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I think tha worst is when,small children who have no idea of what their doing are allowed to train and test,but tha parents get charged 55 bucks for every test,and some how their allowed to test every month,even if they've only been to two classes.

Nah,I just started in that style of Karate like two weeks ago.

Yeah,I train off of Orr road,with Sensei Yuji Iwakura,and his Wife Beth.

^^^ the Itch,yeah I feel tha same way when I miss class.

Jimmy,where do you train Shoryn Ryu at? I'm in Charlotte NC myself,and had tha hardest time finding any karate schools around here.

I don't know if it has been mentioned yet,but The Cherokee kid has me crying everytime I see it.

welcome back to training,I myself just started training again two weeks ago.

That's interesting I never knew all that^^^

well,best I can tell ya is call tha Karate school and ask if they teach any weapons at all,if so ask if they have any different lesson times or private lessons.

Man,I dunno that sucks not having anyone around ya.Whats tha closet Dojo to you?Maybe a Japanese Dojo around you teaches tha Katana,I know a lot of Japanese Karate schools teach tha Katana or some type of Kobudo.

Enshin is full contact and we don't use all tha protective gear.We use cloth instep and shinguards and gloves.Anyway I've never actually done Kyokushin,but I know Enshin is very similar to Kyokushin.Kancho Joko Ninomiya started Enshin after he won tha all Kyokushin tournament in 1978.I enjoy Enshin immensely so I'm sure I would enjoy Kyokushin as well.

from all I've read about him,he seems to be a very good Karateka,It's hard to say as I've never actually trained with him though.

I dunno about learning yourself,you will accquire many bad habits,espcially with noone there to tell you if it's being done right or not.

I dunno what to think,It's funny however.

Well I hope you enjoy your new Dojo,But dont get hung up on being 30 it's no big deal.age is only a small number,but what ya do with tha years is what counts.

Tha best style is tha one you work tha best and tha hardest at.

Actually,I have no idea what tha age is in my Dojo,well Yuji Iwakuras Dojo.I've seen somewhat young kids,but none that look to be 5 or 6.

I'm sorry to hear that,I know how ya must feel.In my 23 year career of life I've lost 5 really close people to me,and even though we know theres a better place after this one it's still so hard to swallow.Tha good book says tha Lord gives and Tha Lord takes away,Just know that this is tha Lords plan.I'll be sure to say some prayers for you guys.

I liked when little John was drowning,and tha a toll is a toll and a roll is a roll,and if we don't get no toll we don't eat no roll."I made that up myself"

^^^ I absolutely agree.I just started over in Enshin and we usually only do 30,and that's not even every class.I'm much more concerned on having good technique,good accuracy,good punching power and speed,good kicking power and speed.Dont really wanna waste time doing 100 push-ups.

I dunno,I think Van Damme did a death touch or fist or something in Blood Sport

I liked Men in tights as well.

I've never actually done Shotokan,I've heard people say it's to linear,but like I said I've never actually done Shotokan.In Enshin we do lots of circular movements.

Just wondering everyones take on circular and Linear Karate.What you think tha pros and cons are for each.Which do you prefer?

My Sensei is Japanese and very into us learning tha language.He gets pretty strict about it.