tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57967210047115594702024-03-19T05:58:54.950-07:00Traditional Karate for Physical & Mental HealthOkinawa has more centurions per capita, than any other country in the world. How do they do it?
Okinawan's have a unique diet as well as indigenous forms of exercise. They eat fish, seaweed and add plenty of exercise from their indigenous martial arts - traditional KARATE, KOBUDO and TOIDE. We all have the opportunity to live a very active life with good mental focus, healthy brain activity, and a healthy body - here's how!Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796721004711559470.post-24885047691000300582023-05-01T13:51:00.004-07:002023-12-30T16:57:52.280-08:00Watch Out For This Arizona Grandpa! <p> </p><div style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb9cW7RyTaAdg67L6xCxTkdKnrBCeB7hsi4xMlp7SoU0vYuj_sE95uOnz26UZM0TjraJTKiXXnNxi0Dj178KN7j6sE-C0jkav6kG_6ASlCZJNcYTIrG80bn5pZkybjQ4v65xTn642rY4rt2Jjs0iKUha3PqGrLotw1C6yO0TDEimmoRFj1qLj3cW04bs/s774/Geology%20101%20at%20University%20of%20Wyoming%20Shorin-Ryu%20Karate%20(tameshiwari.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="774" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCb9cW7RyTaAdg67L6xCxTkdKnrBCeB7hsi4xMlp7SoU0vYuj_sE95uOnz26UZM0TjraJTKiXXnNxi0Dj178KN7j6sE-C0jkav6kG_6ASlCZJNcYTIrG80bn5pZkybjQ4v65xTn642rY4rt2Jjs0iKUha3PqGrLotw1C6yO0TDEimmoRFj1qLj3cW04bs/w400-h370/Geology%20101%20at%20University%20of%20Wyoming%20Shorin-Ryu%20Karate%20(tameshiwari.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Soke teaches the art of 'tameshiwari' outside the geology <br />museum at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, some <br />years ago (UW photo service). </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />One Gilbert, Arizona, martial artist enjoys training in martial arts as much as he enjoys rocks, stars, writing, research, music, and even <a href="https://youtu.be/TuXf1FvfXXI">Sindonology</a>. He began training in martial arts decades ago, when safety equipment for full-contact <i>karate</i> included an athletic cup and nothing else (no paddled gloves, boots, or head gear), and when the entire body was considered a target. Over the years, he trained in more than a dozen martial arts earning several black belts and was inducted into 17 Halls-of-Fame for martial arts, science, and polymath, and was presented many national awards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While in mosquito-infested Alaska consulting for <a href="https://donlincreek.blogspot.com ">WestGold</a> in the late 1980s, and living in a tent in a gold exploration camp surrounded by bears and caribou, he continued to train in <i>karate</i> and <i>kobudo</i>. By time he left the Kuskokwim Mountains of Alaska, the group actually found the <a href="https://goldmtn.blogspot.com">mother lode</a>: one of the largest gold deposits found in history. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He found college studies to be easier to handle, as long as he took daily physical training breaks. While at the University of Utah, he trained in karate, researched lunar and terrestrial rocks, worked as an astronomy lecturer, and played in a rock n' roll band. A similar regimen continued at the University of New Mexico.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While at the University of Wyoming (Wyoming Geological Survey), he took breaks from field research after walking all day in the hills at <a href="https://southpassgreenstone.blogspot.com ">South</a> Pass, <a href="https://seminoe.blogspot.com/ ">Seminoe</a> Mountains, <a href="https://rshgold.blogspot.com">Rattlesnake</a> Hills, Laramie Mountains, and Owl Creek Mountains of Wyoming, just to kick and punch flies, trees, and rocks. His lightning fast reflexes saved him more than once from striking rattlesnakes in the Seminoe and Laramie Mountains.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While researching <a href="https://discussionsondiamonds.blogspot.com/ ">diamondiferous</a> kimberlite in the State Line, Iron Mountain, and Indian Hills districts of the Laramie Mountains, and looking for <a href="https://gemstonehunter.blogspot.com/">gemstones</a> in the <a href="https://leucitehills.blogspot.com">Leucite</a> Hills, <i>Soke</i> kept up his martial arts training. On a trip to the Australian outback to study rare diamond deposits associated with olivine lamproite (one of the rarest rock types on earth), he found himself among pesky <a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/biting-midges/">noSeeUm</a> insects, kangaroos, and crocodiles. He and some Japanese <i>karate</i> practitioners/geologists challenged one another breaking the tops of termite mounds with <i>shuto uchi</i> (knife-hand strikes). The mounds were perfect targets for <i><a href="https://chandler-karate.blogspot.com/">tameshiwari</a></i> (rock breaking) since they had conical-shaped tops reaching to heights of 6+ feet. Many were silicified making them as hard as concrete.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Soke</i> taught <i><a href="https://seiyoshorinryu.blogspot.com">karate</a></i>, <i><a href="https://az-kobudo.blogspot.com ">kobudo</a></i>, <i><a href="https://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/ ">jujutsu</a></i>, <i><a href="https://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/ ">samurai</a></i> arts, and self-<i><a href="https://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">defense</a></i> classes and clinics for the Departments of Physical Education, Kinesiology, Extended Studies, and Club Sports, and also offered periodic clinics to ROTC, Religious Studies, Faculty, Staff, Students, Sororities, and to the Public for more than 30 years at the University of Wyoming. In the midst of all of the classes, clinics and research, he traveled the country to consult for mining companies, lectured to more than 400 groups, and in-between, wrote and published nearly 1,000 abstracts, professional papers, magazine articles and books. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Part of his training regimen included stadium stair runs, weight-training (squatted 800-pounds at a body weight of only 160 pounds), and lots and lots of <i><a href="https://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com ">kata</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkai">bunkai</a>, </i>and body hardening (<i>kitai kori</i>). And like any other martial artist, he periodically pulled a muscle or two, and injured his lower spine lifting too much weight. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, today, grandpa <i>Soke</i> trains in a local gym in Gilbert, where he is weekly seen stacking 720-pounds or more on a leg press for lifting and yet that allows support for his lower back. In April, 2023, he was seen squatting <b>5-times his body weight</b>: at 180-pounds and 73 years of age, he squatted 900-pounds on a leg press. A few days later, he did 920 pounds. But he notes, a leg press is nothing like squatting free weights, where one must also focus on balance, have a strong back, strong legs and knees. At his age, and now 170 pounds body weight, it is nice to be able to walk around and to know one can defend himself against most anyone. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, <i>Soke</i> continues to teach a small number of black belt students in Mesa, Arizona, but he is looking to find a church group in Gilbert to teach weekly <b>self-defense classes </b>in<b> </b>2024 as well as teach other social groups in the East Valley.</div><p></p>Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796721004711559470.post-90367758557671652222021-11-28T14:56:00.025-08:002023-07-21T19:54:50.532-07:00Senior Citizens Are Tough<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdWISI4DyHclLA_-8-cKrUFdV8sTBgDEhBw9-KPopanWEiUI5hwrgEeYlAlO02W6wVoeudooP1YP0y_si2SdnwRleGrXNVCoFxdelxydhntWctcfK4m_CpKz777rBYbn805DS4xlxAZYG99ppPs12y3MTHEyHTOPgu1WGLTWqolFkzlKToDpNyCmx/s1059/2021-10-03%2014.48.04%20copy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="914" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdWISI4DyHclLA_-8-cKrUFdV8sTBgDEhBw9-KPopanWEiUI5hwrgEeYlAlO02W6wVoeudooP1YP0y_si2SdnwRleGrXNVCoFxdelxydhntWctcfK4m_CpKz777rBYbn805DS4xlxAZYG99ppPs12y3MTHEyHTOPgu1WGLTWqolFkzlKToDpNyCmx/w345-h400/2021-10-03%2014.48.04%20copy.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seniors, college students, junior high and high school students, university faculty, and military-vets in our <i>dojo </i>- teens, men and women. We are all great friends and our <i>soke</i> (grandmaster) adjusts <i>Seiyo no Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai</i> curriculum to fit body types, good and bad knees, backs, shoulders etc. We are always interested in new students as long as the have good life values and integrity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When<i> Soke</i>, taught classes and clinics at the University of Wyoming from 1977 to 2007, some years, he had 300+ students; but after retiring, he teaches very small classes typically around a dozen or so. He likes the smaller classes so students can focus on many techniques.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Karate</i> is taught as a powerful self-defense art, but has to be adjusted to the capabilities of the students. A few students are unable to develop full-power because of physical limitations, but they do their best. <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Previously, <i>Soke</i>, taught martial arts at ASU, UNM, U of U, University of Wyoming, Gold's Gym, and the Hombu Dojo. After training and teaching for more than 5 decades, he helps students get fit, while focusing on safety, and enhancing <a href="http://aztraveler-defense.blogspot.com">self-defense</a> capabilities. <i>Soke,</i> a father, grandfather, and even a great-grandfather, has a blood pressure of 120/78 with blood oxygen at 99. In fact, we tested <i>soke's</i> vital signs this morning (4/22/2022) and they were 122/76, heart rate 71, and blood oxygen 98. Keep in mind, he is of the same generation as President Trump. But how does he do it? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Prior to the pandemic, he <a href="https://youtu.be/IMqshwn3LMA?list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">trained</a> at Mountainside Fitness 3 to 4 times a week, trained in <a href="https://youtu.be/k3noOIi-SuA?list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">karate</a> 4 to 6 times a week, taught self-defense <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuY8O5chpWY&list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx&index=2">classes</a> clinics to church and Christian groups. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">He also has duties as a scientist (geologist and astronomer), writer, and public speaker. In addition to good physical health, he is a devoted Christian and attends bible classes each week and hopes to attend post-graduate studies on the <a href="https://youtu.be/TuXf1FvfXXI">Shroud of Turin</a> - a burial cloth of Christ that is the most researched artifact in history. So-far, the cloth can only be explained as a miracle, in which 2D, 3D and X-ray images were produced along with video, and holographic images caused by a very short-burst of extremely intense radiation on linen cloth that is normally, non-sensitive to any photographic techniques. Scientists have been studying this linen for several decades now, and still cannot duplicate the technique - it is far beyond current technology.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But, back to fitness. Soke likely gets a lot of his energy by his polymath characteristics. He is always active and always has been. He eats once a day and sticks to the Okinawa adage of <i>'hara hachi bu'</i> (eat until 80% full). </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOghlYlJw6YsqiCO8pq-vDoIXaTAdHuHDQ4GvGh4XDSVLd6P3YxmAZQm-bDT7RVZnjAbEDGw1czaV1_BXu8xLph0hkRNA5g_LXHisJMs7xlR5W_PBtpIRBusZ21fMR3wWKG0lZn9nqUXXJ-ET9NQmvdGzDzid_EMawdBS-pQqyimOLVISgEfA_90wG=s1450" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1450" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOghlYlJw6YsqiCO8pq-vDoIXaTAdHuHDQ4GvGh4XDSVLd6P3YxmAZQm-bDT7RVZnjAbEDGw1czaV1_BXu8xLph0hkRNA5g_LXHisJMs7xlR5W_PBtpIRBusZ21fMR3wWKG0lZn9nqUXXJ-ET9NQmvdGzDzid_EMawdBS-pQqyimOLVISgEfA_90wG=s320" width="320" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Two outstanding seniors in Seiyo Shorin-Ryu.<br />Sensei Paula Borea with O'sensei Bill Borea (RIP)<br />receive hugs at the Hombu in Mesa, Arizona.<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><i>Soke</i> focuses on his students' limitations (i.e., bad knees, back, neck, etc) and works to keep everyone safe in the <i>dojo</i> (karate school). For example, we have one 3rd degree black belt senior who trained many years in the martial arts; but in younger years, was a problem for his parents, neighbors, wife and others. Once, he practiced jumping over speeding cars, fell off his roof while fitted with a leg cast from a previous injury, and self-removed finger tips while operating a circular saw. He was so well versed in injuries, in one year, he was presented a prestigious Christmas card signed by all of the medical personnel employed at his favorite ER. They even gave him a personal name tag since he spent so much time at the ER.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We now have three black belt senior citizens who had knee replacements who train with us. One, Japanese-American woman, had both knees replaced due to lack of control by her former Taekwondo instructor. Another, a cowboy from Casper, Wyoming (now in Arizona), had one knee replaced due to a tumble over a Mesa sidewalk; and the third person, our friendly ER user from Mesa, wore out his original knees because of the many incidents in the past, such as falling off his roof twice.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb6NjC6pSXZm2pc6_XhlvJPB83iKJR_-bxNCswQmevmz4kbELBbFuFlk1mu-L0Yu7NfW6d66h7OyDWbLMh0vfMFDg4UHLMsy5yyuvfMg_g1QG5yS_-_lsKwBkL68HidqcHSIyFeGF37OB-HUSqLXiWBPtA5Og91OamPJV9vga4fjGpDwa_rwr3-aos=s1080" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb6NjC6pSXZm2pc6_XhlvJPB83iKJR_-bxNCswQmevmz4kbELBbFuFlk1mu-L0Yu7NfW6d66h7OyDWbLMh0vfMFDg4UHLMsy5yyuvfMg_g1QG5yS_-_lsKwBkL68HidqcHSIyFeGF37OB-HUSqLXiWBPtA5Og91OamPJV9vga4fjGpDwa_rwr3-aos=w315-h434" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Congratulations Jeff! Senior citizen and military <br />veteran from Mesa, receives certification for 1st <br />degree black belt in Shorin-Ryu karate and <br />kobudo. Presented by Soke Hausel in <br />November, 2021. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">We have students with bad backs. These include our ER-socialite and also a professor from Grand Canyon University who injured his spine in a car accident years ago. Not so long ago, we also had and a cowgirl-retired school teacher from Jackson Wyoming who fell off a horse and tripped over an apparatus while teaching self-defense to a senior group in the Apache Junction area. Then we have another female black belt from Mesa, who has a bad back, knees and neck, but <i>Soke</i> watches over her like a hawk.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So, you may get the impression the members of this <i>hombu</i> <i>dojo</i> are all seniors who can barely get out of bed. Not so, all purportedly jump out of bed and keep in relatively good shape through <i>karate</i> and <i>kobudo</i> training a few nights each week. But, for those who have children and grand-children, <i>soke</i> allows them to sign up their offspring at no extra charge, and train with their parent or grandparent. He believes that <i>karate</i> families stay together. And then, we also have some members who recently graduated from college.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of our more outstanding seniors include a <i>sensei</i> (3rd degree black belt) who passed away at the age of 72 a few years ago from cancer. Until that day, he was at the <i>dojo</i> as often as he could, but had physical problems acquired as a pilot in the Air Force. Some years ago, he had took a month off of training to have open-heart surgery. Typically, it would take months before such a person could return to <i>karate;</i> but <i>sensei</i> Borea was back in the <i>dojo</i> a month later. So, if anything, <i>karate</i> makes people more healthy and more tough than the average person!</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOugv-3N_xok2pBYyTGQSZ5CHSyVtp7EQEc1XfgP7pOPCW_ov5G1i92TLKd6qxgWlAutNUQh352qsi5HfCUR1NJMJF8xwLuFEseR5tecuYFoVzcIjuHbNkeoUe9PqHduzz2uDFkjbG6kLWVV0w0CagA60pSeEwCpITW_oDN_jFbi6SnYvwMwDPcsAO=s900" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="613" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOugv-3N_xok2pBYyTGQSZ5CHSyVtp7EQEc1XfgP7pOPCW_ov5G1i92TLKd6qxgWlAutNUQh352qsi5HfCUR1NJMJF8xwLuFEseR5tecuYFoVzcIjuHbNkeoUe9PqHduzz2uDFkjbG6kLWVV0w0CagA60pSeEwCpITW_oDN_jFbi6SnYvwMwDPcsAO=s320" width="218" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dr. Sigalov (shodan) at UW karate. <br />At this point, Dr. Sigalov was in his <br />late 70s, and believe it or not, he was<br />by far the fastest karate ka in the <br />UW group, and also had tremendous<br />strength!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Another outstanding member was professor of linguistics at the University of Wyoming. He trained under <i>soke</i> for years, earned a 1st degree black belt, and trained while in his late 70s and early 80s. He originally was a professor in Estonia behind the Iron Curtain, but left the USSR after applying to immigrate. He was placed under house arrest simply for applying to leave, taken to court 6 years later, and then told by the judge to leave the USSR and never return. We were very happy to get him at the University of Wyoming.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://youtu.be/k3noOIi-SuA?list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">Soke</a>: </i>now a senior citizen who trained in Okinawa and Japanese martial <a href="https://youtu.be/DWR9gFBhHiY?list=PLgsEPjPIusDPrAU6-i2JH5KnW8oEvAfoR">arts</a> his entire life, trained under a few of the best martial arts <a href="https://youtu.be/TuY8O5chpWY?list=PLgsEPjPIusDP9uB2HLC6x1jrHozq5VzQx">instructors</a> in the world, began martial arts in <i>kyokushinkai karate</i> (full contact). Today, he continues training in <i>shorin-ryu karate </i>as well as other arts. <i>H</i>e keeps training in martial arts and did much of his past when he had a full-schedule of geological research at the Wyoming <a href="https://gemstonehunter.blogspot.com">Geological</a> Survey, <a href="http://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/">University</a> of Wyoming, as well as private <a href="https://donlincreek.blogspot.com">consulting</a> projects around the country. How can one person do so much? According to <i>soke</i>, he has been blessed by God.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvyfwYtwkvKaowZI4Cf90Sy5S9XQRm2I8t8D7DIz8RcNR2F7J-JsozkTjuG4nQZ473T9yzvE6yfmH5SfJ4td1iXBP6AMMm__CgZiuZq8bw0W2MiERPC-L0J6iV5lp8YAHyTMHkfP39NVgIovFjvAUkYB6kTOajmRiI-gsa6Dg9aYESonQeBvIemDBa=s1405" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="1405" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvyfwYtwkvKaowZI4Cf90Sy5S9XQRm2I8t8D7DIz8RcNR2F7J-JsozkTjuG4nQZ473T9yzvE6yfmH5SfJ4td1iXBP6AMMm__CgZiuZq8bw0W2MiERPC-L0J6iV5lp8YAHyTMHkfP39NVgIovFjvAUkYB6kTOajmRiI-gsa6Dg9aYESonQeBvIemDBa=w640-h184" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>University of Wyoming Shorin-Ryu Karate, 1999</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiqw58KSZFxa_AUvjJ3d9Z8z2pCtxR0yEE_TMX3xvmbCF5sA96EQ_mWgNJYXeFrRGVT0g2cTuOb97FhfGMdTtFuYxNGdtCuxS0--bfoSgY7SS6Zhp-mr9uHBZdJtPhb9jKT_QEzLC8Phpu36fsCUtt6b4SmaEEQuEo6UXF0vP8UZWGHdN2jex_HLHD=s1260" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1260" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiqw58KSZFxa_AUvjJ3d9Z8z2pCtxR0yEE_TMX3xvmbCF5sA96EQ_mWgNJYXeFrRGVT0g2cTuOb97FhfGMdTtFuYxNGdtCuxS0--bfoSgY7SS6Zhp-mr9uHBZdJtPhb9jKT_QEzLC8Phpu36fsCUtt6b4SmaEEQuEo6UXF0vP8UZWGHdN2jex_HLHD=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Soke with hanshi Watson and kyoshi <br />Stoneking from the Utah Shoran-Kai. Hanshi <br />Watson (left) began training in karate at about <br />the same time as soke. I am so thankful to have<br />these people in Utah. May God bless them!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">So, if you want to stay healthy, take up traditional martial arts and keep practicing (don't stop). </div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQVCZK10VShJcZSs9Iu4EHKNnL96l6NdEhRacgCAMbzITcQRvDRIst0e08ZNK7lTOc7Dh1Pql5iG97e9p8_TMV9YvdkRgV1-YuI_DlMHJDR1KvxNaJ9KL9kKRUB2ZuWaHi66BPaekwrxAmyhOA0szfapI3RbzK5Q0mMXAPA7EnNJfKb5fYkB5mmmVE=s1080" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="1080" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQVCZK10VShJcZSs9Iu4EHKNnL96l6NdEhRacgCAMbzITcQRvDRIst0e08ZNK7lTOc7Dh1Pql5iG97e9p8_TMV9YvdkRgV1-YuI_DlMHJDR1KvxNaJ9KL9kKRUB2ZuWaHi66BPaekwrxAmyhOA0szfapI3RbzK5Q0mMXAPA7EnNJfKb5fYkB5mmmVE=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Seiyo no Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai hombu photo, 2019, just before the <a href="https://plandemicseries.com">pandemic</a>.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796721004711559470.post-15371598199596568882020-07-20T11:27:00.002-07:002023-05-01T13:35:53.164-07:00Traditional Karate and Explosive Power produce better and healthier Martial Artists<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Training in martial arts like Tai Chi, or Tai Ki, are good for some aspects of traditional martial arts, such as stretching to produce more limber individuals. But when it comes to explosive power, such as seen in some karate demonstrations where martial arts masters destroy large blocks of ice, piles of roofing tiles, bricks, rocks, etc., or the power that oozes from focused kata, bunkai, self-defense demonstrations, etc., one must use the proper tools - learn to punch, kick, block with focus and concentrated power - the type that is necessary to put down an adversary with a single punch! In martial arts, we have a saying - <i>"hitotsuki hitogeri"</i> (one punch, one kick, one knockout). </div>
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This is possible by taking advantage of every ounce of physics. Sir Isaac Newton came up with the three basic laws of physics that included F=ma (Force equals mass time acceleration). Thus to develop a one punch strike, one needs to take advantage of acceleration and also their mass. This is done by training with focus and learning to use your body mass to help increase the force of a strike. You need to be very fast to achieve maximum acceleration along with developing focus, which can best be done while training in <i>karate kata</i>. But, if one trains as in tai chi, they will have a tough time punching their way out of a wet paper bag, so to speak. So punch fast, hard and with authority and some additional body hardening, weight training, targeting vital points, etc., will improve your chances of defending yourself with one, quick punch.<br />
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This also has benefits in health (for you, not the person who receives the punch). By training properly in <i>karate</i>, you will dramatically improve your fitness. This concept pretty well matches suggestions by Dr. Joseph Mercola in his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Effortless-Healing-audiobook/dp/B00SBYJ27Y/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&qid=1595273636&refinements=p_27%3ADr.+Joseph+Mercola&s=books&sr=1-8">2016 book</a>. Dr. Mercola suggests that we should exercise as fast as we can for 30 seconds and follow with about 90 seconds of recovery while exercising at a much slower rate - pretty much what one sees in good kata practice. It is suggested to continue this regimen for about 20 minutes. This form of exercise should focus on the super fast with muscle fibers. And, it is important to vary your forms so you should practice different kata.<br />
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For me, I typically train for about an hour in explosive <i><a href="https://youtu.be/Iac7MjsnO_A?list=UUX2xWwmMdlu9R6OBGWG3qRQ">karate</a></i> and <i><a href="https://youtu.be/IDvceZPHXsc?list=UUX2xWwmMdlu9R6OBGWG3qRQ">kobudo</a></i> <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmob2hW-ZTU">kata</a></i> and finish my training regimen with weight and resistance exercises. I've done this for most of my life and even continued to so so when working as a geologist in the middle of no where in places like <a href="https://donlincreek.blogspot.com/">Donlin Creek, Alaska</a> surrounded by three trillion, starving mosquitos, <a href="https://leucitehills.blogspot.com/">Ellendale</a>, Australia surrounded by flies and crocks, and while <a href="https://searching-for-gold.blogspot.com/">searching for gold</a> in Lewiston, Wyoming, where I was surrounded by coyotes. So, to keep healthy try learning 'TRADITIONAL' karate as opposed to Sport Karate and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=soke+hausel">practice your kata</a>.</div>
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Personally, I look forward to a day, when we see more research studies about the benefits of martial arts to personal <a href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-okinawans-key-to-healthy-aging-2223603">health</a>. For example, why is it that the Okinawa people (the birthplace of karate) have the lowest frequency of coronary heart disease, stroke, and cancer in the world; and why is it that Okinawans are less likely than Westerners to get dementia?</div>
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Part of Okinawa longevity is likely related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_hachi_bun_me">hara hachi bu</a>, eat until 80% full (ever see a Okinawa Walmart shopper?), but other factors related to Okinawan longevity likely include diet, happiness, family values, lifelong meaningful activities. They keep their brains active, eat healthy, and exercise daily. Thus, any research needs to focus on all of these factors and others we have yet to think of.</div>
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On average, the Okinawa people spend 97% of their lives free of disabilities. I've also heard Okinawa has a high <a href="http://www.japanupdate.com/2014/09/record-number-of-centenarians-on-okinawa/">percentage</a> of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/jun/07/medicalscience.healthandwellbeing">centenarians</a> per capita - now remember, this is Okinawa, which is only a tiny island that developed separately from Japan for much of its history, and later was invaded by Japan.</div>
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In search for Okinawa health answers, researchers need to include studies on exercise. Personally, I feel that the Okinawan martial arts (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate">karate</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_kobud%C5%8D">kobudo</a>, <a href="http://www.jukokai.com/three-toide-associations.html">toide</a>) are part of the centennian equation, but I admit, I'm biased. But keep in mind, karate was created on Okinawa and has some very important distinguishing characteristics than the karate practiced on mainland Japan, much of Europe, the West and even <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo">taekwondo</a> from Korea. </div>
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After Japanese martial artists were introduced to Okinawa<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Drin-ry%C5%AB"> Shorin-Ryu karate</a> by Gichin Funakoshi in 1922, they went on to develop a different brand of karate which they labeled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotokan">Shotokan karate</a> a brand of sport karate that is more regimented and is competitive, unlike much of the Okinawa karate which is traditional focusing on self-improvement, self-defense and the individual. Sport karate contests, until recently, were not part of Okinawa karate. Over the decades, I personally have trained in both types of karate, and I'll take traditional Okinawa <a href="https://seiyoshorinryu.blogspot.com/">Shorin-Ryu</a> karate training over Japanese Shotokan any day. Shotokan is a good form of karate, but there are things that I personally don't like about it - one is that it reminds me of military boot camp (as do the other styles of Japanese karate I trained in during the past). There is little creativity, and all karateka train by the numbers - the best analogy I can think of is the Cobra Kai method we saw emphasized on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid">Karate Kid</a>. Then there is the Miyagi-Ryu Karate-do that was emphasized by Miyagi san - more typical of the training methods of Shorin-Ryu karate.</div>
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The research published in the recent past on Okinawa longevity, mostly focuses on diet. So, why doesn't the research focus on physical activity, and in particular, the type of physical activity that is part of Okinawa - its karate, kobudo and toide? There are some hints that exercise is important in keeping humans healthy. </div>
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<i>“Exercise is the most important therapy for cancer in my opinion. Cancer patients don’t die from cancer of from the size of their tumors. I all of the patient’s tumor tissue were placed on a table, it would weight perhaps on a kilogram (2.23 pounds) or less, and might amount to the size of a fist. So how is it possible for a person to die from something so small the answer is: because cancer is an energy vampire! It steals energy from people, so that they become increasingly tired, and finally end up bedridden. They die from fatigue which is the most common cancer symptom".</i><br />
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Additionally, Dr. Mecola (2016) reports: (1) <i>"Your health, mobility, and freedom from pain in older age depend on your dedication to moving frequently and wisely; (2) Addressing poor posture is a useful strategy to optimize you health; (3) Traditional cardio exercises are highly inefficient and can be radically improved; (4) Shorten busts of high-intensity interval exercise several times a week offer powerful rewards that conventional cardio doesn't; and (5) Strength training and stretching round out a compressive fitness plan"</i>.</div>
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What is suggested in number 3 and 4 directly apply to traditional karate. Traditional karate is a very powerful form of cardio exercise using focus and power with periodic lows in energy seen in forms known as kata, as well as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jre_sgWVvlg">bunkai</a> (self-defense applications). Few other forms of exercise produce such dramatic energy bursts!</div>
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There are benefits to training in traditional martial arts besides just learning to defend oneself. Some benefits include self-control, self-defense, dexterity, increased strength, dramatic reflex increase, flexibility, improved body and brain health, weight loss, favorable body mass index, calming confidence, focus, and self-confidence.<br />
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Periodically new benefits are discovered. For example <a href="https://blog.perfectmind.com/10-health-benefits-of-martial-arts">Perfect Mind</a> describes 10 benefits of martial arts training as does <a href="https://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-martial-arts/">Health Fitness Revolution</a>. Some bloggers report traditional martial arts training is beneficial to all people and emphasize<a href="https://karatearizona.blogspot.com/2015/08/should-women-take-karate.html"> benefits to women</a>. Another site describes <a href="https://budoencyclopedia.blogspot.com/">10 best martial arts</a>, while another blogger mentions <a href="https://www.bookmartialarts.com/news/martial-arts-training-benefits">7 benefits</a> of martial arts training. Then there are other reports described at <a href="https://easyhealthoptions.com/the-secret-health-benefits-of-martial-arts/">Easy Health Options</a> which focuses on brain health and martial arts. In a recent pilot study, Batcheller (<a href="https://www.brainandlife.org/the-magazine/august-september-2019/">2019</a>) reports benefits to those inflicted with Parkinson’s disease including depression and anxiety.</div>
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Some additional benefits were recently described by one of my students last week, that I more or less forgot about, simply because these have been part of my life for decades. One is hand-eye coordination described in some of the above links. My student, Jorge, mentioned he dropped something, but quickly snapped it out of the air before it hit the ground, surprising both himself and others at his gym - Jorge is a senior citizen, and his reflexes dramatically improved due to his weekly <i>Shorin-Ryu karate</i>, <i><a href="https://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a></i>, self-<a href="https://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">defense</a> and <a href="https://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/"><i>samurai</i></a> arts training at the <a href="https://azhombu.blogspot.com/">Hombu dojo</a> in <a href="https://mesa-te.blogspot.com/">Mesa</a>, Arizona. </div>
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I notice this same benefit years ago. In one instant, my wife and I stopped at a International Pancake House on the edge of Grand Junction, Colorado. After we sat down, we were attacked by a pack of rogue flies. We should have just left because of the poor environment, but I was hungry, and besides, I periodically enjoy sparring bouts with flies.<br />
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So, as we sat and waited for our breakfast, a group of young adults in the next booth and I had a challenge to see who could take the most flies out of the air. Before breakfast was served, I killed 6 or 7 in mid-flight, and our challengers only got one between the five of them.<br />
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Then there were those old high school and college days playing football, where is used hands and elbows to sneak a blow to the ribs, hands, etc, completely unseen by others, during plays, and easily knocked footballs out of hands.<br />
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Jorge also mentioned another benefit that he recently discovered which I completely forgot about. He no longer has nightmares!<br />
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Prior to signing up for<i> karate</i> in 1964, I had nightmares of being attacked or bullied by others. The normal stuff we went through as teenagers. After I trained in karate, nightmares were all replaced by successful self-defense against all attackers. I suspect this benefit likely falls under the category of <b>self-confidence</b>.<br />
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But this is only the beginning. The more health and kinesiology researchers develop interest in martial arts, the more research studies will be done in the lab or on various groups. I would bet future studies will find tremendous benefit to people training in traditional martial arts from kids to seniors. I would also bet that research on Veterans taking martial arts will prove to be greatly beneficial in more than one way and could potentially help those Vets and Law Enforcement officers with bouts of <a href="https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder#1">PTSD</a>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Traditional <a href="https://seiyoshorinryu.blogspot.com/">karate</a></i> <i>Sketch by Soke</i></td></tr>
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796721004711559470.post-28226363452559933432019-08-12T14:45:00.003-07:002022-01-29T10:15:57.554-08:00Karate - the Fountain of Youth<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandmaster Hausel, former <i>budo no kyoju</i> (professor of martial arts) at the University of<br />
Wyoming demonstrates that he has a leg up on most everyone his age. This photo at Half-Acre<br />
Gym shows him doing his daily stretches (photo courtesy of UW Photo Service).</td></tr>
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Staying fit and losing weight is much easier if you love to train in traditional karate. According to the <a href="https://www.asep.org/asep/asep/Glass.pdf" id="39B8E29A-9342-4EC7-BCE5-FB1AE2B5CDE0" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Journal of Exercise Physiology</a>, martial arts groups burn a significantly more calories and have greater overall fitness than groups that do not partake in traditional martial arts. The <a href="http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm" id="90520002-8986-433F-8061-680EE36198AE" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Journal</span></a> also reports k<span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">arate</span> practitioners lie near the top of all other exercise groups for calories burned per body weight. And <span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Fitness for Weight Loss</i></span> reports a 150-pound karate practitioner will burn 712 calories, and a 400-pound karate practitioner potentially could burn up to <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1,910-calories</span> per hour during karate training. But keep in mind, each type of <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">martial art </span>(as well as exercise) will burn different amounts of calories. For instance, Tai Chi (slow kung fu) will burn less than half the calories as <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</span>!</div>
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The Okinawan saying <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"hara hachi bu"</span> (eat until 80% full) provides a guideline to limit daily calorie intake. And because <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</span> and <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kobudo</span> has been part of their culture for centuries, a significant percentage train each week in martial arts. Another benefit: murder and robbery is less common on Okinawa since everyone is armed (with feet and hands)!</div>
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Dr. Majid Fotuhi & Christina Antoniades (2013) in their book <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Boost-Your-Brain-Enhanced-Performance/dp/0062199277" id="C5DD4686-3E34-4141-BCB6-57CAEA8EF55D" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Boost Your Brain</a>: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance, </span>state there are<span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "known brain shrinkers - obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol...". </span><span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>They further write<span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, "The more you increase your fitness, the more you will build a bigger memory muscle in your hippocampus. For optimal brain growth, I recommend 30 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity, plus 15-minutes of resistance training five days a week"</span>. </div>
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Soke Seikichi Uyehara, a karate grandmaster, <span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdyD-NFJF1Q" id="4F66BDAF-109F-4173-A0C1-048569263FAB" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">demonstrated kata</a> </span>at the age of 88 in 1992. Seikichi Uyehara was quite agile and ended up living to be 100! Another <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shorin-Ryu karate </span>practitioner, Sensei Teru Hendrey, 5th dan, was born to an Okinawa family in 1927. She was exposed to martial arts in 1941 and began a study of <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shorin-Ryu Karate</span> in the late 1980s while in her 60s.</div><div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(243, 236, 195); color: #f3ecc3; font-family: Buda, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(243, 236, 195); color: #f3ecc3; font-family: Buda, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Shorin-Ryu</i> practitioner and world champion, Bill Wallace continues to train in karate and teach seminars at the <a href="https://youtu.be/zEwa1t7aHIE">age of 76</a>, yet, few people are as limber as Sensei Wallace.</div>
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Then there was Shugoro Nakazato, 10th dan, who began <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shorin-Ryu Karate </span>as a student of Chosin Chibana in 1935 at the age of 16. He became the head of the <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shorinkan Shorin-Ryu karate</span> at more than 80 years old. A prominent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kendo" id="459266AB-8F8F-4D30-B3E7-69154A260475" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-underline wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kendoka</span></a><span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>on Okinawa: Sensei Moriji Mochida trains daily at an age of more than 90. Another Okinawan, Sensei Keiko Fukuda began studying <a href="http://judo-ka.blogspot.com/" id="74612BCA-DD21-42B8-9937-80C6C50C16DD" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-underline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">judo</span></a> in 1935 under Jigoro Kano (the father of <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">judo</span>). Sensei Keiko, 10th dan, is 100 years old. Shoshin Nagame, 10th dan, taught<span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Shorin-Ryu Karate</span> until he died at 90. So, practice karate and you might live to be an old man or woman and also kick till your last day.</div>
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So, when is a person <a href="https://youtu.be/rn313D1IG-0" id="19845297-F7B0-4D57-8F68-23DEFAAA5B15" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">too old </a>to train in martial arts? Martial arts are good for training the mind, the body and helping stave off <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf6xzAWfCDo&feature=youtu.be" id="4ED51BD4-2D33-4A69-9547-88C0510681E9" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">aging</a>, so there isn’t an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJUqVs_oNho" id="3421517E-494B-4FD4-AF09-B3741E2D6875" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">upper limit</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd08DpohKe8" id="2321B65C-1DC1-494D-AF8D-7332E16A5834" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">martial arts training</a> as long as a person is in reasonable health. There are reports of martial artists of extreme ages - such as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H60KRsvR_cU" id="AE6CE556-EF80-465B-B475-9BBC3DF9162D" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">113-year old</a> and 120 year-old <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kung fu</span> masters. And then there was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen" id="CFB51BC0-7042-4403-B6C5-B7F40ECA618B" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Li Ching-Yuen </a>who passed away in 1933, and purportedly was 200+ years old. </div>
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So, what is it about martial arts that helps people to stay active until they die? Studies show that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Centenarian_Study" id="A7D59598-5CA1-42D6-B3D3-D3D3C2AC89D7" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Okinawa</a> (the land of <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</span>) has more centenarians than any other place in the world. Is this because of karate, diet, exercise, environment, genetics? One study indicates it is genetic. Others suggest it is related to <a href="http://www.alongerhealthylife.com/tag/okinawan-centenarians/" id="BEE57E53-89B4-4323-8524-31360AF26EE5" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">food supply</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/19/japanese-diet-live-to-100" id="3E574F7D-621F-4A85-B9CA-976C8980F374" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">diet</a>. And others suggest it is related to body health. But none of the studies, focus on the one characteristic that makes Okinawans different from other people: traditional <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</span> and <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kobudo</span>!</div>
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There are suggestions that martial arts training provide <a href="http://www.worldhealth.net/news/martial_arts_defend_against_aging/" id="A0914A38-6160-4195-AB73-8473651A3F1B" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">self-defense against aging</a>, but these suggestions do not provide details and only rely on <a href="http://6abc.com/health/art-of-aging-martial-arts-helps-seniors-find-balance/1117325/" id="B9DE724A-D1B9-4FB7-A8D6-52874CF402D3" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">interviews</a> with martial artists, and seldom differentiate the effects of soft martial arts vs. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12208194" id="23C621BB-CA6C-4772-8569-8F8D3312243F" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hard martial arts</a>. One of the few studies that examined a variety of effects was reported by the <a href="http://martialartsover40.com/fitness/over-40s-amazing-benefits-from-doing-martial-arts/" id="E7529D76-48F3-4172-A5FC-83C11FFE0554" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">British Journal of Sports Medicine</a>. The benefits of training in a ‘<span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">hard’</span> martial art, according to the Journal, were very positive. According to the Journal, <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It was clearly obvious that the martial arts practitioners had better aerobic capacity, balance, flexibility, muscle endurance, and strength”</span> than sedentary middle-aged people. <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The only thing they had less of was body fat”</span>.</div>
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Karate gave me strength. While at the University of Wyoming, Soke Hausel commonly performed 600-pound squats at a body weight of 165 pounds and squared a maximum of 800 pounds. At the 24-hour Fitness in Chandler, Arizona, a trainer introduced me to the manager so he could see my kicks, kata and punches. I also had a Taekwondo black belt and personal trainer ask about my <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</span> because they had never seen anyone with such power (I was old enough to be their grandfather): I was told by the trainer his client was on the US Olympic Team. In traditional karate, martial arts are practiced as a weapon rather than for points, so one needs extreme power and focus. I'm periodically questioned <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2vjExdSmo" id="53E058F9-E568-402B-A42A-5790D5724303" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">about a snap heard when I strike</a> in the air. This is something that comes with focus and karate strike acceleration. It is caused by a sleeve of the karate gi whipping the air.</div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A few years ago, I tore the meniscus in my knee which had to be repaired by surgery. Its a long story, but it relates to a birth defect I had. After the operation, the medical staff wanted me to sit in a wheel chair and use crutches when I left the facility - but I walked out refusing both. Then I was scheduled for Physical Therapy at </span><a href="http://www.diamondbacktherapy.com/" id="1A7E3BEE-B15A-41B8-83D4-B82F0832E5AC" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DiamondBack</a> in Gilbert. I was told on my first day I was already many weeks ahead of everyone else with the same injury and told by the head therapist they only had one other client who was as advanced as me after that type of surgery - a professional basketball player who was one-third my age. Remember, we are not superhuman, we just learn to use what God gave us. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Grandmaster Hausel squats 400 pounds at a 170-pound body weight at the <br />University of Wyoming(photo courtesy of UW Photo Service). Former kyoju no <br />budo (professor of martial arts), the grandmaster was often seen squatting 400 <br />and 600-pounds and even successfully squatted-800 pounds at Half-Acre Gym <br />on Campus. Today, as a senior citizen, he pushes 800 lbs with his legs on an <br />inverted squat machine, a few times a week at Mountainside Fitness in Arizona.</i></td></tr>
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When he was a <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">martial arts professor</span> at the University of Wyoming, people were often astounded to see a skinny martial artist/geologist squat 600-pounds at a body weight of 160-pounds (left <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">photo shows Grandmaster Hausel squatting 400 pounds</span>). He even squatted 800 pounds, but not on a regular schedule. This was because of <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</span> and <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">geology</span>. As a <a href="http://danhauselauthor.pbworks.com/w/page/16733736/Award%20Winning%20Geologist" id="0654565A-FD6C-4273-91C3-694A3F1AA409" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">geologist</span></a><span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span> he walks miles in search of <a href="https://searching-for-gold.blogspot.com/" id="3732346A-F7F2-4D70-808C-9F10779227A2" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">gold</a>, <a href="https://discussionsondiamonds.blogspot.com/" id="F603D15C-BE26-42C1-AC5C-94224A8ED6BC" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">diamonds</a> and <a href="https://gemstonehunter.blogspot.com" id="3822777C-0537-4B6B-9062-B97C22EB17FF" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">colored gemstones</a>. 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Both <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">geology</span> and <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">martial arts</span> kept him healthy and fit. </div>
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For warm-up, <i>Soke</i> starts with <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate </span><span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/" id="7564D19A-8106-4D12-AEA2-EA33E3E66AA2" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-bold wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kata</span></a></span>. <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wz-bold wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">K</span>ata</span> are a beneficial aerobic exercise. He may practice fast or slow - but always adds full-power focus to visualize each <span class="wz-bold" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">self-defense</span> application in each <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kata</span> movement. After <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">kata</span>, he hits the weights working on arms and hands before moving to a squat rack to stretch, kick and punch. Then it's off to a heavy bag for a series of kicks and punches (he does not wear shoes or gloves). He also does a minimum of 300 sit-ups and on some days, has been known to do 1200 situps. So, that's how he keeps <a href="http://www.quickmeme.com/img/13/13f7f29956e1c11afe0b2883c7be44a725e68fa2e14bfa656943ef8125bf2b3b.jpg" id="BECE5FC6-D871-49C8-A13D-F247B055ED6B" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">looking fit</a> and <a href="https://fatwomenscow.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kiss-me-quick.jpg" id="D35B2087-61B4-43B5-A869-0ECFB7709916" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">beautiful</a> along with teaching 8 <span class="wz-italic" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://azhombu.blogspot.com/" id="19EEBFC9-D13A-48DB-8EB6-46A4B13813D1" style="border: 0px; color: #c6e0f7; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">karate</a></span> classes each week. </div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796721004711559470.post-37494155444301442322019-08-12T14:20:00.002-07:002022-01-29T10:36:39.694-08:00Karate and Brain Health<div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(243, 236, 195); color: #f3ecc3; font-family: Buda, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One our favorite people - senior citizen, mascot and sensei, <br />Dennis, from Mesa, Arizona, a 3rd degree black belt/sensei <br />has a periodic senior moment, so for this photo he showed <br />up at the dojo with his feet labeled while supported by a <br />cane. Dennis always keeps us on our toes and keeps us<br /> laughing. </td></tr>
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Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796721004711559470.post-46738024328068832132018-08-29T16:34:00.008-07:002022-01-29T11:15:12.289-08:00Traditional Martial Arts for Health & Longevity<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Yep, I just got back from visiting my doctor for my annual physical. Prognosis? I'm as fit as any 20-year-old! Not bad for an old, retired, geologist who likes to kick, punch and lift weights 5 to 8 sessions a week. So, how can an old guy of more than 70, stay so fit? By training in <b><i>traditional martial arts</i></b> nearly every day of my life. When I need a break from training in <b><i>martial arts</i></b> and teaching <i><b>karate</b></i> and <i><b>kobudo</b></i>, I lift weights at a local gym.<br />
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For those who train in traditional (non-sport) <b>martial arts</b> realize the extraordinary benefits weekly <i><b>karate</b></i>, <b><i>kobudo</i></b>, <i><b>iaido</b></i>, <i><b>aikido</b></i>, <b><i>kyudo</i></b> & <b><i>jujutsu</i></b> training has as we age. And we are not talking about <i>tai chi, </i>sport <i>karate, </i>or a<i> </i>non-martial art known as <b>MMA</b>. Think of it, we have students in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s who can easily lift their foot above their heads, kick and punch like lightning, take punches to vital points, and all we do is get heather, and more self-confident. And yes, one day we will meet our maker, and as long as we focus on the sabbath day and God's commands, maybe we will be able to continue training long after our soul is released from our bodies - at least I pray so.<br />
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Some s<i>eniors</i> feel they are <a href="https://az-te.blogspot.com/2020/10/karate-kobudo-self-defense-samurai-arts.html">too old</a> to learn <i><b>traditional karate</b></i>, or just don't feel they will fit in a <i>karate school</i> at their age - they have visions of walking into a <i><b>martial arts school</b> (<b>dojo</b>)</i> and training with a bunch of 5-year olds, and all they learn is how to defend against kicks to their shins; or spend class time taking 5-year old kids to the <i>benjo</i> (Japanese bathroom).<br />
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In<i> t<b>raditional Okinawa martial arts</b> </i>(as opposed to <i>Sport Karate and MMA)</i> students typically range from 16 to about 106 years. No one ever quits <i><b>karate</b></i> because of age, instead some quit <i>karate</i> and then age. In sport <i>martial arts</i>, many schools are filled with 5-year olds and younger students. One of our <i>karate instructors</i> joined a <i>taekwondo</i> school (sport oriented), and was the only adult in the class. She had to recite the <i>dojo</i> philosophy at the end of the class with all of the kids while facing the instructor (a teenager) - the <i>dojo</i> philosophy - <i><b>"I will obey my Mommy and Daddy"</b></i>. It was not something easy for a 50-year-old to recite to an instructor 1/3rd her age. </div>
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So, what is <i>traditional karate</i>? <i>Traditional karate</i> was developed on Okinawa hundreds of years ago and modified from classical <i>Kung Fu</i> of China. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Photo of Who's Who in Martial Arts Legends, Soke Hausel <br />taken at the University of Wyoming for Martial Arts <br />Fitness magazine a few years ago. <br />At the time, <b><a href="https://gilbertmensclub.wordpress.com/category/martial-arts/soke-hausel/">Soke</a></b> was in his late 50s.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Karate Hombu dojo in Mesa, in the <b>Phoenix Valley</b>, <br />where a large </i></span></span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>percentage of his students are well-educated seniors.</i></span></span></td></tr>
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The benefit of being able to <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">defend</a> oneself with <i>karate</i> and <i>kobudo</i> works in favor of mental well-being. <i>Karate</i> provides increase strength, flexibility, reflexology, aerobics as well as a favorable BMI (body mass index). And one cannot say enough about the importance of <i>karate</i> for self-confidence, self-esteem, brain health, and stress relief. In addition to training the body, <i>karate</i> trains the mind. Through constant training using both sides (left and right) of one's body equally, you can actually grow the size of your brain, increase your IQ, get rid of some brain fuzziness and fight effects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. Studies at San Paulo State University and Federal University of Sao Carlos in Brazil, report... <i>"karate training contributed positively to the cognitive and neuromotor functions of an individual with nixed dementia"</i>. </div>
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It is vital to note that <a href="https://karatearizona.blogspot.com/">martial arts</a> improve a person's emotional well being, according to a recent 2018 article from Bangor University in Wales. In one study, older adults, aged 67-93, were asked to take part in either: (1) <b>Karate training</b>, (2) <b>Cognitive training</b>, or (3) <b>Non-martial arts physical training</b> over a 3- to 6-month period. The older <a href="https://seiyoshorin.blogspot.com/">adults</a> in the Karate Training group showed lower levels of depression and a greater level of self-esteem compared to the other groups.</div>
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<b>KARATE & KOBUDO</b>. Traditional or combat karate is a literal fountain of youth. This starts with eating healthy food along with constant exercise. Those in traditional karate tend to <b>eat less, eat organic, sleep better, and train hard</b>! Ever see an overweight active martial artist other than <a href="http://drgraeme.net/drgraeme-free-nxt-g-tutorials/Ch46/SUMO-G/SUMO-2.jpg">sumo</a>? Many karate practitioners carry a <a href="https://chinesemartialstudies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bruce-lee-gloves.jpg">healthy body weight</a> and focus on a diet of fish, raw fruits and vegetables. </div>
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Grandmaster Hausel practices <i>karate</i> nearly every day, and trains with weights 3 to 4 times a week as he has done for more than 5 decades, but even he will agree he has a few extra pounds that he just can't get rid of. This is a problem with our food: sugar is found in everything we buy - we are being poisoned by a food industry that hooked us on sugar and GMOs.</div>
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When Grandmaster Hausel was a martial arts instructor at the University of Wyoming, people were astounded to see a skinny martial artist/geologist squat 600-pounds at a body weight of 160-pounds (above photo shows Grandmaster Hausel squatting nearly 400 pounds). He even periodically squatted 800 pounds. This was because of <i>karate</i> and geology. As a <a href="http://danhauselauthor.pbworks.com/w/page/16733736/Award%20Winning%20Geologist">geologist</a>, he walked miles in search of <a href="https://searching-for-gold.blogspot.com/">gold</a>, <a href="https://discussionsondiamonds.blogspot.com/">diamonds</a> and colored <a href="https://gemstonehunter.blogspot.com/">gemstones</a>. As a martial artist, he trained often and taught classes in <i>karate</i>, <i>jujutsu</i>, <i>kobudo</i> and self-defense each semester. Both geology and martial arts kept him healthy and fit. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of our favorite students, Dr. Sigalov at the University of Wyoming,<br />began karate training in his 70s and later earned a shodan black belt<br />in traditional Shorin-Ryu Karate. Dr. Sigalov easily had the fastest<br />hands of all of the University karate faculty, staff and student body.</i></td></tr>
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Practice karate with focus and energy each week and you might still be kicking at 120 years old. We recently read about an 118-year old martial artist who has good flexibility and could kick the tar out of any 20-year old. Can you imagine being <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRuansCVV3U">118-years old</a>? Most of us could reach that age: we just have to watch <a href="http://www.karatebyjesse.com/the-karate-diet/">diet</a>, train hard in traditional martial arts and avoid stress. One man recently earned a 6-degree black belt at the age of 94. But there are many examples of 50, 60, 70 and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3059116/You-never-old-88-year-old-woman-teaches-karate-fouth-degree-black-belt.html">80</a> year old martial artists. Both men and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/karate-grandma-helen-dugan_n_6976788.html">women</a>, no matter what age, benefit from martial arts.</div>
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When Soke Hausel trains at the gym, he drinks a bottle of water with lemon juice concentrate. Before hand, he drinks a couple of cups of coffee, eats an apple, banana, <a href="https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/health-benefits-moringa">moringa</a> leaves, and some nuts. This gives energy and antioxidants for a hard work out. That's part of a formula for physical fitness - eat good, avoid sugar, and limit the amount of food. The other part of the formula is training. </div>
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For warm-up, Soke starts with kicks, a few punches and then karate <a href="https://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a>. Karate kata are a beneficial aerobic exercise. Depending on how he feels, he may practice <i>karate</i> and <i><a href="https://az-kobudo.blogspot.com ">kobudo</a> kata</i> fast or slow - but he always adds <a href="https://youtu.be/Iac7MjsnO_A">full-power focus</a> and visualizes each self-defense (known as <i>bunkai</i>) application in each <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo01pfZPF_zpKStxra4k0rw">kata</a></i> movement. After <i>karate kata</i>, he hits weights working arms and hands before moving to a squat rack to stretch, kick and punch. Then it's off to a heavy bag for a series of kicks and punches, followed by a minimum of 300 sit-ups (some days, as many as 1200 sit ups), along with 100 pushups. So, that's how he keeps <a href="http://www.quickmeme.com/img/13/13f7f29956e1c11afe0b2883c7be44a725e68fa2e14bfa656943ef8125bf2b3b.jpg">looking fit</a> and <a href="https://fatwomenscow.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/kiss-me-quick.jpg">beautiful</a> along with teaching <a href="https://azhombu.blogspot.com/">karate</a> classes each week. </div>
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<b>BENEFITS OF TRADITIONAL KARATE</b></div>
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When practiced properly, traditional karate provides benefits we don’t completely understand. Many benefits arise from stretching, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhsp6kqqZ5Y">body hardening</a>, breathing, meditation, positive thinking, peace of mind, muscle training and burning maximum calories. Hausel indicates that if he dies tomorrow (God forbid), he will know he had a healthy life. Being a Christian, he also notes when he dies, he will have a place to go to. </div>
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<b>WEIGHT LOSS </b></div>
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The <a href="https://www.asep.org/asep/asep/Glass.pdf">Journal of Exercise Physiology</a> compared <i>karate</i> practitioners to other exercise groups. <b><i>The martial arts group showed a significantly higher number of calories burned and greater overall fitness.</i> </b>The <a href="http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm">Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise Journal</a> noted that <i>karate</i> practitioners lie at the top of all other exercise groups for calories burned per body weight. And Fitness for Weight Loss reported a 150-pound <i>karate</i> practitioner will burn 712 calories, and a 400-pound <i>karate</i> practitioner will burn up to 1,910-calories per hour of training in <i>karate</i>. For example, <a href="http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm">one</a> calculator shows a 130-pound person will burn 620 calories during <i>karate</i> practice; and a 215-pound person will burn 1,025 calories per hour while practicing <i>karate</i>. But keep in mind, each type of martial art (as well as exercise) will burn different amounts of calories. For instance, <i>Tai Chi</i> (slow <i>kung fu</i>) will burn less than half the calories as <i>karate</i>!</div>
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<b>AGING & MARTIAL ARTS</b></div>
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The <a href="http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/38/2/143.full">British Journal of Sports Medicine</a> noted differences between middle-aged martial arts practitioners vs non-martial artists. <i>The martial arts group displayed greater aerobic capacity, balance, flexibility, muscle endurance, strength, and less body fat than the sedentary control group. The martial arts group also had an average <a href="http://martialartsover40.com/fitness/over-40s-amazing-benefits-from-doing-martial-arts/">BMI of 18.9</a> while the control group had a BMI (body mass index) of 30.8!</i></div>
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The Okinawan saying <i>"hara hachi bu"</i> (eat until 80% full) provides a guideline to limit daily calorie intake. The typical Okinawan diet includes green and yellow vegetables, whole grains, tofu, fish and other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/legume">legumes</a>. Little sugar, meat, and dairy is in their diet. The Okinawan people exercise daily, practice <i>karate</i>, and labor in fields, gardens and on fishing boats. And because <i>karate</i> and <i>kobudo</i> has been part of their culture for centuries, a significant percentage train each week in martial arts. Another benefit: murder and robbery is less frequent on Okinawa since everyone is armed (with feet and hands)!</div>
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Dr. Majid Fotuhi & Christina Antoniades (2013) in their book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boost-Your-Brain-Enhanced-Performance/dp/0062199277">Boost Your Brain</a>: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance, state there are <i>"known brain shrinkers - obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol...".</i> They further write, <i>"The more you increase your fitness, the more you will build a bigger memory muscle in your hippocampus. For optimal brain growth, I recommend 30 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity, plus 15-minutes of resistance training five days a week".</i> Not only does exercise build larger brains, there is also evidence it resists Alzheimer's disease. Traditional <i>karate</i> provides the right kind of exercise to grow brains and provides additional enhancement because the student must learn to use both sides of the body for all techniques, thus providing stimulation to both sides of the brain.</div>
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<b>EXAMPLES of SHORIN-RYU KARATE</b></div>
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There are many examples of elderly Okinawan <i>karate</i> practitioners. <i>Soke</i> Seikichi Uyehara, a <i>karate</i> grandmaster, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdyD-NFJF1Q">demonstrated kata</a> at the age of 88 in 1992. Seikichi Uyehara was quite agile and ended up living to be 100! Another <i>Shorin-Ryu karate</i> practitioner, <i>Sensei</i> Teru Hendrey, 5th dan, was born to an Okinawa family in 1927. She was exposed to martial arts in 1941 and began a study of <i>Shorin-Ryu Karate </i>in the late 1980s while in her 60s.</div>
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Then there was Shugoro Nakazato, 10th dan, who began <i>Shorin-Ryu Karate</i> as a student of Chosin Chibana in 1935 at the age of 16. He became the head of the <i>Shorinkan Shorin-Ryu karate</i> at more than 80 years old. A prominent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kendo">Kendoka</a> on Okinawa: <i>Sensei</i> Moriji Mochida trains daily at an age of more than 90. Another Okinawan, <i>Sensei</i> Keiko Fukuda began studying <a href="https://judo-ka.blogspot.com/">judo</a> in 1935 under Jigoro Kano (the father of <i>judo</i>). Sensei Keiko, 10th dan, is 100 years old. Shoshin Nagame, 10th dan, taught <i>Shorin-Ryu Karate</i> until he died at 90. So, practice <i>karate</i> and you might live to be an old man or woman.</div>
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Periodically, people call the <i>Seiyo no Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai hombu dojo</i> in Mesa, Arizona and asks if they are too old to train in martial arts. In November, one person called a couple of times indicating he would like to get into martial arts but figured he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ulCWZoMEuE">was too old</a> - <i>“54 years old”</i>, the guy on the other end of the line stated in an apologetic tone <i>“and I’m over-weight”</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another called and stated she was <i>“likely too old and obese for martial arts”</i>. We don’t understand why these people call, because they never show up. Possibly, they are hoping we will tell them they are too old or too over-weight and are shocked when they hear that we teach seniors at any age and any weight as long as they have the blessing of a doctor - in fact, about 40% of our members are senior citizens. </div>
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So, when is a person <a href="https://youtu.be/rn313D1IG-0">too old </a>to train in martial arts? Martial arts are good for training the mind, the body and helping stave off <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf6xzAWfCDo&feature=youtu.be">aging</a>, so there isn’t an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJUqVs_oNho">upper limit</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd08DpohKe8">martial arts training</a> as long as a person is in reasonable health. There are reports of martial artists of extreme ages - such as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H60KRsvR_cU">113-year old</a> and 120 year-old kung fu masters. And then there was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ching-Yuen">Li Ching-Yuen </a>who passed away in 1933, but purportedly was 200+ years old. While at the University of Wyoming, we had one student who trained into his 80s, and was very fast and powerful.</div>
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So, what is it about martial arts that helps people to stay active until they die? Studies show that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Centenarian_Study">Okinawa</a> (the land of <i>karate</i>) has more <a href="http://www.okinawa-diet.com/news/20060502_japan_times.html">centenarians</a> than any other place in the world. Is this because of <i>karate</i>, diet, exercise, environment, genetics? One study indicates it is <a href="https://www.verywell.com/the-okinawans-key-to-healthy-aging-2223603">genetic</a>. Others suggest it is related to <a href="http://www.alongerhealthylife.com/tag/okinawan-centenarians/">food supply</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/19/japanese-diet-live-to-100">diet</a>. Most others suggest it is related to body health. But none of the studies I’ve read, focus on the one characteristic that makes Okinawans different from all other people: traditional <i>karate</i> and <i>kobudo</i>! And the train often, not just once of twice a month.</div>
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There are suggestions that martial arts training provide <a href="https://www.worldhealth.net/news/martial_arts_defend_against_aging/">self-defense against aging</a>, but these suggestions do not provide details and only rely on <a href="http://6abc.com/health/art-of-aging-martial-arts-helps-seniors-find-balance/1117325/">interviews</a> with martial artists, and seldom differentiate the effects of soft martial arts vs. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12208194">hard martial arts</a>. One of the few studies that examined a variety of effects was reported by the <a href="http://martialartsover40.com/fitness/over-40s-amazing-benefits-from-doing-martial-arts/">British Journal of Sports Medicine</a>. The benefits of training in a <i>‘hard’</i> martial art, according to the Journal, were very positive. Anyone asking if they are too old for martial arts needs to review the literature and get into a traditional martial arts program. According to the Journal, <i><b>“It was clearly obvious that the martial arts practitioners had better aerobic capacity, balance, flexibility, muscle endurance, and strength”</b></i> than sedentary middle-aged people. <i><b>“The only thing they had less of was body fat”</b></i>.</div>
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One thing I’ve often heard was that slow <i>‘soft’</i> martial arts provides better flexibility, etc., but I don’t believe this as it is never substantiated by research, only opinion. I suspect that <i>‘hard’</i> (hard referring to high impact) martial arts provide better benefits because of flexibility, extreme use of one’s muscles, development of reflexes and lungs. It would be nice to see research oriented towards the effects of many variables such as nutrition, years in martial arts, type of martial art, etc. But for now, it is clear that seniors who want to be healthy, need to <i>‘kick’</i> their <a href="http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/do-you-have-sitting-disease#1">sedentary</a> habits. </div>
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<b>STRENGTH</b></div>
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Karate</i> gave me strength. At the 24-Hour Fitness in Chandler, one trainer introduced me to the manager just so he could see my kicks, kata and punches. I also had a Taekwondo black belt and personal trainer ask about my <i>karate</i> because they had never seen anyone with such power (I was old enough to be their grandfather): I was told by the trainer his client was on the US Olympic Team. In traditional <i>karate</i>, martial arts are practiced as a weapon rather than for points, so one needs extreme power and focus and must make an effort to out-punch everyone in their <i>dojo</i>. I'm periodically questioned <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2vjExdSmo">about a snap heard when I strike</a>. This is something that comes with focus and <i>karate</i> strike acceleration. It is caused by a sleeve of the <i>karate</i> <i>gi</i> whipping the air.</div>
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A few years ago, I tore the meniscus in my knee which had to be repaired by surgery. Its a long story, but it relates to a birth defect. After the operation, the medical staff wanted me to sit in a wheel chair and use crutches when I left the facility - I walked out refusing both. Then I was scheduled for Physical Therapy at <a href="http://www.diamondbacktherapy.com/">DiamondBack</a> in Gilbert. I walked in and was told on my first day I was already many weeks ahead of everyone else with the same injury and was told by the head therapist they only had one other client who was as advanced as me after that kind of surgery - a professional basketball player, who was one-third my age. Again, this is related to my <i>karate</i> training and physical fitness. Today, there are 50 million people training in Okinawan karate around the world.- why not make it 50,000,001 and see the benefits. Remember, we are not superhuman, we just learn to use what God gave us. </div>
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Aerobic dancing 420 [325-500]<br />
Traditional dancing 238-350<br />
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Aerobics 450 <br />
Backpacking [400-650]<br />
Bicycling 450-700 [500-750]<br />
Bowling [180-280]<br />
Calisthenics (moderate intensity) 400 <br />
Gymnastics [230-370]<br />
Jazzercise [350-550]<br />
Jogging 500 [700-1160]<br />
Karate 700-930 [600-950]<br />
Pilates - intense 300-400 [235-370]<br />
Rollerblading 420 <br />
Rowing 550-700 <br />
Running (10 minute mile pace) 850 <br />
Stair climbing 430-700 [300-470]<br />
Swimming (vigorous) 500 [400-650]<br />
Walking 300-400 [195-470]<br />
Water aerobics 400-700 <br />
Weight lifting (intense) 215-430 [170-550]<br />
Yoga 400-600 [230-370]<br />
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<b>Hobbies</b>: <br />
Bowling (league play with rotation) 200 <br />
Hiking (mountains or high hills - intense) 400-700 <br />
Horseback riding (competitive level) 280 <br />
Kayaking (intense) 400-700 [500-800]<br />
Rock Climbing [650-1125]<br />
Skating 420 <br />
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Aerobic Kickboxing 400 <br />
Martial Arts 700-950 [590-930]<br />
Tai Chi 400 [230-270]<br />
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<b>Sports</b>:<br />
Baseball (moderate level) 200 <br />
Basketball (full court-intense) 400-700 [470-750] <br />
Boxing 700 [350-1100]<br />
Cross-country skiing 500 [470-750]<br />
Fencing (competitive) 420 [350-550] <br />
Football 400-700 <br />
Golf 180-240 [270-420]<br />
Ice Skating 300 [400-650]<br />
Skiing (downhill) 450 [470-750]<br />
Snow shoeing [470-750] <br />
Soccer (moderate effort - team play) 400 <br />
Softball 200-400 <br />
Tennis 450-650 [470-750]<br />
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