Nidan Melbourne

Here is a challenge I have given my students and friends for a workout. Each set you do MUST be of moderate to high intensity and 60-75% Max Heart Rate 1 minute between sets 3 x 30 squats (in perfect form according to your body) 3 x 20 sit ups 3 x 10 plyometric push ups - 5 minutes rest here - 3 x 50 mountain climbers (1 minute rest between sets) - 3 minutes rest here - 1 x 100 burpees CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR PRIOR TO DOING THIS! I only gave this to students who are free from any medical condition and are at low risk of injury. What is your favourite fitness challenge that you came up with or have down

Congrats mazzybear

I am not entirely sure if there is. There may be one I just haven't found it. I study goju ryu and I am unsure of the etiquette for the IOGKF. I do know every dojo has it slightly different

Goju Seiyunchin or other? Oh man shisochin can be a pain in the butt to get right, but a fun one to do. Especially to make students to go "WHAT THE!!!!"

ahhh good old Saifa. It is one of the best to watch students try and figure out applications for

Well Done Canadian77

Congrats KF

Yeah I can't say I agree with every point. Though I confess to not actually training Karate. Most of our forms and methodology are borrowed from Shotokan so you'd think there'd be a greater deal of crossover... These are the two that would stick out for me. In ITF Taekwondo it's always the ball of foot. The foot/ankle must act like a shock absorber and a spring to launch from. Also contradicts this other post by Jesse: http://www.karatebyjesse.com/why-karates-classic-heel-turn-is-scientifically-wrong/ I liked the suggestion from one of the comments on the article which said to try training 1 or 2 a week... Can really focus on a specific goal during your training I can agree with you on the points that you qouted from the article. Because the heel turn places excessive strain on the joint capsule in the knee. And also I have found that the heel turns are not effective for stability. Although for a kata like seeiunchin you do want to use the power from the heel to push forward. But for turns not a good idea. Training 1 or 2 times a week is always great to keep focused on what to do correctly each week.

Practice and focus on what each individual body segment is doing. You need strength, speed, power and the intentions of majorly wounding your opponent that would be in front of you

There are hundreds of Kata spread across the styles. Some Kata appear in multiple styles with their own variation. And some schools have Kata not found in other schools of the same style

Just what they said. It is the rank prior to black belt.

Just so you know it is called a Gi.

It says something about them if they're told not to say which school they are from. If they say they are shotokan the teachers would work them even harder. As you said shodokan (notice the spelling difference between the two) it is an aikido style. But as everyone has said this 1 student has done something that you don't expect to hear from a 'typical' mcdojo. What did you hear about them? I attended several classes run by their "sensei" and all of those schools were discouraged to attend any AKF sactioned competition.

I read this article a little while back and enjoyed reading it. I have to admit i do agree with these points

That is very mind blowing indeed. At my dojo we do call instructors senpai And sensei. Very few will refer to fellow students whilst they're training as senpai.

Blue belt at my school is sankyu and will normally take 2 - 2.5 years to attain. Why is your target only blue belt? Or is it just a stepping stone goal? Don't stop your karate training when you start your bjj training. Because both compliment each other very well. Because you need both skill sets (stand up and ground work). The Bjj ranks will take longer to progress through but will help your karate big time. Especially with transitioning and timing

I've had the honour of handing a few black belts over the last few years and what he said I can understand. I've told older students to never forget where they came from in their training and who helped them along the way (instructors and students alike). And I tell the younger ones once they attain their BB that every lesson you learnt, a part of every instructor is in that belt. A part of the belt has the heart and soul of the instructor in it. And a part of their wisdom lives there. But it comes from instructors are sincere about the promotion and also sincere about their training and seriousness of their training and wanting to keep their training as close to the styles roots as possible.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your search for a quality dojo in the UK. Have a look around at dojos. I understand that you would want to return to Shotokan. If you can't find a quality school in that style, then look at other styles in your area.

As we know GKR like never competes outside of their own tournaments or NAS competitions. But when i went to look for the results of some of my friends who have competed recently, I was given a surprised. I was honestly surprised by 1 lone GKR competitor, he competed in a Victorian Karate League tournament and came in 3rd Place for kata and 2nd for kumite. The Victorian Karate League is a series of 4 tournaments in Victoria, you have to attend these 4 tournaments to be selected for the State Squad. These tournaments are approved by the Australian Karate Federation (Australia's top karate federation). The Referees & Judges are sanctioned by Karate Victoria, for each event, if there is any chance of bias (a competitor and official train at the same dojo or relationship between them) then the referee will step away from the mat and another official shall step in. I know we do give GKR a lot of flack for being a Mcdojo. But this may be a small sign that there are some people who train there are actually good.

If they allow Karate to be an Olympic Sport they have to say which International Federation is the one to organize it. The WKF (World Karate Federation) is the most well known and is respected. It does look after dozens upon dozens of styles. So they would be the most likely. Kumite is more likely to be run over kata. like unknownstyle said they can't water it down.

Congrats!!!

My parents were not happy at all!

Very disrespectful and way out of line by that guest instructor. When i visit other schools to teach, I will never criticize students for doing techniques incorrectly. I will tell individual students what they can improve on if i feel like what they are doing is blatently wrong. But I will ask the chief instructor to show me their techniques so i know what is correct and incorrect for their school. For Kata i will show them a slightly different way of doing the kata, and show them the application and the reasons why we use it. But i do stress the point that every school does the kata slightly differently and they don't have to do the kata the way i've taught but to follow what the CI prefers students to do.

I liked your videos

I once broke the TV (an expensive one at that) at home once. It was when i was an orange belt and was practicing spinning kicks (stupidly) and clocked the tv dead bang in the middle with my heel Had to wear a pillow on my butt for a month after that.