It's my guess that this Rickster guys probably trains in a bunch of different styles and is trying to diffend his lack of study or prep. People like this often go thru life tasting different things...
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It's my guess that this Rickster guys probably trains in a bunch of different styles and is trying to diffend his lack of study or prep. People like this often go thru life tasting different things...
I can really only speak for what is done on the East Coast in Shotokan. For the kyu ranks 9 to 2 there is a testing typically every 3 months or so. If an individual trains 4 times per week, they will...
My two boys talked me into to taking Karate with them and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. Three and half years later and what seemed like tons of hours of training, I finally got the chance to test for my...
I do see a difference bewteen east coast and west coast but it's really only slight.
It's now been six months and I'm back to hundred percent. I have no feeling of discumfort but I work out and train between 3 and 4 times per week so I'm pretty limber for a forty two year old. Right...
3 weeks later and I'm at about 90%. The swelling or fluid is almost all gone at this point. I have a small band of fluid above the knee still remaining but if it keeps reducing that too should be...
He's been there for four years and is still a green belt. That says a decent amount in itself.
His wife has also spoken to you about him.
He's a nice guy who might have some talent but seems...
It's hard for me not to push myself when working out because that's just what I do but I'm learning that I'm not as young as I once was and need to set some boundaries.
41 is not the new 25. I...
After a number of months agonizing about whether or not have surgery on a torn meniscus in my left knee, I moved forward on having the operation done.
I spoke to friends both in and out of the...
Well said.
It really sounds as if his taking a break hurt your feelings or ego. If his goal was to achieve his Shodan, then good for him. If he truly loves it he'll be back. If he doesn't and is...
I turn 41 in a week and am a bit depressed that my body is feeling the effects of age.
I attended the 2007 Master Camp outside of Philadelphia in June and over did it a bit. There were two...
Looking forward to hearing about your adventures. It should be a great opportunity for you.
K. Allen
Kanazawa and Okazaki have been friends for a long time. Before the split of ISKF and JKA, JKA didn't allow Kanazawa to attend the master camps. Now that they have split, Kanazawa is welcome. ISKF...
I just returned from the Shotokan 2007 Master Camp up near Philly.
ISKF
500 attendees with some the best Karate instructors around!!!!
Wow!
3 trainings a day for 5 days was all my body...
Full contact???? Or free sparring
Semi free
One step sparring
Three step sparring
In Shotokan karate we practice all four but it is not until a person reaches the rank of 3rd kyu that they...
This film is perfect for me. Martial Arts, violence, no real thought process involved, attractive women to look at, who I'm certain in real life would be enamored of my physical prowess, and a big...
My dad had a serious heart condition and he knew in the end it would take him. He basically knew that it would be about a year to a year and a half. That didn't really work for him. It just made him...
This weekend I've set it up to jump out of a perfectly good plane about 8000 feet in the air.
Last weekend, I mowed my lawn and went to some soccer games my 6 and 8 years played in.
Mowing the...
I do however like to know if i make a mistake.
Thanks
Thanks for everyone's take on it.
My sensei had already had me work on my kata at an exaggerated slow pace and of course a normal one. He must have seen my progress and wanted to throw in a change...
I try as a rule to practice 3 to 4 times per week for about an hour an half or so. I’ve been pretty happy with progress but it wasn’t until recently that I felt as if I had taken broad steps instead...
depending on your dojo, many prefer to go with a wooden floor. Many wooden floors are built with rubber underneath to achieve the same or close to the same give and take that a typical rubber matted...
It did sound as if he created some majical noise, but I believe we are hearing his breathing coupled with the noise generated from a microphone he must have attached to his Gi.
When he moves...
I need to make a correction
I spoke to a number of Doc's over the weekend and was told that it is possible to spread cancer by accidently tearing a tumor. It is even possible for the cancer to...
Doctors are imperfect just like everyone else. Any Doc worth talking to will tell you that there are serious risks associated with any type of surgical procedure.
If you've ever repaired a...