AngryDelldo

He does it nothing like ours. He does lean forward alot, but maybe that is they're thing, along with the wobble?

Everytime I see this I also see the same mistakes, to each thier own I guess lol.

Very cool show! I think this is going to be a new favorite of mine. I believe next week is Karate, I cant wait.

Very good drills, sound painfull!

I'm gonna have to go buy my pool for sure now! Been thinking on it for awhile, now I have a great reason other than the heat.

Yes, awesome video's! Thank's for the link.

We're taught to use all 3. Instep for sparring mostly. Ball of foot in street, or real world applications. Our reason's for this is because depending on what shoe's you are wearing it can be difficult to point your toe's. Shin's are more of a real world use, but while using your shin your losing reach, so we are taught to use this when already in very close proximity with the attacker. My 2 cent's.

I like the idea of a coloured card for each grade level. Does each card have a set amount of marks that has to be reached? E.g. 20 ticks for classes for first belt, 30 for 2nd belt, 40 for 3rd belt, then 50 for each belt after that. No, he just marks the date for each class attended, but I like the idea you came up with.

I dont think I'm one of those students, but we have a few in our school that just wont shut up and do as they are told. (usually when the female teacher is teaching and everyone else but Sensei). Questions are great, in fact we are encouraged to ask, but it is one thing to ask a question about something and another to question (doubt) a Sensei's teachings.

Oh I forgot, Welcome to the forums!

Don't feel bad or anything man, it happens to most people when starting out. The problem is that your body isn't use to it yet. Without knowing which Kata you are working on I can't be to specific in how to help you or point you in the right direction, however we have a step system to help students get it easier. EXAMPLE: Taikyoku Shodan. (Move one) Start in ready position. Step back and out with the left leg. Turn to your left into a worrior stance. Block with your left arm. Raise your left arm. Step forward with your back leg into another worrior stance. Then punch with you right hand. Basically breakdown each movement into parts and that helps you focus even more on each move which should help you improve. Good luck and I hope I make sense for you lol.

Short answer: No. To me, and what I am taught in my own school is that being a Black Belt is more than just being able to fight. It's about many things, it's a personnal journey and an ongoing journey. If your friend has this big intrest in Martial arts than he would know that there is more than just fighting involved, he would want to learn the Kata's and so on. I could go on and on. I'm only yellow belt and I feel like I know more about being a Black Belt than he does and if thats the case then no he isn't a "real" Black Belt. He may be a great fighter, but he should probly just where boxing shorts and a tee-shirt or something.

Good luck to you and your wife!

At our Dojo it's just a pass or fail aswell. Our instructors usually point out what we need to work on prior to the test. If anything you might be able to tell by yourself what might need work. Some things I feel very confident at performing and a few others I'm not sure about so I work on those myself untill I have no doubt. Hope this helps some. Really though asking is always the best way.

Sounds crazy! I would be very upset by this, however I wouldn't be suprised because alot of people are like that. Our Instructor always stresses to us that if we can avoid altercation to do so. Our self-defense like most is a "no choice" situation. He also stresses that it isn't full proof, there are just to many variables. Take the multiple attacker route and there isnt much you can do, because most self-defense is singular at least for me it is so far. And the worst scenario is facing bullets. On another note I would love to be able to carry my Chucks or Katana around for self-defense just like people do with guns.

We have a card system. Each color belt has thier card in that color. Before each class our instructor collects them from us and marks our classes as needed. We have to be present for every class to even be considered for promotion, if we miss any then it is up to us to come in and make them up. I like this system and will probly incorporate it in my Dojo years from now.

Yea it's mostly Kenpo, but it adds things from many other styles. Thanks for your support everyone I got it! Good luck with yours Shawn.

Good luck!

Thanks guys. Halting Ram is a defensive move so when someone charges at you to tackle you to the ground you would stop them by extending your arms strieght out to stop them. Then you would grasp the back of the neck and and pull him down and give 3 knee's to the chest or face, alternating each knee each time. Halting Mace is when someone throws a hook punch or round house punch, whichever you wanna call it. Before the punch lands of course you would use your forward arm to meet the punch at his wrist and your back arm at his shoulder area at the same time. After you would move your arm that is on his shoulder to the back of his neck and pull him down into a knee to the chest or groin, you would then move both hands to the back of his neck and put your other knee to his face while pushing him away and toward the ground. I hope those make sense to you guys, it's kinda hard to type these explanations lol. BlackBelt stance I'm sure everyone knows, but it's probly just reffered differently. It's kinda like horse except your front foot is pointing forward in the direction you are looking while your back foot points directly to the side, kinda like a 90 degree angle. While doing this you would be as low as possible with your forward arm extended out in a chopping to the neck position and your other arm at chest level.[/b]

Well tomorrow I promote to yellow belt, I know it isn't much but I feel great about it. Last night we did our red tip test which was cool. If the promotion is anything like that then I will certainly be breaking another big sweat. The first things we went over as a whole class were blocks, then horizontel and verticle punches. We then all sat at the back while each group of belts went up to perform thier kata's. My group was first. We had to perform Taikyoku Shodon, Nidan, and Sondon. I love Kata's, I think they are my strongest area. After all Kata's were performed we did Stances which included Horse, Black belt stances and Worrior stances. We then moved on to self defense. For our belt we did Halting Ram and Halting Mace. The higher belts peformed thier Belt level defense. Next we performed basic front, round and hook kicks. We then finally ended with our favorite showtime kicks. It was exerting, I'm guessing just because I was concentrating so much on doing things the proper way, After all my teacher always says if it feels comfortable then you arn't doing it right. Anyways I hope you guys dont mind me posting this, there just isn't to many people I know that I can discuss these things with so thanks.

We usually use palm strikes to break boards, but if you use your fist make sure it's tight and like bushido says strike 3-4 inches past your target.

Only in America...lol...

I was always taught that if a woman puts herself in a mans place then dont treat her any differentley then a man. Since I started Karate I would rather not have to attack anyone, but like others have said a threat is a threat. I have came to the conclusion that our justice system is crap so in any event where I would have to defend/attack against a women I would assume that I would end up in jail, unless there are multiple witnesses. Also in this situation I think knowing MA's can make things worse in a legel sort of way. They would just say that we would need to restrain ourselves because we know things most people dont and could seriously injure or kill easilly. Lose, lose I guess.

I like them both. I just started learning Heian Yondon yesterday and I love the way it feels. I mean it makes my legs burn and my arms also, yet I'm still able to perform it some what descent. It is my favorite so far.

He wasn't teaching us Aikito, but rather the methods used to stretch our wrists and get them to be streight. While showing these stretching methods he also demonstrated how they are generally used in Aikito to bring an opponent down to their knees. I have no idea what they would be called though.