dirtyfishtank

Hi all, I'm trying to order a ichigeki gi from the ichigeki online shop, but I have no idea what size I should buy. I usually wear 160cm but I can't find a size chart for these gi's anywhere. Does anyone have any idea? Has anyone ordered these online? Osu!

I've decided on kyokushin. I had a few lessons and felt great afterwards. As a beginner tho I can only train 2 or 3 days a week as the other classes are more advanced. The club I go to also do Mauy Thai which looked like a good work out. Does anyone think it's a bad idea if I in the mean time do some training in Muay Thai as well as kyokushin just until I get more competent enough to do the other classes? Just to work on my fitness , strength and stamina? Ie will it get me used to techniques I don't want to have for karate or confuse me completely? Ideally I'd like to train 5 or 6 days a week?

Thank you for the responses. It's all very helpful. I will do as suggested and try out a few class from each school.

Hi all, For ages I've been really keen to take up Karate. I've never done any martial arts before, but I'm finally committed and determined to start, but I realized there are many different styles and I was confused immediately. In my area, without travelling too far I have an option of Kyokushin, Goju or Koshinkan. I am aware Kyokushin is full contact, and that doesn't really bother me (in fact I like the idea). But is it completely different to other styles or more traditional karate? Is it a good idea to start with this? Is it recoginzed everywhere? What about Goju? Does that have contact sparring (which I would prefer). I have no idea what Koshinkan is but the website says "we teach both old and modern karate". What does that mean? If anyone can provide any advice or links to anything useful that would be hugely appreciated. Thanks