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Yeah, but who doesnt love a worn gi?

I think there is no better punch out of the two. They both excel in some places. You just have to know when to use one and when to use the other.

Thats the same mentality as Bruce Lee was the greatest fighter of all time, but, and this may be a shock to some die hard fans, people Bob Wall were beating him. Those arent the best fighters in the world mainly because for one, not every fight ends up on the ground, and two, those are controlled matches. But to answer the orginal question, every system has its effectivness on the street, it just all depends on how you use it.

My inspiration was that this kid kept beating me up so i started taking it just so next time he tried it. But later my inspiratiopn came from other people telling me that i couldnt do it, i realy never drew inspiration from people, it was free so i thought hey lets do it.

It all depends on my mood, if i had a crappy day i usually fight a little more aggresive and if it was a good day i fight laid back, it all depends. Also i think my parents would kill me if i had a fight club out of my basement, lol.

It all depends on how well you mix it. But there right, if your a lower rank, wait till your about half way to black belt to do it, but ultimatly its your choice, i would consolt your sensei (and dont expect a happy answer.)

If your sensei really did that to you infront of the whole class im gonna have to bring his self control into the mix here. As someone who teaches self disipilne (please excuse my spelling) then he shouldnt get angry like that. It is good to cross train, and it is good to ask questions outside of the class, thats how you learn. Furthermore, he has no control whatsoever to say whether or not you ask questions.

Shorin Ryu has White Crane in it.

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LOL thats awesome. There is something everyone needs to look out for. The guy telling everyone that he can beat them up usually cant back that up. But the quite one is the one you ned to be afraid of.

I wasnt aware that there was an okinawan style of punching. But i suggest knuckle pushups, and makiwari training.

Thank you for clearing that up, but that post wasnt directed at you alone, but i get it now.

Our animals are so intertwined with other core basic principles & philosophies of Hung-Ga, I don't know if they could be of any value as a separate system. I'd look further into how Shorin Ryu has intergrated the crane into the style. I have and Shorin Ryu is a system that utilizes conditioning and was ment to be a powerhouse system i suppose. But, i think that white crane was added in so that they could balance it out, but power behind the cranes grace

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I am going to have to disagree with that to an extent. On one hand, maturity comes with age, most okinawan masters werent able to achive that rank untill after 35, and it still is that way there. But to say that an 18 year old doesnt hold the maturity is wrong. You cant know that, that is a steriotype and it is wrong just to flat out say something like that. Not all 18 year olds are bumbling idiots who do only drink and smoke. There are some smart and mature ones out there, you just need to look. But as for the master thing, i wouldnt give it to someone unless they had a solid understanding of when to use and not to use karate. I can understand where yall are coming from with the comment, but you have to look past that for some people, or your just going to be one of those people that goes around thinking every teenager steals, smokes, and drinks.

TKD is a versitile art and there isnt a lot of things that wont go well with it. But go with Aikido

You can only learn so much from reading things, my suggestion is to find someone in your area that can teach you it.

only if your keeping it concealed in your car or something, but even then, those rules only apply to some places

It is important if you earn it. A black belt you have gotten from signing a two year contract isnt something earned, it is a sure thing that you will get in two years. A black belt earned by hard work and sweat and pain is a black belt well earned. And that, is a black belt that is real.

This is something that happened to my aunt's friend while she was talking to some witnesses of a fight in a police station. The friend asks, "Now what happened?" The other lady looked around and said, "Officer it was crazy," and starts singing, "Everyone was kung fu fighting." so this lady is drunk and singing about what happened!

Let see, you kick at a range...hmmm. Im gonna go with crowd him, so he cant get the kick in and he is forced to punch

It all depends on the tournament you go to. In some they will be looking for the strength and effectivness on the katas. And in others they will be looking for the flashyness of it.

Well...approach the teacher about it. There is room for sport and realistic karate. But the realistic needs to come first. You could try talking the teacher into doing a sport karate class and traditional class. But other than that you got two options, either go with it, or find another school to learn in.

You know...it is sad news...but i bet he wouldnt want us to mourn for his death, instead i bet he would want us to do karate and train. Its foolhardy to rest on someones death, no matter how sad and how dissapointing it is. But to mourn, no, dont do that.

Tong Il Lo is a MMA (mixed martial art). It mixes various things such as TKD, Aikido, and other arts. The ICMAA stands for The Internatinal Combative Martial Arts Association. Tong Il Lo's tournaments are continuous contact fighting and other creative things such as superfoot and sumo judo.