July 17-20, 2000. Here are some more pics from the webmaster's visit to the Oklahoma Shihan Ryu Institute, July 17-20, 2000. You can click the smaller images to view larger ones. Please use the "back" button of your browser to return.

A finishing strike. Robert finishes his technique with a strike, similar to a shuto (knife hand), but with the fingers spread.

Kote mawashi -- a turning wrist-bend. Here's what happens when you grab the lapel of Robert's gi.

Uke's elbow is pinned, and his wrist is hyper-extended. Micah is completely immobilized.

So... You wanna grab my belt. Well maybe I'll just do this...

...this was one of the webmaster's favourite techniques from his visit to OKC. With Sensei Carver's permission, Sensei Tony Foster added it to our Hapkido-Karate techniques for adult yellow-belt students.

Photos on this page courtesy of Gordon W.E. Nore © 1999 - 2007