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In my experience in martial arts, there are main 2 paths that a budoka will follow, fighting or teaching. Fighting, predominately this person looks at competing and all their training is geared towards fighting and "winning" competitions! Fighters can become instructors but its a hard cross over and they have to make the choice, fight or teach, you can't do both as YOU have to DEDICATE yourself to the training of YOUR students. Teaching, predominately this person looks at Shu Ha Ri and becomes one with the core of their style, looking at studying one main art as opposed to several as to teach one must know the art inside and out without any distractions from other styles or ways of doing techniques which will "water down" the art that they love enough to DEDICATE their lives to! Budoka who teach, do not percieve that these individuals are not good fighters, they need to be to be able to warrant the fact that someone comes to their school to teach them how to fight and defend themselves and if one cannot defend oneself etc, why would someone want to learn from them. From reading your posts so far it seems you are like a toddler, trying to run before they have perfected their balance, in the martial arts, wanting everything, knowledge from everyone on the what when where and how orf many different avenues. this is why I said relax and enjoy and do not even consider which path you are to follow UNTIL you have reached the 3rd, 2nd & 1st Kyu levels of you Karate Style. I wish you luck and will always be around as will everyone else to guide you and tell you straight what our thoughts are as I am sure you want the truth and not to be lied to just cause it make you happy! OSU!!!

I understand your love of the art and I know what you mean about teaching but from someone who has been there done that and got the T-Shirt, my suggestion is to just relax, enjoy the arts you are practicing, if you feel the same then look at it again at a later date but until then you don't want to be like a GKR school!

I've seen a few on You tube, but the most recent Karate ones, fight quest and Human weapon, focus on Kyokushin

Yes any training of any sort in the pool is excellent!!! I always advise jump kicks are where one develops confidence as that's all that stops one from doing them correctly

I have also been in thought as to how I missed this thread. I have a Cane, which I walk around with to become accustomed to its presence. I see so much in its use but need to find a Le Canne Instructor to teach atleast the basics that trying the "teach yourself" stuff So glad I found this post

I agree with you, but didn't put it the same way as you!

I hope the Restaurant Owner gave the meals free as a few of the table may have had Cold Food. It should have been the restaurant owner's responsibilty to get rid of the "Drunk" not the guys on the table.

I don't think he meant it the way you seem to have taken it. He was just trying to get more information on him. As for the original post: It's absolutely normal to experience this. With a situation like that it's really easy to imagine all the things that could have gone wrong so it's natural to play it out in your head for awhile because, to be perfectly honest, it's a scary moment. Since it has been so long you might want to go talk to a professional about it. Sorry, one of the symtoms for PTSD is the Fight or Flight response!!! LOL!!!

Datguy, relax, chill, you make it sound like having PTSD means you belong in a straight jacket and living in a padded cell. To me that is as bad as racism or sexism! You'd be supprised how many people you work with socialise with and connect with have PTSD or other similar issues! I suppose the best example of PTSD is Rambo or the Bourne Series and I bet you like watching them! you'll get over it, maybe get a bit of CBT councilling to help you cope with it and guess what only the people on here and your Doctor/Therapist will know unless YOU tell anyone else!!!

On a serious note, some of the most Prolific Serial Killers/Mass Murderers suffered from PTSD I have been diagnosed with it from my time in the British Armed forces

.................... According to Ohgami sensei, when the “Technical System of Wado Ryu” was first registered at the Butukokai (Kyoto) in 1939 it listed the Pinan Kata, Kushanku, Naihanchi, Seishan and Chinto (1 to 9 in that order). The registration was revised at the Tojo Butukukai (between 1942 and 1945) to include; Wanshu, Bassai, Jitte, Jion, Niseishi, Rohai and Suparinpei. ....................................... The second reason came about (I believe) as a result university Wado Karate teams in Japan who, under pressure when competing with their Shotokan rivals, decided to resurrect the erstwhile “discarded” kata. ....................... Sojobo I know talking to other Wado Ryu Karateka, Suparinpei is considered to many, as the "lost" Kata of Wado as a very small minority of Dojos practice this kata. That said, going back to a Modern example of Enshin Karate, they only have 7 official Kata! I think Toon Ryu (yes it is a genuine style of Karate) has 5 official Kata

Chelter"Nam"

I still get flashbacks from 'Nam

Possibly you might be doing too much, your thread on Karate Work Out (sorry not too sure of full title). I agree with my good friend "Ueshirokarate" regards visiting a Physician or Physiotherapist specialising in Martial Arts Injuries OSU

I was told to wash them with hot water and put them in a dryer for a few cycles ( otherwise never put your gi in dryer). Since Tokaido and Shureido are high quality (and expensive) I would also consider taking them to a tailor for better adjustments. Strange, I'm 178cm but I have to buy a 190 or a 200 for a better fit!!!

I think its similar to "Tartan Paint" or "a Long Stand" or a "Glass Hammer" "boards don't hit back!!!!"

I think any order of kata is, to some extent, arbitrary. The history appears pretty clear, that 100 years ago and earlier, a person might only 3, or at most 5 kata. The way in which we practice kata today, with so many, is a relatively recent innovation. We shouldn't expect any conformity across various systems on the order in which kata are introduced. Goju systems that descend from Miyagi and Higaonna never have had Pinan as a component in their curriculum. Systems that descend from Itosu did have Pinan, as Itosu adopted those (with whatever modifications and additions he made) for beginners, in place of Naihanchi. Kyan never taught Pinan, but some of his students learned them elsewhere, and added them to the kata they learned from Kyan. Nagamine studied under Arakaki, who, in addition to being a Kyan student, also studied under Itosu students, where he would have learned Pinan. Zenryo Shimbukuro did not teach Pinan, but his son Zenpo trained under Nakama, a student of Itosu, from whom he learned Pinan kata. Kyan's student Eizo Shimabukuro trained under Chibana, a student of Itosu. Perhaps he learned his Pinan from Chibana. Funakoshi changed the order of Pinan, because he believed that Pinan Nidan was easier to learn than than Pinan shodan. I would argue there is merit in that position. I look at kata differently. I see kata of different lengths. I don't see beginner kata, or intermediate kata or advanced kata. I see short kata, medium length kata and long kata. Sometime about 80 or 90 years ago, the concept of rank, that had become a fundamental component of Japanese martial arts, was introduced to the Okinawan karate teachers. The kyu and dan ranks, formalized, in part, for Judo schools, were cloned for Okinawan karate systems. The primary mechanism for rank advancement in Okinawan and Japanese karate schools, was kata, which had long been the core component of Okinawan karate. It was this systemization, designed in large part for karate being introduced into secondary and collegiate school systems, that drove this need to formalize the rank level at which kata was taught. Different teachers chose different sequences. An interesting challenge was what to do with Naihanchi, which had once been a beginner kata. For example, some systems, like Shito Ryu, saved Naihanchi for later rank. Okinawan Kempo, kept it at an early rank. However, there has never been any agreement, across styles, about what should be taught when. This makes for interesting challenges in tournaments where some schools may gain an edge by teaching longer kata to less senior kyu grades. One reason we can never expect full standarization is that there is a wide variety of kata taught across the many different types of systems world-wide. We have Ryuei-ryu, Uechi-ryu, Chito-ryu, Genseiryu, and Bugeikan ( each of which practices a range of kata that are different from those common kata found in systems that descend from Itosu (Shotokan, Wado Ryu, Shito Ryu, etc.) We really shouldn't expect to find any common order. -Cayuga Karate Totally agree! I've always seen Kata as multifaceted, hence Why I no longer have a Sensei myself due to his "blinkered" view on Kata! But What about Modern Jissen Based Kata, from Ashihara and Enshin Karate. These are completely different to "Traditional" Kata is performance and application. I again don't practice these Kata the way I was taught as I now have a Ne Waza version of the first Kata! With regards to Kata, where does the "front stance and step forward and punch" come from that a lot of the traditional Ryu. I have never been attacked this way in the street but if you put a Jo in the hands of the "Uke" and it becomes a more valid attack!!! I look forward to more discussions on this and other topics, OSU!!! I would love to know what is your opinion of Kyokushin compared to the other Ryu

One thing that gets me about Kata is that 90% of schools practice the Pinan/Heian series first (Pinan Nidan before Shodan - to me this is wrong Shodan is Shodan as it is the first one!!!) Then this is where it gets mixed up. Dependant on the school, depends on where they put the Kata! For Wado (as this is where I had most experience of traditional Kata)Kushanku usually after the Pinan series, then Naihanchi, then Chinto. But the same kata are different position in Shotokan or Shito Ryu. Then we get Goju and other Okinawan styles that don't practice the Pinans at all Why?

I believe Funakoshi Sensei said it would take 1000 days to a specified level and 10000 days to become proficient or something like that! That's 3 years and 10 years respectively

That bag is so cute! Good idea to train barefoot but I would if needed to use "Wushu" or "TaiChi" shoes for a next best.

Wado Naihanchi, is mostly influenced by Motobu Choki. Motobu's karate didn't have a label so to speak - but the closest you are going to get to it is Shorin ryu. Shito-ryu - although based in Shorin-ryu is a style in itself. However... Wado is NOT an Okinawan Karate and doesn’t work the same way. It is closer to Japanese Kobujutsu - so trying to draw a parallel is a waste of time imo. [edit] Outside of research value. In Wado-ryu Naihanchi is practiced differently and for entirely different reasons. Sojobo I know Sojobo, has more experience of Wado than I do! My issue is where the complexity of the 2 styles merge with each other? Although they share the Kata 'to a point' they are totally different in application! For instance compare the 2 man techniques/drills/combinations of Shito Ryu/Shukokai compared to the Ippon Gumite/Ohyo Gumite gata of Wado and you will see where the ethos of the respective RYU comes through into the kata etc!

I'm sure I read somewhere that Otsuka Sensei, considered he still had lots to learn and never considered himself an expert? I had to stop practising Wado Ryu as I couldn't dedicate enough time to studying the art along side my core style. To consider oneself as an "expert" is to miss what it it that the Ryu, the Do is all about. I will remain a student always, never an expert, as I will always be open to learning about my chosen path OSU!!!

It also depends on the "times" between the grades, in some styles they have 16th Dans!!!! From 5th to 6th and 6th to 7th etc are 5 years each as opposed to 6 years or 7 years etc. I think in Kempo Styles there's no specific timescales between the grades

Reliability is one, some students feel they can just coast through their gradings turn up for a few lessons here and there and feel it it their God givene right to get the grade even if they've not put the time or commitment in. I think that Martial Arts are not treated in the same way anymore. People feel that its just a bit of keep fit, they want a "black belt" (another word that's lost its meaning) but are not willing to put the time etc in! Who's to blame - the Instructors for allowing this to happen!!!

You'll find similar techniques in Karate to, especially Ashihara and Enshin Karate! Its good you found something out of your training session