Hello. Welcome to the forum. I would have to say my favorite style is Ishhinryu and I have been taking for 3 years now. I am interested in watching and learned about aikido and hopefully will watch a class soon. My teacher's teacher adn his instructor created a style - neko-ryu goshin jitsu and that...

great topic! I like this one a lot! As for a role model, I am beginning to focus on techniques vs people. I take what I like about different people and strive to attain a piece of each. There is a gal that is around 24 that I met when I was a yellow belt, she brown. She is shodan now and I am brown....

This is a very broad and open topic that has already seemed to take different directions. As for similarities and differences, any person who has been around enough will understand what works well with what and then the techniques that clash and are not effective against certain styles. Among the pe...

Hello! Nice to see someone mention isshinryu- kin to Uechi, but differences! AS for tournaments, have you ever been to the IHOF (IR hall of fame) tournament? It is held in Gatlinburg TN and is going to be the 3rd of August this year I believe. They have some slight differences in sparring as far as ...

hi all. Obviously this gentleman was a really caring guy who was a good martial artist. I take it he was murdered. Could one of you please point me in the right direction to George,Sensei's WHAT's NEW site or wherever I can read more about this. Thank you. My sincerest condolensces go out to his fam...

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Hello. Call me crazy,dead,out of it, drunk, stupid, dense, or whatever you want but I must have missed whatever CLUBBEL is. Could you please fill me in? I am sorry to bother anyone with this post, I am just curious and would like to know.

~sunsu

I would have to say no. At times there are points where you go to the dojo to let out anger from things that happened during the day and you want a bit of confidence and a possible compliment to keep you going. Unless you purely 100% all-the-way enjoy karate that you live for it then I guess you wou...

Tom, you obviously love your son a lot and that is most important here. I can understand that the lack of a parental 'side-kick' (no pun intended) can be stressful. I am sure that since you both have the love for baseball you play catch with him a lot! Why not put on a pair of old jeans and after he...

Our kids' classes (which I am a helper) are always active. We open all of them with history questions which are merely a game! Whoever knows it raises their hand and see how many you can get right. You don't keep tally, but if your hand goes up, then you have made progress and are praised for it. Th...

You are all in way over my heads! I got lose about the 25 post. All I will say is good lick in the experiment and with all the technical stuff you have discussed, if you will organize everything like you seem to be doing, it will work! http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/smile.gif If you ever actual...

hello all- first off I have clear shower doors, so this is an offset opinion. If you have shampoo coming in a stream down your face, you have about 5sec. max to do whatever it is you so choose. If you are lathered, graaping a bottle or shaving cream can isn't going to be very easy. Do you have showe...

I agree with your last comment jorvik! IT seems when a very dedicated instructor takes a punch and shows you that if you retract it, it will become a block, and then can wrap the opponents are and takedown. A beginner is amazed by this- and intermediate (kyu-grade that is) tries to figure out how he...

Bill,Sensei Thank you for the explanation. Well put and was worth reading several times! Makes a lot of sense to me and I am slow on comprehending things in text. Appreciate the advice and your helpful comments Mal, Sensei (it only feels proper!) lol I am slightly confused on what you are saying abo...

Sanchin Dachi is hard to explain anyways and these are really good questions. I have been working Sanchin for about 9 months now, and it still feels so weak! I believe that bending your knees is very beneficial once the stance is mastered. One night in particular I stood in front of the mirror at th...