mathreros

Thanks, I did not know about that club in Glasgow, though when I looked through their syllabus I just got entirely confused... Some of their techniques for grades I know, some have confusing names, some I would have said were for higher or lower grades.... Very, very confusing... I can see your point about Kendo, and it is perhaps the martial art besides Karate I have looked most towards, though have been put of by the thought that it might not be very applicable.. Anyways I have at least decided to take one or two lessons at the different styles in Glasgow to see what I like the most... Might help to do that indeed

I am in the sweet, not really, position of having to change either style within karate or change which martial arts I am practicing, the reason for this is that I will be starting University and in the city where I will be attending university they do not have any Kyokushinkai dojos, thus I seem to be forced to either change to Shotokan, Kendo or Aikido (As those are the martial arts I currently know of that exists in that city)... Thus I am calling upon this forum to help me decide what I should do... I have some pros and cons for Kendo and Aikido, whilst not much understanding for Shotokan... The pros for Kendo for me would be the extra exercise and more demanding physical training (I am in really bad shape...), whilst cons for Kendo would be no real world applications... And that takes me to Aikido, which from my perspective, seems to have the opposite pros and cons... If by chance it matters, I achieved 5th kyu in kyokushainkai before Christmas, then haven't trained since because of exams... Edit: Forgot to add that if anyone knows about any Kyokushin dojos in Glasgow, or reachable for a student in Glasgow, please let me know