Help please (re: Kyokushin karate)

[Snake1725681530]

Hiya guys, does anyone know of any good Kyokushin karate dojo's in the london area? Preferably west london, although I'm willing to travel around if a good dojo is recommended.

Thanks

[StrangeBacon]

I put a couple of places teaching kyokushin in london into your introduction thread, go take a look

[Dobbersky]

Snake, did you manage to find a Kyokushin Dojo??

[Snake1725681530]

Snake, did you manage to find a Kyokushin Dojo??

Hiya. There are a few Dojo's I have in mind. I'm actually going to begin having a look at them from next week- the reason I've waited this long being that I've been in touch with one teacher, who's invited me to his first class back on the 1st of september. I therefore thought it best to look at the others close to this time, so that I can get a fair judgement of the schools.

I'd rather not look at one Dojo, wait a few weeks and then look the another.

(I don't know if any of what I've just written makes any sense)

[Dobbersky]

Snake, that makes perfect sense to me good luck with kyokushin Osu!!!

[Snake1725681530]

Snake, that makes perfect sense to me good luck with kyokushin Osu!!!

Thanks. I appreciate it!

[Snake1725681530]

Hiya guys, I'm just posting an update on my Kyokushin journey so far. I recently had the opportunity to visit one of the two dojo's I had in mind (the second of which I'll be looking at this week coming- can't wait!).

i must say, despite having a few years of MA experience under my belt, I was still very nervous about going into the Dojo for the first time, and I think this reflected on my training that evening.

Lesson began with warm-up, which then went into padwork and sparring. I had the misfortune of weight training a day before, so needless to say, i was nackered half way through. The people were all very nice, and i was fortunate enough to have a black belt show me the ropes.

The only thing that did concern me, was that the Sensei didn't seem to be actively going around to correct technique. i don't know if this is a karate thing but i'm used to the teacher walking around, viewing students and correcting their techniques. Is this something i should be concerned about and does anyone else have similar experiences? The students were all very good at their art, so obviously i know the knowledge is there.

Despite this, the heat and the kick to the face i recieved during sparring I can see myself doing this art for a long time to come. On the way home I was ready to start training again, which hasn't happened to me for a while.

A friend of mine is going to Hanshi Steve Arneil's Dojo soon, which seems like a good place. Does anyone have any experiences with him?