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It would seem, he just felt humiliated of what happened. Maybe he'll come down to it in time, propably knows how the thing really is and that he's over reacting. you don't have to take it very seriously, you could just ignor what he said as it is wrong to ask you not to do what you are supposed to do.

"Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one's in inferior status in the eyes of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status." -Lao Tzu I like this quote, and it seemes to be true. However, I don't think it is smart to think like that. When a person is not teaching, he is only a student and that means, he is not there to show what he Can do, but to learn things that he can not do, and over all to do them always better.

He did not highlight katas. In his own training or his teaching. But he did practise them a lot and they have always been a part of Kyokushin that you can not take away. Katas represent a big part of karates budo aspect, and if budo is taken away, it is no longer real karate. There is still different versions of all the katas.

Depending much from the school..

That's great. Like said, teaching is a good way to improve in your own technique too. Good luck!

Just practice the way you are going to fight in the next tournament.

That's weard, so it was only because you were missing the classes a lot?

Solid post from sensei8. 'get to the finish'? "It is good to have an end to journey towards but , it is the journey that matters in the end."(Ursula K.) LeGuin

And that ain't a short road. But the first belt is just the beginning Best of luck.

Effective for what? Do not be ignorant towards other styles, you've tried one of them, right? Effectiveness is about the person, as said. where a simplified example are wing chun and aikido, whitch are both very good styles for a woman or a smaller person and anybody else who wants to learn that style. So what I mean is, that there should be considered: Is the art good for you physically, and do you like it, does it fit your principles.

"it will help draw in more crowds as it is very awesome to watch. It was geared towards the teenage crowd as most schools lack teens and there are more smaller children and adults." I mean that for me that is not what karate is for, but I agree with bushido_man96. That will depend on what it means to each person, or, on what that person intends for it to mean at that particular point in time.

I understand. But I don't stand up for doing that.

Katas are very much different, though some of them in Kyokushin are from Shotokan. While in Shotokan, katas are done pretty smoothly and very long and low stances, in Kyokushin the stances are not as low, and much katas are supposed to do very strongly. You kind of stop in between every step. http://www.masutatsuoyama.com/kyokushinkata.htm ----->>> "Kyokushin kata are often categorized as "Northern Kata" or "Southern Kata," based upon their origin and development. The Northern Kata are similar to those found in Shotokan Karate, since they were developed from Mas Oyama's training under Gichin Funakoshi. Master Funakoshi in turn derived these kata from northern Chinese kempo and Shorin Ryu. The Southern Kata were developed from Mas Oyama's study of the Okinawan karate style of Goju Ryu under So Nei Chu, which in turn were derived from southern Chinese kempo. The movements in these kata are more circular and flamboyant than those in the Northern Kata."

Stance being longer makes it stronger and so helps you to create more powerful hand techniques. Those also teach you how to move effectively on different surface or when the opponent is trying to unbalance your stance. By low and long stances we learn our bodies limits which aren't very much in the higher stances.

Thankyou Chris!

I don't think it affects, accept for an individual it might. I would expect it to make the practitioner's technique better by the fact that you don't get very far in full contact (not really in any contact....) if you do not have the technique. But then again, if this practitioner is not very advanced, he doesn't have the techniqe That well And he loses half of the technique while sparring hard. ...I also would like to know what exactly is meant by full contact, what Can it include?

I think children should have an opportunity to also train with adults, they most propably get a lot out of it. And it may not be a bad thing at all for an adult eather, for example in sparring, there is some techniques that you just don't very often get a chance to practice with more challengin parners. You just gotta figure out what can You get from the training with That partner.

That's nice fighting.

That would propably be my first thought too. How long belts does people use then? I just use the one that is -- good size! Never thought it could mean anything else. Some people prefer longer belt some shorter one.

Common stance in kickboxing and TKD. Fight side on to minimise the targets presented and to make it easier to use lead leg side/hook/roundhouse kicks. But doesn't is make it slower to use the back leg? Do they use it seldom, or is there some stradegy for that? Thanks!

Why is their stance like that, sideways?

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing it's best day and night to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." -E. E. Cummings

I don't think many of them are wrong if you do them right. But of course you have to listen your body, like on those streches that migh be bad for knees..I don't do them if they feel even a little bad. In every strech back should be straight while bending forwards.

To fight fairly in self-defence and in a match. In a match to respect your opponent. Honor should be in the match no matter how it ends.

Katas (in kyokushin) have all the techniques of kyokushin style. Through the practice of kata, the traditional techniques used for fighting are learned.