User talk:Ching-3

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'''Hi Ching-3. I noticed''' you have created several articles about Shotokan. With a short article like Gyaku zuki please add the following two lines.

They will make it easier for others to find and contribute to these pages. Cheers. --Bookandcoffee 19:08, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Kata
I've noticed you added execution lists to some of Shotokan's kata. I think that's an excellent idea. In fact, I'm curious as to where you got them. Now, I am a practitioner of Shotokan myself, and know some kata, and I found it difficult to follow, and it was doubly not easy having to go back and forth to Shotokan to figure out all the acronyms - I know the names of the techniques, but when I'm describing a kata, I say "Execute a low block in a front stance", not "Execute a gb in a kkd". I decided to take your lists, replace all the acronyms, and just make it a little clearer and more readable - cleaning up grammar mistakes, dubious English, etc... I was bold and replaced the pages, so take a look and tell me what you think. As I was going through, if there was a conflict between how I knew the kata and what you had written, I usually went with what you had written, unless it completely didn't make any sense, or if I couldn't find the acronym. Tell me if you think I made any mistakes. I would really like to see all the Shotokan articles cleaned up... Do you know if there is a WikiProject dedicated to martial arts? I just finished cleaning up all the hebrew alphabet articles and this is going to become my new project. Anyway I'd love to collaborate with you on adding execution lists to the other kata I know, and writing articles on the basic blocks and strikes. Thanks for your contribs already... СПУТНИК ССС Р 03:40, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

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