Shotokan_Fighter

i agree with you crazy rocker marine corp boot camp is the toughest you can get but think about a navy corpsman they have to go through the navys boot camp and the marine corps boot camp them guys are some tough men

is there anywhere i can see these guys fight or what they look like??

TJS wrote man you dont know what you are talking about it you think karate only works if you suprise someone. karate is ment for head on fighting. karate isnt that good if you are blindsided attacked there are 2 different types, duel that is where you are challanged and you can get ready to fight that is where shotokan karate works best. suprise attacked is the other one that is where you are attacked from behind that is where karate wont work that well and no MA probably will

fire ka you think the same way i do there needs to be more like us and shotokan warrior to we all stand beside our art trough thick and thin dosent matter but im with fire ka all the way shotokan needs more respect than it gets one day ppl will know how good shotokan really is im not saying it is the best MA out there but to me it is i eat sleep and breath shotokan karate. shotokan karate is my life. and that is what seperates me from alot of ppl these days who study shotokan

i agree with you fireka ppl diss karate even when they do it taht pisses me off i have done shotokan for like 2 years and i dont care what ppl say about it shotokan karate does work!! if it didnt it wouldnt be here

do any of you know where i can find some karate being used in fighting (ufc) dosent matter ???

thats good that they used karate and still holded there own that puts a good name on karate dosent matter the style

im a competitor i have fought in 5 different tournements and place 1st in sparring in 4 out of 5

i was just wondering if anybody has ever used shotokan karate or any style of karate dosent matter but if so what was the outcome?

i train for a hour on the bag mine is a 150 pound heavy bag

i agree with everything you said

thats a good idea the 15/20 min burn out im gonna mention that next class

champ my class is broken down into 2 different classes also but im not a teacher one for the lower belts and one for higher ranks

me personally i have self trained for 4 years and became pretty good until i herd about karate classes in town and i decided i would try it out so i did i didnt think much of it at first accually i thought it was useless wasnt any good but i just sticked with it. and know i wouldnt ever quit for anything i love karate (shotokan) theres nothing like it

shotokan will tear away at your feet for along time and you just get used to it after ahwile my feet can hardly feel any pain beacuse they are so callused up lol

champ that was a really good reply i liked it

i gotta say one thing to you who are saying former marines, there is no such thing as a former marine its once a marine always a marine semper fi do or die

do you guys agree with me on this that karate has to come natural in a fight. my karate class had a big talk on that and my sensei says karae has to come natural in a fight if you think about using karate in a fight you have lost the fight. do any of you agree?

im a 3rd kyu brown belt in shotokan karate

you cant join shotokan or prolly any stle of karate and expect to know how to fight in 2 weeks or 2 months you wont know enouph to fight in the street if you do fight you will loose. shotokan takes time to learn i think its better to take the time and learn basics after basics instead of going straight to learn how to fight. practice makes perfect you have to know basics and kata helps alot on your basics and form thats why shotokan is so up on kata. when you get to a green belt you start to learn power sped and ect. green is considered mid leval you start to spar you may spar earlyer also but when you get in purple brown belts is when your good. that is where im at 3rd kyu brown and i have come along way. i have developed so much power shotokan is all about power its a very powerfull style. but it takes time years of time to get good to beable to fight. shotokan teaches you to be a fighter and you will become one just stick with it. remember all shotokan karate kas karate has to come natural in a fight if it dosent you have lost the fight.

what is the difference im in a hard style of karate (shotokan karate) and im gonna stick with it and i have no plans an changing but what is a soft style and whats the difference between them?

i wear my gi to and from class all the time but that is usually the only time i wear it outside of training.

keep with shotokan, it takes a a while but its worth it shotokan karate is a very effective self defense MA i have done it for 2 years and im a 3rd kyu brown belt. shotokan is effective in dojo and street

you have to eat sleep and breath karate in order for you to be good at karate, karate takes time just stick with it and keep training

karate has taught me alot i know how to fight so much better i have alot more confidence i love karate and im never gonna give it up its a way of life you have to eat sleep and breath karate