ShotokanKid

lol thats pretty funny. i'm somehiwn managing to type with knhifre hsnds... not erelly.

LOL, just had to laugh.

I want Gracie to win, but I think Matt Hughes has a better chance. He's younger and has a better record. Hard to say. Gracie has got the size advantage. We'll see.

Not a problem... hope you get better soon and if you do film a video, please give me the link. Thanks.

This is one of the most powerful kicks if executed properly. The best way to do this is to just start really slow. Do it properly and slowly and gradually build speed. Make sure to do it perfectly when doing it slow so that you have a good base to add on to.

Congratulations to you for your gold belt and to you and your wife.

You have to buy this book. It's a great book. I got it as a gift and found it to be one of the best karate books I've ever read. Reasonable theory with lots of good evidence.

What do you mean? Do you mean you want to get in shape or do you mean joining the armed forces and going to boot camp? If you want to get in shape, I'm sure you can find plenty of quality fitness training programs and trainers. You can also work out by yourself by running/ walking and different excercises. I'm not quite sure what you mean, sorry if I wan't much help.

Sorry, my fault, I should have explained what I meant when I made the post. My bad.

I'm talking either leg. I want to be able to kick with front or back. And I'm talking about reverse roundhouse kick.

Just wondering... what specifically do you want? Kumite DVDs, kata DVDs, overall karate DVDs. You might want to look up Amazon.com in the UK.

Just listened to the mp3 of this. I would just like to thank you for starting and maintaining this forum. When I made my first post, I was frustrated with karate and wanted to quit. KF has turned me into a MA nut. Thanks again Patrick, and congratulations for 5 years!

Check up on durattan. I saw a test where they took a durattan and a rattan and beat them against a metal pipe. The rattan broke after about 20 (they repeated the experiment a few times) but the durattan didn't break.

Good point... There are a lot of different ways to use handwraps. Try a few different ways and decide which one you like best.

I would like to use Ura Mawashi Geri more often but I am not sure I am doing it properly. Does anyone have a link that shows how to execute it properly, or can anyone describe how everything should be? I was practicing it and my instructor said to lift my knee up more, or else I would hurt it. I will ask him about it next week, but I would like to practice it this weekend so my instructor can critique it when I am kicking properly.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8215670543802155236&q=boxing+leo This should help. Good luck.

I hope you can get your money back. Good luck with that.

I've been kneed in the groin (without a cup) What he did was have me squat down and then from behind, he put his arms under mine, lifted me, and bounced me a bit.

I just got kicked in the groin @ class today. Fortunately I had my cup. Unfortunately, it still hurt. My 2 questions are: 1) after getting kicked, someone put their arms around me and bounced me. The pain went away. How does work? 2) at what point do you get permanently... messed up... and how would you know it? (I'm not too worried about #2 but I've been hit pretty hard in the groin a few times so I would like to know)

I don't know of any martial arts stores nearby that have what I want. I looked it up on Google local, can't find a store. I'll ask someone at my dojo, who I think has Addidas gloves.

Wow is all I can say... Wow! His technique looks pretty powerful.

Thanks for the help. I'm thinking I'll go with M or L. I have XL now, but I'm not sure they are the best fit.

I keep a journal. I write one page min. about the day and sometimes include stuff from the day (a flier, a fortune cookie fortune) Not sure why I do it, I just do.

http://kicktech.net/adidas_gloves.html Or maybe these.

I'll go with: -My own sensei - Shihan Seto (trained with him in Japan, and he came here) -Shihan Kanazawa (he was my sensei's instructor) and -Alex Biamonti