renketsu Posted June 1, 2004 Posted June 1, 2004 Flexibility - Stretching Scientifically, Thomas Kurz In-Breath timing of kata - Advanced Karate-do, Elmar Schmeisser Channan / Bunkai of Heians - Channan: Heart of the Heians, Elmar Schmeisser Lots of reading and trying stuff out Andy. Andy Wilkinson (Sandan)Renketsu Karate Club Senior Instructor(http://www.renketsu.org.uk)
Guest Posted June 1, 2004 Posted June 1, 2004 The decision on whether or not I am going to change schools and styles ... forsaking my current school and starting over from 10 kyu
aefibird Posted June 1, 2004 Author Posted June 1, 2004 Wow, that's certainly a major decision to have to make. Good luck with it - I hope whatever you decide works out well for you. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
Radok Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 I've to improve mostly stamina in kumite...and since i'm a woman i'm training to put more strength in my moves. About the recent kata training....i'm tring to do my best to master Kanku Dai...one of the three katas that i need to show to my next test...first dan. Hey, my next test is also 1 dan, and the kata I have to show is kusanku dai, which is basically the father of kanku dai. This is also the kata I will spend the entire year from 1 to 2 dan trying to understand. If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
Radok Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 The decision on whether or not I am going to change schools and styles ... forsaking my current school and starting over from 10 kyu Well why in the world would you be doing that? If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
Guest Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 Well why in the world would you be doing that? It's simple, really. I've never tried a different school. I've been doing karate for a little more than one and one half years, so I know it's something I'm going be doing for a long time to come. I want to make sure I'm doing it right. How can I be sure that the school I have now is the best for me if I don't know any other schools? So the question I would ask you is, why in the world wouldn't you do that?
aefibird Posted June 4, 2004 Author Posted June 4, 2004 Hey, my next test is also 1 dan, Good luck with your 1st dan, Radock! When are you taking it? "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
40 cent Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 ive recently changed dojos and i am now in the iko, so im looking forward to doing some kumite and tournaments. i went to my first bjj class the other day. and i will soon be working on getting healthier and training more regularly: im going back to uni and leaving work (night shift at safeway) so hopefully my sleeping patterns will be better and i wont be so tired all the time
Radok Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 Well why in the world would you be doing that? It's simple, really. I've never tried a different school. I've been doing karate for a little more than one and one half years, so I know it's something I'm going be doing for a long time to come. I want to make sure I'm doing it right. How can I be sure that the school I have now is the best for me if I don't know any other schools? So the question I would ask you is, why in the world wouldn't you do that? If you have only been doing it for one and a half years, you are still really a beginner. What I would recomend is getting your second dan before going to a different style or school, unless you have a specific reason for leaving.(such as poor teaching, mcdojo, ect.) The reason I say this, is as you go up to black belt, you are learning more techniques. Once you get black belt the focus is understanding what you know, rather than learning more material. By the time you get second dan, you are starting to get a grip on the art. At this point, I would then encourage exploring other arts to better understand your first one. It may seem too long to weight, but pacience is of primary importance in TMA such as Karate. Good luck either way. If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
Radok Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 Hey, my next test is also 1 dan, Good luck with your 1st dan, Radock! When are you taking it? I am doing my test this September. I am almost ready fo the test, I just have to work on pushups. I am trying to get it to where I can do 200 pushups in one set by then. If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
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