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No. You need an instrucor. Say you though a certian move went one way, but infact it went the other way, you would've have any expirenced person there to correct you.

Well I just wanted to see what style of karate everyone does. I'm sill undecided between shudokan and Okinawan goju-ry, I"m going to do both I just don't knw which I am going to do first. Oh yeah if you can add in how many kata your style has too.

I was reading a book and I notice that goju-ryu has 14 kata. SOmeone told me that shudokan has over 200 kata. How is it that one has so little and the other so much? Can someone give me a brife description of the katas?

I'd only need to hem the sleeves and pand legs right?

Yeah thats what I thought. That's odd though. I just called my locak okinawan goju-ryu dojo, I asked them if they had a kobudo program, all he told me is that they just had a seminar this morning.

If it's not too much can you list a little more pros and cons for things like training and maybe even combat?

Oh man this doesn't sound good for me, not at all good. I'm pretty out of shape I can't do any pushups and I can't do situps without someone holding my feet, and I damn sure can't run a mile. Should I call my dojos see if they do all this pushup running crap?

Well I was reading this book I got from the library "The Original Martail Arts Encyclopedia" well in it there was a martial art called kobu-jutsu (I think it may be kobu-do). I was reading all the things abou the weapons in there and two really stuck in my mind. The sai and the bo. I like the bo because it's long, and even if the oppenet manages to block it will hurt them still. I like the sai beacuse It says there that you can still to most of the blocks. Can everyone post some pros and kons of both the sai and the bo?

I'm the unniversal rank, the white belt, ahh the white belt, don't even need to be part of the dojo yet to be a white belt

^ Yeah my weight is really the problem. I'll probably just get a 8 and have it hemmed or something, although I don't know if I could really do that without it being really too baggy.

How long would it take to revice a black blet in goju-ryu karate if you work as hard as you can?

^ I'll assume you study kunfu.

Yeah I remeber, I'm gonna rigg a sand bag up to my tree(foam pad under it too) and hit it. I don't think I'll break the tree.

Yeah man I've had a hard time with the size chart. So far i need to lose 40 pounds and grow a foot to fit in a size 8.

I just noticed the link that you sent me makes all cotton gi so should I still get them from there? And if I do get a size 8 what all will I need to hem on it because I'm only 5'8" and there is a foot difference there. *edit* I just now looked at those prices and those are insane. I'll like wait till I'm actually in karate and see what my instructor can do for me. I think it's best too because there may be a certain brand or embroidery I may have to get or something.

Well I just don't know were to go to get the pants hemmed, and sleeves hemmed. The reason I don't want a 8 is because the height is 6'5"-6'8".

Well is shudokan japanese or okinawan?

Alright cool

^ Hollywood

Nope Yakima is the big city aroudn where I live.

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Jerry you know any teachers in Yakima Washington?

kiah?

West Valley is no where near my area, it's about 20 miles. There is the yakima school of karate about a mile away. It teachers shudokan. Then there is pro-action family martial arts that teachers okinwan goju-ryu. Then there is the kenpo dojo. that's the only ones I know.

I actually just watched that for the first time today. Is that Mr. Miagi(sp) guy the same one who made okinawan goju-ryu? And if it is is that what he is teachign the Daniel kid?