Isshinryn & Kyokushin

[Drealoth]

What are these two forms of martial arts, and what should one expect from them?

[Andrew Green]

different branches of karate

Isshin ryu is Okinawan.

Kyokushin is Japanese.


Expect to do kata, basics and sparring ;)

[Saz]

Here's a couple of links you may find useful

http://www.ifk-kyokushin.com/kyokushin.htm

http://w3.trib.com/~smammon/isshin.html

I can't count for the accuracy of the data in the 2nd link, because I know nowt about Ishhinryu, but the first link is a good introduction to Kyokushinkai.

Expect to do basics and sparring mostly, kata isn't the biggest focus of the art. As you get more experienced, you'll do full contact knockdown sparring.

[paul paterson]

Osu,

Kyokushin is Japanese?...you will find the ethos behind it is both Japanese and Okinawan with many principles of the hard & soft schools and that of Shoto and many others. Just because we do or say things in a Japanese text does not mean we are Japanese.

Osu.
Paul Paterson.