Himokiri Karate

Im curios to know if kyokushin schools incorporate judo throws in to there karate? I know karate and judo are both popular and so I was curios to know if kyokushin guys or other karate styles also teach judo/aikido/jujitsu throws in to there skillset?

No doubt and lets put religious leaders and priests in on the list as well! Sensei's like irvin shoulden't let there superstar status go to there heads. At the end of the day, they are the once that are dealing with people who seek there trust and thus putting themselves in a vunerable position. This effects ALL that practice martial arts in any shape or form specialy those of you that teach. Community members use to think as martial arts a good hobby a great way to learn an art as well as a culture and get in shape. But this whole tattooed up, loud culture of "Im gonna KO this guy, that guy"mma has really attracted a group of unsavoury people!

He himself was charged for an unrelated but same type of crime in early 90s but charges dropped due to lack of evidence. Brandon Vera and dominc cruz are no longer working together and a female grappler on his team has said that, she was forced in to mulitmarketing scam to boost his google sites and she was forced to share a hotel room with him during travels for compitions: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/3/5/4066506/team-lloyd-irvin-sex-abuse-cult-power-medal-chasers-exodus

I just want to tell Op something: In the world of boxing there are lots of rowdy characters as well as swearing and being chaotic. I asked my coach why isn't boxing run like a martial arts establishment? They told me that, in a boxing match or combat sports as well as physical altercation, these places tend to be loud and chaotic and its up to YOU to find the calmness in all the chaos. Like another poster said, this young man may have some mental shortcomings and perhaps he has improved.

EDIT: My Mistake! This thread should be in the politics section since its in regards to law. I just realized this is gma section, my bad! This is a question for ALL martial arts instructors/stylist in regards to lloyd irvin. Lloyd Irvin is a famous jujitsu coach who has worked with brandon vera and other ufcers. Recently I heard two of his male students s-assaulted a fellow female student of his in a parking lot and now ! He also has a history of gang assault of a female back in the 90s as well. This blows my mind, I dont understand how anyone in there right mind would want to associate themselves with lloyd irvin! The reason I ask that is, Personaly I box and do karate/kungfu privatly with friends. So I am not in the whole martial arts school scene. What I like to know is, how do you deal with people like that both as students,fellow co-insturctors as well friends? Should people go out of there way to expose this guys inhumane act? I know some say "not your business" but isn't this guy putting a black eye on ALL martial art instructor regardless of style? If you google lloyd irvin the R word willl pop up.

I dont understand the whole "Testing" concept! In Brazilian jujitsu, the instructor monitors you and in a random time once he sees your growing as a student. He has everyone gather around...walks up to you,changes your belt and congradulates you and makes sure him and other students whip you GOOD with there belt! Heeheheh, thats the way! I mean if your pulling moves of in sparring that are good,if your a helpful training partner and a good member overall then I dont see why you should "test"

Curios to know if you guys teach privately aside from classes or are only private instructors strictly. Curios to know: How many students you have? How productive is it for you or students working one on one? Is the progess really all that faster? Do you train them differently as oppose to class setting? Heres a weird question, do you guys offer private training and instead of money you get a helping hand with something? My friend from highschool is a car mechanic, he wanted to learn martial arts but didnt know which one, so at his work he met a purto rican guy and the guy offered to help him with jujitsu for fixing his car.

I had had a change of heart on this topic! Few months back I was anti-fat, but to me its even MORE impressive if the overweight senseis can sparr/demonstrate moves! Perhaps the whole bodybuilding culture has infected the general crowd Now here is why being fat is not that relevant in martial arts provided the instructors can still perform and infact maybe an asset as well! 1.Martial arts/karate should be able to work for every walks of life regardless of there shape,size and height as well as gender provided the students are willing to work hard at it 2.Its not a beauty pagent, I have yet to see a bodybuilder win a street fight bench pressing his or her opponents or flexing his way out of a street brawl 3.Fedor Emlianko,James Toney, I ONLY named these two mma/boxing fighters because they are both fighting guys 2 or 3 weight classes higher then they are. Oh and lets add karo parisyan in there as well! Despite there bodyfat at some point all 3 folks have had success in there professional career using technique and aggression! Inconclusion: sure it may help to reduce some bodyfat if the individual is inclined to do so but instructors should NOT be discriminated for being overweight. Lets save the criticism for bad instructors,unprofessional remarks in training

Never heard of that before.. Can you maybe explain some specifics about that? It sounds interesting I do think that in our society nowadays overweight is a big problem. And some people also have other problems (like back or knee problems) which contribute to gaining more weight. But still in my opinion you can't place overweight one to one with the capabilities of an instructor. Cheers T3chnopsycho Sorry for the late reply. So bikram yoga is more of an aggressive version of hot yoga that holds position for a particular duration and since the room is heated you will be able to stretch more provided that you dont over do it. Now the reason I thought I mention this is that some of the posters in this thread have been saying they have knee problems and thus they cant do cardio like they did in there earlier karate training. So perhaps by implementing Bikram Yoga which helps regulate food craving and gives you that extra cardio may help some of the folks in the thread with the bad kness since the gentleman who founded bikram was a former weightlifter who injured his knees in a squating competition and had retired to do yoga. Hope this helps P.S: In regards to subject of overweight and karate instructor well...Fedor Emalianko! Martial Arts at its very core isnt about health or low body fat...its about learning how to fight and performing the technique/movements at a high and refined level regardless of bodyfat. My personal opinion: Overweight instructor who can perform technique=Good Overweight instructor who cant perform technique=Bad If instructor is being hindered by high level of bodyfat relative to his built/bone density then he or she needs to create that caloric deficet to lose the fat. If instructor has metabolic problem that makes it hard then he or she may consider taking healthy fats and high quaility enzymes to restore the metabolic problem from within. I know bodybuilders who have damaged there metablism/digestive systems due to there high protien intake and some get in to holistic healing with success and have been able to fix there digestive problems to a certian level. I am sure a karate instructor with metabolic problems will have an easier time then a bodybuilder who has abused his inside due to high/protien and super supplements

Not to go off-topic but have you guys considered implementing Bikram Yoga to your karate/martial arts? I have heard people as well as athletes with injuries say good things about bikram yoga. It may be a good compliment to your karate or if you have a bad knee but need that extra cardio outside of martial arts perhaps a good yoga instructor may be able to help you out

Did kungfu Toa in Iran, switched to shotokan in canada, went to boxing and then I started doing shaolin excercises/chi kung to help improve my boxing. So basicly I practice boxing but I have a sifu who helps me on the side and I have a kyokushin buddy who we train together. So I guess now its boxing +karate/kungfu on the side!

I understand what your saying but in boxing if a skilled out-boxer who won the golden gloves stops practicing and tries to get back in the game. Chances are his skills will be dulled and he may have to work his way up by starting from foundation training until he regained his skills. I thought perhaps a black belt who stopped practicing may need to restart from brown belt until he or she is up to speed to his prior skillset as a blackbelt before he departed for whatever reason be it injury, personal prblems,laziness, lack of interest at that particulre time...

I am kind of curios, I mostly practice boxing and chinese martial arts but I have been wondering this question. Say a karate student becomes a black belt and for some reason he/she feels that being a black belt means that now they can relax and let there work ethic go... Would the head instructor/sensei revoke/suspend there black belt??? I ask because I know some personal trainers would only accept clients who would be 100 committed to there training. There rational is that undisciplined students takes there credibility away as trainers. So I thought perhaps a karate instructor wouldent want his black belts be the type that may become know it all because they achieved a certian rank and now feels like they no longer need to train hard.... Feel free to share any exprience of that nature

I have always been curios on peoples take, should martial art teachers avoid becoming friends with students since it may compromise the bond of the teacher-student or does it strengthen the relationship? By friends, I dont mean social function for the sake of the dojo and getting to know the students but rather hanging out on regular basis...would it be considered unprofessional? I ask because freddy roach has said that aside from dinner function he throws for his students he avoids becoming buddies since it may compromise his roll as a serious instructor.

I have a question for you guys, when you say overweight, are you guys saying that the instructors suppose to be around 8-12 percent bodyfat? Just to add to discussion, I have been watching Jack Lalannes videos as well as other fitness folks and they mentioned that before losing weight you have to go through a period of time for the body to adapt the new lifestyle and eating habit. Its interesting to mention that all these fitness teachers have mentioned that many people do go on a diet change but they dont stick with it for very long and in the beginning you feel fatigued,hungery,irritable and overwhelmed by feeling of impending doom. I wonder if changing diet/losing weight is similar to an indiviual who is new to sparring. What I mean by that is, in the beginning you get more tired and nervous then you should in sparring. I feel the same when I do my raw vegan cleansing during spring/summer seasons, in the beginning it felt like I was losing my mind, each summer it has gotten much better and better though...

I dont know if I should be ashamed for saying this but, I heard about this style in an anime/manga. Although to be fair in the anime there is, judo,sambo,karate,jujitsu,boxing,muay thai,tae kwando and more irl styles...

I rewatched the video and saw two adults and one holding a baby. Maybe your right, it may have been a challenge match. Nice kick but the guy who delivered it acts like he just KOed a prime mike tyson.

Highly doubt it! The guy in the white pants looked like he didnt want to participate and was doing it due to peer pressure based on his facial expression. If you look at the crowd, you see young people and they where wearing casual clothing and there was no instructors peresented on either side. Yup looked like the typical youtube thug. That being said, the guy had a nice kick!

Knowing human anatomy helps I suppose as well as knowing physics and gravity also helps as well for sitting down on punches/strikes as well as making sure your not off-balance on different surfaces... After all in boxing and martial arts there is a science behind it.

I dont think he is an instructor. Its possible that he got permission to use the space from his instructor for shooting a video. Perhaps someone should find out what gym this is and warn the instructor that there is a student conducting this type of action.

Seems like an interesting style, I have heard of many chinese martial arts but not this one. I read the wiki but I perfer to hear what its like from someone who practices this art. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piguaquan

I know that most of you guys are traditionalist for most part and from what I have read, most of you have a join date of 2003 to 2006 and 06 was the year that mma really got big. My question for you is that, how has the popularity of ufc effected your dojo? Are you guys benefiting from its popularity due to karate fighters like george st piere,chuck liddle and machida. Or do you find that people are not interested in traditional martial arts and only want the "mma gym"? Just curios to know if the popularity of ufc is rekindling peoples interest for the more traditional martial arts? As a boxing practioner, we get many mma fighters that want to do private lessons or to spar. Same with the muay thai gym my friend trains at and the coaches like that since they get to be busy working with people and make some money in this tough economy that we have.

While I agree that a good instructor is a great thing to have, you have to remember that not every style may fit your interest or your budget, especially at your age and, whereas it would be reasonable for me as an adult to drive an hour and a half away for a good school, you don't have that luxury.So yes, look for a great instructor but make sure that the system is something that you're interested in. Just because, (random example) there is a fantastic Aikido instructor doesn't mean that Aikido is something that you want to do. I agree with you 100 percent the reason I said good grappling coach was because OP was asking what style he should learn since he doesnt get along with the wrestling team at his school. Personaly my fav grappling art is judo but the judo gyms around my area have a high injury rate so I just stick to boxing and doing private sessions with a judo guy I know. That being said I would love to join a good reputable judo or sambo gym

Please, PLEASE make sure you pick a good grappling coach as oppose to a style. A good grappling coach is more important then a grappling style since every grappling art has a throw,takedown,submissions,positions. In laymans term: 1. A Good grappling school has technical student+low injury rate 2. A Bad grappling school has people powering over moves+ high injury rate

What do you mean by this? Where are you getting this info? Every single person that was a newbie in sparring has exhibited this type of behaviour. As soon as they get hit, they either close there eyes or look down on the ground and start brawling. Lets look at karo parisyan who was a judoka in mma, he never had any striking skills, so when he got hit he would clinch up with people and take them down. But if your a karate man or a striker then sparring is mandatory. After talking to group of kyokushin karatekas as well as being involved in boxing, we came to a conclusion that without sparring there is no bonding exprience. Sparring is great, it really helped me identify and address the problems I had with conditioning,technique and habits as well as making a connection with sparring partners and learning from them and there style and habits as well.