ShotokanKid

I'm a black belt.

sounds cool

My opinion is that movies ruin it for martial artists. People think Karate is a whole bunch of backflips and hi ya wahh! but it's not. Sure it takes skill and talent to do backflips for a camera but it ruins it for real artists

My opinion is more the opinion of the person. If a student doesn't do well and the instructor corrects them, the student might resent it. However, if you do well, you don't get corrected and you like the instructor.

It's kinda scary, especially because I am small, but just think, you wont get killed. It's about trying your best-sounds corny I know but if You just try, the outcome is suprising.

It's kinda scary, especially because I am small, but just think, you wont get killed. It's about trying your best-sounds corny I know but if You just try, the outcome is suprising.

Depends on what you want: Safe legs, difficulty for head kicks Iffy legs, good kicks Is kicking to the legs legal?

Is the crane stance the same one as done in the Karate kid? Just wondering. i've never done it (except for when my friends and I are goofing around) but I want to know more about this

Never seen it although at my dojo, on the written test for my black belt, one of the questions was the philosophy of Shotokan and it was "one punch kills"

YOu can train as much and as many styles as you want but you shouldn't lose the foundations and stuff like that.

I've heard people go like this: AAAEEEEE or UUHHHSSS or HHHAAA

I'm new to this site and I think it's pretty cool.

We study a lot of kata/ bunkai and forms. We do tournaments but we concentrate more on application, not fancy crowd pleasing moves.

At my dojo, we put talcum/ baby powder on our feet. THis makes it slippery at first but when your feet sweat, It'll soak it up.

It sounds like an apprentice, the Japanese word for that is Minarai

I study Shotokan and personally enjoy it, however, it all depends on you. I've done tournaments with goju people and they are Very good. However, since i've never studied goju, i have no idea which is "better". So good luck w/ your decision.

I'm not even 16 and I'm committed. I had 4 yrs perfect attendence until I joined the adults class (at which point, there is no more perfect attendence award)

Ok... I was too general. THe pain is in the back of the knee area. It's not like it's a sit down and scream in pain injury.

Think about water flowing and think about circles. Just relax, put feeling into it and and power. Good luck!

My knuckle pads are very thin so this question arises... are the pads to protect my knuckles or the person's face. How thick should the gloves be?

There's a lot of good koto music... I dont know where to get it but it's out there.

After doing very fast kicks, usually mai geri keagi (front snap) I often feel a pain. Does this mean I pulled my muscle? How do I deal with this?

Is kicking to the face or stomach better? We have face control rules so I dont want to go for the face but the stomach is well guarded. How shuld I attack?

I think my dojo's great. Good place to meet people and learn stuff.

Just wondering. I have enough free time on my hands to do Shotokan and Jiu Jitsu.