equaninimus Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I have to admit I've never seen a Shotokan McDojo. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
Sho-ju Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I have to admit I've never seen a Shotokan McDojo. lol
equaninimus Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I have seen a Wado McDojo. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
xianzhong Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 actually I haven't seen a Shotokan McDojo either, haven't really looked around for Shotokan dojo's, but the few Shotokan instructors I know in my area are all part-timers, and teach for non-profit in the evenings and weekends at community centres, gyms, etc... Are You Ready? @https://www.geocities.com/tonybanhOpen Your Mind... @https://www.openyourmind.tk
amp Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Yeah, I would defo go by Shotokan. I wonder which is the most popular martial art in the world? Maybe that is also karate. Sadly enough, I think it's Tae Kwon Do. I might be wrong, though. Know thyself.
EvilTed Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 It depends upon how you define 'most popular' At his death in 1994, Mas Oyama (Kyokushin) could bost the most students world wide unified under one man - some 12 million! As far as which style is the biggest (has the most branches) then it's probably shotokan. Which style of karate is the most respected as a 'real' fighting art? It has to be Kyokushin. After I explained to my sensei about seeing a program on TV about Okinawan karate and them breaking boards with their big toes, his answer was "Oh yeah? - how well do they fight?" ET
I-Self Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 The Uechi Ryu stylists you saw in that video can fight very, very well. Everyone who knows more than Japanese karate knows this. They can kickbox and spar with the best of them, and have even integrated BJJ into their Ryu. Uechi Ryu condiditoning is more hardcore than Goju! Try and break a 1.5-2 inch board with an open hand kakushiken (fingertip strike) or a big toe kick. Tell me what happens.... Yes, there is a right and wrong way....There is no "Do" without "Jutsu"!
stencil Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Try and break a 1.5-2 inch board with an open hand kakushiken (fingertip strike) or a big toe kick. Tell me what happens.... What happens? I wonder what the heck I was thinking and go back to training.
firesong56 Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 as much as i hate to admit it i would go for shotokan but all i have to go on is my town nubers beaaus there is a lot of compyion between us and they usaly out nuber us we do not fear death,for we are death inccarenated!may the inner fire never die for it is that can help you ceep going
kotegashiNeo Posted January 31, 2004 Posted January 31, 2004 The way you make it sound evil ted all the worlds top fighters are kyokushin to bad that just ain't true Kisshu fushin oni te hotoke kokoro
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