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This is perhaps the best description of politics I've ever read. Thank you.

Some karate styles don't even do Sanchin unfortunately. When I use to take Shorin-Ryu in my younger years, I never even heard of a Sanchin kata. Now that I take Uechi-Ryu, I understand why karateka say it's an important kata as it does indeed train all three of those traits of mind, body, and spirit.

Fortunately, this isn't just a wooden dummy. It has additional slots for addition arms for reaction drills as well as sparring drills.

So I was looking around for new MA equipment, and I came across this gem. What do you guys think? http://www.checkouttheironmaster.com/

Welcome.

Very good tutorial. I even subscribed to your channel. *jot down in WC notes*

Welcome Doire

OK. Thanks for the information guys.

So I lost my original mouth guard that I use for sparring, so I want to ask you guys on what kind of mouth guard I should get, such as brand, single guard, or double guard?

Interesting looking gloves, I have to say. How do they compare to normal mma Gloves? They're not that bad. It makes grabbing easy and there's enough padding where you don't hurt anyone.

Thanks Liger

Good question. I find it challenging. Each day I go to the training hall, I have to constantly remind myself that I'm doing this style and not the other. I find it fascinating that even though the styles are different, certain aspects are the same such as balance. To me, Wing Chun is known for it's speed whereas Uechi-Ryu is known for it's resistance. Eventually my goal is to try to seam the styles together with something that I can work with on a practical level, if that makes sense.

I use the Pro Force finger less gloves that I bought at my dojo. http://www.awma.com/productdetail/1854-proforce-fingerless-grappling-gloves.html

Thanks Sensei. I've always been a big fan of diversity.

Thank you.

About a month ago, I got my yellow belt in Euchi-Ryu and got my yellow sash in Wing Chun a month after that. So yay!

Congratz!

I have two schools that I go to. The school that teaches Wing Chun charges by a portion of the year as well as how many styles you will learn. In this case, I paid $670 for the whole year. I would get 3 classes a week at one hour a piece. The school that teaches Uechi-Ryu charges by the month, which in this case is only $105 a month for six classes a week at one hour a piece.

For any of you martial artists that live in the UK area or have experience with this brand, is this a reliable brand? I only of them through eBay.

After seeing this trailer, would you think that Danny McBride's character runs a McDojo?

I just like all of the movies. Personally in a MA standpoint, I liked the remake seeing as Jackie Chan knows martial arts whereas Pat Morita did not. Don't get me wrong, I still love the entire franchise for what it is, but knowing MA kinda adds credibility to the film IMHO.

Sounds like something I'll have to get into.

I heard they patched it up again. I have to go back and see the new changes.

Seeing as we are on the subject of heavy bags, I've been trying to find a heavy bag for a while, but I'm kinda limited on space plus I've only found vinyl bags at most sporting goods stores. What would you guys suggest?

Wow. Thanks you all for your honest opinions. I shall contemplate on it all.