Shotokan_Fighter

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id much rather prefer karate4 over judo in particular, shotokan karate. to me karate is a overall better fighting art. but if a person gets you on the ground well then your SOL.

ill try out some of the stuff you guys do. thanks

go with karate, karate is a overall better art than tae kwon do. karate is better for self defense and physical exersise, what style of karate do you have in your town?

i know that the shin and instep have better reach and can hit better but if you hit somone with a round kick with the ball of the foot that is a effective weapon, but im just trained different then all of you id much rather kick with the ball of my foot, but for sparring i do hit with my instep, that depends on who i am sparring with.

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iv never been kicked, or kicked with a shin/instep round kick, but id still much rather kick with the ball of my foot. Trust me the ball of your foot is more effective, its smaller and harder.

what do you guys prefer to kick with? Me id much rather kick with my ball of my foot, on a round kick, your ball of your foot is much more effective, in shotokan we train to hit with the ball of our foot, and in a street fight we have shoes on so we cant, then we use the tips of our shoes. Thats what our sensie said to use in a fight.

we learn to side snap kick the knife out of there hand before they can get a chance of attacking you with the knife, but if i were defend myself against a knife attack, the person with the knife is trying to kill me, so if he came in with a thrusting stab to my stomach i would shift off the the side and front leg round kick him in the ribs, (breaking his floating rib) and finish him off with a reverse punch.

major_motoko wrote thank you

it really dosent make a difference to me either

im 16

thanks for the advice, im gonna have to go buy some oxi clean i think that will work good enouph

what kinds of sweeps do you know, guys from shotokan i was wondering about the ankle sweep from fighting position. how often do you learn sweeping techniques in class, do you do it while sparring? If you sweep someone are you able to follow up with a reverse punch in time before, or after the first bounce? and do you use the sweeps to completly knock them to the ground, or just take them off balance enouph to finish them with a reverse punch?

but does anyone know how to clean it?

fireka i would be honored to fight you, if i win or loose, i will always show what i got and never give up. PM me your age (fireka), your dreams are the same as mine, and we will both proove them.

i agree i dont know why us shotokan stylists dont step up and show all the other styles that shotokan is that damn good, i am going to show that shotokan is good all round, when i get my BB i am going to go and fight in big tournements and against other styles to show my talent of shotokan karate.

sorry fireka man i dont know to much about isshinryu karate, but im sure it is as good as shotokan but i dont know about it that well, tell me about it so i can learn more about it, ok fireka?.

you guys are saying shotokan is tournement fighting, no shotokan is all about self defense you hardly see any shotokan stylists in big tournements, we only fight in our own tournements, shotokan is all about self defense. i dont know much about wado so id have to say to go with what you want. shotokan is a hard style and is ment for only self defense, but we do, do alot on kata training, but that keeps you in good shape and gives you an idea on how shotokan is used in a fight. wado is probably about the same but i dont know, IMO id say shotokan beacuse that is the only style i have done.

thats cool man stay with it , id like to try it out so i can have a backround of shotokan and kyokushin karate, to me they are the 2 best styles of karate

what all works for cleaning the sweat marks? does any one know

does your gi get dirty from sweat, my gi around my neck gets a brownish stain around it from my sweat, does any of yours do the same?

have any of you herd of the ASKF (American Shotokan Karate Federation)? that is our main club, any body herd of it? the main sensei is a 8th Dan Sensei Richard Gould.

i sweat all over to, everyone does at our dojo

iv ben doing shotokan and im interested in Kyokushin also, and i know nothing about it at all, so what are the similaritys and differences in the 2 styles, iv herd shotokan and kyokushin are the 2 best fighting styles of karate.