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that's too broad of a generalization. WAY too broad. heck, k-1 is rooted in kyokushin, no? Right , althaugh kyokushin is traditional karate , it contains the elements of MMA by it's nature , lots of MMA styles are kyokushin offsets (Shidokan , seido kaikan , daidu juku ) , i have read so many articles that consider kyokushin a negative , force oriented unorthodox style of karate . but i agree , thats a generalization , what i ment by a traditionalist is the "okinawan karate" type of martial artists Muay thai is a traditional thai fighting system , right ????

No problem , no disrespect was made

mine is derived from the legendary mortal combat character "Sub zero" .. I used to be obssessed with him so my friends started to call me "sub zero" 5 or 6 years ago , and then it was watred down to sub which stuck with me till now .y2=why too

The way i remember it shotokan has the following belts order : white , yellwo , orange , green , blue , brown , black Not sure though

I lean backword myself when doing yoko geri to the face , so i am probably not the right one to correct it for you by the way , you get a higher kick when leaning , i never used it in a fight anyway ..

I am going to one next monday , it's for brown and black belts only . I have been in 5 or 6 camps before , so i am used to it .... Probably we will review our kihon and kata , however , my sensei said that there will be a lot of sparring this time .

Any karate style would be good since you had done it before , id recomand wado ryu though

Depends .. Kyokushin takes from 4 to 6 years . 4 times per week , 135 hour --> 2 hours per day I earned my first black belt after 5 years

i was never able to do this move

Sounds pathetic to me , was that a fashion show or a martial arts tournament ??? by the way , was it full contact or point sparring ? In my style , you are only allowed to compete in a white gi with your belt on .

Take them to the ground and then lock or choke them was always one of my favorites . However , beeting the hell out of them first is essential

Lol .. I don't feel like i am ready to break my head instead of breaking with my head .. Whats the big deal in breaking any way ?? I once broke 3 rounded wooden sticks and that wasn't so hard

Define a fight club !!!?

Could you further explain how kata can be usefull in gaining speed and fitness ???????

And have you got a black belt in " karate-kid do" or not yet ?

Welcome Mervyn to KF

1- I am totally obssessed with the star wars series 2- Sith 3- The spear light sabber , color : red 4 Heiniken skywalker

They smell , i hate them :@

I was going to say the same thing , quite frankly I don't think that pushups and sit-ups are that useful in building muscles 1 hour/day 3 days/week of working with weights is more than enough

One can name a style of karate that he really belives in . Here goes my list : 1-kyokushin karate 2-Aikido 3-Judo 4-Muay tai 5-Ju jitsu ( And BJJ ) 6-Kung fu san soo - sometimes it seems to be brutal - 7-Traditional TKD 8-Goju ryu karate 9-Any other HARD style that works 10-Tai Chi

I'd enter K-1 since I kick boxed before and I have a good stand-up striking background , however , I am no professional fighter so I won't do well against professionals !!!!! As for UFC goes , i would enter it just to proove that a stand up striker might have a chance against a ground fighter ....................... or , i will die traying

I've heard abput it it before , isn't it some sort of japanese wrestling based on JJ ??

I guess from the number of posts on this thread , we all like chicks who are martial artists , or at least 99% do

Seems like a good deal to me

I trained in kickboxing at the same time i was training in kyokushin and i earn my black belt in kickboxing while i had bown belt in kyokushin , so yeah , one can train in two or more styles however , if you want to cross train in two styles , they better be complemnt to each others - karate + judo , MT+BJJ , any good striking art + any good grappling art -