odd numbers of layers of veneer laid at right angles to each other to eliminate the weaknesses of natural wood.
Good request for Marina to investigate.
I like the minimalistic white background, it’s surreal (
word suggestion surreal 
)
I learned two things new today – empty hand fighting, and that Marina has a navel ring.
She’s in the Matrix.
When I studied Shotokan the patch we had on our gi-s was a fist with a dove on top of the wrist. In the Navy we called our job ‘Peace Through Superior Fire Power’. Same thing.
If you really want peace, you can either rely on the good intentions of others or you can rely on your own strength. Plan A is good, but its good to have a Plan B just in case Plan A fails.
No martial arts for me….I am a lover, not a fighter.
“Keep your friends close…keep your enemies closer.”
“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”
Ciao,
Fianchetto1
The first sentence you quoted is not an apology of peace actually. When you are close to your enemy, you can study him more easily, which is useful for a future fight.
Also useful to determine better stategem to deal with him while still your enemy (and therefore dangerous) until you learn how to best create the opportunity to befriend him
I appreciate your reply, friend
sorry….strategem….
I’ve known a few Tae Kwon-Do instructors. They are guys you would not want to engage physically. However, all of them were affable gentlemen. Like John McCain, just because they are not afraid of a fight doesn’t mean they want to pick one. I think strength can promote peace and security.
Thats why some people study Tai Chi karate. Tai Chi is the epitome of “internal”. For the most part (Chen style Tai Chi is not entirely slow), it is a slow moving style which stresses proper breathing and posture to facilitate the flow of chi. Tai Chi does, however, have self defense applications, but they have been stressed less and less as time goes by.
You can gain the benefits of learning a Martial Art without doing any fighting. Im kind of like you and don’t really like the fighting part. I guess thats why I do very well in my Katas.
I taught tae kwon do and women’s self defense when I was in college. Chicks dig the uniform!
To be honest, I don’t know why. The uniforms are pretty baggy. Maybe it’s the hard bodies that women imagine are inside the uniforms that women find most appealing?
I know what you mean about chick digging uniforms.
My favorite martial art is taekwondo, which I have studied for over 4 years now. Whereas it is also a form of Karate, it originated in Korea (or so I have studied).
My favorite Martial Art is having HotForWords be my Agent 99 and I’ll be her Max.
Muhaaaah!!
Natasha would have been the perfect role for Teacher.
PIP, Your Three Dog Night request is a good one, I suspect you already know the answer. If not maybe someone from the cold far North will tell you. The TDN band explained it once in an interview which I read in Rolling Stone Magazine.
Teacher-
Another great lesson, as usual (and you did a better job than Pat Morita in “The Karate Kid)… As far as that James Brown lyric goes, I think it’s really “I don’t know karate, but I know Ka-Razor” (James was a bit more “street” than the rest of us)… Say hi to Kobe for us…
@ 2835 (Sailing away)
#2 @ 1648 (Why did I cheat!)
#3 @ 1102 (Contest? Isn’t that over?)
Hi Marina!
I have been a long biz trip and have been out of the loop. So sorry. You have been busy! Thanks for so many great lessons! I like your front kick; you’ve clearly had some training! I studied goju-ru for years as a kid. It’s a Japanese form based on the White Crane style of Kung Fu. I like the spiritual side and its fun exercise. It’s also handy in a scrape when retreat is not an option. The term martial arts is one of many tributes to Mars, the god of war. I don’t like that so much because I think of karate as a path to peace. But then the best defense is a strong offense! Hmmmm. I may be delving into politics here….
Great work and many thanks to you and HFW! I’ll try and be in better touch.
Sayonara, Quiggles
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Ok this is so weird. Im emailing Rick from HFW site and we are chatting about our experience in Karate. This is just weird….
This was my creed that we had when I was in Karate.
I come to you with only “KARATE” – empty hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor; should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong; then here are my weapons – “KARATE” – my empty hands.
I studied Kempo Karate and Gun Fu. I learned how to break boards, bricks, and river rocks with the palm of my hand. Kata, a form of dance you might say is one of my favorite things to do in Karate. I learned a black belt level Kata that won me first place in our local dojo. I was just amazed that I beat out other black belts that had been in the style longer than I had. I even beat out the neighboring school that put on the competition.
Quiz, what style of the Martial Arts came about because Karate was banned in the _______ country? Hint: It looks more like dancing than Karate.
On of my instructors, Grand Master Archibeque was in the same class as Bruce Lee. I remember he said Bruce was really fast on his feet. Archi could not block his kicks.
With your permission Grand Master Marina, I shall bow out of this homework assignment for obvious reasons.
Marina, where did you get your information that karate was perfected in Japan?
Speaking of homework. I have to run and go teach my students. We are doing navigation with charts. No GPS here. This is old school style.
Quiz answer: Capoeira
GOOD JOB BOB! Thats correct! This style of Martial Arts is very difficult to defend yourself from. Most styles don’t include ‘What if the person is upside down or cartwheeling?’ in their training. I really like this style because it looks like Break Dancing.
There was a movie made about this type of MA. Anyone remember the name of the movie?
History of Karate
Hey Bob thanks for the link about the origin of Karate and the big island of Okinawa of the Ryuku Islands chain. Yea I have read about this many times and was taught to me in class. But I have never research any of this in great detail to personally verify these claims. I don’t trust anything that I read now days. All of this could be false without being able to find reliable sources.
Dear Captain Jack,
You’re a black belt and an expert on navigation! Bravo! I keep a catboat on the Chesapeake bay. Should you ever find yourself landlocked in or near DC let me know. She’s a great old-school wooden boat (no GPS) and sailing on the bay is the best.
Regards, Q
Q, Dude! I have to live up to my name of Jack of all trades.
I want to do everything on this planet I can before my atoms become part of the bottom of the ocean. I only have about 40 years left to do it in.
You have a boat in Chesapeake Bay!!! Well the one chart I know very well because we use it for training new captain’s and testing. I have heard of many captain’s visit Chesapeake Bay just to see in real life what they have spent weeks learning about.
P.S. I only use my black belt to hold up my pants.
Meaning its really no true indication of level of knowledge. Some schools you can get your black belt in 3 years were other schools it can take up to 10 years. My instructor had 14 black belts in 14 styles. People like to measure themselfs and thats why the belt system is in place. It used to be everyone had a white belt and that white belt would get dirty over the years. Sometime their would be some dried blood on it. They looked really disgusting, but it was a way to know how long that person has been training.
I learned Karate because Aerobics bores me to much. I wanted to learn something that I could have some practicable applications and keep fit both physically and mentally.
Pirates beware! Don’t mess with the Captain!
You know I should do a video for you all to watch me break a a few bricks. In the mean time watch this guys break a brick or two.
2 bricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4cEtKrdTHw
8 bricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jttqJZ9sTBk
Good demo on how to break bricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lluSvJpCaHE
Oh and yes this happened to me once during a demo at a grade school. I failed with just two bricks. I was very embarrassing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp7XQCYBLbo&NR=1
Chorus:
She’s a brick—-house
Mighty mighty, just lettin’ it all hang out
She’s a brick—-house
The lady’s stacked and that’s a fact,
ain’t holding nothing back.
She’s a brick—-house
She’s the one, the only one,
who’s built like a amazon
We’re together everybody knows,
and here’s how the story goes.
She knows she got everything
a woman needs to get a man, yeah.
How can she use, the things she use
36-24-36, what a winning hand!
The clothes she wears, the sexy ways,
make an old man wish for younger days
She knows she’s built and knows how to please
Sure enough to knock a man to his knees
Shake it down, shake it down now………..
Only The Strong
Even a small girl can do this. It’s all in the mind. I can take down a 300 lbs guy in less than 3 seconds. It’s not about strength, its about knowledge. “Knowledge is Power”…
See even a 13 year old girl can do it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-CeiJjT67E
I ment the movie
“There was a movie made about this type of MA. Anyone remember the name of the movie?”
I ment the movie
“There was a movie made about this type of MA. Anyone remember the name of the movie?”
Oh sorry.
Yes your correct.
Only the Strong (1993)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyEFoSEifY
yay hehe ,np,
g’d night
I was telling ChaCha that my next door neighbor teaches Tai Chi he has been teaching all his life so he is about 60 years old.. He was in the same dojo as Bruce Lee for a while until Bruce died then he moved here. He would say any more than that.
Euhemerism.I saw it in a game and i didn’t know what it ment.Thanks
A very funny video, Marina.
Yet more of your talents on display – high kicks and comedy.
I have been most impressed watching an Aikido Master, I once saw on television, taking on four armed attackers.
He just stood in the middle of the floor, sending them all flying with a deft flick of the wrist. It was like watching a ballet, it was so beautiful.
My all-time favourite martial art was shown in the old film “Kelly’s Heroes”; the platoon had modified their tanks to have one forward gear and five reverse, so they could get out of trouble faster than they got into it.
Martial Arts is a phrase coined by Europeans. Martial is derived from the Roman god Mars, The god of War, and means “The Art of War.”
When we use the term Mrtial Arts, most people think of Asian cultures. However, the term actually refers to any sort of codified combat systems, regardless of origin.
Also Marina, I’m crying corcodile tears because without rhyme or reason, none of my request are ever used. I don’t want to make bones about the matter but I’m mad as a hatter and thinking of throwing in the towel if you don’t promulgate at least one of my requests.
LOL
nice video 
I’v done 5 years of judo 2 years of karate 2 years of teakwando and 1 year of boxing, never really liked any of those
Hey Marina
! 
But I have to say this is my favorite lesson because i’m actually a brown belt in karate 
. and even better i’ll be obtaining my Black belt in november. 
sorry you haven’t heard from me in a long time, i’ve been on holiday
see ya
TongueTwislers
An easy exercise for those who want to learn martial arts
), called me after seeing this video. She thinks you could replace her for a Charlie’s Angels 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtjJZ0Ltu0
Marina, a good friend of mine, Cameron Diaz (I don’t know if someone knows her
More seriously, you seem to be very inspired by Japanese words : this video and the one for “karaoke” are very funny. I hope you’ll be able to find inspiration for words like sushi, wazabi, dojo… but here is an interesting word for a future video I think: “banzai”
Marina and everybody !
Concerning the word MARTIAL in invite you to visit my site here http://www.dictionaric.com/dicoetymnom/dicoetymnom.php?rech=martin+%28english+text%29&bmit=SEARCH
Marina ! You have no KARA NAVEL ! What is it ? A CARAT DIAMOND ?
What abouth the word CARAT ?
I got request for the word:”mafia”
I have read somewhere that it’s an acronym of Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela (The death of France is Italy’s screem) or something like that. Because some French guys ruled parts of Italy in the 13th century. But the IItalian didn’t speak that dialect in the 13th century. So the acronym version seems not correct. In Mario Puzo’s novels it is said that “mafia” comes from an arabic word for “hideout”. And my father has told me a story that some guys daughter was killed and the authorities didn’t do anything and he shouted “My daughter” which in Italian is “ma figlia”. And somehow it was transformed into “mafia”.
I know that in Sicialian MAFFIOSO means “beautiful”. So it’s very likely that MAFFIA means “beauty”. But the origin of the word remains unknown yet.
That looked like the dance of the sushi chef, word request tenticle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTyMjLvkRA
He He He He
Bunny-Hopper:
You forget first lesson, no laughing while in salle. When you no sense you no fight. If laughing you no sense. My favorite “Martial Art” is an invention of David Weber, author of the Honorverse series, a futuristic science fiction saga centered on the life of Honor Stephanie
Harrington and her treecat Nimitz, currently there are eleven books in the main sequence, three prequels and two parallels. Coup de
vitesse, the martial art developed to combine Oriental and Western forms.
What did she say at 1:23?
She was quoting James Brown, who said once, “I don’t know karate, but I do know crazy.” I think he pronounced it as “kah-ray-zee”. Except for us older types, James Brown is a mythical figure… also known as the “Godfather of Soul” and “The Hardest Workin’ Man in Sho-Bidnez!”
James Brown, man of renown. For me, he was the antidote to the Beach Boys
and all that acceptable stuff they had on the AM radio stations in the early sixties. Hair slicked back, shiny pants, a bass guitar and some brass.
What Marina says is from a James Brown song;
Marina says: “I don’t know Karate, but I do know crazy!”
The Big Payback – James Brown 3:40
ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCkmztX_F8A
I think (correct me if I’m wrong) that the reference has to do with Elvis who was in the Army and martial arts.
How come there was a long delay from youtube to here Marina? Beating up bad guys while singing?
I was in meetings all day… got time to upload to youtube then make it live with my iphone but then did\’t get back for hours in order to upload to my site. Aggravating!
Oh I see busy girl. Man, I need an iPhone like your to keep everything in one.
Darn I think I could have uploaded that for you. My timing was perfect because I was waiting at the computer for a few hours before my class started. I even had time to write up my comment just waiting to post your lesson. Isn’t hindsight a bitch!
Judo is the highest martial arts. I don’t know Judo, but I’ve been thrown through the air by a Judo instructor, and I gained respect for using leverage instead of brute force.
Judo has a real Japanese QueenSatoko Shinashi , proving that size realy doesn’t matter.
She’s seriously dangerous.
I agree. Repeatedly punching an opponent on the side of their unprotected head, she’s lucky not to have killed anyone.
Your talking about Marina who is the dangerous one? Of course.
Muggins, I agree, Judo is cool & size of the player is TOTALLY misleading
However, to say that any ONE style is “highest” misses the mark. All styles have their uses, benefits, requirements for use, etc. As one Shihan, who was the first African American to win a bigshot Judo trournament in Japan, said that a true master knows many styles.
After all, there are many precarious situations in which ANY ONE partiular style won’t work…karate on the ground is limited, although Jujitsu is excellent there. Judo is great up close and standing, but it’s difficult to use against persistent attackers that are good at keeping their distance.
BUT if you think that explanation isn’t worth a damn
, you can go back to the importance of knowing the kinds of moves your competitor is likely to have, & the ways in which you leave yourself vulnerable to their style, so that you can know how to stand your ground and maneuver your OWN offensive-defense 
I agree that the other martial arts have their uses, including boxing no less. And there are different circumstances, including take downs. So, definately a well rounded martial arts knowledge would be an advantage. If I had to choose one, and I was young once again, I’d choose Judo.
Grand Master Archibeque always told me to use what works for you personally and throw out what doesn’t . He mentioned to me to if I had to pick a style to use for self defense, was to chose a style that would end the fight in 3 seconds or less. He said there is no time to play around when you life might be in jeopardy. If you ever had 8 attackers, 3 seconds is a very long time for each opponite.
Some martial art movies i love 2 watch are Rumble in the Bronx and the karate kid. My best video game in martial arts I love 2 play is Street Fighter 2. Where did some humans get fireballs, how can anybody get up fast after getting driven by the spinning pile driver? Balrog(Mike Tyson look-a-like), Sagat, Zangief(the big Russian wrestler) and Akuma are my favorite characters to use.
I don’t play video games… but I know you are, partially a Canucks fan, (your black hawks will do well this year) Vancouver lacks the scoring …still, to do well. But we got a new “DH” / tough guy…Darcy Hordichuk , he trained with the “Iceman”, Chuck Liddell, So even if the team has a losing average it won’t be because of the fights. BTW He seems like a very nice guy… off the ice.
I liked the Karate Kid movie too.
I added a few more favorites on my channel. Some past Budweiser commercials that you might like. Check them out on my you tube channel when you have an opportunity.
Thanks, I liked “The Rock” wrestling interviews, he was funny.
Jackie Chan is one of my all time favorites!!!
Yes, he is the best!!!!!
mmm…. naa… some knifes & a gun in house…
With the everyday burglar Knifes and guns would be ok. But against a well trained MA you wouldn’t stand a chance.Your hands can not be taken way from you and used against yourself as a weapon can. I don’t carry any guns because of this and also of the paperwork involved after the shooting.
marina can you sing more songs in your videos i love to hear you sing you have a beautiful voice
This is where I learned Jiu jitsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXpsMYQv6Hw&feature=related
the word i want to know is “haberdasher”
Thanks
Harry S Truman, notwithstanding.
Marina:
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
MY EARS!!!
IT BURNS!!!
IT BURNS!!!
AGAIN!!!
(Don’t give up your day job, Marina. The phrase “Would you like fries with that?” will prove very useful in your singing career.)
It’s so true, she can’t sing and she can’t fight, but she does make me laugh!
She is goofy. I wonder what the origin of goofy is? Marina, when you are done “singing” and doing “karate” could you find the origin of goofy?
The lawyer says to Mickey, “Now let me get this straight, you want to divorce Mini because she’s crazy.”
Mickey replies, “I didn’t say she was crazy, I said she’s f**king Goofy.”
That’s a good one!
Haha
I agree with you on that (singing and her kata) geronimo. I was thinking she was a bit goofy. She was very entertaining. I do see she has a lot of potential in those areas. Marina has a lovely voice that with some work she could be good. Watching her move she has a bit of a natural style that would be good for learning MA. Teaching many students in the past I see she could do very well in MA. Her movements were fast, precise, and fluid… sometimes.
If she had a desire I would enjoy teaching her.
I got my votes in!!!!! she is now at 2714
Homework: Part I – Marine Combat Training… with and without the M16A2 service rifle
Part II – Capman911 answered it very well, below
My Rabbi once told me a joke about martial arts…
Rabbi: “What’s the difference between Karate and Judo?
Dez: “I don’t know, Rebbe. What is the difference between Karate and Judo?”
Rabbi: “Karate is a highly disciplined form of unarmed self defense. Judo is what bagels are made of.”
Watch out! I know Judo, Karate and ten other Japanese words – LOL!
I love how you always switch up your videos.
WORD REQUEST: When referring to someone insane, my teacher said they were “crazy as a Betsy Bug”. Can you please investigate? He didn’t know where it came from.
I’ll bet Betsy Bug’s an itsy-bitsy bug.
I like all kinds of martial arts. Its hard to pick a favorite….But I will say aikido.
And Im not giving up on the word “OOPS”
and the word “HAMBURGER”
I would really really love to learn the origins of those 2 words…
The word hamburger come from how it was cooked. The hamburger, as we know it today started life as a meat ball. Then one day a cook got pissed when it took so long to cook and smashed it with his spatula.
Before that it was called steak cooked Hamburg style. (As in Hamburg Germany)
Akido is quite a martial art form!! It’s very young, the founder was still alive (as of 2003). Basically, it’s intended to make a person VERY nimble on their feet and able to keep balance very easily, and to be in harmony YET STILL defend oneself without HAVING to smash a person’s face, larnyx, or bones. Interesting, many people report feeling calmer and having more confidence in their movement as they learn how to keep their balance, how to fall, & how to tumble.
As a strategy, it’s about redirecting others by taking their energy and making it work against them INSTEAD of smashing or breaking things.
As for me, I like the excitement of karate, the skill and grace of Akido players, & I wish I had the time to do both
Here’s a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-bfFwo_z5I&feature=related
yet it is eyes which blind the man because a man can see he dose not look master PO
Basic rules of survival:
If a man cannot breath, he cannot fight.
If a man cannot see, he cannot fight.
If a man cannot stand, he cannot fight.
why must a man fight
what makes us do it we need to fight it that makes us do it 
Why must a man fight?
Because it beats dying.
Better to have a gun and not need it
than need a gun and not have it.
A+ ON THAT ONE
I took Karate when I was younger. We moved to Montana just before my Green belt test. There wasn’t any studios here till about ten years later.
did you get back in it smokey
no, but I wish I did. My last class was over 20 years ago
maybe do it again but its always that time or something
сильная Marina, with training, you would be very good at self-defense. I hope you had fun making this video. For your homework, the Army taught me the MacNeill system of hand-to-hand combat, but when stationed in South Korea, I learned Taekwondo from real experts who treated me very kindly and made me good at it. For the second part of your homework, “martial arts” are so named after Mars, the Roman God of war. Martial arts used to include any kind of military training, but now it just refers to many systems of hand combat, usually without weapons. You should learn some self-defense because some people post bad and mean things, here.
Your well-trained student, seesixcm6
Hong Kong Phooey
Hong Kong Phooey, number one super guy.
Hong Kong Phooey, quicker than the human eye.
He’s got style, a groovy style,
and a car that just won’t stop.
When the going gets tough, he’s really rough,
with a Hong Kong Phooey chop (Hi-Ya!)
Okay, as long as we are bringing out clips of favorite martial artist
movies:
-Who is your favorite martial artist?
-Got a favorite movie/story?
-Can they kick Chuck Norris’s butt or not?
*Jackie Chan, the scene where he gets ran over by a hovercraft:
“Are you alright?!:, Chan: “NO!” and continues fighting.
This was “Rumble in the Bronx”, correct?
(And I think Chan would put old Chuck to shame!)
I think Jet Li can kick all of those arses
Sammo is bad ass!
Marina was demonstrating KaraCha-Cha.
Martial Arts? Got questions?
We need Manswers.
Jackie Chan is a beast and can sing. Haha
Tony Jaa… Sorry ChaCha old chubby made me laugh. My youngest kid brought home the first ongbok movie & before I watched it with him I thought, oh no, not another martial arts movie, ehe, but it was watchable. # 2 looks good & not typical hollywood type fare.
Favorite Martial Artist: David Carradine
Favorite MA Movie: Kung Fu (also Circle of Iron)
Can he beat Chuck?: Not even Chuck can beat Chuck
When Chuck Norris does a push-up he doesn’t push himself up, he pushes the Earth down. The cure for cancer is in Chuck Norris’ tears… too bad he never cries. Chuck Norris does not sleep… he waits. There is no theory of evolution… just a list of creatures that Chuck Norris has allowed to live.
Will it blend? Everything blends…except C/N
Chuck would have his hands full with that little chickie in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
Hehe… I’d like to have my hands full of that little chickie
Hard choice. I like both Jet and Jackie. Jackie mostly because he puts funny into MA. I loved the last movie they did together. Its on my favorites list of MA movies.
All seriousness aside:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtpVo29W09U
I wondered if I would find it. Enjoy!
That Ongbak movie was something cool! I saw it so long ago.
I only remember the main character was trying to retrieve the
Bhudda icon and that the action was unsurpassed. Y’all say
that there is a series?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaTyMjLvkRA
He He He He
i’ve taken judo, 2 different styles of karate, but my favorite is aikido. the ‘ki’ part is the most difficult aspect of it, but worthy of the challenge.
btw, i see at least one of your lessons right before sleep every night–if not your latest, one of the older ones. caps the day nicely.
Makes for good dreams doesn’t it.
Haha I feel you, I got them on my ipod podcasts before I sleep. Good bedtime stories I must say.
Ok,now this is strange,last night I had a dream of Marina naked,woke up and here You are talking about it!
About 25 years ago I saw Little Mary do naked cartwheels through the livingroom,She had 2 friends(big mary and nancy)with her and I’m here to tell Ya,hittin 2 outa 3 wasn’t bad!
Is Marina gonna ship Me off to detention for talking about this stuff during class? Reminds Me of a saying;
Buy Em books,send Em to school,what do they do?–Eat the teacher!
2704 Marina———–1648 CT.
Don’t forget to vote
You fight like a girly girl – LOL!
I only trained one girl when I was teaching
Tai Kwon Do in the 70’s. She wasn’t a good
fighter, but she was GOOD! The elbow smash
with the horse stance was your best move.
This link is to my school where I was a teaching
assistant under Masters Jun and Camilo who
taught in Hanau, Weisbaden and Frankfurt.
I had studied Tai Kwon Do for seven years
prior to meeting them. We were all in the Army
at the time. Martial arts is bushido (art of war)..
The big game at the time was match spar tournies
with Master Jimmy Pond’s school where the form
taught was Pond Do Kwon – LOL! I still have the
scars…
My next door neighbor is a Tai Chi master. He teaches in a classroom at his house, and at the local hospital for the elderly to loosen up and rehabilitate. He moved here from California where he trained with Bruce Lee.
Tell him that to say you are a master of Tai Chi (in China) is an open challenge to all comers, since Tai Chi literally means “grand ultimate”. Very old school style. Back in those days, I remember my master saying that Jackie Chan was a better actor than a fighter! LOL! Tai Chi can be done slowly for fluidic motion and breathing, or quickly for power and chi.
One Bruce Lee technique I learned is called the “one inch punch”. Lethal and effective against many styles.
That’s Your best one ever Marina! LOL! *All that* and comedy too! Loved it!
Kung Fu is My fav,well,at least the show with David Carradine was great.
I’ll guess that martial arts means fighting with high skill,or something like that.
Your so right grasshopper
“Take the pebble from my hand……..”
“So, you wanna play rough, huh?”
“I’ll just use this little stick here”
“If you can take it from me, you may beat me with it for my insolence”
- best Chinese Gung Fu movie lines
capman; My Master teaches well.
chevolay; Done,pretty quick ain’t I?!
melikadothechacha; Ok,now I got the stick and a pebble,what’s next? Get some hot,young chicks to play stickball?
Hi Marina & Friends!
I never really asked myself why they are called “martial arts” and so
I simply looked up “martial”. It said: “Pertaining to or related to war”
and so forth. So, it relates to the art of war (Which is a revered
book amongst martial artists and businessmen alike).
My favorite martial art is called “Iaijutsu” and in the many things
it encompasses, the “lightning fast sword technique” is it’s best
description. A master of the technique should be able to draw sword,
strike (likely at the head, removing it) and return the sword to
scabbard before the head or other target hit the ground.
karate and all martial arts is a good thing to know but hollywood has made it something it is not but hollywood does that to almost everything
I know what you mean about Hollywood. I had a friend that was in a bar in Ennis, MT when Steven Segal got his ass kicked. I think the reason he got beat up was because he was waiting for someone to yell ‘CUT’
I must confess I watched 7 times to see if I could go without laughing at the ending. Didn’t work. I hope you didn’t hurt yourself doing this vid.. Why was Karate banned in Russia, 1973
Were kids hurting each other.
Oh yah, homework “Muay Thai”… Lisa Nova fights under the name Gina Carano.
Looks just like her identical twin
I quote what I found there: http://www.jyoshinmon-shorin.ru/jshm/root/eng/history/2/
The 60s brought out new schools of karate in the USSR. 2 names were very popular at that time, there are kiokusinkaj and shotokan. Besides, the former was preferred as a style of fighting and the latter was a prerogative of the privileged. But The Sports Committee prohibited any propaganda of karate in January 1973, considering at something strange for the soviet ideology.
This action was a sort of spur for secret grouping of people who indulged in karate. But the fear for unbridled activity of underground schools made the Committee change the decision and in 1977 it legalized karate by making it one of the kinds of sports single combat.
Thanks for the link… nothing like prohibiting something, to ensure it’s popularity.
gawd…y’all act like the kid in class with his hand up going, “me! me! me!!!!”…
oh, wait…that was me…
dang,Marina, you really are kick-ass…or is that ass-kicker?
my favorite martial art is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu…i just decided that because i have no idea what the various martial arts are, but any art that “focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokeholds to force an opponent to submit” sounds dang kinky enough to be fun…
oh, and Brazilian…mmmm
but i digress…
surprise…
I can do a spinning toe hold, does that count
Does painting of the wild west qualify as a “Marshall” art?
You may need to ask Pop Art.
The word ‘martial’ derives from the name of Mars, the Roman god of war. The term ‘Martial Arts’ literally means arts of war. This term comes from 15th century Europeans who were referring to their own fighting arts that are today known as Historical European martial arts
good one marina funny
martial arts i think means art of war and dance
Hot Cha Cha – LOL!
I don’t know any martial arts except Kagun
You don’t need know Martial Arts as long as you know Smith and Wesson,
Amen to that.
Does anyone still use Hi-Karate cologne?
I had some in the medicine cabinet but it doesn’t smell to appealling any more or did it ever?>
Jon
Kick Ass Marina.
I agree…
Sumo
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what do you mean, “was”? besides, i like her style.
I remember the younger days. Yes your right she still is gorgeous. That is or was a wild child.
fooey!
say what?
the ancient japanese martial art, fooey. in the west it is often spelled “phooey” or translated as “fuck!” i am a fooey master.
Hong Kong Fooey
I love that mutt on Hong Kong Fooey.
Hooey, Dooey and Looey.
howdy doody
Buzzword, “All the kids in the Peanut Gallery.”
Howdy Dooty