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Not much, I got some instructional dvd but in Japanese. I think if you look through google and youtube you will find info. Regards Les

For me it would have to be Tensho

There is in Japan, Mumonkai Karate by Tagashi Yoshimoto.

True not style but fighter wins bouts.

It is easy to say, I would be able to put my fingers in his eyes, punch to the throat .... I thought the same till i did not try all of those with group of wrestlers, in controlled sparring, conclusion is that there is no time for all of those. When wrestler grabs you the throw is so quick that there is no time ( I am talking about trained wrestler). I have friends who train Judo and working at the door in clubs and pubs. I have seen in real life how people end up trying to punch them. My point is that you can keep grappler on distance but if you are grabbed by one to fight back you need to know some counter techniques. I did go through test my karate skills against bjj, wrestling and judo guys, highly recommend to do the same Regards Les

If wrestler catches you, not much can be done, get ready for landing. Only way to prevent throw is to keep distance. I do both karate and wrestling, not many things from karate works in sparring with wrestle.

Great topic Here is video from my dojo and bit of bunkai for Bassai dai

Miss read Tenshoa with tensho, so I removed my post. This katas looking interesting

Well worth doing. I am training in different styles and sports, always learning something new and incorporating stuff to my fighting.

Technical similarities between different martial arts comes from how we are build, two hands two legs. So it is only limited amount of use of this limbs, therefore people using in in similar way. We have different concepts of fighting like grappling, stand up, throws etc. all comes to how humans think. Some prefer to fight on the ground others to punch from distance or punch and kick. Within this groups concepts will be similar do to our anatomy. Regards Les

Hi there I love to use nakataka (nakadaka) ippon ken (middle knuckle of middle finger). This strike makes big impression on opponent in sparring or competition. Most painful when lands on ribs, especially on small one. Other small surface that I like to use is Ippon oyayubi ken (middle knuckle of thumb) specially when going to choke or take down, pressing that on side of the neck make biggest guys to go down very quickly.

Gym Warm up Cardio Dynamic stretching Weights ( main focus on chest muscles as they don't want to grow ) cool down static stretching

Hi I think your MI should speak with her about situation, give her chance to improve her behavior. But openly let her know that this is not acceptable in your Dojo. If she not improve stop her attendance for week, if that will not help she should leave. In our club grading is once a year and instructor say who is ready and who is not, but for our group belts are side effect of training not main target Good luck dealing with people is difficult. Regards Les

I started karate at age 14 after watching "Blood sport" as all of my friends from our neighborhood. Sadly only i have stayed with martial arts. Got involved with wrestling (Greco-Romano) by accident when we moved our karate dojo, one of my high school friends offered to speak to his wrestling coach about place to train. I was offered training session with wrestlers and fall in love wth this sport.

In shoes it easier to use toe kick, as toes are protected and end of the shoe is the hardest part, especially if you wear boots with steel toe caps or military style. Other part of shoe is the sole of the shoe for stamping. I have few occasions in old days to use this type of kicks in the street fight. Never had time to think which part to use or how to set up my foot. Short quick kicks to shins and inside knees works the magic

Personally over nearly twenty years in martial arts, I have met only few teachers like that. Most of my friend/teachers are very open to others and relaxed. Maybe I have luck with people or maybe my approach is bringing people like minded to me Btw. can you explain meaning of "CI" as my English is not perfect Google comes up with so many, hope it is not Criminal Intent

Hi I train Russian/Polish karate which is a offshoot from Kyokushin. We start teaching toe kick quite early around 6th kyu. But we are not strict that students have to use it, so it is their choice if they condition for this type of kick. I use makiwara and square board to condition my kicks. Regards Les more about our system you can find on our web site

In our school we do use tsumasaki geri quite often, yes it take time and patients to get used to it, but it is very painful. Mostly we do it when kicking inside low kick (Mawashi geri gedan) and low front kick(mae geri) (bladder area). Personally it is one of my favorite way of kicking.

Osu starts to be very popular in Bjj ( in UK), I used to Osu in the past as our style of karate have origins in Kyokushinkai. Now I only use it when on seminars when I see that teacher really want to and all students say it. But it drives me crazy when you hear Osu everywhere, as I have lots of friends from martial arts, sometimes we going out and people say Osu in shops, pubs etc. Trying to explain that it is ok in dojo and not in normal life is very tiring.

Definitely you should speak to teacher and be honest, talking to senior students would help too. I have been in similar situation when I have arrived in the United Kingdom, with only change that I was not interested to grade. I was just to train somewhere, so I have chat to Sensei there and students. For year there was no problems then teacher start to be pushy. Eventually I was asked to not comeback In my club I prefer that students come and tell me in the face what is going on, then I can do something about it Being humble always helps. Good luck I hope all going to be ok with time.

Two hours even with great instructor is not enough, as really you have only forty minutes of actual learning per session. As around twenty minutes is used for warm up and cool down. Or we talking about hour for specialized training within hour and half session? Optimum would be 3-5 times a week around hour and half per session if we think bit more serious about karate then just recreation/social activity.

Favorite kata: traditional form - Tensho modern form - Kihon kata sono ichi I enjoy doing Bassai dai too

I think all student stay in our memory if they train with us for long time. Personally I don't see anything special about BB. It is nice to hear that kind of sentence from sensei when being awarded BB, it might make student feel special.

Thank You very much !

Hi I do Shin Ai Do karate around 20 years under Sensei A. Marchewka (Poland ) and Wrestling under M. Niemiec (Poland) At the moment I am teaching Shin Ai Do in United Kingdom. (Do not worry if you never heard of it, very small independent organisation associated with Idokan International)