As others have mentioned, the ability to win kata competition at a black belt level is not the equivalent of training properly to become a black...
Shuri-Ryu is pretty much the archetype of 60's-70's era competition karate, although it's been toned down for safety over the years. Robert Bowles...
Leg kicks are fantastic, and Jose Aldo is well known as a powerful kicker. I remember that fight, and the images of Faber's leg afterward, and it...
I always find cross-training beneficial, and the fact that it also tends to be fun is a nice bonus. You can gain new insight into techniques or...
It really does sound like your instructor is passing on the things he has learned without ever questioning them, or researching on his own, and he...
I think that most kata do not reset between sequences, specifically because removing them opens the door for more applications to be developed....
Obviously there are definitely good things about these, but since that's not what this thread is for, here we go! Shorin-Ryu: Yakusoku kumite. I...
We don't have an age limit on these techniques, but there have certainly been individual students that we don't teach them to because they aren't...
We have one 15-year-old jun-shodan (junior black belt) at my dojo, and I can't say he didn't deserve it. He is passionate about his training and...
I saw this shared on Facebook this morning, and I shared it because I actually know some people doing their black belt test at my old dojo today....
Our longest form is Go-Rin, which Nakazato Shugoro put together for a demonstration at the 1996 Olympics to represent all Okinawan karate. I've...
I am right-side dominant and I fight right-side forward because my right leg side kick is better than my left, my left leg roundhouse kick is...
Without a teacher to make sure you are moving properly and to teach you how to use the movements you are learning, kata is useless to you, and if...
Since FMA has already been mentioned several times, along with RBSD stuff, I'll throw in the karate side: Many (though not all) traditional...
All of that is stuff you're better off talking to my instructor or his girlfriend about, since they run the dojo and can give you all the correct...
Hello there, neighbor! You are actually just across the 51 from me--I am around 40th St and Cactus. If you're willing to drive about 15 minutes...
As I understand it, Chibana Chosin (the founder of Shorin-Ryu) was known for his powerful toe kicks as well. I suspect that this type of kick was...
My personal philosophy on the progression of martial arts training is something I actually do have a metaphor to describe, but I wrote a rather...
I utilize trapping in sparring all the time, as long as trapping is the act of deflecting and controlling attacking limbs in order to counter...
In looking for information about the very same thing OP is, I came across this article by Mr. McCarthy and found it to be very interesting:...
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