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Well I am still in High School. My only means of money would be my parents and i referee minor hockey.

It all depends on the Dojo and instructor.

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I was mistaken; they have these simple katas for advanced belts too. They are just to use and get used to different blocking, striking techniques, moving, like what you said. It is a pretty good idea I think and thanks for everyone’s help.

I'm just curious...how do you keep your pants held up before earning white belt? Umm... The pants have an elastic in them, so you can wear them like normal pants. If you understand.

Yeah... Why?

Good Job, you must be really round.

Well if you ask tonight, hopefully I can tell you got a strip on my white belt. So far, my greatest achievement is earning my white belt. (We start off with no belt in our dojo)

That is when you know you are hooked on MA... lol

These are awesome Thank you jedimc

Maybe it’s not a beginner’s kata, but I meant that it is an intro kata. (I think) Ones that are shorter I guess to get us used to the fact of a kata. I am just mainly conserved if anyone knows these?

Yeah, i just figured that out lol

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You can increase your speed and explosive power by doing clapping push ups.

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What would you have done with a crazy crack head running at you with a crowbar? lol

I am from Ontario, Canada

Late Hello Sandhoppa, i am glad to that you are enjoying KF, like everyone.

Would all those Protein shakes be good for a 14, 15 year old boy trying to get into good shape? If i had one for breakfast, then before bed?

All I see in the title is ?. Not a name or anything, what are you taking about me? There are MA trading cards?

I have all of my requirements in a manual that I check all the time. They only give us the ones that are just above our belt. Like for a white belt, you will only get yellow belt requirements. If I need to have some help with a technique or something, then I just ask a higher rank, and they have always been helpful.

That really sucks, I usually just do it in like WordPad, then save it, then copy paste. Would the description be like this? Kihon Kata Kiso Gedan 1.Start out facing north. 2. Turn west into front stance, with left leg in front, and do low block. 3. Step forward (still west) and do a lunge punch 4. Turn to east (180 degrees, turn right) into front stance with right leg in front, and do low block. 5. Step forward (still facing east) and do a lunge punch 6. Turn to north (90 degrees) into front stance with left leg in front, do low block. 7.Step forward (still facing north) do lunge punch 8. Turn to south, (180 degrees, turn right) into front stance with right leg in front, and do low block. 9. Step forward (still facing south) do a lunge punch 10. Yoi! For Kiso Age, do the same thing, same stances, but instead of low block, do rising block. For Kiso Shuto, do back stance instead of front stance and use knife handblock instead of low block and spear hand instead of lunge punch. If so, can you tell me if you do empi #1, 2, 3 ? Thank You in Advance, Nicolas

Hello Everyone I have been doing Shotokan Karate for a couple of months, and my Shihan has been teaching us katas called Kiso Gedan, Kiso Age and Kiso Shuto. Does anyone do these, if yes, can you describe them to me? They are just katas for beginners, and next belt we start to learn heian shodan and etc. Thank You in Advance, Nicolas

The only thing i was taught, was to bend yout thumb a little bit. Nothing abotu a pinky.

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