Hudson1984
20th March 2016, 18:31
Hi all.
I'm Sam, 31.
I started shotokan as a child but as I got older pulled away from the arts. Couple of years ago I joined a kickboxing club and got back into training. I found the training pretty poor and techniques where awful so I made the decision to get back into shotokan, a decision I've been very please with and have just (today in fact) completed my purple belt.
Having learnt a few of the kata I thought that I'd like to round off my skills set and train more of the hidden moves in a more practical environment and have recently started judo. Now unfortunately my knees aren't fantastic which means competition isn't really on the cards so I'm train down the technical route of the bja sylabus and it's been a great learning curve but given me more ideas when it comes to bunkai plus the technical route allows me to train kata and techniques that whilst not being allowed in competition are amazing to learn
I love the training of both but I'd love to go further. I've been interested in traditional weapons training with a main interest being around katana and bo staff but I'm a little naive to what style to add to current training.
I'm happy to travel (I travel for work anyway) but I'd hate to waste a prospective sensei time with not being able to train weekly (if it's hundreds of miles away)
My question for the forum would be - is there a style that I could gain a good working knowledge of through regular seminars and as many training sessions as possible? Or should I stick to what I'm doing and just concentrate on achieving high standards there.
My goal is to train in Japan on an annual basis whereby I'd intend to take in as much as possible (hopefully coming home not being able to feel my legs!)
I would just emphasise that I'm in no rush. I'm not expecting a black belt/mastery/whatever in any short space of time. Martial arts is a life's goal and I'm happy with that. If I never attain the higher grade of mastery but still train my hardest I consider that a positive
I'm Sam, 31.
I started shotokan as a child but as I got older pulled away from the arts. Couple of years ago I joined a kickboxing club and got back into training. I found the training pretty poor and techniques where awful so I made the decision to get back into shotokan, a decision I've been very please with and have just (today in fact) completed my purple belt.
Having learnt a few of the kata I thought that I'd like to round off my skills set and train more of the hidden moves in a more practical environment and have recently started judo. Now unfortunately my knees aren't fantastic which means competition isn't really on the cards so I'm train down the technical route of the bja sylabus and it's been a great learning curve but given me more ideas when it comes to bunkai plus the technical route allows me to train kata and techniques that whilst not being allowed in competition are amazing to learn
I love the training of both but I'd love to go further. I've been interested in traditional weapons training with a main interest being around katana and bo staff but I'm a little naive to what style to add to current training.
I'm happy to travel (I travel for work anyway) but I'd hate to waste a prospective sensei time with not being able to train weekly (if it's hundreds of miles away)
My question for the forum would be - is there a style that I could gain a good working knowledge of through regular seminars and as many training sessions as possible? Or should I stick to what I'm doing and just concentrate on achieving high standards there.
My goal is to train in Japan on an annual basis whereby I'd intend to take in as much as possible (hopefully coming home not being able to feel my legs!)
I would just emphasise that I'm in no rush. I'm not expecting a black belt/mastery/whatever in any short space of time. Martial arts is a life's goal and I'm happy with that. If I never attain the higher grade of mastery but still train my hardest I consider that a positive