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Nidan Melbourne

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  1. Interesting but totally fair enough. What will occur for those students who are on one of those ranks that got the chop? I assume it will just be phased out progressively as people grade? And what is going to happen with the stock of belts for the ranks you have removed?
  2. We film all Black Belt Gradings, moreso for all Dan Grades; as we allow 3rd + 2nd Kyus to attend as well. For my own training, yes i do.
  3. We have two sites; Balwyn North Dojo (4 Days/Week) Monday 4 pm Juniors White + Yellow 5 pm Juniors Orange - Green 6 pm Juniors Purple - Black 7 pm Seniors White - Red 8 pm Seniors Green - Black. Wednesday 4 pm Juniors White + Yellow 5 pm Juniors Orange - Green 6 pm Juniors Purple - Black 7 pm Seniors White - Blue 8 pm Seniors Brown - Black (Instructors Class) Friday 4 pm Juniors White + Yellow 5 pm Juniors Orange - Green 6 pm Juniors Purple - Black 7 pm Seniors All Grades Saturday 8:30 am Juniors White - Orange 9:30 am Juniors Red - Black Ashburton Dojo (Full Time; 6 Days/Week) - It is a 2 Story Building. Monday 4:15pm-4:50pm - Mighty Mites (4 & 5yo) 5:00pm-5:55pm - Juniors-White & Gold Belts 6:00pm-6:55pm - Juniors-Orange Belts & above 7:00pm-8:00pm - Adults & Teens-All Grades Tuesday 4:30pm-5:25pm - Juniors-White & Gold Belts (upstairs) 4:30pm-5:25pm - Teenaged Girls (downstairs) 5:30pm-6:25pm - Juniors-Orange to Purple Belts 6:30pm-7:25pm - Juniors-Blue Belts & above 7:30pm-9:00pm - Adults & Teens-All Grades Wednesday 4:15pm-4:50pm - Mighty Mites (4 & 5yo) 4:30pm-5:25pm - Juniors-White & Gold Belts (upstairs) 5:30pm-6:25pm - Juniors-Orange Belts & above 6:30pm-7:00pm - Fitness class (open to non-members, please book) 7:00pm-8:00pm - Advanced/Instructors 8:00pm-9:00pm - Balintawak Arnis (Filipino weapons) Thursday 4:30pm-5:25pm - Juniors-White & Gold Belts (upstairs) 4:30pm-5:25pm - Teenaged Girls (downstairs) 5:30pm-6:25pm - Juniors-Orange to Purple Belts 6:00pm-7:00pm - Kumite class (upstairs) 6:30pm-7:25pm - Juniors-Blue Belts & above 7:30pm-8:30pm - Adults & Teens-All Grades Friday 4:30pm-5:25pm - Juniors-White, Gold & Orange Belts 5:30pm-6:30pm - Juniors-Kata class Saturday 9:00am-9:55am - Juniors-White & Gold Belts 10:00am-10:55am - Juniors-Orange Belts & above 11:00 - 12:00pm - Seniors-All Grades
  4. Burnout and Exhaustion vary greatly on who you are as a person. And the Signs and Symptoms present differently as well. Often it is irritability that is the first sign that people start noticing the burnout. Otherwise it may just be niggling injuries or you are noticing that things just aren't going the way that you are normally accustomed. For people, burnout it doesn't have to be because of an increase in what you are doing. It often can just be that you are becoming worn out from what you were doing at that level for a period of time. Normally I'd say to work through it, and you'll be fine. But at the same time it is often better to reduce such a workload and allow yourself to REST. Otherwise you should change things up, and make it fun for yourself again; as many people forget to keep things interesting for themselves and they just get burnt out from boredom (even if they don't realise it). Everyone of us has experienced burnout at some point or another; and it can resolve after 12 hours or 3 weeks. It is up to you mentally and physically to know when it is the right time to go back to normal. Like Mazzybear said; they get feel better after a good feed and sleep. For me; i give myself 7 days to relax and recover, whilst changing my routine to have it feel like i've gone on a holiday and that I can have a fresh perspective of things.
  5. I recommend that you go see a Physician for scans and a diagnosis. As the Chiropractor can only do so much. As with any health professional, they can only go so far with a physical palpation of the injured site. Especially with breaks, they have to have some imperical evidence (i.e. XRAY) prior to diagnosis.
  6. There is a lot of information contained in every single kata. You have to be willing to look into each kata that you learn. Back in the day, you learnt ONE Kata and its associated applications. You didn't move on to another UNTIL you could apply that knowledge in a Self-Defence Situation; and had to be second nature. But they also expected you to look into the form and figure out how it works for you. At my club; at 1st Kyu we have to be able to demonstrate what we refer to as Kyogi. Where you have to come up with self-defence routines with at least 1 application from the kata in each. So for a 2nd Dan to grade to 3rd Dan; you have to demonstrate 25 'Kyogi' from the kata Seisan. Which YOU as the individual have to analyse the kata yourself, and to understand what is going on.
  7. Thanks for sharing your questionnaire, some of the information feels a bit vague. Especially in relation to ones education; as many countries don’t use the term College but instead use University. In a way I feel like it could have been done electronically, so people can do it whereever they are and not having to spend time editing on Adobe. Also there is a spelling error in how you spelt Aikido; as you wrote “Aekido” And may be worth adding or clarifying question 8 on page 9. As you could have some errors in responses, when people won’t understand or know where they fall.
  8. That is unfortunate for that to occur in terms of shrinkage. I've had mine for a few years now, and found the materials used will generally stretch out again nicely after washing. I haven't had to iron mine, yeah every now and again it looks wrinkly but straightens out after about 5-10 minutes of training.
  9. Solid Post Spartacus Maximus. At my club, we don't screen students at all; albeit unless it becomes apparant early on there are some red flags that may appear. If we have any genuine concern, we will inform them that we will no longer have them join us at our club. For me it is ethically and morally wrong to do so, as it feels like an invasion of privacy. But for the safety of others I would if I had a genuine reason for doing so.
  10. I explain what we are doing and why we do it a certain way. Which will take 3-5 minutes, if it is a new drill. Otherwise I do: 1. Show what we doing 2. Explain what we are doing 3. Get them to do it 4. Make corrections
  11. Super technically I am a Goju-Kai Practitioner. Depends on how many steps away from Yamaguchi Sensei you are. And also what your organisation may have added. My club has a similar curriculum to Tino Ceberano’s organisation. He of whom trained underneath Yamaguchi Sensei. There are minor differences between Goju-Ryu and Goju-Kai. Most predominetly is stance height; as Goju-Kai you are lower than Goju-Ryu. As with Goju-Ryu, we have an emphasis on Bunkai. But also we do utilise Jiyu Kumite a lot and is a large part of our curriculum.
  12. Its Self-Defence; any body part is fair game to strike when you’re defending yourself. If your ear is close to my mouth (when i cant use arms), then i’ll bite it. If someone is attacking me, they lose that right for me to be a gentleman or sportsmanlike to them. It is a matter of life and death.
  13. Sending my thoughts and prayers to your Sensei Noah.
  14. I had someone come in recently with this opinion, and I asked them “How does that phrase incorporate with equality?”. As I am an advocate for an even playing field. As I dislike it how some women say that a man can’t hit a woman. But it is somehow ok for a woman to hit a man. As to me that is an unequal playing field. I was raised to respect the person, not just women or men. And that it is wrong to hit another person in an emotional state. But if say a woman hits me, i will defend myself accordingly regardless of the fact I had to hit a woman. But prior to that I always try and defuse.
  15. Each of us as instructors and club owners act as a form of quality control within’ our own associations or clubs to ensure we promote those to the Black Belt Level and that it was warranted. I have 2 questions for everyone here: 1) How do your 1st Kyu’s or Current Black Belts become eligible for promotion? Do they have to meet certain requirements in-grade (ie. pass x tests to become eligible) and/or be at that rank for a certain amount of time? For my club; our 1st Kyu’s must achieve a minimum of 4 tags (Basics, Combinations, Kata & Pre-Arranged Sparring (gyakusoku, bunkai + kyogi); sparring is the 5th tag. Often our students are at 1st kyu for anywhere between 4 and 12 months. 4 months if the student is of high quality. Some students take much longer depending on them. I took just under 2 years to be eligible to grade. All our Black Belts (Shodan-Ho - Sandan currently) must actively train in class for x amount of time. So for a Shodan-Ho it is 18 Months, and I as a Nidan must wait 3 Years; which means i can grade in 2018. The time begins from the last grading you attended and passed. 2) How does your club or association dictate promotions? Do they have to meet an overall score? Do students have to do any additional work in addition to the above question? Our students must achieve a minimum of 3 of 5 to be considered for promotion. If they have 3 they are considered a Borderline Pass; but they are scrutinised even more to determine if they pass or not. That usually comes down to attitude and effort levels. If any student achieves a 4 or 5 they are an overall pass, given the right attitude.
  16. When Tempers flare; I get them to separate and cool off. I speak to both individually and without the other in earshot or sight. As to get their side of the story and how they perceived things happened. When i got the information, i'll sit them down informally as to make sure tensions dont get worse. And we'll talk things out and get things cleared. I admit freely that I've had issues with students in the past, but we sat down and talked it out. No parents, no students, no instructors just us two. A few I don't speak to anymore, but that is because they moved on and left the club and I didnt have them on Social Media or their contact details. The others i am now good friends with and we laugh about things that happened.
  17. I haven't seen any knee spring in anything i've done as karateka. Maybe because I haven't thought about it in what I do, or just haven't been taught something that does this particular movement. In a sense I can understand why TKD Practitioners do this, as they do a lot of kicking at a height. So in other words it is almost like a prepatory movement regardless of what you are actually doing. Or I could be totally wrong in my statement above; and any of our lovely TKD Practitioners can correct me on it. As I am in no qualified to talk about TKD as I have never trained in it. As from what i've seen and learnt in my karate years, is that we are very much at the hip; where our power is generated from there, along with being able to get height whilst remaining balanced.
  18. We have had many students leave us, but we don't bear any ill will. As we understand that there are often other mitigating factors to them shifting. Often due to travel time, school or family.
  19. To add to my previous post, to elaborate on why I don't freely give all my knowledge to my students. When they progress, I tell them that there are some things that I will only give if they ask the right questions or if they are able to understand what it means. And each and every one of them understands that when I ask something that may be oddly obscure or even extremely personal, that there is something that they can learn or should ask about. One of the biggest questions I will ask any student is "Who does it feel to you?". Which for me, when they answer will either show me that they 1) have listened and learnt what I have taught them, 2) listened to their mind, body and spirit and 3) whether they can learn from it. I don't care if I ask it when it comes to Kihon, Kata, Kumite OR even something the we all do everyday in class like bowing in or out.
  20. Do I hold things back from my students? Of course I do! As I want them to go read, learn and have multiple sources. Why? Because there are somethings in Martial Arts that you can't give to a student. Like how things are supposed to feel or if they will work or not for them. Do I still teach students as they progress? I still teach them what I can, be it part of the curriculum or not. Why do I hold things back? For me it is to allow students to explore what Karate or Martial Arts in General means to them. I cannot dictate this for them, if they see it as a deeply personal thing then I am happy for them. But on the same hand if they see it as a logical form of expression then they can do so.
  21. Either it is a knock off or you were just unfortunate to get one with some faulty stitching. May be worth shooting an email to Seishin or where you bought it from. Especially Seishin, as they take it seriously that there is an issue.
  22. I've never had that issue with my Seishin Gi. But will follow to find out what to do in case it does.
  23. I make an effort to learn some japanese, haven't had an opportunity to try and learn okinawan as I haven't found anyone who speaks it here in melbourne. We do use the Japanese terms for them; albeit we are aware that some schools use slightly different names for techniques. Example: instead of Jodan Uke (Upper Block) may use Age Uke (Rising Block) instead.
  24. Thats awesome that no signs or symptoms arose during course of you wearing it. Maybe you should change your username to "Sensei8 Robocop"? Haha.
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