Okinawan Warrior

Apoligies for not having posted enough info. Red Gate are a club that supposedly practice Wa Du Ryu in scotland but they seem to be no more than an undiciplined and old fashioned boxing club.

I have a relative that is a member of the JKA and from what she tells me it seems as if you would be just as well going out and buying a black belt. They seem to tell their students that they are the be all and end all of martial arts and that they were the first karate group registered. I beg to differ.........

My instructor has shown me all the excericises in the style but I wanted to research it further and see if their are any techniques that have perhaps been forgotten through time and instruction..........

What is the story with this club? I've been and trained with them and I really beleive they need to change their habbits.

In my DoJo but not allways taught in the style we have alot of Judo and Jujitsu moves added. Grappling makes up bout 20% of our class.

If we train very heavily we will wear boxing gloves and occasionally head gaurds, for full contact we occasionally wear mitts and no punching to the head is allowed....... point sparring is non or semi contact which can result in little more than a bloody nose.

Confidence will build in karate provided you dont have some show of out to prove to the world that hes a complete NED. Pads arnt really needed if both fighters are aware of the conditions. Also it often comes down to, you either have it or you don't. The best thing you can do is keep going even if you do get knocked around (although if it is a good school you wont)

I have fought pro's im semi professional myself and all that i could say about the experience is if your that light and train that often then yeah you will be pretty good no matter what the style.......

In GoJu Ryu you must attend 22 lessons before you can sit another kyu grade...... Also once you get into Dan grades their are minimum age limits.......

dialects change though, okinawa speak japanese but its different from that of the rest of japan so surely its possible that they could incorporate a word, doesnt kanji allways have two meanings for everything?

I'd say Karate was far superior than Kickboxing. Karate has many more moves and much more knowledge. Kickboxers tend to have no control what so ever and have to make contact where as karate can stop the kick without trying to kill someone if needed. I have been to quite a few kickboxing classes and found them to be nothing more than fitness classes with a few bad techniques added in. Of course it all comes down to opinion, I've allways beleived that Kickboxing comes from Karate-Do

Just because the name is a mixture of the two (chinese and japanese) doesnt mean it is crap. Okinawa is part of japan but preferes to trade with china rather than japan...... it is possible for a name to be a mixture of the two.

I know the story as I have to study history in my class but it still doesnt answer my question........ Were they two seperate styles? and where did they come from? i.e. what city or part of china?