Jay

welcome back the hamster is cool

im 16 and all i need for motivation is to be taught my martial art a bit of sparring always raises morale

i better get doing some weights then

any go martial arts websites put them in here so we have like a database

its karate judo and tkd isnt it ithink

you have it already everyone does you just have to find it think positively

when i do pushing hands (sparing standing in one place hands in contact) i seem to be a bit of a wimp i think im more worried abouit getting hit than concentrationg on what i am doing and therefore i always lose (this only occurs against certain people) is there anything i can do about this? whereas in kumite i feel relaxed and there is no queswtion whether i am going to get hit becuase i never do is it to do with the distance? any ideas

you cant really compare styles only fighters a good boxer would beat a bad karateka and visa versa

welcome

welcome

well done

just wash it sew up the pants and roll up the sleves to your elbow

listern to afibird they do shrink

eyes you can tel everything

welcome nice signiture karatekid 2

great how did u do?

every fight is differerent it could last 5 sec or 5 min

im british and we use stones pounds and ounces for weight and everythigh eles metric kg are beig used more often run an 1hr a day it soon goes, every day time yourself and try to break it every day works well for me dont do weights as they actually dont get ridf of body fat it has to be cv exercise

i was a brown for 1/2 years and am now coming up to a year eing 2nd kyu brown and white i have been training for nearly 7 years since the age of 7 with a 2 year break in the middle yet some people can do it in 2 1/2 years dont worry ask your sensei to teach you how to improve and progress thats what i do when im stuck on a belt he usually comes up with very good surgestions.

try putting your leg on something and slowly straighten it more day by day or change to a higher object

£54 a month so thats about $96 looking a everyones prices id say this is quite expensive it does however include grading and other costs

if it is adrenalin that could be extreamly useful although your decision making can be impared. i dont seem to be able to do this unfortunatly

its physics

we do nunchuku but thats it

I agree with farfax_uechi about the style getting watered down but only by some schools as he said the long stances and body movements arnt natural and arnt meant to be. The more advanced that you get in kumite the more 'natural' you get due to learning how to apply what you leart in those long stances to shorter ones. The style that is best for you the the best style that you can learn.