hajime

you get fit, learn how powerful your body can become, you adopt self control and awareness. you avoid street fights because they are beneath you you have fun and make friends there was no 'religious' aspect to Karate when I studied it

stare without any blinking and you MUST not smile. pretend to punch the walls of the dojo at maximum force and laugh every time you do it say 'I've just done a 10 year stretch for my last fight' or 'do you want to be cremated or buried?' etc

people that think they are invincible against no matter what opponent and how many they face. people that loose their temper the moment they loose 'face' during sparring people that think Karate or any martial art is a 'waste of time' hahaha people that think you can learn a martial art in a 'few week's' etc

way of the exploding fist on the spectrum now that was my introduction to karate!

oops I was obviously showing signs of my age. It's not meals on wheels it's wheels on meals! you can find it anywhere you want. Even on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305234922/qid%3D1067892686/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-6276276-2712600 it's a fun film set in Spain. with some excellent fighting of course

how true. I will add they have a sense of humour. They cannot ever bully anyone or use their skills to deliberately hurt a student. It's important to have 100% trust in them.

Surely you can understand learners of martial arts would actually don't want to get broken noses, knocked out teeth, bruised ribs, dislocated shoulders etc? If people want to fight full contact without pads that's their decision. I've watched full contact fights with guys being punched in the body and just laughing. In the style of karate I learnt most blows were aimed at the face/throat/ groin. they are the kind of moves that when carried out with great force and perfect placement would not be at all pleasant to experience

yes if I'm truly honest with you. I when I was younger also wanted to do serious damage to anyone who messed with me. it sounds sad to me now & the more skill and power I learnt the less I wanted to fight anyone since it wouldn't be pretty and if I ever do fight anyone I won't hold back anything

Which is why you keep your hands up. We have this traditional jiu-jitsu guy at my university who shows up at our meetings occasionally. When he gets on the bag he throws punches and elbows that sound like a machine gun (rapid). However, when we spar he's great to take down because he still only gets 0-2 shots in (when I shoot) and he puts so much emphasis on speed, they're basically kisses. sounds like he's aiming to score a point rather than hurt you. As a genuine full on snap punch as with any correctly delivered martial art blow is potentially nasty indeed

one of my instructors was a kickboxing UK champ. He showed no signs whatsoever of steroid use. No one I've trained with did. I would never touch such drugs. I used to do weightlifting and went from a 8 1/2 stone boy to a 14 1/2 stone man didn't need any drugs just effort and protein

Welcome sir! I only lick the boots of my partner if she's got all the money. I agree that friendliness over power trip helped me to enjoy martial arts in a nice atmosphere.

pffft! and it doesn't stop when you get older either. I still can't help looking at women of all ages under 30

hips, hips, hips hurray seriously in Wado Ryu it's in the hips, as well as timing and speed of course but pivot on those hips. it's why you don't need to have muscular arms to hit powerfully. Technique is 100% more important.

hey I assumed it was a friendly sparring session. If it was meant to be full contact then fair enough you take your chance as for hitting them back in the groin, notice my winking face? I was joking m8! revenge in this context has no place outside of films

the snap punch in karate is the fastest and hardest to detect hand move because it moves in a straight line and the hand is already in the forward position. When done by a skilled opponent it will knock your teeth out which is why of course when sparring you stay at kicking range cos kicks are easier to see so long as you face your opponent and keep your eyes open