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If you look at history,Okinawa is the largesse island of the Japan groupe of island sometime under the domination of China sometime under the domination of Japan that why there are so many resemblance betwen kung-fu and karate even in kata.

First there is nothin flashy about kempo karate,why do you want to create a flashy kata ? I practice traditionel karate and i did create a weapon kata but there was nothing flashy about it, i kept it traditionel.

I would go whit wayara stick 6inchs stick you can strick and pressure point

Make the judge belived you are realy fighting some one.

Side kick and back fist that will soften you

For my part to overcome the blues I always practice for the next tournement,so by the time the tournement season is over you have 10 more months of practice and if you are still a color belt ,you have probably change or will change belt color soon. remember tournement is to see where you stand facing you're self not others.

mARIO I'M BLUE BELT 2 BELTS AWAY FROM BLACK IN KARATE SHOTOKAN AND I'M YELLOW BELT IN KOBUDO WEAPON THECNIQUES

I became a martial artis after one of the great martial art movie "the revenge of the ninja " 20 years ago

in tea kwon do they use the term forme similar to kata they are the only hand techniques use in that sport

Gheinisch my friend you sound like you are a bus driver just like my self.Yes I often have problemes to cope with training.at the moment we just change our boocking for the fall season so right now I have monday and tuesday off I work on evening on wednesday and thursday,afternoon on friday and saturday,day time on sunday, on monday I train no probleme wednesday I do a split shift from 3:00 pm to 07:00 pm and I start back at 09:00pm to 00:15 am so when I am done my first part I drove to the dojo 20 minutes from my work place so I mist the warm-up but my sensei give me the chance to do the karate part of the class.On saturday I go to train from 10:00 am to 11:00 am and I go to work for 12:00,sunday I finish working at 0500 pm and start training at 06:00 pm. BUt remember my friend if you overcome all the obstacles the life put in you way I belived it will reflect in you martial art.

Music is very good in warm up make you forget about your little problemes and get you ready to recived instruction just like in church.

I aggree,I Have one that mean master in japanese on my chest.

keep working using the other hand and let broken one heal completly like the others said, by traning the other hand you want losse focus and timing and never know what it will do to you.

Working the body is good but you need a balance live you need to take care of you soul and spirit there are food for the body, food for the soul and food for the spirit.You need to have a social live,go out on a friday night you never know. And remenber behind every great champion there is a super woman donT forget about her.

I would suggest some kind of colored t-Shirt because I don'T know of any kickboxing club with belt ranking but,it that kid need some kind of reward and at the same time you could put a crest on the t-shirt for some kind of publicity.

If he was my brother I would direct him in Hapkido or aikido they are 2 arts that rely on techniques more than strengh.Of corse sometime age is an issue if it is in you part of the world then I would suggest judo.

I have to admit that white shak is right even in the movie when there is a master an a student the master always teached the hard way.I belived in learning in a friendly environement as long as you remain mature and grow with in the art.

I belive that martial arts are sports and arts at the same time, if you take the example of karate they are certain techniques that you can not use in tournement such as shuto ,empi ,Hiza-geri etc but are the heart and soul of karate and you find them in kata .

If you put you heart in it ,when you going to need it,it will be there for you. I don't belived in one style better than the other one ,you can pratice which ever style, but if you don't put your heart in it your are loosing your time.

Quixote My friend do you belive the inspiration you must be for those traning with you. I remember I was training in judo with a man who was 56 years old ,he was a black belt in karate and a orange belt in judo and he was a inspiration for me cause I remember have told him that when I will be that age I hope to be like him.Remember my friend you are a inspiration and you are not out of place.

Sauzin my friend you sound like a christian that been going to church for 20 years but have never open the bible' you are a martial artist that 's been going to training with out never asking any question, with out never open a book about karate history and take for only truth what your sensei said, well if it your way it find with me, but it not mine sorry.when my sensei say something I'am like a baby I ask why,why,why,till I'm satisfied with the answer and that the attitude a martial artits should have.

A year a go I went to a seminar with Hanshi CRuzz from California and there was one of his assistant who gave a lecture about the history of certain style and I belived it make sense,of corse there is no more people living on boat today but in those days it was common.It like saying,like my friend Sauzin that they were no farmer in Okinawa of corse they weren't any farmer that probably why all the weapons we use in karate were farm related.SAsori-te I am always open for new point of view if you have one.

I did a come back to martial art 2 years a go and on my first tournement I have won a 3rd place in kata and I had just practing for a month and a half so it kind of give me the boost to keep doing tournement.then last new years eve I had to defend my self in a street fight when I was working (bus driver).sometime you train for years with out to fight for real and thank god for that but sometime you are face with the moment of truth and it fell good to came out on top.

In my part of the world 3.5 to 4 years from white to black.But if you like tounement like I do you take longer to cross to black belt cause the chalenge is bigger.

Well to be honest Iknew if I was going to ask such a question I was going to have a lot of reaction and that is good,but often as martial artist we are ask that kind of question by friends or relative so I was just currius to see the other people thought.