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well said bushido man. Also i would like to add there are guys in the business who are known as shooters. Thay know just as much about submission as the next guy. Also there stamina is amazing a good pro wrestler can wrestle upwards or 60min so cardio should not be 2 much of a factor that they would have to adjust for.Thay are big and vaery athletic. Thay also know how to pace them selfs when need be and when to press the pace. Also dont use brock as and example. He was a crappy pro wrestler that never earned the respect of his peers or wrestling fans. He was a gimick to make money. Now you want to talk about guys like dean malinko chris bennot arn anderson antonio anoki all these guys were lagitamit shooters that were doing theses techniques long before mma was a household name

I fear my grandmaster. I fear letting him down. I fear not representing my self in a manner he would be proud of. But i have never been afraid of him.

hay now you dont need and association for it to be karate. Also karate is a way of life as sensi8 said. also you need to understand karate is just and interpretation that okinawans and Japaneses took on martial arts. Then there is korean karate which all is arguable off shoots of chineses martial arts. worry less about the name and more on the teachings you get bout with the technique and the life style they will teach you.Also i would not consider tkd karate. Its a style of its self. Thats what the Korean government wanted when thay unified Korean martial arts under one name.

I also have no exp in tkd. But from what i have been told. You can not use your hands to perry a punch or kick. So i think as not to loose points they train just hold the hands down. As i said this is just what i have been told. I do not know this to be fact

The way of the intercepting fist. The name explanes its self. Also to many people argue about the style. When he said my style is no style. He wanted us to take what works for us and get rid of what does not. No set movement punches or kicks. He wanted us to find are own way.

watch it again clearly a snap kick under the chin at least vs vetor

guys the kick came from his tkd background. Do a quick check and you will see he has also done tkd for many years. Thats wear the front snap kick came from. Not seagal or Thai. plain old tkd. If it had been a Thai front kick it would of been a push kick. In all my years i have never seen a Thai fighter trough a snap kick. Now i could b mistaken. So if i am wrong I can be corrected.

do not listine to him he says this because he is not confident in his ability's. No one style is Superior to the other just different. Ihave spared guys of all difrent styles some i could kick the tar out of some kicked the tar out of me what i am getting at is its not the style that makes the man it is his heart. I tend to agree look for another school one that will help you in your search not one that is trying to take you backwards. But keep in mind. you will be learning a new art. with comes different applications. you will need to learn to do things that way to even get a proper understanding of that art. the trick is to make it complement your shorin ryu not change it. Also you love shorin ryu with that said i would not compare everything to it. for if you do this you will never be satisfied as the passion will not be there. look for something that will complement it not something Superior or better because no one style is supioror or better just diffrent

but you are right it is not about the black belt its about the art or at least it should be. we should all strive to be the best we can wile giving back to are art you see we don't earn a black belt we learn a style or a way of life the belt is only a symbol to show our years of training. I don't know about you guys but i wear my rank in my head and heart i know what i can do and how good i am or am not. I need no belt to hold my karate. But i can tell you right now when your promoted to black belt in my old studio. you deserve to it was not handed or bought. It was gained trough the old cleshay blood sweat and tears with hard work dedication and a lot of man hours from bout yourself and the instructors. If you have a black belt and don't fill as if it means anything that is because in your heart you fill as you didn't earn it. Thats not the belts falt or your instructors falt its our jobs as artes to earn it. know one can tell when that is its something you fill inside of you in 13years i never made a black belt ever but i can tell you this i ernd my rank i am very proud of what i accomplished. now i have been to studios that have revewd me and offerd to put a black belt on me on the spot. i declined y because when i get my black belt it will be because i proved to my self that ernd it. not because i know the technique. Also i do believe the only reason thay started using a belt system was for military men and wimon to distinguish there difference in rank by time spent in the art. with or without a balt i am the same person. Y it is not about the belt but the jernoy getting there. There are still people out there who make you earn it they make sure you are physically ready technically read and the main one mentally ready for it. Black belt or not master or not only you can know what that belt represents. And i promise you when you have ernd it in your heart you will not worry about how other got it but will be happy because you know you both deserve it and are ready tyo represent it with confidence and dignity. Not shame or regret

I disagree Some Instructors still make you earn it. I know in the studio i train in. It was minimum of 4 years before you were even eligible for a black belt. In the 13 years i trained under him He olny promoted 6 blackbelt and 5 of them were a family and no they did not all get there black belt at the same time. The black belt still means something its your job to earn it not buy it not have it handed to you defiantly not brake a board for it. You earn it with dedication hard work and love for your art. You need to find a reparable school and instructor. they are easy to find when your truly looking for one simply because the crap schools and mcdojos eliminate them selves by eater word of mouth or within seconds of talking to the instructor. You will know this school by 1 its not fancy it will look the part not shiny and perfect but often sweaty and well worn usily a blood spot or 2 2 the focus will be on the art and technique not the money or awards If they mention money before telling you about themselves or there style you will want to probably want to go some wear else 3 The instructor will be knowledgeable and take his job serious he will go trough each technique with you until you are proficient with it.

with or without pad you show me one pro fighter who has a hook as nice or as devastating as mike Tyson Bernard Hopkins the list goes on and on. Its not a question on who is the best fighter but what the best method of trowing a hook is. and last i checked tie guys use a big padded glove 2. Also yes there hand training is inherently Superior. strictly because they do log more man hours in trowing punches. Hince more time to perfect what thay do when you strictly train one aspect you tend to excel in it. Now thats not saying thay are the best fighters because that is not the case. But just like a boxer will not beet a karate fighter in a kicking match. No tie or karate fighter is going to beet a boxer in a boxing match. Y because there hands are not on the same level that means technique 2

my advice is use americas martial art as and example. Boxing undoubtedly the best in the world with there hands. you want to learn to get the most out of a hook watch the way a pro boxer troughs it.

I was just wondering how many of you out there actively take tang soo do from who and wear. Also do you guys focus more on sport or self defince. Light or hard contact sparring or a mix of bouth

I don't believe that it has any impact on karate at all. Yes is did do some work with Steven Seagal . But even if he did pick anything up from him it would be aikido not a jumping snap kick or a high snap kick last i seen seagal doesn't leave the ground too much. So i wold think its just him in general Anderson first and fore most is a martial artist always evolving. Also i believe Anderson him self has a black belt in tkd so that's wear the kicks came from. so I guess you cold say its karate but tkd i would not consider karate. I would consider it its oun style. Off topic sorry.

stay on topic guys this is not about religion or church. It is about and animal and the hurt it had on a human and karate. now even though it was only one person percentage does not matter sadly society will just generalize it with karate. Now at this should not change the way people teach as said earlier physical contact is a must in karate. Just make sure there is alwess another instructor or jr instructor when alone with a female student for bout of yours protection