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A M A NATIONALS

TOURNAMENT i COMPETITORS PICKt THE BEST JUDGES

K u n g Fu ' s Weai w i t h E v e r y t h i n g

RATINGS

K u n g Fu

SUMMER CAMP

JANUARY 1984 Vol. 15, No. 1

FEATURES

21 SANCHIN KATA: HIDY OCHIAI EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU-Not that he has anything against body building, it's just that he never lifts. Why should he? He has his sanchin kata.

22 HIDY OCHIAI ON NUNCHAKU—Properly applied nunchaku basics can serve you well in other aspects of your martiai arts training.

28 TAKE ME OUT TO THE DOJO—Not only do professional baseball players train in the martial arts, but voted members of the All Star Team find that martial arts skills are most compatible with the National Pastime.

34 KATA COPYRIGHT: THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES—A practicing at­torney in Albuquerque has successfully copyrighted a kata. He explains the implications of this first.

36 KOJASHO, THE COPYRIGHTED MARTIAL ART—As head of the kojasho system, Fred Absher felt a need to protect the art's combat validity as well as Its combat-oriented forms.

41 PSYCHING YOUR OPPONENT OUT: AN INSIDER'S LOOK—Top tourna­ment competitor Fred King talks about some of the things you can do to slightly alter your opponent's sense of reality. Of course in a game there have to be iimits.

45 THE MONK'S SPADE—From an encounter with a tiger, to a tooi used by wandering grave diggers, the monk's spade has proved to be a weapon and a tooi of many uses.

49 A COURSE IN CRAMMING: THE WEAPONS THEY BROUGHT TO WEST VIRGINIA—The sheriff's son iearned how to duck, and the camp par­ticipants learned a lot about martial art in transition. Given recent developments, would arnis become harder or softer? Or would it depend on the person expressing it?

52 THE BEST REFEREES AND JUDGES IN TOURNAMENT KARATE-We asked the cream of the current tournament crop to name the best of­ficials out there. After all, how many chances do the judged get to judge?

66 TRADITIONS—The traditional martial arts stress humility and sometimes produce a remarkable arrogance.

THE SATURDAY KICK AND SUNDAY PUNCH

56 BILLY BLANKS THE FIELD AT THE LAMA NATIONALS-Richard Plowden eliminated Nasty Anderson and Billy Blanks ended his long quest for an A-rated grand championship on a muggy Chicago night.

DEPARTMENTS 6 Editorial 8 Readers' Fomm

14 Calendar 61 Regional Ratings

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A Course in Cramming: The Weapons They Brought to West Virginia Con lined from page 51

Said Trey Butriss of Westlake, Ohio, "Every day after each workout-three or four depending on the day-1 write

The bigwigs gather for a grin. Left to right, Stewart, Presas, Replogle and Arnold.

all the techniques he (Presas) taught us in the order in which he taught ... Right now I have about 50 pages of notes after only four days of training."

" In the past year and a half," added one of the few female students, "I have studied tae kwon do ... I managed to learn basic stances, punches, kicks, and one kata. In less than a week, train­ing with Mr. Presas, I've learned five kala, three sinawalis (sparri ng-related drills), many disarms, angles of attack, and numerous other techniques."

Just after dinner one night, camp owner Stewart came out from the din­ing hall and looked out at the grassy fields behind the build ing. "This camp

has been a great experience for us all," he said. " In fact, I've been thinking about trying to turn the camp itself into a year-around training facility, recru it-

ing instructors and students from all over the country fQr this kind of inten­sive training." He nodded to himself. Then he grinned broadly. "Just think of all the martial arts I could learn for free." He sat down on a bench between the dining hall and the training hall and bobbed his head toward a young man going through the rudiments of one of the sinawaiis. "You know who that is?" Stewart asked.

The journalist shook his head. "That's the sheriff's son. Michael

Replogle was talking to him during the upset at the beginning of the camp. And just in some kind of joking, friendly way said, 'Well, you ought to come over to the camp and learn how to duck.' People in this part of the country have a sense of perspective. I like that." Kl