Nidan Melbourne

actually Surprisingly enough you can do shiko dachi to help prevent being tackled in a fight. Which is common in some situations As it is a stable stance, and if you scoot back when you are low then you can avoid the tackle but also send them to the ground.

Of course i'll wear them with respect. It's my precious for a month then honorably pass over to the next person

Still find the Thrust of Freedom Kata rather hilarious!

Hahaha love this episode of Enter the Dojo!

I wish i still kept many of my old belts. Alas I was young and didn't think of keeping them. But hey what can I do, lesson learnt!

Thank you Patrick for choosing me. I feel honoured to have received 'Member of the Month' Thank you to everyone that makes this forum what it is. All the members that are actively posting since i've joined have helped me broaden my knowledge in the would of Martial Arts.

I wouldn't be surprised.

I don't have a display case for my old belts since they are tied up.

So it is your national association then for all styles?

I find it interesting that you currently teach 3-5 year olds. What is your method of teaching them? All our classes run for 60 minutes each, but for our young students that are of a low rank we try and at least make fun to keep them interested. Our Adults of Green Belt and above have the opportunity to train for 2 hours on a Monday, due to the 'advanced' class being for green belts and above. But no green/purple or blue belts take it up, and is left to brown belts through to the black belts.

They are very cheap there in comparison to what they sell for here in Australia.

I want durability and that it is light. Although my current Gi isn't all that durable atm cause it is close to being ripped in the seam in the pants. I like the WKF approved gi's because there are a lot of variations to them. At the moment I have already ordered the Arawaza Opal Gi. Which is to replace my current gi. Although I have requested it to be custom made because of my awkward body shape. Since your designing a gi anyway, you might as well get WKF Approval, because if someone who competes at International Tournaments wears your gi and really likes it then others will want to get it. That way you can make your brand more well known

We run (technically) all classes for 50 minutes but that never happens and runs for 1 hour (and usually goes for 70 minutes when we are running late). A few adults will do double classes which in total is 2 hours. But that is a personal choice to them. But for classes that is under 6 years you would do 30-45 minutes and everything else 1 hour minimum

I am interested to hear what she has to say. It is a good thing she respects you the most

Depends on the instructor on how they run classes and when they introduce things like kata to students. At my dojo, our students that have 2 classes that are introductory, so they won't be shown kata or expected to start doing it until their 3rd lesson (if they sign up). The first 2 are so they can start learn basics before making it more difficult and joining things up (combinations etc)

How did you go? How did you feel the day of, during and afterwards?

so you never test your students for general knowledge of terminology and the like?

Congrats on joining the Marines. Probably go with Shotokan would be my recommendation. Even if Matsubayashi-ryu is your life, maybe shotokan can help give you different ideas on how to train.

its funny Until i read that article and saw this post (and commented on it a while back), I never knew that he was a Martial Artist. So I thought it was pretty cool

Good Character to be honest can be seen very broadly. At my dojo we look at those who have determination to achieve their best and have the honesty in their actions. During the course of the grading we look for their attitude that embodies black belt. We watch candidates for Shodan-Ho and dan grades before and after the grading for their attitude and commitment. After my grading, I was absolutely wrecked and could barely stand but I still helped everyone off that mat and to pack up the mats before collapsing from the pain and exhaustion. One thing Shihan had said to me privately recently (He held a Masterclass for the Black Belts, and a few 2nd + 1st Kyu's) about my grading was that I was the only one to show the qualities of a black belt that truly deserved to be a yudansha and that he sees great potential in me and that I truly embody what it means to be a Goju karate practitioner. So the willingness to help others, kindness, perverseness, determination and commitment are traits I want to see in every candidate among with other traits. We purposefully make the grading difficult for everyone so all the traits come out. Even at the grading if you give 100% and if you make mistakes but still give it your all then you will pass. But you have to make those mistakes look good or even if you show emotion throughout the grading it shows that you know what you did wrong and fires you up even more. Sensei said that the gradings go into more of a formality the higher you go through your dan grades, but do them to ensure that you truly want to go for that rank and not just receive it. It helps keeps you motivated and strive for the next one. One thing I also want to see is candidates being positive and encouraging others.

Relax and enjoy yourself. How did you go in the end? Remember even if you lost you will learn from it. For Kumite @ tournaments I always recommend to my students that you should not only just focus on attacking, but also have a good idea of defense and how to avoid their attacks. Kata is always a hard one to be great at, even I am not great at it at tournaments. Because of all the nerves that can build up during it.

Your doing well Luther unleashed

How would you say Kyogi differs from Oyo, if at all? They are very close to each other. Since oyo is meant to be different from the standard bunkai set by the instructor. So you can technically say the bunkai at my dojo would be considered oyo bunkai at your dojo. Kyogi may be called oyo bunkai but the thing is that since every single one is completely independent of what everyone else does. Also Kyogi you do not have to do it in any particular sequence to it nor does anyone count. Well the person who's kyogi it is can count if they wish. Bunkai often is not all that realistic in what the attacks are, whilst kyogi you have to do it Does that explain it enough for you?

Usually because their muscles will be burning like crazy before exhaustion. Also in the EP (Exercise Physiology) world we tell clients to stop when their form starts to drop. And that is irregardless of what exercise their doing

Ummm why are you talking about Fight Club? you never talk about fight club! hehe