Zorba

As mentioned in my signiture. grading for 6th kyu in shotokan on 27/6 should pass with flying colours i also did capoiera for a month but wasnt a fan of the intructing method.

I love the flying side kick mainly cos of the distance i can cover with it, same with flying front kick. I also like the spinning heel (hook) kick and jumping spin crescent (tornado) kick. as for hand techniques, i cant say i have a favourite individual move, i prefer combinations.

i have 8 dvds to watch about bruce lee. got them for my birthday. i will let you know my theories once i have finished them (watched disc 1 of "Jeet Kune Don") yesterday.

When i did taekwon do, we did 3 step, 1 step and free sparring. basically, with the one step, we would stand out of reach, then the attacker would to a high section punch, and the defender would move in and perform the counter. however, in shotokan our one step (or ipon kumite) is done standing quite close, the attack is done (either high punch, mid punch, front kick, turning kick or side kick, from either leg leading) and the defender must defend and counter as the attack is being thrown. I feel that this is more realistic as in the real world you dont get the luxury of someone holding their arm out while you walk up to them and counter. are other tae kwon do's like the one i did, or are they more like the shotokan method?

i think you would find that most movies with martial arts aren't a particular style as it is all choreographed. this of course does not apply to all films, a lot of films ive seen combine a lot of high kicking with some very fast hand work as well

Back when i was training regularly i was able to do the jumping kicks quite well, infact, whenever my club did demonstrations, they would use me in the finale. i took a couple years off between TKD and shotokan, so lost some of my fitness, but its coming back. I have recently become very focused in my MA and am beginning to practice my TKD as well as karate.

I used to have a computer game on my old 4 colour XT computer called Bushido. It was some dude in a purple ninja suit. if you look on the 80s games website you should see it.

Hi People, I found your forums today and thought i would join. I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (ITF) and am about to grade for my green belt in shotokan. Andrew