If you could train with some one.

[Makoto]

If you could train from one person to learn one specific aspect of karate, who would that be?

For me, I would love to train with Seizo Izumiya and learn how to do Bassai Sho.

PS I got my yellow belt, kewl. If Dick were here he would be 5dan by now.

[b3n]

Mas Oyama...if he was still alive.

[Jay]

Gichin Funakoshi, Nakayama and kanazawa in one of the 'original' training sessions

[y2_sub]

I would like to train kyokushin under Oyama Sosai .

If I am to choose a non karate-ka instructor , i'd go with O-Sensei or Kimura

[Makoto]

All good posts, but I was thinking of the here and now. Of course we would all like t have trained with Mas Oyama and Funakoshi for different reasons. I would also like to know what you would want to learn.

[AngelaG]

I'm going to try to get my act together and train with Dave Hazard. I wanted to go to a seminar of his a month or two ago but I was ill at the time.

There's also quite a few forum buddies I'd love to go and train with.

[jion]

I'm going to go with the trends on this one and pick Royce Gracie, he's inspiring and intimidating.

I'd love to have a tea with Funakoshi Yoshitaka and Gichin. I'd love to ask them contraversial questions, like the one we often hear on these forums

[orion82698]

I'm going to go with the trends on this one and pick Royce Gracie, he's inspiring and intimidating.

I'd love to have a tea with Funakoshi Yoshitaka and Gichin. I'd love to ask them contraversial questions, like the one we often hear on these forums

I second that. Royce Gracie, or Ali (and you can't say that he's still not alive). Granted... Ali cannot compete at all anymore, but he was awesome!

[lgm]

If you could train from one person to learn one specific aspect of karate, who would that be?

If I have to choose from among the living, for training in kata, it would be Asai Sensei and for training in kumite, Tanaka Sensei.

Gene

[Shorinryu Sensei]

Of course we would all like t have trained with Mas Oyama and Funakoshi for different reasons.

Uhhhh...well, me for one, neither of them makes my Top 25 list of those I would like to train with.

There's a couple of people in this country I would like to train with. Probably nobody that youy've heard of. Ken Penland, Larry Mason, Greg Ohl, James Knoblett to name a few.

What would I like to learn from them? Oh heck, whatever they wanted to teach me!