Zaine

Its all about the maturity. My school wont let someone who is immature get that high. If they cant handle that responibility then they dont deserve it, no matter how good they are.

Yeah take say 20 white belts. Now atleast 10 of those are going to make it to 7th kyu before quiting. 5 of those are going to make it 3rd before quiting. and 2 of those are going to make it to black belt. So if people hand out belts, its just losing them money in the first place if you think about it.

I agree with JusticeZero. Master one form of fighting before doing another one. It is good to have a good foundation and train from there. If you do different ones at the same time, it get confusing and you get mixed up.

ya know, that question isnt really fair to ask. It all depends on the fighter and the instructor. If the instructor is bad, then the fighter will be bad. And if the instructor is good but the fighter isnt, then your screwed if your the fighter. In UFC ive seen strikers beat ground fighters, and ive seen the exact opposite. It all depends.

Just before a kata, take deep breaths and think of something else, personally i like to think that im fighting a group of people. Well, anyway, just relax, its not the end of the world if you screw up, take deep breaths, and go through it.

No its not, unless you get hit by someone thats been using a makawari board,lol, but if your using it the wrong way, like say if your going out and hitting every a lot every chance you get, then yeah, but if you use it right, then it can be better for your karate

Yeah your right, a grappler would beat a stand up fighter anyday, my sensei went to a school to learn some grappling and he went up against a white belt, the white belt choked him out, and my sensei was a black belt, not to mention a pretty big guy, so grapplers do have the upperhand, always, you would have to be a pretty good fighter, a really good fighter to beat a grappler

I agree with Jay and White_Warlock, but if your were to intervene, you would have to to be careful not to get into a fight yourself and if you did, you better trust yourself enough to win, cause if you dont trust yourself, there isnt a big chance of winning...

Well...Why_Worry...i dont believe in chi, at all, i believe that to win a fight takes strength and giving it all you have, chi, what is that all about, making chi balls, (which is impossible,) and...you kinda have a point with the distance thing, if you can pull it off, but, the strength and tecnigue is how to win a fight

Since i dont know if thats a comment or a question, ill answer it...yeah if your a good sparrer you'll have somewhat of an upperhand in the fight, but if your not a full contact sparrer, then it could hurt you because your using all these technigues but there is no power behind it, now some people might read this and say, well then they'll just put power behind it, but thats not really 100% right, when someone is used to a certian way to spar, for example, if there school is a soft contact school, the they will be used to pulling punches, this is why it is smart to go to a full contact school, ya see cause karate wasnt invented to be used in competions, it was used to defend someone, and nowadays there is too many schools in it so they can look pretty on stage, and there are other schools that are in it for the money and dont care if they they get there black belts in a year of 50 years, so, in short, you can be a good sparrer, but it all depends on the insturctor teaching to either pull punches, or hit the opponet full on

We dont do anything special but the kids do a duck walk to build up strength in the legs

No its not uncommon, i had a kid going up for his purple belt in the kids class fail, poor kid.

Well i can see that, the only time i have ever washed my belt was because it was mildey but, they must sweat really bad for it to sweat through there gi onto there belt

when you become a neidan, i think, but i know its after black belt cause i learn white crane too after black belt,

...If you run out of room to block, there not going to have enough room to kick for one, and he is right boxing does have a lot of technigue to it, and control should come before strength, and strength is a thing you have to have, and in okinawan karate systems we do utilize body changes so that we can dodge attacks, its 50% instructor, and 50% fighter, no if, ands, or buts about it...

When your against a gun your going to want to just bum rush the person, cause if you run they can still hit you but if you rush them there is a chance that they will get nervous and shaky and scared and they might freeze up.

A front kick to the knee would cause a lot of damage , we had a tournament last Sunday and i used it , my opponent got his knee badly injured Why would you use that in a tournament?

Thanks Zaine for the advice. Unfortunately, I lost. My instructors actually advice me not to pull my punches and just follow it up with a kick. I find this somewhat logical since no one's going to hold it. Yeah, sorry about the losing, my sensei tells us to pull punches unless there being stupid and are flailing...

Thats not neccisarily true, farmers used weapons and killed samurai, it all depends on whos fighting

Look at there body, there right eyes decieve i know my eyes stare at there body and other than that they are blank, Musashi says to look at the surroundings, but i suggest looking at there body

You learn thim in pairs, and sometimes they will train you in one for those "just in case it slips" moments

Thats fine thats still the funniest thing ive ever heard

I have seen this form in competion one time, it was for the ISKA and it was on tv, dont by a Casey Marks, i wouldnt say that it was a Sandan level either, maybe neidan, or not even that maybe, but it is a pretty form

Dude that sucks, my mom voulenteers at a shelter but were in texas, so, that sucks

but, you should be able to a get a bo or something that you can put glow sticks in somewhere