braverrouge

Have been following the local news on this subject for a while and understand that Thailand lost the temple to Cambodia only.

The land surrounding the area still belongs to Thailand, which was the main concern of the Thais.

I watched the court ruling live and that is not what was said at all

What did it say then ?

Have been following the local news on this subject for a while and understand that Thailand lost the temple to Cambodia only.

The land surrounding the area still belongs to Thailand, which was the main concern of the Thais.

I'm not sure how many Germans are among this group but if you think back when Germany was divided and becam West & East Germany you should understand how the locals in that area were feeling.

One of the most idiotic Country's on the Earth, Thailand is blessed with abundance of fertile soil and water but sadly the donkeys in Charge have no idea.

Next the farmers will be charging 3 times the price for fruit and veg because of water shortage...Limes are already going for 9 baht each that should be 1 baht..Laughable

Massive amounts of water are disgustingly wasted right at the hight of the Dry season ...The Country deserves all that it gets

Planning is obviously not in the Thai Dictionary

I keep reading all these negative comments and wondering why these people have chosen to come to Thailand.

I can't recall to seen an advertisement of how perfect this country is before deciding to settle in Thailand 18 years ago (at least it wasn't provided from my travel agent during that time).

My advise to you guys is, pack your stuff and go right back where you came from or simply accept the differences in culture.

These people are usually the ones who were not really successful in their own home countries, they usually have a bruised ego, and choose to come to Thailand, where they could get a feel of importance, feeding the bruised ego.

A lot of these people feel lonely, and have difficulties interact with other people, they are usually social misfits, and the only way these people can easily bond with eachother, is by bashing thailand, thai people and the thai culture.

Believe it or not, many foreigners have made it their main hobby, to come here on thaivisa, to bash thai culture, in order to numb the sense of failure they experienced in their home country, and feed their bruised ego. At least some thais look up to them (or at least so they think)

To bad that Thai visa don't have a LIKE bottom like Facebook, otherwise I would have press it a thousand times ;-)

One of the most idiotic Country's on the Earth, Thailand is blessed with abundance of fertile soil and water but sadly the donkeys in Charge have no idea.

Next the farmers will be charging 3 times the price for fruit and veg because of water shortage...Limes are already going for 9 baht each that should be 1 baht..Laughable

Massive amounts of water are disgustingly wasted right at the hight of the Dry season ...The Country deserves all that it gets

Planning is obviously not in the Thai Dictionary

I keep reading all these negative comments and wondering why these people have chosen to come to Thailand.

I can't recall to seen an advertisement of how perfect this country is before deciding to settle in Thailand 18 years ago (at least it wasn't provided from my travel agent during that time).

My advise to you guys is, pack your stuff and go right back where you came from or simply accept the differences in culture.

Why don't they learn from other countries, you are the negative one old sport ! Its nothing to do with culture, saving water.

I totally agree with you that Thailand should learn from other countries, specially nearby countries like Singapore and Malaysia.

Both countries have done a lot for what they are today.

I didn't really thought of being negative when I started to read. I was more thinking about the farmers and in what way the water shortage will affect the people in Hua Hin.

Then I continued reading and all I saw was people complaining and how much they dislike being in Thailand.

That finally triggered my anger over these people.

My anger is not on this specific post but on general comments that are very offensive to the people of Thailand.

Just want to let you guys know that Pattaya Aikikai Aikido has closed down due to some personal issues of the instructors.

When training starts?

Good question and to be honest, I don't know.

I will be moving to Bangkok in a couple of weeks and haven't found anyone to take over the classes.

Aikido is absurdly hierarchical, almost more of a cult, instructors demand to be worshipped, not merely respected. So ego based disputes between the instructor prima donnas throwing tantrums is something i've witnessed before with Aikido.

Personally I have zero interest in learning it and think Aikido is a waste of time, better to learn Judo or Jujitsu, same techniques, more or less, better attitude, infinitely better practice via sparring. In practical terms a Judo Green belt could probably beat the average Aikido black belt or higher Dan. That is because Judo is practiced against resistance in a highly competitive environment which balances safety with full power application. Aikido is just show, cooperation and role play.

It's kind of weird, I had Judo guys training Aikido under me and had the total opposite response from them.

Anyhow, those were actual martial arts practitioners ......

Talking about worship, none of my students worshiped me as an instructor neither did I asked for it.

All my students, regardless of grade, did call me by my name and not sensei or master.

However, that's past anyway

It is funny to me when people equate Seagal with Aikido.

Dunno - this looks pretty real to me.

but then again maybe this is real too

From the perspective of an Aikido & Karate practitioner, I find that many people underestimating Seagals skills.

I agree that his later movies were not the best but that has still nothing to do with his skills.

Just watching the demos and seminar videos from Seagal available on Youtube, I've to say that Seagal has extremely fast and precise techniques.

Akido can be in any many ways effective as well as ineffective in a self defense situation.

Self defense situations are unpredicted situations where the defender has to react with what ever comes at him.

Whether you can walk away from the situation with a few scratches or serious injury depends on each individual and not on the martial art style itself.

It is funny to me when people equate Seagal with Aikido.

Why? Isn't he a high (?) dan black belt in Aikido?

and wasn't he a Aikido teacher before making movies?

And to come back to the subject, another place : http://www.aikido-pattaya.com/ near Big C Sukhumvit

Just want to let you guys know that Pattaya Aikikai Aikido has closed down due to some personal issues of the instructors.

Glad to see all the informative comments from all martial artist this time and that it didn't end up with who's better.

I think you oversee the fact that they guys in the ring are actually wearing gloves.

Try to hit the throat with the gloves on .... Now try to hit the throat again with your bare hands, the results can end much worse then you would expect.

No gloves in early MMA, very small, light gloves now. If a professional cannot do it with a slim quarter inch of padding, it is unlikely an amateur can under pressure without it.

This is why force-on-force training is so essential- it throws all your plans out the window and humbles you. But at the end you have a usable toolbox of techniques that you know work, and have used full force and speed dozens, if not hundreds of times.

Just out of my own experience I'm not proud of, I did hit someone straight into the throat during a fight few years back.

It did happen out of reflex after I saw the opening in front of me.

The guy sack down in front of me and started choking. I don't really know what happened after that after my friends pulled me away.

I think the best would be to go for Krav Maga. Or Muay Chaiya, if you succeed to find it there.

As far as I know, there is no quality chinese styles' schools there, no silat and no FMA.

P. S. Aikido, muay thai and taekwondo are rather far from what is needed for combat. Aikido being the farthest

Interesting because I would say the most effective martial art for both defense and combat is Aikido. There is are two myths about Aikido that simply are not true:

1) It is for defense only, and

2) it is not deadly.

But I am not going to debate it further.

Aikido in it's true spirit is defense only. You will not find Aikido tournaments as the person that makes the first move always will lose.

I am sure Aikido can be deadly if used wrong but this is not the point of Aikido, I studied it around a year in Wakamatsuchou Tokyo Hombu Dojo, the same place that Ueshiba Morihei founded. I studied there under Moriteru Ueshiba and although I am no expert in Aikido it was only over promoted as self defence.

Aside from that the focus was on other things such as living properly and doing things in proper form. Most of the people that went there would not act out of hand in such a way to need to defend themselves. Avoiding bad situations through being respectful and improving you body through a quite rigorous work out in the Dojo was the order of the day.

That being said I was always tempted to try to sucker punch the Sensei to see if the stuff really worked. LOL

To be honest with you, I think that you learned absolutely nothing while you where in Japan.

That's not because of a bad sensei, it's just because of a blind student.

I'd been practicing various martial arts including Aikido.

Lets forget about the philosophy behind Aikido and focus on the techniques.

Whenever you do a technique in Aikido you always move in in a way so that your attacker would be unable to attack you again and at the same time you also open up space for you to directly strike you attackers vital points.

This can only be archived with proper movement and body positioning.

If you opened up your eyes while you were training at Hombu dojo, you could have noticed that the attacker was never given a chance to resist and come back for another attack, specially when Doshu was giving demonstrations.

A hard strike to the throat is debilitating,of course it is.....im not saying one strike will stop everyone,but its incredibly painful and would stop the average thug 9 times out of 10 im sure.....

Im not talking about chokes here,im saying a hard strike to the throat would stop most people,if not completely,then for those few precious seconds to inflict more damage,or to get away,which is the idea in Krav Maga.....

I understand that you're "sure". But why? What is your evidence? How come in all of the millions of hours of video footage, and millions of punches we see thrown at the chin in boxing, MMA and Muay Thai why do none miss, or even slide off a sweaty chin and hit the throat? So you have faith in the absence of evidence, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. That's a religion not a systemic evidence based approach to combat.

There is not even a working theory as with palm strike to the chin- eg. a huge body of scientific evidence that a blow to thechin maximizes torsional gravitational force on the brain, an equally large amount of forensic evidence from emergency room intake that the unprotected bones of the hand are broken easily in a traditional fist position- thus a theory that using the open palm to the chin might be more practical. The thinking behind the throat strike is just "oh that hurts when I do that- yup it's a fight ender" by that token Indian Burns and Noogies are fight enders as well.

I think you oversee the fact that they guys in the ring are actually wearing gloves.

Try to hit the throat with the gloves on .... Now try to hit the throat again with your bare hands, the results can end much worse then you would expect.

I think the best would be to go for Krav Maga. Or Muay Chaiya, if you succeed to find it there.

As far as I know, there is no quality chinese styles' schools there, no silat and no FMA.

P. S. Aikido, muay thai and taekwondo are rather far from what is needed for combat. Aikido being the farthest

What kind of martial art/self defense style are you training ????

I know that there's an Aikido dojo in a sports center in Hua Hin but can't recall where it exactly is.

If I'm not mistaken, the instructor is 3rd Dan.

I totally agree with the comments that it takes a long time until anyone can master Aikido at a certain level … But like babies, it takes them 1 or 2 years until they will make their 1^st step, then another few years until they will be able to run fast without to stumble over their own feeds ….

I am glad that braverrouge clarified this. I have no intention of arguing with a moderator who is efficient in martial arts!

In the western world, Martial Arts, is interpreted as a form of self defense with destructive goals/results only.

In the eastern world, the destructive part is secondary, such as in Aikido.

The goal in Aikido is to become mentally strong rather than physically.

We train techniques, movements etc. over and over again until they become our second nature.

Once we have reached this stage, we don’t need to rely on physical strength too much anymore.

I totally agree with the comments that it takes a long time until anyone can master Aikido at a certain level … But like babies, it takes them 1 or 2 years until they will make their 1^st step, then another few years until they will be able to run fast without to stumble over their own feeds ….

And there is the destructive part in Aikido.

Aikido can be very dangerous when not practiced in a controlled environment or techniques applied in a controlled matter.

That’s why I sometimes reject students who are too much focused on fighting others.

Those kinds of students I usually recommend to train Krav Maga or to practice other kind of sports.

I tried and its too complicated for me, I hardly can walk today and my back hurts.

You have to be very flexible for this thing, thats why first Im gonna do some yoga and then will see....

Are you sure that you came to the Aikido class and not the Taekwondo class ????

I'm teaching Aikido at the dojo in south Pattaya and can't recall to have a female "newbie" in my class.

The fights against the Sanda fighters were under Sanda rules though not Muaythai, points higher for sidekicks and throws I believe and the Thai's that did better were from the more clinch orientated camps, rather than the strong kickers.

I wonder how the fight would have ended using traditional MT rules

- No point system, only the last one standing wins or the fighter gives up

My Sensei (T. Hattori) is teaching Aikido and some Iaido at CMU http://www.geocities.jp/yokosuka111/

Good excercise for mind & body.

I don't know whether there are any fees but checking them up won't cost a thing.

We were invited to teach Aikido at Fairtex a few years back.

During our time there I managed to convince some of those MT instructors to join us for fun.

I realized that most of the MT guys reacted very sensetive on wrist locks.

The other way around they didn't feel any thing when I was delivering a punch or other attack on their body.

My point of view for MT is as follow:

In the ring (MT rules)

- Never get in the ring with a MT fighter unless your a MT fighter yourself or you can take lots of pain

- If you still get in the ring, don't try to catch their kicks with your hands or shin bone ... it f__g hurts

The Thais comparing those low kicks on the legs as "Flattening tires"

- Don't let the MT fighter clinch you unless you know how to protect your ribs

Out of the ring (Your rules)

- From the view of an Aikidoka ... Get their wrist (It won't be easy ) and bring them to the ground ASAP or the other way around

- Ground fighters, get them to the ground ASAP and do whatever you think is best

- Boxers and kickers, don't even bother to punch or kick them. It may hurt you more then them. They are quite immune to

those kind of attacks

Conclusion:

- Avoid a fight with a MT guy

It may look very "Chicken" but if I had a choice I wouldn't fight to proof which style is better, regardless of what style my opponent is.

It's like having a table tennis player to compete with tennis player on a golf course using a basket ball.

I wonder which one of them would make the home run first ???

Here's an Aikido excercise I'd been teaching at my beginners class:

- Relax and take one glass of beer on your left or right hand (I prefer Heineken)

- Bring the glass slowly to your mouth without tensing up your muscles in your hand

- Ones the glass has reached your lips, drink from it and put the glass slowly back on the table.

- Repeat this excercise until the glass is empty and refill as often as you can.

After many years of practicing this excercise you will able to apply it as an Aikido technique and also to your every days life

In the Accord there is a USB port. Check in Civics centerconsol. Should be one.

The CIVIC car audio system doesn't support USB.

The only external device option is the AUX input.

I teach Zen philosophy and Zen psychology at a local university in English, you are welcome to sit in my classes, we also have an Aikido class taught by a master from Japan on campus which is free. PM me for details if you are interested.

I would love to visit your classes, unfortunately I'm living in Pattaya

You mentioned that you have Japanese Aikido master teaching Aikido there. Is it T. Hattori ???

Contact barrerouge on this forum. He teaches excellent Aikido - within two months you may master a good forward roll, though...

Thanks dude.

Sorry I didn't made it over to your place on Saturday.

Hopefully next time

Hi actiondell

Learning a specific BASIC technique in 2 month time is possible but I doubt that anyone would be able to learn a martial art in 2 month.

I'd been training Shotokan Karate & Taekwondo in my younger years but was unable to make any dan grading due to an injury during a soccer game.

Very much later I started to train Aikido and found that, besides of ThaiChi, I'm able to practice martial arts without risking my knee to pop out again.

These days I'm instructing Aikido with the support of my previouse senseis, who are living in BKK & Chinagmai now.

Here's a link to our web www.aikido-pattaya.com

Since you asked, which martial art is best, I will write the same thing that other good martial art instructor would say:

There isn't any martial arts that can claim to be the best or most effective!!!

Every martial art has it's own strenght and weaknesses.

It's a matter of how you can use it correctly and walk away without any damages but to be able to do that you will need many years of training.

Krav Maga seems to be a very effective self defence system.

I did some researches on Krav Maga but didn't have a chance to take any classes yet.

You may noticed that I was using the wordings 'self defence system, instead of martial art.

From my undersanding, Krav Maga is not a martial art, it is a fighting system with.

It's philosophy is a "him or me" contex ....

Try to contact Gerry Nolan under this number 0852883709

I don't know him in person, just happen to see his add on Thai Visa.

But again, to be able to use the techniques teached in Krav Maga, you need lots of training training and training

I am coming to Pattaya soon for 2 months and would like to learn some martial arts.

I realise that you cant learn it in 2 months however i would love to learn basics.

IS there any full time schools in Pattaya?

I heard there is a Israeli martial arts in Pattaya called Krav Maga which is appaently great for street self defence.

Anyone have info or websites on schools in Pattaya?

Im currently training in Shotokan Karate last 3 months,however im not sure its that good for street self defence.

Being middle aged it keeps me fit and hopefully will protect me.

Im not sure exactly WHAT is the best martial art to learn to protect yourself,my workmates say boxing is the best fighting to learn.

I would like to try to arrange some private lessons if i could also.