ShotokanKid

I've had my ties broken. Our teacher sometimes has us untie them so they wont be broken.

That would be pretty funny and entertaining. Good one.

For some reason. When in Europe, I heard another boy in our group saying how weird it was for another boy to be drinking tea bag tea. I didn't say when in Rome, do as the Romans, but I should have.

My teacher taught me that to block slashes, you wrap a jacked around your arm and use it as a shield. When they stab, you'd better move. It's not easy to defend against most weapons especially a bat. It will probably break a bone if you try to block. But a broken limb is better than a cracked skull.

Yeah without stopping for everyone else

Lol Does anybody know that one fight scene with the guy in his apartment where he brings the guys arm behing his head? Is that supposed to be a break?

Just curious. I've gotten bad at doing pushups so I wanted to see how many others can do.

What do you think?

Here it is: I am writing to encourage all karate students, especially the youth. My friends have said to me, “You have your black belt, why don’t you quit?” Karate is not about getting a certain colored belt. Many people stay with karate just to get a certain belt, whether it is green, purple, brown or black. Once they get that belt, they quit. Anybody can buy any colored belt they want from a martial arts distributor, but not everybody can stick with karate. As Sempai Sydney Shimabokuro said in his article, “Once you get you black belt, you realize how little you really know.” Instead of focusing on the color of your belt, it's better to focus on learning. Never let yourself get bored. Always try to learn something from each class. Give each class your all. Someone pays your tuition, whether it be you or your parents. For every class you take that you don’t give your all and learn something, the money you or your parents paid has been wasted. When I went to Japan and trained with Seto Sensei, I noticed that there were no colored belts until green. His students remained at white belt for 2 or 3 years! This was humbling because when I first started, I was very concerned with what color my belt was. It took me a long time to realized that karate is more about learning than what color your belt is. I think I finally learned this lesson after I became black belt. Right after I earned a black belt, I became bored with karate. But lately I have realized how learning is much more important than advancing. Even though I cannot advance in rank at all for at least 2 more years, karate is more interesting than ever. Good luck to you in your karate practice. Osu!

I'm no fool except for 99% of the time!

No idea, only do Shotokan

Welcome. I'm sure you will enjoy this site and it will be beneficial to your training.

Welcome. What kind of bike riding do you do? P.S. I love England, especially the farming areas. I spent 3 days in Emborough and 3 days in London. I also almost got run over by a steer in Emborough.

I don't know of any keno dojos within a 200 mile radius.

Those were a pretty good ones

That's got to be one of the funniest things I've seen this hour.

Welcome back! 41 years?? Great to have someone who has a lot of experience around.

Welcome to KF. What did you get your user name from? Do you have a rabbit?

Welcome to KF. My sister rode horses and I always wanted to but I never have. I have no time now, I'm at my dojo 5-6 days a week.

Hi and Welcome to KF

Welcome to KF

Welcome to KF. Goju Ryu is a lot like Shotokan right?

Welcome to KF. I've been to the Netherlands, and I loved it

Ne how I have a friend who's teaching me Chinese, I speak Japanese.

Welcome to KF, you'll enjoy this site