It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself. - The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:47:53 +0200 blogSpirit.com All Rights Reserved http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/07/team-kata-bunkai.html http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/07/team-kata-bunkai.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) Martial Arts & Exercise Mon, 7 Jul 2008 23:10:00 +0200 The commentary on this gets a bit annoying, but the kata itself is really good. Enjoy.<br /> <br /> <table width="400" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="5" rowspan="3" valign="top"><img src="http://static.spikedhumor.com/images/vcleft.gif" width="5" height="300"></td><td width="390" height="5" valign="top"><img src="http://static.spikedhumor.com/images/vctop.gif" width="390" height="5"></td><td width="5" rowspan="3" valign="top"><img src="http://static.spikedhumor.com/images/vcright.gif" width="5" height="300"></td></tr><tr><td height="273" valign="top"><embed src="http://www.spikedhumor.com/player/vcplayer.swf?file=http://www.spikedhumor.com/videocodes/157560/data.xml&auto_play=false" quality="high" scale="noscale" bgcolor="#000000" width="100%" height="100%" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></td></tr><tr><td height="22" valign="top"><a href="http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/157560/Team-Japan-Karate-Kata-Bunkai.html" target="_new"><img src="http://static.spikedhumor.com/images/vcbot.gif" width="390" height="22" border="0"></a></td></tr></table> http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/07/rebel-empress-series.html http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/07/rebel-empress-series.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) Prose Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:36:10 +0200 Just in case you are interested to know, I'm working on an "Interval" piece for the Rebel Empress series, set between parts 3 and 4. There will be more of&#8230; http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/07/rebel-empress-part-iv.html http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/07/07/rebel-empress-part-iv.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) Prose Mon, 7 Jul 2008 01:30:00 +0200 At last, after rather a long delay, part four of my serial. This is in mostly unedited form, so please beware! <br /> Enjoy!<br /> <br /> Rebel Empress <br /> Episode 4<br /> Worlds Apart<br /> <br /> It has&#8230; http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/05/16/finalised-sai-kata.html http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/05/16/finalised-sai-kata.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) Martial Arts & Exercise Fri, 16 May 2008 17:36:05 +0200 This is the final form of my sai kata.<br /> <br /> <object width="375" height="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D2TFpFYnhKc"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D2TFpFYnhKc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="375" height="300"> </embed> </object><br /> <br /> My stances are off a little bit still and my head keeps dipping to my shoulder which is something to work&#8230; http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/05/10/my-own-sai-kata.html http://underhilljournal.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/05/10/my-own-sai-kata.html noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) Martial Arts & Exercise Sat, 10 May 2008 20:46:10 +0200 I've been working on this for a competition. I'm still only practicing and I'll freely admit it doesn't look that great, but it's getting there.<br /> Feel free to comment.<br /> <br /> <object width="375" height="300"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KgWvOqcDjTI"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KgWvOqcDjTI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="375" height="300"> </embed> </object>