Dear Mr. Mattson,
my name is Nika Bolle and I am asking for you help. I am an undergraduate psychology student from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia in Europe, as well as a karateka from Karate Akademija Ljubljana: our club is the only Slovenian member of the International Martial Arts Federation Dentokan and we collaborate closely with its vice-president Hanshi dr Stephen Chan (9 dan).
I am conducting a study for my graduation thesis; I am interested in psychological states one enters when training karate and the well-being that ensues as a result of these states.
I will be grateful for your cooperation – here’s how you can help: I am trying to get as many U.S. karatekas and karate instructors to fill in an online survey, so I’m asking you to forward this mail to your practicing club members. Here is the link to the survey:
http://tinyurl.com/4rn2mff
To thank respondents for filling out the survey, I am giving away a 100$ amazon.com voucher! As well at that, everyone can get their results once the study is finished. I will send out short emails with the respondents individual results and what they mean for them.
It takes around 15-20 minutes to complete the survey. The survey closes on April 29th 2011.
Since I have an interest in comparing a karate-traning group to a group that doesn’t train karate, I have another survey. I’ll be grateful if you can forward it to it your family and friends that don’t train karate. Here is the link to that survey:
http://tinyurl.com/4nzn66s
If you have any questions regarding the surveys, please contact me and I’ll be happy to answer them.
Thank you for your time!
Best,
Nika Bolle
Suggestions for Generating Power in Uechi-ryu
Hi to all Uechi-ryu students and teachers:
What a great time everyone had, including me! Seminars went off without any problems other than the weather not fully cooperating. Mornings were too cold for outdoor classes so we decided to go indoors both days. A few hardy youngsters stayed on the field Saturday morning and wanted to compete in the FireDragon Challenge in spite of the near freezing temperatures. Many thanks to FireDragon coach Jim Baggett, for staying on the field and putting the kids through their paces. Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Martial Art Fest and special thanks to Shihan Tom Bentley and his very talented student, Keith Sanders, for conducting a fascinating three hour session involving partner drills focusing on the many uses of “Tai-sabaki”
No question about it, when Roy Bedard shows up for camp, everyone gets excited. His seminars have captivated audiences since he called me one day many years ago and asked if he could participate in SummerFest! During one break during the Friday session, he demonstrated to a group of seniors how he could tweek their noses from six feet away with a powerful punch and he would give anyone ten bucks who could touch his arm with a defensive movement. Hmmm. . . sounds like an easy ten bucks. . . But no one collected that day and I know because I was one of the seniors who tried!
Dana’s seminar will focus on pilates exercises that will help martial artist in their quest to become better practitioners.
