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I don't know what he called it, I just know that he said it makes your puches more powerful so I took it among myself to name it Power Punching. Does it really work though?

Umn i think it goes in the following order white gold orange green blue brown black red(someone better check me on this) all the colors up to black are kyu ranks the colors after that are dan ranks i'm prettys ure black is 1st to 8th dan and red is 9th to 10th dan some dojos also don't have that many kyu ranks, I've read somehwere that many only have white green blue and brown anyway hope i could help

Alright thanks, btw do you have a quick abdominal stretch cause my side is killing me after that.

I was recently at a friends house the other day and I saw him hitting a bag that was rested aginst the wall. Each time he woudl hit it he would hold his fist there to a count of ten and then hit it again. He said that it was a thing called power punching at it's suposed to make you hit a lot harder because it trains your muscles to keep pushing forward after you deliver the blow. Is this really true? He did not learn it from his instructor he read it in an article in some magazine, I can't remember which magazine he said it was. Also if this doesn't count as a stardgy or tactic I'm really sorr, this seemed like the most appropriate place to pose it.

Well do you know a good place for stretches?

Where is kickchick's post? I also need some streches.

I was just wondering, it dosen't seem too popular of a style. I have two schools in my area, the one I really want to go to is shudokan, but I don't know if shotokan is a better style.

I'm actually very into computers. I do lots of webdesing, computer programming, graphics you name it I probably do it. Other than that I don't really do much, write songs, poetry, stuff like that.

^ Thank you.

Okay well I haven't starte karated yet I can't until may 12. Anyway there are two schools in my area. One of them teachers shudokan and the other shotokan. I don't know much about either of these. Can someone tell me some of the historical differences, what the basic similaritys and such.

I really see kungfu in a lot of movies now days. Is it just beacause it is not as common in the states as karate or is because it really is a superious martial art?

Yeah when I start karate I also want to do a little weapons training. But I don't know which I would like to use. I'm really partial to the staff(I think the proper name for it is "bo") but I already have a samuri sword. Also when is it wise to begin weapons training? Should I start as soon as a start karate. Or once I've becomd expirience like 1st dan level?

Hi. I'm new too. It's nice too see so many people joining so fast, seems like this will be a good place to get some information. Anyway I'll step out now and let an expirience member welcome you and show you around whatever they wanna do.

Well I'm pretty sure that they trained under the sam instructor/master/sensei but shotokan has more back stances. At least that's what the instructors wife tells me.

Hey I also have a qustion like this. I am nerve def in my left ear. It dosen't effect my balance but of course I cannot hear muffled sounds, like when people talk I sometimes can't make out the words. Will this get in the way of trainging?

Okay one of the reason I want to take karate is to lose weight. I've been significantly overweight my whole life and I'm just tired of it. I really don't have any grasp of excercise whatsoever so this is going to be weird for me. Is there any preperations anyone can recomen for karate? Also can anyone recomend some sort of stretch routine. I started messing around the other day doing some of the punches(I took karate a long long time ago but quit, i can't rember why) and I pulled my abdominal muscles. Anyway thankyou for your help in advanced.

Well I'm not in it just quite yet. Theres really two reasons. To lose weight. I've been overweight for my entire life, and I've just grown sick of it. I want to lose my weight in a constructive manner. And to me learning a new skill like karate would be constructive. The second reason is because I just want to take karate. I mean the whole thing fascinates me. The moves, the history, the views on spirtuality everything. Unfortunatley I have to wait till May 12 to take my first class, plus I'm in a hang up on whcich style I shoudl study. My two choices are shudokan and shotokan.

I'm new here. I just signed up to ask a question about the comparison of shudokan karate and shotokan karate. I havne't started any martial arts training yet, I want to know which school to go to beacuse those are the two available in my area. I guess I'll try and post around some, but if I got with shudokan I won't be doing anything until may 12th.

Okay please exuce me if this has been posted before, I'm new and I looked and didn't find it anywhere. Okay basicly I'm going to take karate in may. The school I want to go to teachers shudokan karate. There is another school that teachers shotokan karate. What I really want from shotokan and shudokan(if there are any it donse't seem to be very popular) is a relavant and valid comparison chart. Thank you very much for your time.