Shotokan-kez

I have never really attempted it before...might start trying tho, i'd like to be able to show off with that.

Yeah you do find that your legs shake. Mine still do it now when some of the brown belts do movements wrong in a kata, sensei makes us all stand in the last move for ages and it's normally the last move in heian godan...ouch! Your legs will soon get used to it hun

I don't know any blonde jokes but these are hilarious, thanks everyone for giving me a good giggle!

Never heard of it either!

Great advice there from ps1 and bushido, i agree wholeheartedly.

Our black belts do exactly as everyone else, but just like everyone else says, they are expected to show a good example and are sometimes required to teach. If a bunch of black belts were chattering amongst themselves while the lesson was going on then that wouldn't be allowed.

Pleased for you Laurie, it's great you have the perfect attitude towards it!

You were probably better off putting this in the health, training and fitness section. I'm not great with this sort of stuff, but i would say eat more pasta, potato's ect. Some people are just made that way, im very small, a bit muscly and weigh 9st and im 5ft2 but it doesnt bother me too much. You are probably thinner because you do ma too, you'll be surprised on how many calories you would burn in one session.

I have a similar problem, not exactly the same as yours but the fact that we have mixed classes and they are mostly kids! Don't worry to much and don't worry if you make a 'touch' on someone while sparring, if your using control and only make the touch then you won't hurt them. Some people may disagree with me but i'm one of these people that says if the person your sparring with isn't using the right spirit, motivation, control ect then it;s their problem if they get hit. Don't worry about sparring with the ladies, i'm sure they wouldn't be there if they didnt know they could get hit/hurt from time to time. You really shouldn't have to encourage higher grades to spar better...thats up to them. At least you get a good session from the black belts. When you spar with the others, give it your all and do what you normally would, don't worry!

I don't know if it has a name either, but 'kip up' sounds familiar. I'd like to be able to do that though!

Hi carolyn, yes i got the email, thanks a lot for that I will try and check them out next time im in scotland! Kez

These are so cool, keep them coming guys. man..waiter waiter there's a fly in my soup! waiter..don't worry sir, that spider on your bread will soon get rid of it.

Hi there, welcome to the forums!

Oh man i wish i had been there I don';t really have any funny sparring moments accept the time i pulled that guys pants down. Tonight i did punch someone on the nose without mitts...oops i could see his eyes watering but we had a good laugh about it!

Thanks for the link of the kata, it looks really cool. I know what your saying about it with the breathing, thats much the same as hangetsu.

What did the biscuit say when it got run over........ Oh crumbs!

Yeah this makes a lot of sense, we don't tend to do them an awful lot in our dojo, so i don't get to practise it very much. It always hurts my groin too, defo going wrong somewhere!

Yeah i agree, i think that's why i was so mortified to read it. I will try to find it again and write it up on here.

Awww i bet you luck fine. Funny actually i was showing off on ere saying i can still do really high fast kicks without a warm up. I tried it in the kitchen yesterday and i heard a big crack in my hips, so i tried it with my other leg and the same happened. So i stand completely corrected lol

List as many cheesy jokes as possible...i mainly remember them from being a kid. Patient..Doctor doctor i feel like a bridge Doctor..Whats come over you patient..Well two lorries, 50 cars, 4 taxi's, and 8 vans Cheesy i know but they all are

Welcome to KF!

Hi there Andy, welcome to KF!

We tend to chamber the crescent kick, i find these kicks hard to master, i still cant do them right!

I read an article once in a magazine i subscribe to called traditional karate. The article was talking about taking up karate. At the top it said All students must be prepared for injury, weather it be minor or serious, and maybe sometimes death. I was horrified when i read this! No wonder some people may be scared of taking on an MA.