Is SHOTOKAN any good?

Discussion in 'Karate' started by airweaver, Jul 10, 2010.

  1. bassai

    bassai onwards and upwards ! Moderator Supporter

    As i'm sure Mitch can confirm , we don't often enough , it's something i'm working on.
     
  2. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    You hit them hard enough from my point of view :D

    Mitch
     
  3. bassai

    bassai onwards and upwards ! Moderator Supporter

    As always you're a consummate gentleman , to be fair we tend to tag each other quite regularly , but actual full power hitting stuff is rarer .
    To be honest i think my job (mechanic) tends to help with hitting things.
     
  4. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    Yeah but being hit lightly by Bassai is like having a car drive into you. That was one of my many learning points from John's seminar at your club.
     
  5. Mitlov

    Mitlov Shiny

    Here.
     
  6. bassai

    bassai onwards and upwards ! Moderator Supporter

    I'm almost tempted to sig this :hat:
     
  7. Llamageddon

    Llamageddon MAP's weird cousin Supporter

    Do it.

    You can be MAP's muscle.
     
  8. yannick35

    yannick35 Banned Banned

    I am also very tempted to try shotokan again, i kind of loved it when i was younger, kyokushin is harder because the sparring most of the time is full contact. I rather do something semi contact like shotokan.

    Shotokan is a lot more strict on forms, and my old school would fail you if the kata was not preformed with proper posture, rythm and intensity.

    In kyokushin you are not allowed to punch to the face, but the conditoning is really hard, if i compare both styles, kyokusin is the hardest karate even.

    Where you do so many bodyweight squats, push ups and sit ups and lot more. I do not think that with my injuries and i am not as young as i used to be, my body could not handle that intense training anymore.

    I rather switch to shotokan, which will work my posture, and give me lots of the benefits of kyokushin without kill me off in the same time.
     
  9. bassai

    bassai onwards and upwards ! Moderator Supporter

    Done !
     
  10. Simon

    Simon Administrator Admin Supporter MAP 2017 Koyo Award

    Cool. Does that mean anyone else has to put: -

    insert name hits like a pathetic girlie.

    Or we could do each other a favour, I'll go first.

    Llamageddon hold the hammer of Thor in his right cross.
     
  11. Hatamoto

    Hatamoto Beardy Man Kenobi Supporter

    If you really feel you need to, just coz it's true don't mean it needs advertising xD
     
  12. Llamageddon

    Llamageddon MAP's weird cousin Supporter

    Simon S has a kick like a foot shaped wrecking ball...
     

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