Nidan Melbourne

it surely would have been a good experience to be the lead on this. At my dojo we don't have a table where instructors and our CI sit. We all are moving around the dojo with one person up front telling the students grading what to do. So that way we all can see what each student is doing and can critique them even harder. Not only that but we just don't have the space currently to be able to do it. One day when we can afford to buy a larger space and enough instructors available to do it we will have a table.

That is very true. Those who care to perfect their technique over the reward of a new belt are the ones i love to learn from. Personally I am the same, i don't care so much about the ranks. Even though I am a yudansha and enjoyed getting a nice new belt when i was a mudansha and dan grade as a yudansha i preferred the learning of the skills. even though i'm a yudansha, i still focus on what i know and will learn from people and also admittedly from youtube. But I acknowledge that people see me as a specific rank according to the belt system. But everytime i train I will work hard on the techniques but also will be more relaxed and have the pressure on at different times to surprise me to get a genuine reaction and to react in a way that is appropriate

I get why you would restrict the kata that they could do. Is it to make sure they dont absolutely butcher higher ones?

From what i have read this lady needs a right old butt kicking during kumite. It is really bad if she is disrespecting a senior person. The nidan was put in charge for a good reason. I love instructors who are firm on basics and discipline. I admit freely i can be cheeky as hell during class but i know when not to do it. And only do it with people who understand that it is making things more comfortable for us to work. Especially when it works as a distraction for me to get the advantage if we are doing kumite. When we grade students if they have been frustating as hell during class and been showing poor behaviour during their training like this lady has we push them even harder. We do it to the others as well.

My sensei is a sandan and runs his own school. He has multiple yudansha with several nidans. Now he had been a sandan for a good 10 plus years. His sensei of whom is a godan has great faith in him to know how to grade people to those ranks. Even though he invited his sensei to our last black belt grading to watch. But it was more for him to learn what he needs to do to improve his students training. Plus he gave his opinions on those grading to nidan & shodan

I love seeing the differences in kata at peoples schools. Other than those who already posted but to those who train in the same styles do you havem in the same order or not?

Very cool.

Since you did your acl you do have to be careful with your training. Especially since it takes ages for ligaments to heal.

Where ive trained in the past you can have your blue belt as an adult and teach juniors. But usually purple and brown belts will teach alongside black belts. But as far as i know you dont have to hold an instructing licence.

Whether it is in the dojo or at tournaments what way of scoring the kata do you use? Flags to announce the winner of each round or awarding a score to each competitor. FOR CLARIFICATION: FLAGS - Two competitors perform their kata, 1 person wears AKA (Red) and the other Ao (Blue) - Both competitors will either perform their kata at same time or have AKA go first and Ao go second. - At end of the 2nd kata (or when both finish if done at same time) the referee and judges will raise the flag (that is colored blue or red) that they are voting for. - For competitions: - multiple rounds, each round each competitor that is in has to perform a different kata. SCORING SYSTEM (with numbers): - competitors wear their current rank - Competitors perform only 1 kata and get scored on it - only 1 round - competitor with highest score wins Now i know these aren't the only ways of scoring. What way do you do it? At my dojo we use a version of the Flag Scoring System but have our students just wear their normal ranks (Obviously!!!). But since we don't have flags to announce winner, we will assign the title of Aka to one and Ao to the other; The person who is standing on the right facing us will be Aka and the one on the left will be Ao.

World Karate Federation Rules. Yuko (1 point) - Chudan or Jodan Tsuki to any of 7 possible scoring areas - Jodan or Chudan uchi to any of 7 possible scoring areas Waza-ari (2 points) - Chudan Kicks - Chudan defined as abdomen, back, side, chest Ippon (3 points) - ANY technique from a fallen or thrown opponent - Jodan Kicks - Jodan defined as Face, Head & Neck WINNER is defined as a CLEAR LEAD of Eight ( 8 ) Points, or the lead after time up. If scores are tied at end of bout the referee and judges will have a casting vote for the winner. The referee will call "HANTEI" and referee + judges will vote for the winner. 7 scoring areas: 1. Head 2. Face 3. Neck 4. Abdomen 5. Chest 6. Back 7. Side Judging criteria for scores to be awarded (other than a kiai) a) good form b) sporting attitude c) vigorous application d) awareness (Zanshin) e) good timing f) correct distance

Teaching is great experience but you can start teaching now under supervision of your sensei at the hombu dojo or at a branch dojo if there is a senior enough person to supervise. I have been teaching since a nikyu (I was a sankyu or blue belt for my first classes and received my nikyu or brown belt at a later class). My sensei supervised that class along with the other instructors that were way more senior than me. if your going to be teaching a branch of the school for your sensei best be a Nidan. But still obviously you will still send them to the hombu dojo to grade them. If you want to own your own school definitely be a minimum sandan. But for time of experience you will want about 15-20 years experience of training + several years teaching. I say 15-20 years training experience because you will at least have learnt in depth of the techniques/kata/kumite/kihon that your style contains. Usually to some people they will be seen as credible, if they have trained and taught for a long time. Many parents of students i teach have mentioned to me that when i either open a branch dojo for my sensei or open my own dojo that they will train under me. Even though i've trained for 13 years and a nidan they still want me to teach their student at my own dojo. It is because they know that i am tough on students to make sure they do techniques properly and effectively, yet still show the respect and kindness to students. And I understand the different uses of techniques

from a thread about Goju that is also in this karate portion of karate forums http://www.karateforums.com/goju-ryu-question-vt46953.html. What is your style and the kata that are core to your specific style and what are the kata that your school (where you train at) do? Which kata does your school leave out? If you train in a style that is relatively new what is the parent styles? And also which kata did you take from each style or did you create your own? For instance at my dojo we are Goju-Ryu but have hijacked some kata from the Goju-Kai (Kai = organisation) to help our students learn maneouvering and the techniques. Our kata for each rank is as follows White - Taikyoku Jodan Yellow - Taikyoku Chudan (similar to Jodan, except different block & chudan tsuki) Orange - Taikyoku Gedan (shiko dachi Gedan Uke + gedan tsuki) Red - Taikyoku Kake Uke Green - Taikyoku Mawashi Ich Purple - Gekesai Ich + Ni Blue - Saifa Brown - Seeiunchin 1st Brown - Seeiunchin Shodan-Ho - Seeiunchin + Sanseru Shodan - Sanseru + Seisan Nidan - Seisan + Shisochin Sandan - Shisochin + Seipai Yondan - Seipai + Kururunfa Godan - Kururunfa + Suparenpei ALL Belts from Shodan-Ho up (for JUNIORS) MUST know Sanchin + Tensho ALL Belts from Green Belt (ADULTS) MUST know Sanchin + Tensho Now the first five kata (taikyoku kata) are from Goju-Kai which were developed by Yamaguchi Sensei. Traditionally you learn (From Goju-Ryu) Gekesai Ich first and then build up from there. For us at our school we want our students to have an understanding of how to turn and use their body effectively for kata and parts of training. The taikyoku kata in my eyes are a very good way of having students learn and make them think whilst doing kata. Especially when it comes to power and use of hips!

Man i love unsu.

Most welcome!

Thx so much for your help, i live in NSW so I guess it might be different i have to check Check with NSW Police then. Go into your local station and ask for their seargant or most senior staff on duty, and they should be able to help. Otherwise go through the Police Website (http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/) Usually they are normally quite helpful.

Its awesome your sensei is a former police officer. I respect anyone who is a police officer that works hard to uphold the law and treats everyone fairly. Know when they have to be hard on people and to be nice when needed most.

For those who do Arnis here in Melbourne, VIC, AUS is there anywhere good to do it?

I live in Australia as well Safroot. It is very restricted yes but there are some allowances for possession of weapons, but you require the police commissioners permission to own it. You need to be careful about what weapons you wish to use. I know eskrima sticks are allowable but obviously you have to prove that your intentions are for training. Which state do you live in? Here is the link for Victoria Police of what is prohibited http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=25574

I know this is 10 years too late but there is a goju-ryu dojo in balwyn north now and has been operating for the last 6 years at Boorandara Sports Complex (where the old north pool was).

This is all debatable of course, but in my own research, I'm not sure why karateka say Yamaguchi Sensei was named the successor... per Seikichi Toguchi there was no named successor. Meitoku Yagi was elected successor and "Chairman" of the Gojuryu Advancement Society and supposedly Gogen Yamaguchi was training under him at points after Goju kai was created. imo History is a fickle thing, we'll never really know. I agree with Nidan Melbourne there was no real major split between the two, but smaller organizations off the main branches generally practice more then the core 12. and there is always differences between all organizations, particularly on the USA east coast as many are based off of USA Goju which has influences from Richard Kim and Masutatsu Oyama. Are you Goju-Kai Nidan Melbourne? For some reason I was thinking you were Okinawan Goju-Ryu. Both Karate_John. We are predominantly Goju-Ryu with some Goju-Kai concepts. Goju-Kai was brought into Australia by Tino Ceberano and my former sensei trained under him but my sensei trained under a godan who trained in Goju-ryu and his sensei who was goju-kai

Even though there are two branches of Goju-Ryu Karate-do (Goju-Ryu & Goju-Kai) Majority of the stuff is the same. From my knowledge since Yamaguchi Sensei was named the successor of Goju-Ryu created the Goju-Kai branch of the style. Miyagi Sensei formalised the style of Goju. Miyagi sensei trained under Higoanna Kanryo sensei in the style of Naha-Te up until the latters death. So there was no real major split between the two, although debate is still up in the air. When the style began being taught in Japan, and Miyagi Sensei was still in Okinawa things would have been taught differently.

Every Goju-Ryu School will usually have Gekesai Ich & Ni, Saifa, Seeiunchin, Tensho, Sanchin, Seisan, Sanseru, Seipai, Shisochin, Kururunfa & Suparenpei. Some schools will add the Taikyoku Kata (Jodan, Chudan, Gedan, Kake Uke, Mawashi Ich) prior to the Gekesai kata. At my current school and previous school this is the order we do (we do more than the core 12): White Belt: Taikyoku Jodan (Involves: Sanchin Dachi, Jodan Uke, Zenkutsu Dachi Jodan Tsuki) Yellow Belt: Taikyoku Chudan (sanchin dachi chudan uke zenkutsu dachi chudan uke) Orange Belt: Taikyoku Gedan (Shiko Dachi, Gedan Uke, shiko dachi gedan tsuki) Red Belt: Taikyoku Kake (Sanchin Dachi Kake Uke, Mae Geri zenkutsu dachi shomen hiji ate) Green Belt: Taikyoku Mawashi Ich (Sanchin Dachi Mawashi Uke, shikodachi mawashi hiji ate shomen uraken uchi gedan uke gedan tsuki) Purple Belt: Gekesai Ich & Ni Blue Belt: Saifa Brown: seeiunchin 1st brown: Seeiunchin & some idea of Sanseru Black: Sanseru & idea of seisan Shodan: Sanseru & seisan (Must be competent in both) Nidan: up to seipai (idea of seipai) Sandan: Up to shisochin yondan: up to kururunfa Godan: up to and including suparenpei

You can use the open middle and lower block to break the grip of someone grabbing both wrists. The violent movement or the way i did it is up to your preference and how your school prefers it to be done. But really open to interpretation for bunkai. At my dojo we do a thing called Kyogi which is like the bunkai that you do at every school that everyone does and no changes for each student, but a kyogi is where you create them yourself. So for this kata you would have 25 kyogi. say 1 kyogi you can use the open hand middle block from the time frame that you mentioned. and use it in a defense. Which kata would that be Harkon72? I'm really curious and trying to pick up some idea of kata from other styles, outside of my own

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