Simo

yeah bushido, thts tanden,ki what ever they want to call it lol

i have a boxer dog called nike, because of the white on his paws, they look like white nikes!!! well i think so..

crashing shade!!!!! mwahahahah

thats trippy as hell fella, wild wild wild

hey AT, when i first started karate i was an overweight kid, now days with the right foods and the continuous training ive actually lost well over 15kg, not sure what tht is in pounds! but im loving every moment of it. I agree with brandon when he talks about tkd, its good and all but yeah id did the same thing! left it to all the thin lean people. karate the way to go in my opinion, but u may wanna take up MMA or another martial art!

yeah i just looked it up on google and it said some german scientist found those nerve cells in the gut, which relate to the brain. I tend to tell myself to think with the core, so my centre of blance doesnt arise through kumite etc etc

When i went to Yamaguchi Saiko Shihan's seminar at Yamba, NSW, Australia, Saiko Shihan told us about moving our "tanden/core" when moving in any stance, even if its kata, kihon or bunkai. As we all know, thats what we should do, hence why we learn basics. But what really got me interested when he called the "tanden" a brain. I thought this was a good interperation. But when i got home, i got onto google and searched stomach and brain, and it came across (to some this may be old new) they have actually found over a 100 billion nerve cells in a knot near the intestine. This is more nerve activity then a human back has. So tht "gut feeling" that you have next time, might actually be your stomach "brain" aka your 2nd brain telling you. anyways thts my two cence. Simo

yeah mate, happens, cant do much about it, but practice! we all do it.. Good luck Simo

then do a mawashi geri with mawashi uke at the same time

hey its been awhile since ive been on this thread and i just wanted to say congrats on Shotokan! Sounds like your havin a blast Ad

but then again, is it okinawan goju ryu of japanese goju ryu?

I was in tht situation, and still am, if i had to pay to learn, id actually not b training. I just hav a deal with my sensei, if i help train, i get trained! anyways its prolly been said already in this thread, anyways! Simo

as well as using the bag and actually sparring i also do some intense cardio wrk. Like sprints, or long runs with short burst sprints, but as jiffy has said, polishin shuld b done! good luck anyways,

haha yes i hav had the same problem when i was younger, doing Mokusoh and gettin a little to relaxed. Another funny thing tht happend was we did some kumite with the lights off in total darkness, just juho, and when the lights came back on, a few people had different partners unlike when they bowd in!

Well Done Amy!!

i go twice a week n occaionally 3 times and a few times at some of the people i train with at there house..

Has any ever meet Goshi Shihan? or what other well known master has people met?

craziest thing ive seen, is not someone form the dojo, but some kid round the age of 16, come in off his face wanting to fight everyone, its really sad to see someone of his age on drugs and try to come in and fight the whole dojo?!?!?!

sounds like tension 2 me, think loose

Good read!

Thanks Aikiguy, it seems im havin 3 gradings before my actual grading. I have a maintence one coming up, just to see where im at, and then another grading to make sure its all there, and then the final one, not sure who is actually holding it, the last couple of gradings where shihans, e.g. Greg Gunns Shihan and then last one was Brain Mackie Shihan, anyone else herd or trained with either shihan? Just tryin to make convo Simo

I will never leave goju, i will never leave my sensei/ dojo, but yes, i wuld like to experience hapkido, not only for the art, but also the Korean Culture side aswell! I think tht is how i learn, not only from the art, but all the "theory" side of things, there customs. for example, the dicipline from Japan, wuld differ from the Korean way or diciplin, but yer, if u can kinda see what im getting at! Thanks for all ur replys! keep them coming!

thanks for the reply goju boi i hope so, im really considering it more everytime i think about it!! Simo

actually known as Ikibuki breathing

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