Only six years to get black belt in combat akito

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Martial arts dojo opens
Posted: Friday, Feb 18, 2005 - 08:25:19 am PST
By MARY BERRYHILL
Staff writer


–Photo by MARY BERRYHILL
Martialist, Josh Faram, gives a few self-defense tips to seventh grade Sandpoint Middle School students.

SANDPOINT – Josh Faram decided that he wanted to become a martialist, and just recently he opened a dojo and is currently teaching the art of self-defense for Northwest Martial Arts.
He’s been involved in the martial arts since the age of 11.

“I lived in California at the time – West Covina,” he said, “and eventually I figured that I needed to learn how to defend myself if and when I ever needed to. I believe that defending yourself or someone else is important to learn in life wherever you live.”

He moved to Sandpoint in 1998 and for the first year or so, he played with a style called tae kwon do. From there he moved on for the next six years to what he calls “combat akito” – the style in which he received his black belt.

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“Generally it takes about eight years to receive a black belt,” he said. “But if you are moving along fast, you can do it in seven.”

He received his in only six years which, he said, is a bit unusual. But he practiced each and every day and his hard work and dedication paid off.

The classes Faram conducts is not what some might consider the “traditional” style of karate.

“We don’t teach using the loud noises you might sometimes hear at a dojo. It’s the more relaxed and a softer style. Ours is more of a flowing movement – not a style using the more typical tense movements associated with karate.”

He teaches mostly grappling – meaning various arm breaks, locks, chokes, take-downs and a number of different strikes.

“We teach mainly for protection,” he said. “We try to cover the full spectrum of any range of fighting really.”

Faram teaches self-defense from ages 12 through adult. Classes are held every Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the dojo located at Studio One, 521 Cedar Street.

Northwest Martial Arts is owned by Bob Batalia.

For more information call Faram at (208) 255-4164.

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Apparently he was able to move along at a speed faster than ‘fast.’
Can anyone quantify this for me?

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The only reason I was able to get my black belt in six years was because 50 percent of the time was private leasons. This was only because my instructor lived out in the woods, and the road was extremely difficult to get through in the winter(anyone who lives in the north idaho area, or anywhere that snows a lot would know this).
P.S. sorry for the late reply my brother googled my name and this article came up.

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He wants to be a martialist? Does he read Elmore?

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Who writes such a bad article and who the fuck takes such a crappy photo? And what a moron of an editor approves of that shit?!
Damn, kid in 3rd grade could write up a piece with a little more passion and take better pictures with its fisher price kiddy cam.
Boy, no wonder the world is coming to an end. I wonder if the author tried to compete for the bottom end with the guy in the article…

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Boy, no wonder the world is coming to an end. I wonder if the author tried to compete for the bottom end with the guy in the article…[/quote]

what exatly do you mean by this?

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Well just for the sake of argument, lets assume there is a list, and on that list you can find people. And those people are ordered by either their character or skills they posses or value to others, just think of a criteria that is mainly positive. And they are ordered by that.

This list will have a top, where you will find the good people, those with skills and qualities we are looking for in people. And of course, as for everything, there is a bottom of that list, where you find the rest, you know, the ones that are nowadays called “last winner” or any euphemism of that kind. This area of the list is called the bottom end…
got it? Or should I draw you a picture and ask momy to go over it with you? You can colour it afterwards …

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fuck you

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why dont you post a photo of your self and give your name so I know who you are bitch.

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Oh I am sorry I offended you. But you know, this picture, besides from the quallity and all that, shows what is wrong with MA from my point of view.

A guy with a BB and two people grabing wrists, with no effort. Here is WHY…

IF you are a wonderwoman fast in learning and got your BB so fast, don’t make a big deal out of it, it is a BELT.

If you have to train wristgrabs, which I say is stupid and totaly ignoring the reality. Then put a little affort into the wrist grabing. If you arm is that extended you ain’t going to control your “victims” arm.
And besides, why are you grabbing the wrist in the first place? To get punched in the face and knied in the groin while you are there, standing in your half ass comitted attack that, if you have to do it, should be a set up for a throw or anything… ?

You are with me on this one? I hope so… if not your BB should be taken away from you and you should be handed a white belt, go back training and learn why what you are doing is WRONG!

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Yeah

Subscribe.

Batman and now this thread, Saturday is full of win.

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Yes I am with you on this one and I will be one of the first people to acknolegde the weak points in aikijutsu(this is why I’ve studied and continue to study other styles; MT and of course BJJ). There is always weak point in any art in bjj its striking in muay thai its grappling in aikijutsu it’s no ground game and the training isn’t as good as it could be. If it had live grappling like bjj that would be a start(and yes I realize just a start). I am simply trying to take what works in each style. By the way it was my instructor who was conducting the class not me I was just there for support; and how much do you expect out of 7th grade girls anyway.

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Who was your aikijutsu intructor & what is his lineage?

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You know if you think it is BS then tell your teacher, this is what I do.
I cross train a lot and whenever I see something that doesn’t look right, I question it and if I am not happy with the answer I ask for demonstration and then call it out.

I know that there is “no complete” system around but within your system you should train as effective and realistic as possible.
Example: I train TKD as my “main system” and this is by far not a complete system but I can kick like hell, I have nailed technique down and I test it, in competition, crosstraining other systems and sparring, within my system and against people from other styles/systems. Since my trainers have good backgrounds in other arts such as MT,Boxing,Judo,AK, JJJ they incorporate that in our TKD and iron out the “flaws” as good as it is possible. This is what you should do and if your Sensai says that is wrong then fuck him and leave because this is stupid and narrow minded.

And on the 7th grader… I have seen a lot of great kids with incredible skills and even 7th grader in “average” can be good. If you would have said “the are new to the thing and we haven’t been over body dynamics and such stuff” I would understand. Most people training for years in MA don’t understand body mechanics and dynamics.

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My instructor’s name was bob batalia and his instructor name was les denning beyound that I wish I knew(les denning died a while ago and my instructor never gave it any importance); I suppose I should have simply out of curiousity.

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The 7th graders were new to this as it was there first day. And yes I would have trained somewhere more realistic if there was such a place in sandpoint idaho. My instructor did do things with me that most if not all aikijutsu instructors don’t do(throw striking combinations at me bare knuckle where if I didn’t block,deflect etc. I would simply get hit.

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Something you should know…

Aikijutsu is not a martial art. It’s likely the system you trained in was bullshido.

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Stop copying my lines

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Rock Ape,

What am I thinking right now?

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I’m an asshole ?

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Stop stealing my lines.