Radok

Shinsplints, yes. I get them all the time from intense tack and crosscountry practice, coupled with Karate. Just give them ice and ease up a little to give them time to heal. Also when it heals back, it will have some scar tissue for added protection from getting them again.

bottom option there, buddy.

Looks good to me.

I am currently in Karate, and will probably take one or a few more traditional art(s) to compliment it, and I might make a hybrid out of them. So the question is, what do you think are the top ten traditional MA's, and out of those which 3 or 4 would go best together?

Traditional JJ is a better rounded system, so for a single style to take, that one would be better.

Take JKD for a while, then start to crosstrain in other styles to apply the JKD to.

Does anyone have information on how to qualify for district or regional level competitions for Karate? I think I'm ready to start to compete seriously to get my foot in the door for bigger things.[/b]

I'm in Shorin-ryu, and while we have the low stances, high stances are the prefered method. Also, we do stretches, which would help you alot.

Shaolin would be cool out of those styles. Good for speed, too.

If you really like the style, you have to go for it.

Of course we can spar using leg kicks! just get together after class. We dont do it in class because of liability.

any art you train in with the main purpose being to be a better fighter.

that's good information, since I live in Florida.

Wow, it said I'm at -1.42%!

I practice a traditional style of Karate, and our round kick is the one it shows under traditional.

just to let you know, Bruce Lee was 135 pounds. Size doesn't matter, strength does.

That is weird! Did he realise what he was saying?

I do Shorin-ryu and white up to black belt we have 18.(I think, but I'm only at green right now so I can't be sure.

Yes, I have to agree that Shorin -ryu pretty much kicks butt. I would say our weakness is lack of extesive groundfighting.

I'll try to help you out a little. Visualization: Before controling your ki, youhave to visualize it. Picture it as golden water going through your body, making it warm and tingly were it goes. Take a little time at first, before you meditate, to "feel out" the ki. That makes the meditation easier. Meditation: Sit cross legged, right hand on left calf, left hand on right calf, back straight. Breath in through your nose, out through the mouth. When breathing in, press your toungue on the roof of your mouth a little. When you breath in, picture the ki coming in through your tail bone and into your hara. when breathing out, picture it circling around through your body by coming up from your hara and into your arms. then through your arms into your legs, then through your legs and back into your hara. Do that meditation for about three weeks, fifteen minutes a day.This gives you, with enough practice, good control of the energy for these techniques. Ki punch: picture the ki going into the arm which is doing the punch. pack as much in there as you can. When you punch, force the energy out of the arm and through your opponent. Ki kick: Do the same as the punch except with the leg. To make punches and kicks faster, do the kick or punch you need to improve, over and over, as fast as you can. No matter how fast it goes, picture it even faster. This will, after a couple weeks, make the technique faster.

Number 2 will have broader skills. Number 1 will have a more narrow scope of techniques, but they will be deeper.

Don't worry about it. I have a HUGE reputation at my school for my fighting ability. We also have a good wrestling team, and they admit I'd smoke 'em. Striking, (for me) is more effective than grappling. Karate just takes a while to get good.

I am in Karate, and when I see Kung Fu I don't see how you could mistake the two. One Chinese (softer) one is Japanese (harder). But then again I am already a green belt. But I'd say you should do it.

Karate can defeat jui-jitsu. jui-jitsu can also defeat Karate. depends on who trains harder.

to make it, put down about a square foot of quick cement down a small hole, stick a flexible 2 by 4 down in it, and wrap some soft, cotton clothes line around it at shoulder hight to pad the punch.