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Hi Grenzer! happy posting!

wow thats quite a fair bit compared to my kata list , we only have 26 or 27 (depends...some clubs never do kion). What grade are you and how many do you know??

the easiest way to breakboard is to not concentrate on actually hitting what you want to break but concentrate on hitting past it. Like imagining that behind the break board there is another target which you are aiming for instead. Oh and one more tip which i ignored first time i attempted breaking, dont hit with the wrong knuckles or you will pretty much break your hand!

have you tried tekki sandan yet? I know it vaguely but the arm movements are so complex and very difficult to remember.

im sorry but i have to disagree.Bigger people may have more power but the point im trying to make is that if they use it in the wrong context eg; Running at their apponent in hope they will run in the opposite direction, then it wont work will it! If people use their weight in that way then its just easier to pick them off and score easy points! Then again if a bigger fighter has a better technique than you, thats when you've had it!! see what i mean?

yet another laydee here. 2nd dan in shotokan karate. I aint been on this site for long but it really is a cool site and im glad 2 know there are loads more lasses that kick ass too!!!

I'll have to agree with you both... enter the dragon was excellent. But then again , weren't all bruce lee films?

i would gladly but the only problem is that she CANNOT use a computer. She doesnt know the first thing about technology so she tends to stay away from it!

i once got a temporary purple belt and i was so upset. Because i was pretty young i really couldnt understand why i had "sort off" passed my grading. If you are only sort of good enough then technically you are not good enough in my opinion. Either you pass or you fail. Simple as!

Henry I think you have a really good point! Maybe it should happen!

they are changing totally soon tho remember :pony:

I know this one girl and it is just so funny to watch her fight , because she has quite a lot of weight behind her she thinks it intimidates people so on hajime she just runs at her opponent. Every time its just a case of sussing her out, and she never learns!!! i saw her once fight this really small boy and he beat her in like 30secs and she was so annoyed! I hate when people use their weight, it just dont work!

i know it sounds boring but just dont go behind your parents back.Then they could even stop you training altogether if they think its a bad influence! i agree with the others, ask them if you can have wooden weapons

sex really doesnt really matter in karate, it doesnt matter if a 20stone bloke is fighting a 8stone woman, if the woman has better technique than the man she will win. Same goes, if a roly-poly type woman fights a skinny bloke and all she does is try to intimidate with the sex and weight, she will get sussed out and lose. Simple as... TECHNIQUE RULES!! HEHE

jean claude van damme is v good, and hes good looking too... bonus !!

That was the most insulting martial arts programme i have ever seen , it was hilariously crap!!! If i heard the word "enlightenment" one more time i think i would have smashed my tv!!

2nd dan black belt, been training 12 years and i practice shotokan karate

i have too many fights too remember. most end up with sum1 getting hurt unfortunately!

its always better to have a sensei with you at least then you have 1st hand experience of where you've gone wrong and what you need to improve etc

what do u mean can get a tip?

anyways, back to weapons anyone???

You stuck up for your friends , how can that be bad!! Be proud! Plus think of it this way , any time you need a hand with anything your friends will be there for you. You were there to help them after all!

Doesnt anyone ever wish that karate was more popular? Like on TV and stuff?

mmmm ok!

Does anyone go to a karate school where temporary grades are given out if your standard in the grading was above average but below the standard needed for your next belt? I used to grade like this with the FSK and dont think its a paticulary good idea (but thats just my opinion). Any comments?