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At least your instructors are correcting you - it shows that they are bothered about your karate and want you to improve. It's hard to switch schools or styles and I know that you must feel very depressed about it all. However, hang in there. It sounds like you are getting quality instruction, which is a great thing. Your instructor has recognise that you are very dilligant - that is a good thing. Keep with it and soon you'll see a marked difference in your technique. Good luck!
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Hello Healthyluckyrichme005. Welcome to Karate Forums. I've moved your post to the Karate section, as I thought it was more apropriate here - you'll probably get more replies. Thanks for visiting Karate Forums.
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Well, I am the Assistant Instructor for my karate school. However, if there are things that I am unsure of I will ask Sensei. There's always new things to learn, even if you have been training or teaching for donkeys years.
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Both my karate and my kung fu schools give trial lessons. It helps people to have a go without forking out £££ if they don't like it. Plus, it's a bit of a marketing gimmick to get students in. My kung fu club also does special 'beginners deals' on per-month pricing and buying uniforms (if you sign up for their TKD or Kickboxing lessons, that is. There's no uniform for Wing Chun, Tai Chi or Arnis).
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We practice jump (and spinning kicks too) at my karate school, although not on a regular basis. Sensei always tells us that they're useful for covering distance quickly and to overcome obstacles. A little 'spring' into a technique can give it a bit more 'ooomph' too, sometimes. Oh, and we train in them because they impress the whitebelts too...
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Goju boi, there's flashiness in all areas of martial arts - not just Korean arts. Flashiness and showiness seems to be invading martial arts training at a great rate of knots. TKD et al always seem to get a bad press because of their prevalence of kicking techniques - but karate also has kicking techniques and can be (in the wrong hands) flashier and showier than TKD or TSD. It just depends on the school and the instructor as to how much flashiness in imparted into the instruction of that school. Some people seem to rely more on flash and to like it because it covers up the fact that their basic techniques actually aren't very good...
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Master West Seminar
aefibird replied to NineTailedFox's topic in TKD, TSD, Hapkido, and Korean Martial Arts
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...yes, I know... That's where I first got it stuck in my head. Still, it's better than what they play at the Sheffield Wednesday FC games. I cracked yesterday and bought the song - gotta love that Peter Kay video!!
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Allow me to introduce myself.....New Here
aefibird replied to MuayThaiFan's topic in Introduce Yourself
Hello MuayThaiFan! Welcome to Karate Forums - and welcome to the world of martial arts too! Good to have you on board. -
Bunkai Jutsu, Karate's Grappling Methods and Throws For Strikers all by Ian Abernethy. Karate Do Nyumon by Gichin Funakoshi. It's better than Karate Do Kyohan IMO. The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do by Shoshin Nagamine. Bushido: The Way of the Samurai by Tsunetomo Yamamoto Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated Introduction by Adele Westbrook & Oscar Ratti. (Yes, I know that it's an Aikido book and that this is the Karate forum.. but it's a good book and is useful for anyone with even a passing interest in Aikido.)
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Sensei Hazard? Is that Sensei Dave Hazard by any chance? If so, I've trained with him - great bloke. I once had an agonising lesson on Sochin kata with him. I don't think my legs have been the same since.
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lol, yes it always seems to be a small bit of the song that gets stuck in my head too. Anyway, I seem to have got rid of (Is This The Way To) Amarillo. I just can't stop humming Maria by Blondie now, instead.... Aaaaagh!
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The values of honesty, honour, respect etc are things that are good for anyone to try and live by, whether or not they are deliebratly following the Bushido or no.
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Well, if it makes them feel better, I'd say that it's a good thing either way. Even if it is just "all in the mind" - if it works for them then that's a good result. Too often people knock things such as Chi healing as only being in the minds without seeing that even if it is only in the mind, at least it is having a positive effect. BTW, Pineapple, I want to make it clear that I don't think that you're 'knocking' Chi healing.
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Amazing internal arts feats
aefibird replied to scottnshelly's topic in General Martial Arts Discussion
Practicing Sticking hands and Pushing Hands with my Sifu - feeling/sensing his energy is amazing. Its a wierd feeling to describe but I can sense when I train with him that there is definately "something" there. -
We regularly train in 'street clothes' in my karate dojo, although it gets as hot as you-know-where in the summer, seen as we have no air conditioning. It can feel a little wierd to train in street clothes at first, but it really makes you realise how some techniques that work great with a gi aren't so good after all with ordinary clothes on. Similarly, wearing heavy boots adds an extra dimention to those knee kicks. At my Wing Chun kwoon we just wear regular trousers(pants) or shorts and a t-shirt, so it's like we're in street clothes anyway. We train in either socks or shoes anyway, as the floor is too rough and too cold to train in bare feet.
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To work on my kata (either for tournaments or just to make it better) I tend to practice it at varying speeds, from the very slow Tai Chi-like up to full blast speed/power. We have mirrors on one wall in my dojo, so I often stay behind after class or go early and practice whilst looking in the mirror to try and make sure that I look co-ordinated and that my kata looks 'right'. It's hard to explain, but you can generally tell when looking in a mirror if your techniques look as they are supposed to. Plus, asking your instructor is always the best advice.
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Proper Challenge Protocol
aefibird replied to cathal's topic in MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Boxing, and Competitive Fighting
Generally, at tourneys I've been to here in the UK, only named coaches/instructors are allowed to question/challange decisions. A lot of competitions require you to write on the entry form the name of your instructor, so that they know who is allowed to do the complaining. Students can sometimes question decisions too - but only after the tourney is over. If it is a serious complaint then you have to set your complaint in writing - which can land you with a fine from the English Karate Governing Body if they find the complaint to be false. As for getting out of a match, just tell the centre ref that you wish to concede - tell them why too. -
lol, that sounds great! When I first started karate I had a little notebook that I'd draw movements out in and write down underneath them what I *thought* they were called. My drawings were sometimes way off, but my spelling of them was even worse!