TawanTheTiger

Old topic but I recently switched to Kyokushin from Wado Ryu as there’s not enough sparring for me in Wado, I also went to Shotokan. However I also do Muay Thai and kickboxing so the Shotokan or Wado Ryu styles were just not enough for me, I’m a second brown belt and I’m loving Kyokushin. The lower belts I sparred are better than kata focussed senior grade wado and shotokan practitioners I’ve also fought. I love kumite so Kyokushin is my dream style! Maybe if they fought one on one and the shotokan athlete had a background in Muay Thai, boxing or kickboxing it would even things out. Wado made me realize speed is for scoring points not putting someone on the ground, plus no other styles I know of uses conditioning like Kyokushin. At the same time Shotokan would smoke us in kata and possibly point sparring. I’m speaking from experience as an ex sport’s Kartate competitor. It’s nice to use knees and low kicks very much like Muay Thai, Shotokan and Wado have impressive kicks but I never felt more than a tap from the mawashi geri jodan.

My kiai is oiiii, it started when I was practicing katas and my new puppy was getting in the way, and now it’s just stuck, where I’m from I notice everyone says seerrr, I like oiii better haha!