No nearer finding an answer, but it is amazing what you can learn off the internet. I think I will have a go at cleaning up my aura tomorrow. It extends 5 metres around me seemingly, so could take some time.
The colours mentioned are all belt colours in judo or karate - and whilst there is actually no descriptive uniformity across schools, most have meanings similar to those quoted. Black = Now a true student, which surprised me when I first learnt it as I had previously viewed it as being a 'mastered this' award. Dan - you can take over as you were on the right track.
It surprises a fair few people BB. But martial arts is a way of life, one does not simply stop when he reaches black belt. The black belt is the beginning of a new path. The path to becoming a Master of Martial arts, usually a 4th Dan or 5th Dan. It can take up to 10 years to gain a 4th Dan upon attaining 1st Dan status. But it is a less physical time, more focused on training the mind and gaining the technique and qualifications needed to train other students and one day, run your own class. I will think of a question shortly.
Hopefully this will be a little less easy to find. In Tang Soo Do there are 5 'Pyung Ahn' forms(patterns/kata). What does Pyung Ahn mean?
The five 'empty hand' manoeuvres in Tang Soo Do and Karate... literally 'balance and security' I believe (got a mate who is a Tai Kwon Do instructor, so his Korean is ish!)
I will allow that Kev. The translation I have been taught is Calm and Peaceful, but there are several others as you would expect. Over to you
Cheers Dan - think Fez was unlucky not to get it Ok, what are the 8 Temptations of Man, and who modified them to what we know them as today?
Gluttony Fornication Avarice Sorrow Anger Discouragement Vainglory Pride Pope Gregory combined avarice & sorrow into sloth, making them the Seven Deadly Sins
In the game of chess, the most powerful piece on the board is the queen, whilst the least powerful is (arguably) the king. When the game was invented, the king was the most powerful - what happened to cause the change?
The king is a ruler not a warrior. The queen is the powerful matriarch, schemer etc. The Spanish upped the game in deference to Queen Isabella or possibly Joan of Arc.
As far as I know the game originated in Persia and was called Shah (King) and initially had only male figures. The Queen may have arrived into the game either with the Christianization or Islamification of the area - but with powers little more than that of Pawns, also Bishops and Rooks had a lesser role. At this time I think the Knight was second in power to the King. The rules of Chess changed around 1470 to add more speed to the game, and also, the changing role of the King may have to do with the fact that in real battlefields the King had moved back to the rear as it were, and by 1470 was no longer the leading warrior as in the times of Richard 1 or Saladin. Why exactly the Queen took over the leading aggressive role and not eg. the Knights I don't know. There were a number of warrior females around at this time such as Catharina Sforza which might have influenced this. Interestingly enough the Cromwellian era tried to remove Bishops from the game.
Cromwell cancelled Christmas too. Cheerful bloke, Cromwell... still had Charles 1 had his way we'd just be a pimple on the backside of Europe... oh hang on...
