Karateka

With every class in everyday life there is always one thing in common; the teacher teaches the students. However what makes the classes unique is the students within them.

Hey everyone! I am at my camp for cadets right now. It is a lot of fun but hard. I am given supply and stuff like that. I have internet access but only when I have time off.

IP's can be important to some programs. Look up a program called BackOrfice and see how it works. Oh, by the way, you won't find it in any major stores. It is a hacker program.

Two counters are just stepping into the kick so it doesn't hit you. The third is stepping in, grabbing the support leg, and sweeping them on their face with any followup you want.

Tracing IP's Tim, kind of wrong ain't it?

The reverse roundhouse or ushiro mawashi geri. There are very few counters, I believe only three!

There is a tae kwon do school in North Vancouver that has Camo belt. It is just a way to get money.

A barrel of laughs a minute(sarcastic)

Aikido never had belts!

Why don't you tell us about yourself in the introduction forum?

Dojo politics come into almost anything that goes big. As a style gets larger you will always get slacker students who just by some whim of luck, pass their grading. Then they feel that they can do the same and get away with it and then all you have is a dojo of high potential with low skill. That is why I shopped for a dojo before I chose my teacher. Some people don't shop or, if they are kids, their parents don't ask the right questions. I don't know, I don't think this problem will ever go away.

Interesting Input and welcome to our forum Zorro.

Although mastering anything takes a long time, good luck with your trials.

No kidding. And even better is when you see their eyes on you when they hit the ground like a sac of potatoes. Something related: how do you mentally, physically, or even spiritually set yourself up for a fight. I physically just work on drills and mentally I put into my head that I must do what I must to win. Spiritually is a different matter. I am very spiritual in the sense that whenever I partake in something which requires a lot of thought, I go into a meditation. I am a Sikh but I find myself going to Taoism, Buddhism, and Zenism. I mostly prefer Buddhism because I like the non-violent ways (strange to go to a book on non violence before a fight). I don't know, it helps me decide on a great number of things. Not that I look to the gods but rather look in myself. I was wondering what you guys do and what your thoughts are on the subject.

Angus your japanese is horrible it is Neko-ashi- dachi. Geez man, I am going to have to give you a terminology page. Here check this out:http://www.geocities.com/seikokai/test/Karate_terminology.htm My dojo uses this for our terminology.

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You guys should train in Canada. Very few McDojo's up here. Odd?

Naw, he just called Tank for some weapons...or an exit...or just some new techniques from another style.

There are two people. There is Ticky Donovan, UK Coach for Karate (he taught my Sensei)!. Then there is my Sensei Ron Bagley. He has proved to me that there was so much potential and I couldn't see a bit of it. He got me believing in my self and made me realise that I am just impatient. It takes a while to get good, but you will get good. He is like my second father. Then there is Sempai Michelle, the senior assistant. She has also helped me a great deal with so much that she is like my second mother. Together, those two have made me the best I can be. Ticky Donovan, although I never met him, has inspired me from affar because he took Karate and scientificuly (sp?) changed and changed everything about Kumite. So these are my heroes. I would do anything for these guys.

Totally, it just takes them right off their train of thought. It is great to see them frazzled for that one instance when they go "where the hell did that come from?" It is great!!!

Even though I do point sparring in the style I am in, it makes it easier to focus on other stuff. I have begun to just picture just me and the fighter and drain out other distractions like the crowd and stuff. I am in my own mind where all I can see is the opponent. My friend does Muay Thai and we spar most of the time. He has gotten a lot better than when we last faught. He got me good with an uppercut but he does it too much and I got used to it and just wacked him one good one.

Totally. Any style which interests you is good. Just as long as they don't say that other styles are bad and don't allow people to expand. Those are bad teachers. Get a teacher who has credit and lets you explore your own ideas.

Not leaping, just exploding off the line into a technique while the other guy is just getting into his stance.

Thank you Patrick. So guys, now that this is reopened, I was wondering. When you guys go into competitions what kind of attitude do you guys have when you fight? I am the waiting kind of person with some and the agressor with others. However, most of the time I wait for the attacker to drain out their technique and then attack. I think this is called gon-o-sen. Sen-o-sen is attacking a fraction of a second before your opponent and tang-o-sen is attacking the same time. Just added that in for other karateka. So, what are your attitudes on the mats?

Salutations and welcome.