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Jay i dont think the jups are the same, i know the unsu jump as i know the kata, i hav never leanred Kanku sho but i think it is only a 180 not a 360 jump i think kankusho is more a a jump and twist whereas unsu is more of a spin?

let us know how you got on

Great instructional vid, need more like that.

Welcome guys I am a wado ryu karateka and am a 3rd Dan, i have been traning for 17 years there about

In my aikido class we stop for water breaks however my karate dojo do not. I always tend to break up my lessons in the middle to give the oppertuinity to get water

I do Kata in the lounge, however i live in england so my rooms are all very small. i get by just have to move the sofa. i do close the doors and fridge with a backkick when i am making a drink haha

I like your point tori, assumable japanese karate at some point was only known in japan by japnese people, this was then taught to english people, who mpost likly would have been taught it using the japanese. at what point did some englishman decide that they were going to dismiss the native language of the art and not teach the was his/hers sensei taught. by the sound of it most karate dojos use terminology and a few dont id say the mojaority do it how it was meant to be done and some didnt like it so didnt do it. does not sound right to me

not on the same scale but when i was yonger i had to leave karate for 2 years when i started uni, i went back and never looked back i am now a fully qualified instructor and i teach karate i train aikido and teach self defence.if you think your too old to go back think of it this way the longer you wait the older you will get, age is in your mind your as young as you feel

how do you like to train? i realise this is a karate forum but as there i no section for aikido it sorta falls in the same ball park. i am a 2nd dan in karate but i also train aikido. my old aikido class was very light and sympathetic and i learned the moves well enough but found myself unsure of how well i would be able to implement them in a real world situation. i joined a new aikido class when i started uni and have been training for a few years now its yoshikan aikido or (the hard style) and it is very hard the workouts and excersise kill me, the moves are always done with full force so much so that when i first started i came home with bruises on my arms and pains everywhere however because of this method of training i find my body is less suseptable to injury and i am more conditioned for being hit and thrown to the floor. i absolutely love this style of training and refuse to train any other way as i now know that i could implement these techniques in the street and they would work as i have tested it in almost full force in training. how do you like to train? (appolagies for spelling i am dyslexic)

i think rohie is a good kata to sum up my style its all about timing and breathing.

laff, that was funny

thats great i will get o that. i have a problem now though see i live in birmingham and i am at uni in stafford and i only coem home on the weekends and i train myself on a saturday. and i only coem hoem every OTHER weekend so i cant open in birmingham as i cant offer many lessons and i cant open in staffs as im only here for another 2 years and its unfair to close down a class after 2 years. as the students wont get to finish there training.

thank you thats was great advise exactly what i was looking for im going to start proceedings in the next few months. ill keep you posted on how its going

hey i do wado-ryu and i have a dan grade could one of you give me a brief outline on how id go about opening a class for example do i need a teachning licence do i have to pay anythink ect ect...?

yes i have to say i have never used this move before or been taught it however not all moves are (or infact anymoves) designed to hit a brick and a punch bag represents the sternam and this move looks like as said is move is more of a through strike or grab

thats was a very random as far as jibberish goes

absolutly i think if your stance dose not chnage throught a fight you are leaving your self with reduced movment and ability as differant stances are better for differant moves

i think when you learn karate part of the disaplin and culture should be learnt and it is a better way of discribing a technique. terminology is a very important part of my karate and students in my class will fail grading if they do not know the correct jap terminology.

thankyou what did you think of my intro video my favorate part

yeah youtube are acctualy good with the amount of kata veriations they have

see in our class sokuto geri is called yokogeri. side kick?

cobra karate club we are with the BTKA take a look at our site i created it myself

i must say i think unknownstyle had a good point back stance is good for if you are beeing rushed from the front cuz front kicks are made simple however if u were flanked that back leg would be taken out and you would drop to the floor having all your weight on the back leg i think when sparing your stance should variate depending on the situations, the amount oif people the size of the area, where your apponent is what techniques hes useing most. etc should come naturaly

alot of people in the martial community think that belts and grades are comersial and i disagree with it beeing JUST a way to make money when i was a kyu grade i found it helpfull when i first started karate before i got to know poeple to know if they were good enough to be helpfull so i knew the best person to ask for help for instance if belts were not there inste4ad as asking the brown belt grade for help on a kata i may ask the red belt grade and woudnt of got much outta the help. if you see what i mean and for one i like the recognition of my hard work and when your a young student and only ages 6 i think it encurreges them to continue training if they see themselves progressing with grades untill they are old enough to train to improve. haveing small goals inbetween the ultimate goal of martial arts can help you i think

i wish i could do that id love to beable to train anytime i want. acctualy id proberbly phone him everyday lol hes get sick of me i love to train its all i want to do. my house is a bit small tho id love a privet dojo to train in.