shotokanbeginner

I heard there was a third Karate Kid, is this true? Who saw Aeon Flux I thought it was pretty eye popping. so my question moves on to what is capoeira like? What does it stress? THANKS

The moral of the story: Be one dimensional?Not to insult your style's heritage or anything, but to me, that seems crazy. I guess I could understand, perhaps, from a philisophical standpoint. That's not my department, so I'll let that one go. But from a self-defense stand point, that's just wrong. If you can't grapple, you will get taken down and pounded. If you can't strike, you will be struck. I ask that no one responds to these statements because they have already been debated at length and I don't wan't to hijack shotokanbeginner's thread. Anyway, I'd encourage him to study a grappling art (and a striking art). Here's my 2 cents: Judo: Great, rough and tumble training methods, good for learning throws and some ground grappling. BJJ: Like judo, except more emphasis on ground fighting. JJJ: Not always good training methods, but an exceptional variety of techniques. Wrestling: Good takedowns, ground control, and training methods. Submission Grappling: BJJ without the gi and a few less rules (basically) Hapkido: Mix of striking and JJJ-style grappling techniques. Combat Hapkido: Mix of striking, aikido, BJJ, JJJ, and a multitude of other arts. Aikido: Very "soft," merciful style grappling (not to say it is weak, it is deceptively powerful) Hope that helps. Haha hijack my thread, anyways I completely agree. I plan on trying either jjj judo hapkido or aikido.

I am planning on the traditional and self-defense aspects of shotokan. Yeah Irather like Judo becuase I really like the throws.

I do shotokan karate and wanted to know what grappling art do you think qould go well with it. I am not planning on starting a grappling art really soon, I am first going to wait until I am at a level that I am comfortable with, then I will start cross training. So I just want to get an early idea.

Yeah my teacher says never to bad mouth other styles as well, we often learn some things from other styles as well. He encourages cross trainging, but he says usually it is better if you start cross training when you get to about a brown belt level.

Thanks for the info very and useful.

Yeah I like the reach, but I feel I have more control with the jo.

I think the jo would be better for me, but scince I might have shorter reach I might want the bo.

I like shotokan, kyokushin, and shito ryu, but that is only becuase I don't know much about the other styles.

I guess the only way I know for sure is to buy it myself. Thanks for the useful commment, it helps out a lot.

Yeah that is what I thought.

congrats

I was just wondering, which is better for a beginner to start practicing? How many of you do bo? How many of you do jo. I really want to learn the sai one day, but I don't know where there is a school that teaches it where I live.

Has anyone read Shotokan's Secret: The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origions[/b]. If so was it any good? Was it at all Factual? I was wondering because I plan on buying it.

thanks for clearing it up I love the tonfa very amazing weapon that isn't held up very high

The bo I beleive would be a good one to go with, I would do that or even though you don't have it up there the jo or sai

is it the same as tonfa?

I plan on becomeing a well known powerful martial artist who deserves to be up there and have near perfect form. that is long term, at the moment however I have a few small goals: to equal and surpass John in power and in forms, and then beat my rival at another school by doing well at my gradings and reaching his level. Once I have finished those I will move onto some of my other ones.

these were all interesting and great comments, thanks

front kick and a lower level round kick (like knee level) becuase they are the most effective.

Gero Good post. Real life stories showing that traditional karate (and kung fu for that matter) techniques work in real fights, have to be told once in a while to stress the fact that we do not practise "dance fighting" and that what we practise are martial arts. By the way Gero, what rank were you when you had this experience? I completely agree.

Very good comment. This is a bit more of a one sided argument between me and her becuase I have great respect for judo but she has none for shotokan. All of you have helped me prove to her that shotokan is a fine art and now she pays it some respect.

Why yes I am, very good comment thank you muchly I like your perspective on this it is great.

Just tell her they're apples and oranges. Neither is better or worse. She may also be saying this to rib you some, and also to stand up for what she studies. People always want what they have to be the "best" so it's natural for some of this to occur. As for the effectiveness of Shotokan, you're right about the student and instructor being key factors. FYI, one thing to keep in mind, is that in popular arts like TKD and Shotokan you are much more likely to come across poor teachers as there are so many dojos. Say for the sake of example that just 10% of the dojos are McDojos and that there are 100 dojos within an hour of you. Then 10 would be McDojos. In a style with only 10 dojos you'd only run across 1. So while the odds may be the same, the perception that there are more with the more popular style is due to the fact that there are more bad instructors. The point is that perceptions are built for several reasons, and some of them are valid. Also, the techniques that you use will depend on many factors. In my case, the low linear stances of Shotokan just aren't very natural for me. Uechi is more upright and better suited to me. So while Shotokan may be great for you, it isn't for me. So when you compare them we go back to the apples and oranges. Also if I'm not mistaken, Judo is mostly ground work and Shotokan is mostly a striking art, so they often don't cover similar techniques. In Uechi we have a good mixture so while we're mostly a striking art, we also have some ground work. So in your case, learning some Judo from your friend might be a good complement to your Shotokan, and teaching her some of your strikes might be a good complement for her. In my case, I've been toying with adding more kicking to my Uechi as we do some but more extensive kicking would really complement my striking and grabs. So... just keep your open mind and learn all you can. Yeah it is sad to see how many mc dojos there are. very good comment thanks

I watched the movie Electra and was quite dissapointed it started out really good but then started to go down hill. Over all it wasn't terrible but it certainly wasn't the best movie I've ever seen. However , it did get me interested in the comics. Have any of you read it? What did you think? I have one it's called Ultimate Elektra.