I am working with a turkish drop spindle and some corridale roving I am more or less teaching myself I am separating the roving into thinner long pieces to spin My question (I don't know all the right terms yet) is, do I have to make sure the roving pieces are going in one direction? If so, I do I tell which end is which? thanks for trying to help this old-lady beginner oldivoryknits
This turn of phrase is often used by members of the WKFThey basically to refer to the Karate of mainland Japan (which, as others have wisely pointed out, all came from Okinawa.) that are the older and therefore traditional stylesThere are other styles which were not recognized early on or came into effect after (such as Kyokushin) and thus they are not considered traditionalSplitting hairs is a good way to look at itEspecially as sport karate becomes more and more unified and bland This means that the four main styles of WKF are the ones they are talking aboutThose styles are: Shotokan Shito-Ryu Goju-Ryu Wado-Ryu
Not really,Unlike spinning cotton where it can be important for the fibers to draw from the same end, you should be able to join wool from either endThe fact that you've split your roving down is goodIf you haven't pre-drafted (attenuated) it before, this would be a good time to startPut your hands about a fiber's length apart and gently tug on the roving to get the fiber to slide a bitThis helps when you draft while spinningTo join, build up some twist in what yarn you have, hold the new length at right angles to the end you are spinning, and let the twist run it into the old, drafting further if need beBTW, if you feel like you need more practice not to drop spindle, a Turkish spindle is ideal to spin in a supported mode, just flick it and let it spin on a smooth tabletop, then you can draft and pinch with both hands a bit more securely.
Aaron J is correctI'm not sure what the person that you got this from intendedPerhaps they were referring to the four most popular styles of karate in JapanIf my memory serves me those four are: Shotokan Goju-Ryu Wado-Ryu Shito-Ryu But even in Japan there are more than four karate styles.
MMA has been around a long time, but many martial artists fail to see itBruce Lee for instance did MMAHe took things he liked from several martial arts to make Jeet Kune DoIf a person studies TKD, and judo are they not considered a mixed martial artist? If you look on yahoo answers or even just the answers to your question you'll see many of these so called martial artists very defensive on their positionThey seem to feel very threatened by MMABut it has to do more with finances then MMA itselfMany people now go to MMA gyms rather then the local strip mall TKD studioIt was the same way when Kung Fu became popular in the early 70's all the karate people became very defensive towards Kung Fu practitionersThen in the 80's during the Ninja craze the samething happened againThen in the 90's the first UFC hit scene with many different martial art styles competing only to be dominated by ground fightersExposing a serious flaw in many fighting stylesSome learned from it, but many didn'tI see these so called martial artists always pointing the finger at everyone else, but fail to see those other fingers on their hand pointing back at themI wonder if these people learned to be so stereotypical from their martial art training?
The four? Traditional Karate (Okinawa Te) alone has many different stylesThey stemmed from family practices to military training so there aren't just fourIf somebody says that they are talking out of their butts Traditional style martial arts, as you may already know are about real-world application for attack and defenseThat is what they teach and their techniques taught are only the ones applicable in life or death situations The lifestyle of the traditional martial artist and the philosophical emphasis is for that of honorable action both in the public eye and alone So, generally it is a good thing when somebody mentions Traditional Martial Arts, as that means they too act with honor and dignityUnfortunately though, there are the select groups who desire the mistique of the TMA and the respect their practitioners getThese people will say anything to get this false respect and bring dishonor to the world of the Martial Arts So Traditional Martial Arts are a lifestyle lived for the betterment of one self, not for the acceptance of othersThis lifestyle is not a FAD and is NOT solely about physical combat.
