What do you like about your Karate style?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Well.....

 

 

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I like Shotokan's hip movements and footwork. Once you get it down, you really get a feel of how powerful the style is.

 

 

[Karateka]

I like my style's, Shi-to Ryu's, subtle movements. A lot of people think our moves that maybe smaller than Shotokan's, cannot give us power. We have it. Plus I love the range of Kata we have. Officially, we have 43 Tournament allowed katas. In actuallity, we have more than 60 kata.

 

 

[Withers M.A.A.]

Well I train in Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo. I love the Tae Kwon Do for the kicking but it lacks in realistic self defense. I love kenpo for its hand techniques and self defense tech. but it lacks in kicking. Put the two together and you get the best of both worlds.

 

Pete

 

 

[G95champ]

I have not found anything in the Arts I don't like.

 

 

[ramymensa]

I train in [color=red]shotokan[/color] and I love it for many reasons:

 

- i've learnt some self defence

 

- it allows me to work my muscles and to become even more atractive

 

- I have fun and I can relax in an active manner

 

- I learn coordination and God knows I needed that

 

- the movements are interesting and beautiful

 

- love to do kata and sparr with my friends

 

- and I look great in karategi

 

The main reason Is that I LOVE it

 

Seems a good choise for me so far.

 

Probably I'll take up hon-do-ryu pretty soon. So I'll double the joy

[karatekid1975]

I do TKD, but what I saw Ann's (ShotoAnn) class do suprised the heck outta me. I was watching them do kata. Then they did bunkai (sp). I'm sure you Japanese stylist know what this is (using techniques within the forms as defenses). I did TSD, and I know how to do Pyung ahn cho dan (Heian Shodan) ..... well I thought I did. When I saw them do the bunkai for it, I was floored. I thought that was such a simple form, but it does have defenses in it. It made me want to look at my TKD forms in the same way. Now I wanna know what the moves are for. It might re-spark my interest in TKD. Thanks Shotokan peoples

[LeaF]

I love my art , Goju ryu Karate-do, for everything it is, one thing that I like about it is it's balence of Hard and Soft.

 

Be as hard as the world forces you to be.

 

Be as soft as the world allows you to be.

[Pacificshore]

I've enjoyed about everything there is/was to learn in all my training. Right now since I am currently training in Kenpo/Kempo, I enjoy all the self defense techniques that my system offers. I also enjoy the katas and weapons katas. Many of our katas have a combination of hard and soft moves. They are all rather long, but that's what makes training fun plus many of the moves comprise that of our self defense tecniques.

[three60roundhouse]

[color=indigo]I like TKD because it requires a lot of stamina and athleticism, it is a tremendous workout! I also like the quickness of sparring, the way it helps my agility (I have become so much more coordinated!!).The forms leave a lot for personal interpretation (as far as how fast, strong, loud, etc.) I like proving people who say "TKD STINKS!" wrong because we learn a lot of self defense at my school.

 

BJJ is a whole new world. I guess starting it is like being re-born. First the world seemed so small, but every move we learn, we realize there are variations, defenses, everything is so big and confusing! BJJ is like chess; it requires soooo much thinking and strength, especially in the legs and abdominals! I also love how close I have become with my teammates due to constant sparring![/color]