Get in shape while learning the Karate style of former UFC light heavy weight champion Lyoto Machida: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoto_
Machida. Learn the surprisinly quick explosive power executed with mastery of distancing, faking and angling typical of Shotokan Karate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotok
an. You will aim to be a confident, humble and respectful individual.
About the class: Slow to medium pace warm up, stretch, punches, kicks, Kata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata)
, and …
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This meet-up was created in 2006 to provide an accessible forum for wing chun practitioners in Orange County to refine and improve their skills. The structure is very informal. Our regular participants are active Wing Chun Kung-fu practitioners and enthusiasts from a variety of lineages, who share a common trait: we do not welcome drama or unnecessary conflict. For the mature practitioner, differences in practice and theory are an opportunity for thoughtful analysis and understanding; not to be …
… Most parents enroll their children in karate style schools because of movies like “Karate Kid” and “Kung Fu Panda”, but these styles teach children to be aggressive and to use aggressive punching and kicking moves against an opponent or attacker. Like it or not, that attitude will carry over into their daily thinking. Aikido and its underlying principle rather advocate joining with “the other”, and with the “universe”. Children (and the rest of us) will practice peace and harmony, not aggression …
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