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Old 03-12-2001, 01:28 AM   #7
George S. Ledyard
 
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Rod Sakarnoski

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Sid wrote:
Hi guys. Dont laugh, but I saw this on Ripley's Believe it or not. There is this school of martial arts that claims to be able to teach you to master your ki so that you are not hurt when punched/kicked. http://www.jukokai.com/ - have a look at it and tell me what you think. Weird. They do teach aikido, though!

Sid
Although he is quite a controversial figure (see many E-budo flames) Rod Sakarnoski does distribute a film which shows his students being struck full force by members of the Dallas cowboys footbal team. He sent me a copy after I had introduced myself to him as a fellow police trainer. You can see the Cowboys Punter kicking a slender young man right in the groin full power without effect and four huge fellows simultaneously punching anoher student in the throat absolutely full power. And these are the bench press 400 + pounds crowd. It is something to see and is the first time I ever got to see what was stated to be possible in the Chinese arts. Definitely makes you humble about your atemi waza and how effective it is.
Here is their version of who he is:
http://www.jukokai.com/html/jukokai/soke_bio.html

George S. Ledyard
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