Nidan Melbourne

I like the idea of 100 man kumite and to be able to last that many fights. Especially the development of their mind set prior to the day.

Speak to the CI about it and what they would like you to do. if they get you to wear a white belt, that they will either get you to go through the same ranks again or will just grade you to whatever was appropriate. When I took a couple of years off due to my knee, the CI I contacted was ok with me wearing my black belt until i got up to speed with the curriculum.

I liked the videos, but do agree they were slightly rushed. Maybe it was because he was trying to get the answer to the question of where karate originated from. Although I do suspect it was probably due to the fact he was limited to the size of the videos he could upload? At the same time doesn't want to upload 20 odd videos for the series. Wastelander any input on it?

Depending on their experience, we vary the games. The first 5 of our forms have 22 steps (not including bows or return to Yoi). Our youngest learn the first 8 steps and gradually increase over the lessons. My personal favourite is telling them the form, and I’ll just call various numbers that correspond to a specific step. They seem to love it.

Happy to hear that proprioception is a part of your interests.Perhaps you have some useful insights that you would like to share on this subject. I for one would like to hear about your experiences in using proprioception with karate and clients. Everything I do for clients has to do with proprioception, as you have to be aware of how you are moving and what the most efficient line of movement is, whilst being safe. The same goes for not only Karate but any martial art, as how you move and stand has an impact on your balance and stability.

A lot of schools often don't directly focus on Propioception, but the ones that do have instructors that understand what it is and how to train it often will focus on it. As an Exercise Scientist, I work quite heavily on this topic with all my clients regardless of age. But I do the same thing with my students at Karate.

The soreness I remind myself will only last a day or two, or will pop up after a time due to DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). But stretching and moving for me helps greatly, along with some research that helps! The emotional side isn't too bad, during training it comes up to how strong your mental capacity to know that you can keep going. When it comes to students or my friend that I train with, I remind them that the human body can handle a huge volume but comes with training. Even if your brain is going "thats enough for today", you can keep going.

i don't mind Jumping Jacks for a challenge. Considering how many different ones there are for various exercises. But this is a first where you start at 100 and then build up. Every other one i've seen is where you commence at 1 and then you work your way up by 1 everyday, so your doing 365 at the end of the year.

What i'm curious about; is how many of you actively teach or incorporate biomechanical references or understanding into training or teaching? What I mean by biomechnical references is where you will exploit a humans 'natural' weak points in different ways. Such as forcing a knee into excessive extension or the same with an elbow.

Congrats Sperki!

Personally I don't use Gels to help warm me up prior to exercise as I haven't really seen much research to show that there is any evidence for them working. As JR said that they really don't go that deep, which can be an issue as most muscles are quite thick. If you are actively moving the whole muscle can warm up and lengthen.

Being Fit and Healthy are two separate entities themselves, despite being closely linked. Someone could look like the Rock, who could say is very Fit. But for the Rock he is also very heatlhy, as he maintains his health extremely well. Yet the person could in actuality be unhealthy.

Good luck on your search, don't limit yourself to just Kyokushin.

Don't use any apps, i'm a tad archaic and still use Excel for planning/programming

Preparing for a tournament will vary greatly for each person. From what i know you will have a dual curve for your physical preparation, where you can hit your peak twice; once part way through training and the second near the day of the competition. Usually you'll be tapering the week of, and usually is just refining technique at a lighter rate.

it's definitely worthwhile to be able to do it. But i'm also a fan of changing their focus whilst attacking. i.e. strike shoulders (distraction) whilst attacking the legs

Hope your search goes well. I found the same link as Sensei8 when I googled Kyokushin Rome Italy. But there appears to be many karate styles that are located in Rome. Maybe if you can't find a Kyokushin Club, that you might give one of them a try. Shotokan from the top of my head is the closest in terms of "hardness" to Kyokushin without being actually Kyokushin.

I hear that a lot through a lot of my friends, but also from some of the parents [of kids] that I teach. But the thing is that I don't strictly teach just teach Karate. I also have clients come in for Personal Training on a daily basis to have other income. And that is before any classes occur!

Congrats all

I think it might vary school to school and also the martial art they do. When I trained a lot in BJJ they said to either wear your Gi or your Rashy + Shorts (No Gi). At my karate club we don’t really do Open Mat, but my sensei is open to the idea. He would say to wear what is appropriate for what your training for.

To be honest never really thought of kata as Masculine or Feminine. When I think of kata, I think of whether it is Hard or Soft (or a mix of the two). Like sensei8 said, that those kata have jumps in them. but for me they should have a real sharpness to them. But on the same token a kata like Chatanyara Kusanku is quite complex. Which you stated is not something you want to do. Although if she is as good as you say she is, you can teach her more complex kata and she should do alright.

Welcome to the forum Pancor357. That sounds very concerning that they are providing you an instructor to actually teach you the curriculum and how to do things safely. It may be worth speaking to your CI (Chief Instructor) to raise your concerns. Otherwise i'd recommend you move clubs, because I feel like there is no loyalty that you really owe that club.

Hikite Hiki = Withdrawing Te = Hand

Having not heard of Cipro before, I had to google it to find out about it. The site I was on gives you info on the medication. I saw that they put what happened to your achilles as a major side effect (not just achilles, but tendons in general). So are you able (if you want) elaborate why you are giving the heads up?

This is targeted to the Chief Instructors or Owners of schools that are here . We know that there is the Wikipedia that we all can access (and modify; also be barred through your IP). But what I want to know is how many of you have a Wiki that is private just for your club or organisation. And it contains information that is pertinent to you? By that I mean it looks and feels like a Wikipedia page, but has just information that is relevant to you. And how many of you would recommend it?