Hello I was just watching Black Eagle starring Sho Kosugi and I thought I would look up his bio, it said he was All-Japan champion. What...
I have a question that I have put on another thread also. I love martial arts but at times I get very frustrated with it to the point of...
So would you say with Shotokan being considered the original source, does it have a more thought out kata with a more realistic continuation from...
Is there anyone out there who has studied Shotokan Karate and WTF. I was watching an Iain Abernethy kata application dvd last night and his...
One is for winning medals and trophies the other is for preserving life and general wellbeing.
He think he will wait to see if Pacqiauo will beat De La Hoya and maybe fight Pacqiauo if he wins.
As you have probably read in my previous posts I have trained in UKTA and TAGB but come away feeling short changed with non existance emphasis on...
When I started with the TAGB I said that I only wanted to train to supplement my boxing and wing chun training, I had no real wish to grade....
If these students have been with you this long then I would assume that if they had graded they would be around 6th kup standard. Have you taught...
Do you reckon the likes of Choi, Funakoshi, Oyama, Ohtsuka and Yip Man had to pay for gradings or wear certain belts so the instructor knew who...
Of course TKD is geared towards making gradings a necessity. When I was with the TAGB I would not be shown or taught the next pattern unless I...
This is what I mean by compulsory grading. There is a Shotokan Karate organisation based in the south of england that actually threatens the...
True, but at the same time there are some people out there that can't afford some of the inflated prices that their respective clubs are charging....
Not if it's compulsory. I know one guy who trained in Lau Gar that wanted to do a weapons seminar through his organisation and his instructor...
When I was doing Ninjitsu my instructor would never inform us when he was grading, he would randomly concentrate on students during classes then...
Organised gradings for money is just one big rip-off!! If your instructor doesn't know that you are ready to move to the next level then your...
So what wrong doings would Choi Jung Hwa have committed?
Had enough yet?? Where's a mod when you need one?
Boxers don't just keep their guard up to block punches, they rely heavily on body movement and angles......try watching Floyd Mayweather against...
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