Kaos666

i learned a hard lesson in my first tournament... fight for third place among all of canada... i lead 3 to 1... and get hit smack dab in the face, my opponent cared not for control or technique... it was a followthrough to knock me out cold... it did not... but i wish it had. I swayed and my vision blurred for a minute or two, but i was okey soon and got back into the fight... i was VERY angry and my opponent, VERY VERY angry. all i wanted to do was get back at him... i did, my hardest uro-ken right in between the eyes... the warnings were going on and on... BUT the rest of the fight i was in a frenzy and cared not for defense... i lost the match 5 to 6 the moral is, and my advise, NEVER feel angry in kumite... be free of all emotion, become cold and precise. Attack only on opportunity and remmember: HARD vs SOFT and SOFT vs HARD hope i have been helpful

don't think that all that was said in this thread and on this board as a whole was ignored by me... i heed advice when it is wisely given... as i have said, school is still a month off, and i am thinking hard about this Perphaps i should finilize my view on others perception of me: If i always cared what others thought of me and acted to please their desires... well, quite honestly i would be dead long ago. If i were always fearing that some moron is thinking that i "show off" and that some dolt is making fun of me, i would not have done over half the things that i did in my life... the half that i am proud of, the half that taught me and elevated my experience. Quite simply, i don't care if somebody has nothing better to do but pick on someone else... they have a freedom to ignore it and i am in no way barring that freedom...

never have i expected such negativity in a place like this... i do appologize for confusing kimono and gi... that was my ignorance, and i should have known better... as for spelling... well, if you judge a person by how well he/she can spell a word, ur missing quite a bit the reason i want to train during the school day is because once it starts that is the only opportunity i will have... and i for one what to put in as much time into MA as i possibly can so that i may achieve my goals, and because i want to do it And plz don't worry about my social life... first off, it's my own, second it's fine the way it is. i don't think i ever said i'd teach, i even said i will NOT under any circumstances as for you AngelaG, i do admit i may have been rash and hot-headed, such is my nature... BUT i still hold that if a person wishes to train in uniform in public, that does NOT automatically mean that person is showing off or make a spectical sorry if anyone else felt insulted or offended... i truly did not mean to hurt anyone

Shotokan and Aikido... my long-term goals too i myself will wait until i am worthy of a black belt in Shotokan before i go for Aikido, my sensei recommended that approach

My vote for Shotokan... it's the all-in-one for me personally. The classic shotokan is great for conditioning, and sparring will get you feeling confident in a fight In truth virtually any MA, at a certain level will fit you for self-defense... if you automate your moves, u'll have no worries....

I do some running and jumping, then a full body stretch from neck to toes and then splits for some 5 min, alternating... if possible i'll get a partner to push me down a bit or pull my legs further appart...

By GTA i mean Greater Toronto Area, of course.... and just a name would be fine, i'll find the address myself if need be

i don't know if anyone else does it... but i sometimes tend to block Ura-ken WITH Ura-ken... anyone else does this??

lol, which reminds me, we had karate camp just now and, as a test, our sensei and assistant instructors woke us up at 3am and made us do kata... i'm quite pround to say i did first 5 correctly, Bassai Dai and Jihon... well they are a different story... anywho, the point of this is that if you get woken up in the middle fo the night and are able t do your kata correctly... you know u've got covered...

not at all ramymensa... i hear your advice and that of others and took it into deep consideration. I still have a month till school starts, so i'll be thinking about it till then at any rate. Nothing is done until it's done... i see that you have a strong view on this, BUT consider this: 1. If that is what you think if you see a person in a gi training... then quite frankly you're immature and not worthy of MA 2. I believe i've said i before, but i'll say it again: I am NOT planning to wear my gi to boast or "show off" or to get special attention. My kimano is my training uniform. True, it represents me as a karateka, but how does doing kata or any MA related exercise, even in plain clothes, not show the very same? I do not intend to hide from anyone who i am and what i want to become, niether do i intend to challange anyone with my training. I do not believe that being a martial artist is anything special, it is possible for anyone to become one and achieve mastery with enough dedication to the cause. I take pride in this belief and take pride that i have commited myself to this course. If someone feels threatened or challanged by this, then there is just nothing i can do that they are not willing to do themselves... to accept and to respect. in no way will i try and force any of those around me to commit to the cause i follow, because free will is the only possible gate way to MA... It is also my deepest wish that through my training i may enlighten some people and help them see that which they what but could not. Such is the case with a few ppl here

lol... i was doing it so often my sensei started grading me on how i well i join the katas togehter as a joke, and then gave me the name of my new super long and super stupid kata... can't remmebr it now, i might post it when i ask him about it

thanx for the advice, i see what you are getting at and partially agree... i have to say that will still try and go ahead with this. Cautiously but ever forward. First of all i'll need to talk it over with the principle and certain teachers, and i'll go from there. I'll start off with gi pants and shirt at first and if the atmosphere does not become negative i'll think of wearing full gi with white belt... I wont trey to barge in with ear tearing kia, i'll feel my way through... thanks for the advice and help everyone

hi everyone... can someone give me an address of a MA store in the GTA where i can buy good quility competition/kata kimano (gi)??? thanx

i understand what you are saying... in my mind, kata are indeed movements, with purpose and greater design, but still movements. Later on, i've only reached that stage, kata as a whole become single techniques for focus, concentration and relaxation, combined with improvement of physical body... to begin to understand kata, you need to break it down into basic movements. To try and grasp it all right away may be quite impossible. also, once the basic movements are remmembered then you have to apply knowledge and feeling to the kata... movement with design and determination is what you should have. It also helped me to think of kata as a dance, where your invisible opponents are your partnersh

well, last year two asian dudes where doing sword practice in the park near my house each morning while i was doing my runs... i only looked at them with understanding and respect... once again, what other ppl think is not important to me, unless it is positive feedback or constructive critisism... idiots will be idiots, and if i were to fear them making fun of my training i would not have gone into MA at all. If your only concern is that i will somehow be insulted by morons because of my uniform, then let go of your worries, i've grown over that. My real question, once again, was wether wearing your gi outside the dojo is somehow insulting to teh school or disrespectful to the art...