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weight/power/speed training for shotokan karate
Zaine replied to Epyon's topic in Health and Fitness
You're probably right. Like I said, it's been awhile since I've read the article. -
weight/power/speed training for shotokan karate
Zaine replied to Epyon's topic in Health and Fitness
I read an article some time ago about developing speed with strikes. The writer of the article equated speed to something called white tendons. Apparently to work these you should continually move. The more tired you are the more you rely on white tendons to do the work and therefore you build speed. -
This has not been my experience. Is that a McDojo price? I haven't come across a single karate dojo anywhere I have lived (except garage dojos) that charges less than $100 a month, McDojo or not, and other martial arts change that average. If I account for judo schools then the average drops because you can find that for $30-$60 a month (when it isn't a free program), and if I account for BJJ or MMA gyms then the average rises because I have seen that anywhere from $100 to $250 a month. I can't say that I've seen this but to be fair it's been awhile since I've gone to an official dojo. That being said I think I was being charged 25 when I lived in Texas for the place I went to. Other place charged 60.
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weight/power/speed training for shotokan karate
Zaine replied to Epyon's topic in Health and Fitness
Not excluded at all. If that how you wanna train the by all means do so. Just make sure you're working on speed while you do so if you're worried about it hampering on your agility. The weighted wrist and ankle band would give the same effect. The only thing is that you have to be more careful using those as you might be more prone to injury. -
This has not been my experience. Is that a McDojo price?
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That's a common timeline for schools who aren't McDojos. It's normal to be concerned about the training your getting and it's good that your doing the research and asking for outside opinions. It sounds like you have a pretty solid school there.
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weight/power/speed training for shotokan karate
Zaine replied to Epyon's topic in Health and Fitness
Not a stupid question at all. Every class, for me, we started doing the 40 basics not only to warm up but to also practice doing these things. They are basic punching and kicking exercises. For example, punches, elbow strikes, front, back and side kicks. -
That's not uncommon. It does sound like its a little contract-like and I have to be honest I don't like that you have to give them two months notice. Your matches will be with gloves indefinitely, especially at the lower ranks. The splitting of the lower, mid and high grades is a common thing regardless. This is so that they make sure certain ranks are learning what they need to, but it also stinks to me, but this is because I've always preferred the one class format. I did, however, attend higher belt classes once a week, but it was mostly so that we could learn the forms necessary for our rank. 18 euros doesn't seem like a bad monthly fee.
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Member of the Month for December 2012: pers
Zaine replied to Patrick's topic in KarateForums.com Announcements
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KarateForums.com Awards 2012: Winners Revealed!
Zaine replied to Patrick's topic in KarateForums.com Announcements
Well deserved for all parties. Congrats! -
Most dojos spar with gloves. Some don't, and some dojos will abandon the gloves at higher levels but most dojos use gloves. This is so that new people don't stray away mostly. Getting punched hurts even with gloves on and this can be discouraging. Gloves don't point to a dojo being a McDojo, but to a consideration of safety and newer students.
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weight/power/speed training for shotokan karate
Zaine replied to Epyon's topic in Health and Fitness
First off, welcome to KF! It is true that weight training slows you down due to the added weight in muscle you're putting on. However, this perspective comes from people who weight train without working to much on speed. If you want strength while speed in exercises geared towards karate I can make a few suggestions. 1: Do your basics in water. The resistance is will help you with both speed and power 2: By weighted wrist and ankle bands and do the basics. This will help you very much in the same way. 3: Work a heavy bag. It's not only fun but it will help with speed. 4: Do the basics. Basics are important and they not only help you get better technique but they also help to develop speed. All this being said, don't over do it. You're a white belt and it's awesome that you want to put this much into your training. This level of commitment is very admirable and I think every Martial Artist should strive for your enthusiasm. What I think the best thing for you to do at the moment is take up that Monday class and enjoy it. Make a light regimen for the in between and as you learn more in your system add more to your additional training. Invariably you will learn additional techniques and kata that are going to demand practice for mastery so leave room in your regimens to practice that. Most importantly, welcome to the world of Martial Arts. I hope that you find as much fun and fulfillment as I did and still do. The path ahead is not an easy one but it is very much worth it. -
Webster often doesn't do it for the more technical lingo. Freud gets closer to what we mean by ego. This is to say, the idea that we are so good that we need no further training or critique, there are none better than ourselves. Coming up to the 21st century I think there has been a philosophical/psychological breaking apart of self and ego. Whereas "ego" means "I" in Latin, we no longer think of it in that context. In other words, our language has evolved. When relating ourselves, we much more use the term self, while leaving verbs like "being" to represent some essence of life. This is all to say that when we think of ego we think of a person who is prideful and hurtful to the people their around by being as such. The Maharshi quote I think posit something similar. He seems to be seperating the idea of "self" from the idea of "ego." He seems to be using these terms in a modern kind of way in that he wants to say that ego is bad, while at the same time recognizing self is good.
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Isshin-Ryu karate is an Okinawan system and, if I'm not mistaken, hold a lot of the same forms that other Okinawan systems do, the difference being in technique, flow and power. It is considered softer than other Okinawan systems but this is just a technical thing. The vertical punches are called shorinji punches. Matsumura punches being horizontal the should employ both. To warn you, I know some of this second hand and there is a not a little induction going on for my part. If you're curious I would go to which ever school has it and talk to the instructor there, they will be able to answer all your questions and more.
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At what rank should someone purchase a heavy weight gi?
Zaine replied to seikokaistudent's topic in Equipment and Gear
I've never been a fan of heavy weight gis. For starters, the hamper on your conditioning and they also are really terrible when it's hot. At your level I would stick with your light weight gi. When I was a 2 kyu/gup I bought a middle weight gi and I really liked that one. To answer your second question it took me about 5 years. -
I agree. Of course, I may be a little biased.
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Ego is always a big deal in the MA community. It becomes especially corrosive when an instructor is like this. Regardless of what they teach students will absorb that this is what a Marrial Artist should be like. We constantly adapt to the teacher as a subconscious way to match what their doing. If they have been successful why wouldn't emulating them turn out successful for you? MA will always have big egos and hopefully there will always be someone to check that ego but this isn't always the case when you're running your own gym. This will always be a problem and all we can do is either slam into their dojo with humble guns blazing looking to take of their heads or hope that the students will choose better attitudes and teach our students humbleness and its stark importance in our community.
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I'm with you Bushido. I started to take martial arts because I was getting beat up and I needed to be able to successfully defend myself. I took it as self defense and through that understood it as an art and whereas I came to view my doing Karate as an art my primary goal was always to further my knowledge of self defense. I think the author of this book either fails to see this or is trying to sound enlightened and quotable about Martial Arts. It seems to me that he doesn't quite know how to philosophically break apart Martial Arts quite yet.
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BBC News: Japanese ninjas headed for extinction
Zaine replied to DWx's topic in General Martial Arts Discussion
I spent some time contemplating this and there is room for speculation that the ninja, as they were in their "prime," still by much exist. I remember taking a Bujinkan class and hearing that ninja trained in such a way that any weapon around them would be accessible for use. This is all to say, who's to say that they didn't upgrade the tools of the trade with the times. Instead of swords they use guns. Perhaps we just simply call them assassins instead of ninjas. It seems to me that in a world as hi-tech as ours it wouldn't be too terribly hard to eliminate information about this, especially if one is as crafty as a ninja. Again, this is just some fun speculation. Had a couple days to let my mind wonder on the fact. -
To that I would add wisdom.
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I'm simply regurgitating some studies that were done over the theory.