Shukokai Karate

[pk.]

I have been training in Shukokai Karate for around 2 years now I think and reached purple belt. On other boards I have seen that Karate is not too popular, I myself am about to move on, but it is mainly because of my teachers attitude, and I sometimes felt that I gained the belts to easily, which makes me question my actual skills and his teaching.

Is anyone familiar with Shukokai Karate, and if so could you give your views?

I am thinking of moving on to do Judo or Jujitsu so that I can get to grips with some grappling to go with the striking used in Karate. Do you think thats a good idea? I will probably come back to Karate or another striking system in the future.

[Andy Murray]

Hi pk,

I do know some Shukokai Karate people, and it's a very well respected style in my area.

Don't believe everything you read here!

Grappling and Ground Fighting are very important skills to acquire though, so yes, good idea.

[pk.]

Thanks again for the speedy reply Mr Murray. As I said I would probably like to return to Karate in the future, however I haven't come across any other Shukokai clubs. Are there many in the UK? Do you know if there are many in the Greater Manchester area?

[Andy Murray]

Hi pk,

just did a quick Google for you;

http://manchester.great-british-pages.co.uk/Detailed/433.html

http://manchester.freeexchange.co.uk/pages/4002.html

[pk.]

Ah great thats very cool of you, I might check some of these out. Thanks again.

They sound like good setups, with bags and stuff. I just trained where my teacher could rent floor space. He had a main Dojo but it was a bit away, so I never traiend there.

[shukokai2000]

We have a cpl of shukokai clubs in the greater manchester area, if you , or anybody wants to learn this discipline.

give us a message

[Llamageddon]

I have been training in Shukokai Karate for around 2 years now I think and reached purple belt. On other boards I have seen that Karate is not too popular, I myself am about to move on, but it is mainly because of my teachers attitude, and I sometimes felt that I gained the belts to easily, which makes me question my actual skills and his teaching.

Is anyone familiar with Shukokai Karate, and if so could you give your views?

I am thinking of moving on to do Judo or Jujitsu so that I can get to grips with some grappling to go with the striking used in Karate. Do you think thats a good idea? I will probably come back to Karate or another striking system in the future.

Before leaving the discipline totally, have you thought about simply changing style for a bit?

[bassai]

Maybe they did , 3 years ago ;)

[Llamageddon]

Maybe they did , 3 years ago ;)

Fair point :rolleyes:

[karate princess]

It always makes me laugh how people don't read the dates on posts, lol.

[Llamageddon]

bloody hell! I've just noticed that! I'd like to apopgise for my awesome stupidity on the matter :D