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Takioko 1-3 Takioko sokugi 1-3 Pinan 1-3 Seipai Seisan Tensho Putsai Geik-sai-dai Geik-sai-show Nehanchain(teki as its now called) 1-3 Bow kata, not sure what the proper name is Probably didnt spell them all right but i tryed

I personally agree with Jiffy's comment....You have to be instintive while fighting...You have no time to think when somone is throwing punches at you. My shihan was at my dojo last week, and when we were doing conbinations he was making us block full power shots to the face...to say the least it kinda made me nervious...but i enjoyed it, this was an excellent way of training in my opinion..but then again i am young and in a kinda crazy point in my life .But on another note, i see these martial artists who just because they know karate they beleive they are invinsible...But there is always somone stonger tougher and faster than u out there. I have seen a guy take a full tilt kick to the pills in a street fight and still knock the guy out....So i say use descression and pick your battles.

Personally i dont think you were thrown in too fast. The senior students in your class, and in any class for that matter, are there to help the lower belts. They should have enough sense to say, hey this guys only a white belt, he doesnt know what he's doing so ill go easy. I remember my first sparring class. I faught a brown belt....he didnt kill me but he made me work. It wasn't untill i'd been at it for about 2 months that he really started to go at a good pace with me. I also beleive that it is essential to take your lumps and bumps to become a good fighter. Also, it is always ok when your fighting a higher belt and he/she is going too hard on you, to tell that person to slow it down. You really cant let yor pride get in the way becuase thats when people get hurt. When you are in more pain than you can handle and you dont say anything. Keep up with the MA and you will find that as you go..you will be able to contend with your higher belts alot better.

I disagree with the analogy that a grappler will beat a striker 99 times out of 100. I do agree that if a good grappler meets up with a remedial striker, then the grappler will proabably win. But if the striker has good take down defense then the grappler is in trouble. Look at Chuck Lidell for example, in UFC 52 he beat Randy Cotour, the best grappler in the UFC but knocking him out 2 minuts and 40 secnods into the first round. Look at Yves Edwards, excellent striker with excellent take down defense. In my style we dont like to go to the ground becuase in most cases when you go to the ground up come three of his buddies and before you know it your done. So, i would say that taking a person to the ground is probably not the best idea and i would also say in closeing that a grappler has a 50-50 chance of beating a striker. In accuality thats the highest probability you ever have of winning a street fight becuase you never know what the other guy can do.

WhiteWarlock wrote: A student putting too much emphasis on those competitions could get these 'rule-habits' ingrained, and then he would be wide open for face shots and takedowns. I have been fighting in kyokushin tournaments for over a year now and your are forgetting that head kicks are allowed in our fights. If your hands drop your a target for a hook kick or a Axe kick and beleive me, you dont want to be on the receiving end of those. Also, at my dojo when we train, we train with every technique aiming towards the head. I would say about 85% of all our training is based around defending yourself in a uncontrolled street fight. When we go into the tournaments we are basically told that punching to the face is not allowed. I would only hope that a smart fighter would distinguish a tournament fight from a real one. ------------------------------------ "...One thousand days of training, a beginner; Ten thousand days of training, a master." - Mas Oyama

Wow, i have to say AdmiralX, you seem to be a magnet for people who want to fight. Are you sure you didnt start any of these fights? Thats an awfull lot of fights to not have instagated anything. Maybe its just the testastorone filled players on the B-Ball court .

Mas Oyama hands down. I would have loved to have been trained by him.

In tournement fighting i find that sitting down and calming going over in your head what it is that your going to do. Dont worry about who your fighting, just focus on being calm and BREATHING. Alot of guys go into a tounrey sooo nervous that they forget to breath...i know it sounds kinda stupid but it happenes all the time. So, after doing about 30 min worth of stretching and warm ups before hand(but not soo much warm ups as to ware yourself out) sit down and practice breathing. Try and clear your mind as much as your nerves will allow. When called to the mat, make eye contact with your opponent. Make him think that your arn't nervous at all. Beat him mentally before you fight him physically. Give it all you have and dont give up! Just remember that winning isnt the goal of it. Your goal should be to learn somthing new and to have a good time. If you really dont want to fight, dont enter.....but if you want to fight, have a good time and learn somthing, then giver. Thats my view on the situation, hope it helps answer your question.

I fight southpaw and i find that it does throw off most right handed fighters a little. A good fighter will simply change their stance to southy when the opponent comes out left sided. But in some instances, the south paw has the advantage. The last tournement i was in, a guy was(who was a righty) kept throwing these spinning back kicks at me. He missed every one becuase he was used to fighting right handed people. Of corse he could have just had some pretty bad aim, but i dought it considering he was a higher belt. I love fighting southy, but i also try and train right handed aswell. Its a good idea to get both stances trained but because you never know when you will have to switch them in a fight. Hope i helped answer your question .

Im my style the nessesity of being fit and strong is essential. I have learned that flexibility is one of the most important things to have when training. The next is indurence, and the last is strength. You may face somone who is very strong, muscle wise, but has no indurence. I guarentee that they will get very tiared very quickly and you will gain the upper hand. I find that a mixture of jogging, weight training and tons of stretching works best for me. When i weight train, i dont lift with the goal to gain power. I lift with the goal to gain speed and muscle stamina. This means doing lots and lots of reps on a less weight. You will find that the result is that you will gain alot of speed and still obtain lots of power. Thats basically my "out of dojo" training, hope it helped answer your question .

First in sparing, you must identify your oponent's weakness. Where is he most likely to take a hit? Are his hands up by his head..if not give him a shot to the jaw. If he is a big guy...circle around him and look for an open spot. It is not about just 'hitting the guy more than he hits you" in some cases it works..if the guys not bigger than you, but if hes a big guy you pretty screwed. Fight with you head, feel your next move and then exicute.

Speaking from my own experience and having friends that train in Thai boxing, Kyokushin seems to have a more rigorous traing aspect about it. Im not saying that Kyokushin is better than Thai boxing, im just saying that we're conditioned better. And all this talk i hear back and forth about who would win between a Thai boxer and a Kyokushin fighter is pointless. On the street you never know. You never know the circomstances in which you are fighting. It all comes down to who's the stronger figher. You cant go say "Kyokushin fighers would kill a Thai Boxer EVERY time", besuase you never know. The guy could have a bat stashed somwhere or catch you with a strong kick to the groin in which in most cases it would be all over..kyokushin or Thai boxin. For all those cocky guys out there.....there is always somone stronger and better than you, keep that in mind. ___________________________ "those who win every battle are not really skillful. Those who render others helpless without fighting are the best of all" -Sun Tzu

A rule of thumb in martial arts is that you only get hit as hard as you hit weather your fighting your sensei or a sempai. So only hit as hard as you would like to be hit back.

In my style you must fight 10 fights for your first dan, 20 for your second, 30 for your 3rd ext....The reasoning is, after about 5 fights your fighting on pure heart.....and if you have the mental strength to see it through then you are diserving of your black belt.

I am very happy with my Dojo. I have a wicked sensai and i wouldn't trade my style or dojo with any other .