ShotokanKid

Welcome, glad to see you do shotokan

Welcome and congratulations on picking KF. It's helped to motivate me to do better in karate.

WHere did you get that?

I see weapons as a supplement to karate. A fellow black belt and I were playing with shinai full speed and we were supprised to see that our karate experience helped us to block because of reactions that karate teaches you.

Does cracking your knuckles give you arthritis? Some people say yes, some people say it's just a myth. Who is sure about what they say?

I was born NEXT TO kyoto daigaku. (Why did I say daigaku?)

Recently, a fellow black belt and I were in the dojo alone (we're both assistant instructors and we were finishing a photo shoot for the kids) but anyway, we found the shinai (I think that's what they are, they are bamboo swords with a tensor thing) and we started using them against each other. Neither one of us have experience with them but because of doing karate, we had basic reaction skills. We want to do a supplement class for other karate people but the problem is that neither one of us know anything about the shinai or boken. Any advice or is this the dumbest thing you've ever read?

GOod one

OOOPSSS!!! did I write daigaku? I'm an idiot. I meant Kyoto umare .

OOps, I messed up on the quote.O well.

HAHA Tell that to the Brits It ain't weird to drink tea!! Most American boys think so!

My ride? A bmx Mongoose Lol

I was just wondering. It's kind of weird for a teenage boy to drink tea but I do. What kinds of tea do you like? I like Earl Grey, Green Tea, and Orange Pekoe.

I have old spice in the gym locker. I use that when I forget to put on the good ole'xtreme sport cool peak.

I tried once and it looked pretty good until it died.

Was anybody born in Japan? I was born in Kyoto and I have dual citizenship (for now, I"ll soon have to pick) Boku wa Kyoto daigaku desu.

I like greenday, love switchfoot, especially the song dare you to move, i like 3 doors down and nickleback. Don't have a favorite.

I love bettas... I had one for over a year. I don't have a betta right now, Some guppies, black widow tetras and a Chinese Algae Eater.

I have a female collie who is 3 inches over the breed standard which is why we got her from a great breeder for less than what she's worth. I really like my dog.

That's the english letter then the Japanese pronuciation.

Got some suggestions. I speak Japanese and have dual citizenship(that was irrelevant) If you know how it's spelled English Japanese A Ah E Eh I EE O Oh U OO

yeah, I used part of a broken chair as a type of knight stick. you hold it against your arm. You can whip it out like a backhand or from the inside and you can block.

I believe I've posted this before but here goes... My teacher was having me show how to chamber the leg for a roundhouse kick by having us kick over a table. He said "watch how sempai Joey does it" and then WHAM!!!! I knocked the table back several inches (it was one heavy table) got a big bruise later. You could hear the giggles from the audience

that was ridiculous. If that happened to most people I know, the instructor's windows would be broken and his car would be trashed. That's sooo wrong!

thanks everyone... any more to add?