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For me old belts simply get used as a training aid in the dojo

only thing I can think of right now is turning down an offer to take over a shotokan class I used to train in, as the instructor had to leave, at the time I wanted to focus more on myself, now I realise that it would have been beneficial gaining that kind of experience

But can't this be a bad thing? if someone has never done martial arts before and a bad GKR class is all they have ever known that can put them off of martial arts... There are some half decent people in the club, but the standard is far too inconsistent...

White Yellow Orange Green Blue Purple brown white stripe brown brown black stripe Black

I have around 20 students, and offer private training, can spend a lot of time working on their individual weaknesses

name of the club on one side in kanji and my name in katakana down the other side

around 11 years from when I first started training, I changed clubs a couple of times,

I agree that once you gain your grade, the you are always that grade, and would let them wear that grade if they came to my class again. do you think that this should be the same for the lower rank belts? so far you have only mentioned black belts... what about say a yellow belt, or any other colour?

When I have a new student that has had previous experience I assess them over a period of 4-6 weeks to see where they best fit in the style and award them what grade suits best..

I would suggest speaking with the organisation before speaking to him, might be a way that you can run it without needing him

I see sooo many people scared of it, I got over that a while ago... only thing is when I do kiai I hate the sound of it... just sounds...pants!! working on it though...

anyone from the UK (essex) have you heard of an instructor known as Adam thorne? whats are your thought on him??

A students training is never finished...

I love going up through the kata mainly because.. i just love kata in general!! always give it my all, don't normally go through kata one after the other at home though, at home I just focus on a kata that I want to improve I'll just do that kata over and over again...

for me... I want to do a lot more at home, improve my fitness, and in general study martial arts a lot more, the history in depth and make sure I understand body mechanics. so loads of training aswel:D

anyone started learning this kata yet:P use the block to hook the opponents attack and turn it into a throw. front flip onto the body and meditate for a while...

first weapon I started was the chucks but didn't get far with them, so got a pair of sai instead...much better:D gotta get used to the chambering with them though... haven't had them long already drawn blood with them.. but that was my mates fault!!

if fighting against another weapon... a knuckle duster... don't see that being effective if the other dude has a sword of any other weapon...

depends if the knife is like the one from punisher... hes on the floor with his knife ready, dude standing with gun pointed at him saying something about bringing a knife to a gun fight, and he pushes a button to fire the blade into the dudes neck... I'd go with a gun, don't know where to get one of those knives...

My hands and feet, can't go anywhere with out them:D

Thanks:D

Hey!! found a reasonably old video of one of my kata at a tournament just interested as to wot you people think?? want to improve it so want all that you have to say about it please:D thanks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1aAe9LLUH0

the way I do them is to start of doing a front kick keeping the hips square on then twisting the hips to turn it into a hook kick... I think I'm doing it wrong though as so many people do them differently on here...:S

as the title says..I'll be going for my 3rd kyu brown belt on sunday should be a good day. we have a special christmas training session with demonstrations and that for which I may be performing a team kata along with two others..

good luck mate I'm sure you'll do fine!! I wouldn't even dream of doing the stuff you gotta do!!