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Well it depends if you mean lots of weak techniques, because if they are strong and good I'd take more tehniques over the experience

Congratulations And hope you do good on your grading:) I will also be grading for orange somewhere in december

Oh, so you are a woman? well the nick sounds manly And you are yellow belt like me Hope you do well on your turnament

I might be wrong but I'd say you would learn faster how to fight from the wing chun teacher, but those tai chi programs look really nice(wonder if you could study all three at once)

I'm not rich so I use everything I can find, so for example diffrent sized bottles filled with sand. You just need to be creative. And for heavy bag I dont use any protection, because my sensei told me it hardens your fist

Would be nice if there were similar sites but for other styles

Wow, very nice. I'd like to be on that level already

Hey slayer, are those kiokushin stances? because kokutsu is a bit diffrent from what we do. we have front foot facing enemy, and feets in one line

It would be also good to buy attested equipment so he could use it on competitions.

I'd say karate(but its because i'm karate practicioner myself). The best would be for you going to each class, and see for yourself how each look, and if it suits you. Also try asking about the instructor, price, how many hours a week etc.

Welcome on the forums, hope you'll have fun here.

Always keep your guard up, and try to keep your optimal distance. And when he atack either jump out of range or try a counter. And whatever happens stay focus dont give up and do your best. Good luck

I think students motivation depends on their personal goals, and why they actualy started training. For example I started training because I want to become stronger, get higher belts if possible, make new friends, and what is most important for me- spend time in fun and enjoyable way.

When I was grading in shotokan, I was skiping one grade, and of course if I would fail I would end up with nothing so I was really nervous( some said my face was as pale as my gi) Well I did most correct, but I mistook yoko geri kekomi with kaege, but I passed. I was so happy

Welcome and good luck

Welcome, and have fun on the forum

I would still preffer to learn in dojo or something like that where I can ask questions, and I'm told when I do something wrong or right. And after lessons I somethimes search for interesting things and katas on the internet, but I dont thing someone could learn only from it.. But If someone is really determined then ok, learn on your own, but why do you have to pay for something when its free on internet. Oh, and Kruczek also means 'Legal loophole' I was just curious because I'm Pole

I always help myself learn katas from youtube. Ofcourse I learn them in karate class but I have bad memory so If it was not for youtube I would not learn them. So I'd say you shouldnt buy something that you can find for free on the internet. BTw Kruczek, where did you got that nick from? It souds polish.

Hi, I'm looking for some novels about karate or other japanese styles. There are lot of wuxia style but I'm more into karate than kung fu. Can anyone help?

I envy you evergrey that your sensei gives you so much attention. I mostly train and learn new things by myself.

I mostly do this because I trained for one year kung fu in middle school. and then in high school I just fought with what I had, so now its hard to control old habbits

Wow, 2nd place, congrats.

Oh, its good to hear. My senpais were really upset when I blocked their kick with my elbows, But I did it without thinking.

I just wanted to know what arts allow blocking with your elbow and what arts dont allow it.

I just go with punches with my leading hand to max the distance, and some mawashi kicks. In my class all the people are younger than me and much shorter so I just need to keep the distance