Patcherson

its a HUGE offense to wear shoes on the mat or inside a dojo! It's a sign of disrespect as you bring evil spirits into the room.

normally front legs are used if they are coming towards you. when they come in you lean back and your leg will rise

I was joking too <3 I roundhoused kicked a HEAVY punch bag and hurt my instep i hit it perfectly between the instep and the shin but it really hurt! I used my shin then used the ball of foot and wow no pain what so ever! goes to show you pain teaches volumes

the technique is literally slapping the other person's hand or foot out of the way it looks like a shuto but normally only done with the lead hand

the very old mma fights used to have high level karate and judo masters fighting in gi's (karate suits) but now all they wear is a pair of spedoes or shorts and most fights go to ground and pound it's not actually fighting its brawling

killer its about sport blocking not application so no grabs are in sport

ouch but i'll do it thanks

imagine kata in a competition and your jaw falls off when you kiah xD

lol xD being fit has been medically proven to help you live longer and karate keeps you fit point proven =0 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/443504/Activities-to-Stay-Healthy-and-Live-Longer there ya go xD

thats interesting the way you say "sports shotokan" I'm not saying anything bad about you it just makes you realize how far sport karate is from "real" karate.

Shotokan

well i do them every day but i'll belt em heal for a bit. how exactly does conditioning harden your knuckles or will i ever see the benefits or know i have them.

I don't say a word my sensai taught me that your kiah comes from just under your belly button when you punch or strike you exhale from it and the sound comes naturally i find i make a different sound for every move

ya I don't want to mess up my knuckles I'v seen one guy who uses makiwara and his knuckles are square I don't want to do anything like that i just want to avoid my bones breaking when i have to use em you know?

If you only do the martial side of karate its like walking on one leg if you only do the spiritual side its like walking on the other a good sensai teaches you how to walk on both legs and you learn karate till you die even grand master Kanazawa is still learning new things well the only thing i can say to that is if you do karate till you die you'll live longer... my sensai will be leaving my club soon , when i found out about it I nearly fell down it's disheartening for such a great teacher a friend even to have to leave but alas I can't change fate. I hope to take over the club someday and I won't stop training and I wont stop teaching till I can't make a fist anymore.