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I am not sure , but i think we got the gekisai katas from goju ???

personally , i like Seienchin , Gekisai dai and Yantsu .

To answer your question we were both wearing short pants and a t-shirt.

I was training with a friend today ,the weather was extremely hot , he is about 24 pounds heavier than me , after 1 hour of worm up/ bag fighting / standup fighting , I suggested that we wrestle as i thought since he is the heavier guy i would benefit from wrestling him and he agreed , every time the fight went to the ground and i tried to lock/chock/pin or submit him , he just sleeps out from the hold as we were both sweaty .. I tried over and over and over again and each time i manage to apply a lock , he just sleeps away from it in one second until I got exhausted . So what do you guys do against a sweaty opponent ???

I don't believe that a dream might come true

8 hours at work , and probably 2 or 3 hours at home .

hmmm.................... If you are looking for full contact tournaments then join kyokushin , search the kyokushin organizations available , contact them , and join the organization that suits you the most . I know that sounds insane but if you do not want to join kyokushin for any reason , then i advise you to start your own style of knock down tournaments . Regards

Good luck

I have been thorough many fights during high school and few times in college , I am not a trouble maker but I never walked away from a fight //* I know a lot of you would disagree , but we train in martial arts to defend ourselves not to run away on confrontation *//

Correct , however , i learned them after grading the black belt . gekisai dai is one of my favorites katas

We do self defense training twice per month or so , the rest is tournament fighting . I , myself , prefer to stay on my feats while throwing the opponent to the ground , and i like to apply chokeholds

I have experienced the same case lately , not being able to train regularly due to stress at work , so , i became moody and short tempered , just like you !!!!!!!!!!! guess it's common between kyokushin guys , lol . One thing else , when i am not training , i get tired at work quickly !!!!!

Talk with your parents .

I consider it a martial sport . Very efective in close range combat

Lol.. I do this once or twice per week , so that makes me insane ???

Also makiwara is useful to harden the striking area while bag is useful in making your strikes heavier

Depends on the style(ryu) , the faction , the instructor , etc .... take for example kyokushin katas , they differ from one organization to another , for instance , passai kata in iko1 is different than passai kata in iko3 ........

I wouldn't say that shotokan is a week style , however , the main problem with shotokan is the high number of Mcshotokan dojos .

The only advice i can give is : Open your own school . Good luck

In another word , it's passive . You (and I for the matter ) are just training on how to grapple but never using it in kumite - never puting it under real test - , training is something , and real application of the move is another thing

That's another way to do it. I hate system restore , lol ...

I am curious to know , what exactly is taisabaki ??

We do some grappling in our dojo once in a while , however , it's nothing compared to judo or JJ grappling .

MadMatt , I was thinking the same way , it would be great . Have u ever heard of daidu juku ???

I fought in a similar tournament two years ago , the one second grab was allowed with both hands , and again , the number of K.o.s from hiza geri was unbelievable. ( thats whay i said that the fight could go nasty in the first place )