Jay

shotokan

what is it i take its a pole sort of thing?

i am 2nd kyu in shotokan karate brown /white

if taught rite it can be very deadly although i belive it doesnt have that killer technique so its not as deadly as some other arts

search on your search engine or ask someone experianced if you can

i think you should but the more you train the better you will get and the less you will get hit

i belive a puch bag is better an cheaper than all of those boards that you break

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welcome i have done a bit of yang style tain chi as well

i searched for london and it has a very large mixture but in my area its mainly kickboxing

where can you buy or how do you make a makiwara(punching board)?

if you do shotokan try jyu kumite as well as a reaction puchbag (eg you hit when the light comes on)

english some german tiny bit of italien and small ammount of japanese only english fluently

water only

we get taught self defence andshotokan in one lesson shame your probably in the USA

practice you will get better

i do shotokan and we do them as well karate is from okinawa and the nunchuku is a okinawan weapon

i never did like twister lol

kick him in the groin always works no matter who your fighting

that raised some very good points in not religious but i found it particularly interesting well done can we have another one!

snazzed wrote: Lets face it if all you want to know is how to fight, you are better off taking boxing for a year. If all you want to know is how to fight, I imagine you would get pretty frustrated in Karate... "What do you mean it'll take at least 5 years to get a Black Belt!?!??!" Frankly, the black belt has nothing to do with your fighting ability. If you're learning a karate that doesn't prepare you to fight, then it isn't a good karate. It may be stockful of the other benefits that I consider positive that you can gain from martial arts. I'm not going to open up a boxing vs. karate debate. Let's just say I've boxed before but it was karate that I chose to continue... my thoughts exactly but it should have been prepare to defend yourself not fight

easy for u its very hard to get over here

they where just an army rite?

your probably rite and they attack one at a time lol like thats going to happen

welcome both of you