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It would've looked authentic If I had left the original eyes.

If you've trained in a stirking art I'd do a grappling art like Jiu-Jitsu or Judo.

I think this is why there shoudln't be colored belts in the first place. Or atleast there should be different color belts for the different Dan ranks, because if there were then black belt woudln't be the highest color you can get.

International postage is probably a lot of money, after all I don't think UPS covers it.

Well if I was qualified to instruct I'd probably take up the oppurtunity just see martial arts grow.

Hey I just found this link with some good exercises for grip.

Oh that's okay.

Well I was just talking about this. I found this http://www.karate-mart.com/eaglecatcher.html also go into like a shop-ko over by the fitness stuff is and look for those little squuezer things they look like a piece of metal wrapped aroud so that there is a ring at the top and basically it provides tension for you to sqeeze it's suposed to improve grip, i think weight lifters use them so thaty can get a good grip on the bars.

Yes, I took a tour class. I didn't do much of the real hard stuff cause well it was a trial class sort of thing you know those freebie type things. Anyway I stumbled upon this while looking at a site http://www.karate-mart.com/eaglecatcher.html shoudl I use that to condition my grip?

Oh yeah btw is kempo and ryukyu kempo the same thing?

fireka I'm pretty new to this forum myself. I've learned that saying something like that without first studying atleast more than three martial arts is pretty foolish. Infact I think you may want to make a shotokan vs. other styles topics in the comparative forum so you can gain some inteeligence on other styles.

Whats movimentation?

How come?

My suggestion is to wait unitl you actually begin taking class and find out exactly what you'll be needing! I mean you could be either wasting your money or buying the incorrect items your particular school requires that you have. I understand you're excited to begin but you may even have to wait a designated time in order to even begin to spar. ... is it May 12th yet???? My dojo gives the equipment for free. I wanted to do full contact sparring with a friend and I wanted to know what type of equpiment I shoudl get for that.

Yeah but you have to ask yourself what good is it to keep it illegal. I mean no matter how illegal you make it people are still going to buy it. And the more people you arrest for it the more our prisons get filled up and in the end causes things like prison violence and what not. Not only that a lot of cops really dont care anymore if you do smoke it. I have a couple friends who smoke it and one of their step dads is a cop. I really don't think people take canabis seriously anymore. It's probably because most people are smart enough not to drive around when they're buzzed. I think that's when most of the deaths caused while people are under the influence happen, in veihicles. So it really don't matter if it's legalized or not becuase people will still do it, but we may as well legalize it so we don't have to keep paying taxes on our flooding prisons.

Yeah if you go to https://www.yakimakarate.com there is a pretty good lineage chart there.

Hey I just wanted to take a quick survery here. I wanted to see what kind of martial arts people do and how long they've been doing them. 1. How long have you been involved in the martial arts? a. Less than 5 years b. 10 years c. 20 years d. 30 years e. 40 years f. 50+ years 2. What martial art(s) do you practice in?(specify style as well as art) a. Karate b. Tae Kwon Doe. c. Kung-Fu d. Jiu-Jitsu e. Muay Thai f. Aikido g. Judo h. Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu i. other(please specify) 3. What is your current rank in your art(s)? 4. What is your favorite martial art, and why? ...if anyone can think of some more good ones add on

Alright thanks everyone, now I gotta get enough money to buy the stuff.

Well Gichin Funashoki and Kanken Toyama both studied unter Anko Itosu, but it is a completley different system. You can read about it at https://www.yakimakarate.com or https://www.usadojo.com

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What do you have aginst 14 year olds kensai?

I'd choose kempo too, simply because I've heard such great things of it.

Wow man that's deep. I'll have to try and remmeber that.

Yeah well I need somthing to work by biceps, and unfortuneatley at this stage of fitness I'm not able to do pull ups. Would putting some books or something in my shcool bag and using it(it's about 30 pounds) as a dumbell?

I thought I woudl mention that I have never done any drug and I'm pretty proud of it.