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well I heard that all his releses after enter the dragon where just cheesy movies that flopped

I'm going Friday!! can't wait

hmmm, so would any of u guys say that if u have training in both Goju and Shotokan then youre well balanced in stand up?

Interesting - so I guess I was wrong. No wonder I'm good at MA - I have Asian heritage!!!

lol, u don't have to be asian to be good at martial arts

Please tell me that this movie hasn't come out in the US, at least West Coast, yet. If it has, we don't have it in my stupid small town, and I'm going to be mad!!

it's not out here in the us yet

How do you know he retiring?

he's said it before

English - Fluent

Japanese - Enough for the dojo

Korean - I can count to 10

German - I can remember small part of the language.

lol, enough for the Dojo is right on target for me and my japanese.

Also now that I started Capoeira I'm better understanding portugese b/c the mestre tends to speak it for the most part and it sounds a lot like Spanish so I have very little difficulties understanding it.

u could try https://www.wikipedia.com they have a pretty good source on the topic

My personal opinion and the one of our dojo is to condition slowly. TAKE YOUR TIME and do it CORRECTLY. Many folks mess themselves up permenantly by conditioning like fools. In other words, if you do a little conditioning each day and increase the intensity a little at a time you can build up pretty quick over a short time (a year to a few years).

As other have said, it's not worth it to screw yourself up. But to me it's worth every second to do it right.

As for the sand. I do other conditioning, and keep wanting to do the sand bit, but I haven't spent much time doing it. (I've done it a few times).

So like everything else, YMMV.

what is YMMV?Also you should really start up that thread about conditioning in Uechi ryu as mentioned on the finger tip strikes thread,I think it would help everybody with their striking training.

YMMV - Your Milage May Vary - (sorry geek speak).

Sorry, I didn't see your reply. I've been so busy it hasn't been funny. I'll have to look at the other thread when I get a few minutes.

lol, it's cool dude. I don;t get that much time to get on here either with work, school and training

why is shorin ryu linear? I thought it was supposed to be an interpretation of Shaolin ? Shaolin is very circular compared to Karate.

My teacher is not racist......he just likes some better than others.....

than u mean he just favors other more?

Next Month the First Muay Thai training gym is going to open here in Panama. and They are going to do tournaments and all that stuff.... I'm 34 years old and I want to train Muay Thai!!!! lol

go for it, since youv'e trained already. It shouldn't be so hard for you.

My first or 2nd year of Muay Thai I remember this older guy in his late 60s to early 70s came in the gym saying he wanted to join and fight in the ring. My Kru at the time told him to start running 5 miles a day, every day and come back.

Shockingly, we never saw him again.

well we have to be realistic here

^^^ that guys school is one of the best in town. I'd recomend it if u want great and serious training in shaolin.

I think they do charge for it, cuz I saw it as a regular class

well I wouldn't say it was completely off that it came from tai Chi. Beacuse it was taken from Okinawa right? Okinawa got a lot of it's arts from China. So one way or another, it was Chinese influenced.

I've practiced in Capoeira in the past and it is a beautiful art, and has some very strong techniques, but in my opinion, most of these spinning and jumping techniques are superfluous in combat, where one wants to keep things simple, point A to point B. Also, I have found that rhythm is bad for fighting, since makes one susceptible to being 'timed' and caught between techniques or out of balance. Just ask a boxer or a judoka waht happens when they get caught in a rhythmic pattern (it's not good).

I would reccomend Capoeira for conditioning and flexibility, as said above by other posters, but would advise to rely on your karate should a self-defense situation ever find you (and you can't run or talk your way out). I dont consider Capoeira a well-developed fighting art just yet.

ossu, gero

it seems that my boricua friend has the same opinion I do.

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Nidan, Traditional Shotokan

It will help your karate with a great workout, coordination, flexibility, and other things.

it has. It's made me a lot more lighter on my feet with greater stamina and very fluid in sparring. It's also giving me great dancing skills for merengue and salsa

well a lot of the basic kicks are also in karate, just done with a "ginga"

I think most people reach a certain point in their training when they feel the need to look for something more or something different. Its at this time when some venture out and try other styles, maybe finding what they were looking for. Others start to look deeper within the style they already do and find new things they didnt notice before, this gives there current training a new life so to speak.

Has for your question Simo, I would say definetly give hapkido a try, if you like it im sure you will find it to be a great compliment to your goju, if you dont like it, then its just another experience you can add to the list.

couldn't of said it better myself. I'm really happy with Goju, but I wanted something very different of goju, so I'm giving Capoeira a chance and I'm happy I did.

ok, I do Goju ryu karate as my base style. However I recently started Capoeira, So I want to know your opinions on this. Personally I think they both help each other out.

I've studied and study different arts, but Goju-ryu is my base style and my love.

Goju-Ryu is similar to Shotokan. We often have tournaments with Goju people

This is only a superficial similarity. How do I know?

Training in Goju since 1986. Studied Shotokan 3 years before that. Work out with friends in shotokan (usually sandans or higher)

You will not see the huge differences in a tournament, especially in sparring because of the rules. Certain Goju kata are rarely done in a tournament because they don't score well as ther are too many soft techniques.

yeah, our katas arent that visually appealing for tournaments unfortunately, but we sure know how to hold our own in the ring and streets.

Hapkido along with Goju Kai is a great mix. Both arts will complement each other greatly.

wow, these are all pretty good words of advice