jrharbar

Kakato geri, ura mawashigeri, mikazuki geri, teisho uchi, Kakiwake uke, tate zuki, kagi zuki Well it depends not only on the style of karate do but on the knoledge of the instructors, why ? you ask. well simple i'll help: kakato geri is a simple axe kick ura mawashigeri is a crescent heel hook kick normally High mikazuki geri is a kick used normally for blocking from the forward position (zenkutsu dachi) it flows like a mae geri and moves inward with the inside of your foot like a palm block. teisho uchi thrust palm strike, normally to the stomach chest chin of face, (counterstrike generaly) Kakiwake uke is a technique used to split a double lapel grip, need to be very strong to do this but when done normally can be useful added a kick in the middle tate zuki is a Half reverse punch, or a thrust punch in a hammer punch position... kagi zuki is a hook punch a bit complicated to explain but as it sounds. My dad was my sensei and he spent hours learning the name and how to use most of the moves in traditional Japanese. for a better teaching method. sow you learn all the moves names depending if your sensie knows the correct name of the move and how to use them, if not he will just call them by an English term for better understanding. hope this was help full, if you need help with terms or moves email me. keep training Ous. . .

I agree, yet selling belts with monthly promotions is just not karate. . . . . i wold rather have a BJJ belt ranking system than a karate ranking system. if you dont know its a year of white belt and even more or the other belts that way you will be a real white belt and you will grow as a martial artist.

well i have unfortunately been in a Wee Kon Yu Karate school but my father was a traditional Shotokan Karate Practitioners and he imediatly pulled me out of the class and started training me him self. i was 9 and i preferred the WeeKonYu style a lot easier and my dad did train me for about a year at home traditionally (barefoot gravel kata training, makiwari training and conditioning) after that year of hell he found a old sensei with a respectable school he singed me up and i rested with all the easy training and often asked the sensei "that's it?, no more?" he wold smile and say "don't worry your dad is traditional style i'm not". when i met up with the WeeKonYu sensei he just said your school i no good mine is better, but i had first place medal and my friend had second and his son had third. Know that you are a honest persona and that teaches good Karate, be proud of your self and i'm proud that you recognized and bad school and walking away from it.

As far as i know kick boxing was a merge of full contact Karate and boxing, yet iv always seen shin kick and never related kick boxing with muay tai. yet a lot of styles in karate use the "side step kick", doesn't really utilize the hip torque but muscle contraction torque to generate power and speed to kick and normally does not use the shin but the ankle to kick and i have been kicked with it and its a lot worse than the Thai round house chin kick. in reference it looks a lot like Bass Rutten mid kick from his how to kick hard tutorial. just in case you haven't seen it here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvyn8wG8QI

I agree but a spar form of Karate wold be more suited for the Olympics, the same way for the petition of submitting only BJJ I wold go all the way on Traditional 100 participant kumite for a 1 or 2 day event. no gloves no pads just taped knuckles and a whole lot of balls and mouth pieced fighters. no points, only the knock down rule (if you get knocked down and stay down you lose) that wold be awesome !!!!!

Well i think i can help 1. Don't ever shadow box (if you don't have the correct form yet) It messes with you're distance and you will be punching and kicking air for a long time until your start sparring for real 2. Sand bag drills help a lot (remember to wrap your hands for this you don't what to mes up your wrists) try this stand in forward stance (zenkutsu dachi) and do the following: a. left mid punch, right mid punch, right round mid kick b. right mid punch, left mid punch, left round mid kick 10 sets of each will help you gauge you're distance and try to maintain form always landing back (remember to keep you're defense up while you punch and kick) try to always finish a punch or kick about 2 to 3 inches behind the target. 3. sparring with new fighters is a good way to train, just smile and let him kick you a bit that way you can get used to getting hit, the more you get hit that more you aren't afraid of it Sounds harsh but you'll learn fast

My first time wasn't that good but it has a story My sensei just said, have fun don't take it personal, you know what to do., I was a 10 year old white belt with 3 months of training. an axe kick to the face, cleared my sinuses, knocked all the butterfly's out of my stomach, and had me thinking "weren't kick to the face like not legal" my sensei just looked at me and said "well high block next time". i lost by a land slide and beaten badly but the only thing i could ask my sensei was "is he gonna be in the next tournament ?" he said "yes, probably" i responded "good". My sensei then told me "your not going to participate though, we didn't come here to get personal we came here to learn" i was disappointed with my self because he actually told me "don't take it personal" and the first thing i did was just that. next tournament i didn't participate, but the boy that kicked me in the face was from Costa Rica, came up to me and said "I'm sorry for kicking you in the face the other tournament, i was punished for it and i'm not allowed to participate but wold you like to spar with me?" i said sure, and we became one of the main attraction of the tournament because we went all out kicking, punching and jumping heel hook kicks, jumping low sweeps, senseis just stood each on one side of the mat, we smiled all the match we noticed we had a ref on the side and people cheering, suddenly we had the timer on ?, sensei's didn't say anything just stood there, at the end of the time the ref said "ok we are about to start the tournament" after we were done we hugged and shook hands, we got a standing ovation from the crowd and 100 push ups each from our respective sensei's we laughed all the way and was one of my better memories of not participating in a tournament. and remember that my first real fight wasn't an official one it was the most exciting fights i have ever fought. happy training (TSKC)

Well i don't agree, all martial arts or artists are a master in there own right like for example traditional training wold make a lot of other martial arts a lot more effective. i wold have Boxers do makiwara training for there jabs, straits, crosses in general strait punches., not for power thought more along the line of form, posture, and accuracy., Power and speed wold come naturally. and i wold also get some karate fighters in to some ground work. all forms of martial arts are awesome., i recommend not to practice you're style but study you're style, the more you know and learn the easier it becomes to adapt new moves and "Technics"

Hi I'm a 12 year practitioner of Traditional Shotokan Karate if yo need any Hard body conditioning tips, or kata hints, or Kumite Coaching please don't hesitate to ask. We are all students of Karate-Do, wee need to help each other

Darn Front kick i have a battered bottom lip and a broken tooth because of that kick. yet i never liked practicing it that much. If you have a basic but effective traditional karate move thats now been used in mma lets hear about it

hey my name is Jose Harbar, 1st Degree Brown Belt Traditional Shotokan karate Trained with kyokushin body conditioning Spared with most major style practitioners

Awsome Post Sparring isn't really the problem, getting hit for real for the first time and in any style getting used to the hits. I wold recommend some tatami work (landing techniques) then go on to some Makiwara (Post punch training) get some one to start kicking u a bit or wet bamboo strikes to get a feel for getting hit. then sparing will just feel like Chess, on how to hit and not to get hit. hope u have fun, and don't hurt your self