Abari Isamu

All the advice, links, and time given to help me in my choice to decide which dojo to join. I have decided to go with Shotokan. It isnt JKA or AKA certified but it has been in the past for serveral years and has several JKA trained and certified black belts and has a total of 100 years of experience and has been in existance for 30 years. So I thank everyone for their help and concern, thanks.

ok one last question to sway my choice, I went to ben anderson and he has very small class of 7 and is jka certified but hes a little ways away. I went to another which is large but isnt certified at all but once was and the teacher is jka certified in his belts. So would it be worth it to join even if he isnt certified at the moment? Hes been around for about twenty years or so.

I checked out the places that you guys have told me about and a sat at their classes for a couple hours over the past few days and I decided to check out taekwando at a place called ATA black belt academy, i was told by an instructed that it does have some traditional background to it and has been in the area for 21 years. It is also AKA certified and has national and world championships. Plus i was told it has a mixture of hand-to-hand aswell as some weapons too, so I think I might like it. Ill let everyone Know how it goes.

Wow, thanks man I really appreciate the links you guuys are really helping me out in a big way. I head of a Shotokan Karate dojo in Jackson Tennesse which a little closer, its called Bob Bass Shotokan Karate. If somone could take a look at the it and gve me their professional opinion it would be appreciated. http://basskarate.com/

Thanks guys for the advice and for the links sensei8, I appreciate it.

I live in Memphis tennesse.

finally found out where to post this! So I am new to martial arts and dont know wat the best style is to go. I am a big fan of japanese culture so I'd like to be able to do something to tie them into each other if possible.

I am wanting to start taking a japanese style Karate but dont know what styles or anything to go with. If someone could give me some advice and or guidance it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.