Radagast

I have a gi (Arawaza Black Diamond) I have worn about 12 times - only for gradings and tournaments. But it is getting yellow-brown sweat stains around the collar already. I've tried shout and oxy clean sprays/powder, and mixing up a Borax paste. Does anyone have any other suggestions? (Yes I did a search, the newest thread was almost 10 years old so new thread rather than necro... and there might be new solutions since then!) Thanks

Hello, I am looking for tonfa, but I have fairly large hands. I see that I can custom order some from Japan for like $200 USD plus shipping but I was hoping for less. My options seem to be either a 3.25" handle with a significant pommel, or a 4.5" handle with virtually no pommel. I have already purchased both of these options and neither work really well. I'm looking for a 4" handle and 20" length approximately, with a decent sized pommel. Does anyone know of a North American supplier who has anything like this? Thanks

Oooh carpet underlay, I didn't think of that. I may even have some. Thanks!

My area is back in lockdown. I have a training room set up in my garage, with puzzle mats on top of the concrete. The mats are 20mm. I find them extremely unforgiving for jumping, my knees and ankles are quite sore after training tonight - burpees and tuck jumps but not too many and nothing that would normally bother me. I had a few ideas for softening up the impacts... obviously putting down dry-core or something similar would work well but would cost hundreds of dollars and I may as well go buy 40mm mats at that point. But would putting down any kind of foam - I'm thinking mattress topper, or even yoga mats - work without drawbacks? Thanks

It depends on how long your name is. I think I spent about an hour doing it.

Oh, I thought it was going to be something like this: (watch to the end!)Except with like roundhouse kicks or something.

Wow! I've done Sanchin-stance lantern walks with 10 lb kettlebells in each hand and I though THAT was brutal.

Soto Uke - Reverse (outside) middle block Teisho - Palm Strikes Yoko Geri - Side Kick Kake Uke - Hooking Block Nukite - Spear Hand Mawashi Uke - Circular Block Ushiro Geri - Back Kick Juji Uke - X Block (see what I did there?) Maybe I'll make a new version with both languages.

This was more difficult to find than I was expecting! My stepdaughter attended the Brantford location a few years ago. It seems that it is Goju Ryu although the two main owners (Trevor and Casey Nash) are also big into kickboxing. My source: http://canadasportkaratemedia.blogspot.com/2012/03/cskm-and-nmac-spotlight-competitor-jake.html

Between my name and my belt I had 4 Ls to deal with - that was a LOT of nukite! The whole thing took my daughter and I about 80 minutes; we definitely weren't rushing. Higher belts could easily swap out some of the doubles for more advanced techniques as well. Instead of just the name which can be a bit unbalanced you could also have a "Word of the day" for exercises. I'm just trying to come up with things to make home practice more interesting and less routine.

I made this for some friends, and I thought I would share it in case anyone else would like to try it. It has techniques up to Yellow/Orange since that's what we know and it's always good to practice basics!

It's only loosely a martial arts movie, but Under Siege is my all-time favourite. Kill Bill, Hero and The Matrix are my favourites. Ip Man I haven't seen yet, it's at the top of my list. And probably the best one, albeit animated, is the Kung Fu Panda trilogy.

I'll admit when I first got the news of the dojo closing I was pretty bummed out. So I have started doing some fitness exercises to maintain/improve in that regard, and I'm moving almost everything in my garage into a storage unit to set up a home "dojo" complete with a heavy bag (canvas, sadly) and a wall target. I have 18 2x2 sections of flooring. I was thinking of trying 6x12 but I could also do 8x10 with the corners missing. For some reason another pack of the same flooring now costs $70 (I'm pretty sure I paid $15).

Thanks everyone. As it turns out, I will have to wait until after the virus shutdowns end to get it. I'm working on a home practice routine now. Step 1: Make room to do a home practice routine!

I just found out today that I'll be getting my Orange belt at the end of next week (graded two weeks ago). That was a nice way to start training especially since today was the one-year anniversary of my return to martial arts.