Sam

depends no what sort of style your isntructor takes with sparring....are you talkign full contact, semi, or light? Point sparring?

yeah thats what everyone learned - you at least need to be adept at grappling... otherwise if you lose the distance your striking's goign to be useless

Ok - so when you say higher form of kata - do you mean a different approach? OR just a new set?

Power Rangers Do - the art of shouting the blatantly obvious while making interesting poses.

Same for me.... completely obsessed with my training....but hasnt always been that way, started out for the first couple of months as something to do.... think was after my first grading i really got obsessed, and now it has pretty much taken over my life....

Well good luck to him! That thing with the Gi reminds me over the one girl i train with, got kicked right across the chest.... looked like it hurt quite a bit

good point, i completely forgot abotu that..... Luckily I've never come across an instructor who doesnt like getting hit... mine just tends to hit me back. Another thing to look for might be consistency, that the trainign style and theory remains constant.

yeah - but he had abnormal reach for his height didnt he.... and then ur only talking about boxing....

I agree in some ways.... however it depends on what u want out ofthe trianing..... if you dont want them to bleed together and learn 2 distinct martial arts then wait... however if you just want to pick and choose different areas then cross trainign at any stage may work... the only problem maybe an understanding of the application of different moves, and how they relate to each other.

ur crescent is ur most powerful? as in force or just speeD?

upped it to about 20hrs a week including home training now.

since when did density make any thing easier to see... last time i looked at the laws of physics luminosity of a substance is irrelevnat ot its density [lead versus neon.....]

yep i agree with you then .... and i can probably list your reasons .... hehe

yeah, just stripping away more and more of hte older stuff and incorporatingthe newer techqniues and methods that work,

yep okay - but he was talking about trained people - all teh people i train with wouldnt initiate like that.... but i take the point that in this situation the striker is the agressor and so would follow up .... just saying its not wise thats all

yeah - but as with most conditioning stuff you cause irreversible damage to your joints.....

yeah - think its better just to get down to trainign - thats why ur there!

lol - say it will help you gain a "deeper understanding" of the Martial Arts world and help with your Karate practice..... dunno really.....

yeah, i agree with everyone else again.... Swimming is the only thing that comes to mind when ur not putting weight on your ankle

thats cool - all depends on the kid though really....

yeah - $100 seems reasonable.... i got my pair for £55 so thats about hte same.

HEAVY bag [180 lbs] Focus mits. Target Pads Multiple Makiwara Thai Pads Blocker bars [actually just length of 2x4 people hit me with] bench press and weight set skip rope stretching bar Ceiling brace [bar on ceiling for doing exercises off of] Strethcing Partner [anyone who'll help ]

streching books are great..... machines can help with some people but if you stretch correctly anyway - theyre' unnecessary.

sound advise.... also go buy a strethcing book (i highly recommend stretching scientifically by Tom Kurz) and work on a routine to build up the strength of your knees..... that can help a whole world - what i did for mind since my many breakages.

yeah always ask for your instructors advise....