Right handed here.
Welcome to MAP. You'll find a lot of support here :)
Used to train 5 days a week years ago. 2-3 hours/day. It wasn't that bad since I would get my sleep and was also careful to what my body was...
We're wearing the 'classical' white gi, nothing on it, except for the factory tag. It's a shotokan studio and we're pretty 'traditional' with this...
I would rather pay for my classes and 'extract' myself from the other duties, than continue like this. I know what you are saying since for some...
It's because I realized that WE are vulnerable. When I started out, I'd have the 'karate kid' image in my head. Few days and you're a star. Then I...
I'm a HUGE fan of games, but they do distract me from my work. So I uninstalled them all, closed all my gaming accounts online and only play...
Any dojo should have them both. If not, I'd go with the fundamentals a while and then to sparring. Or better, I'd go to both dojos :D
After 5 years of karate training I have even less confidence than when I started out. Being excellent in a martial art doesn't guarantee you'll...
I haven't competed, so I cannot discuss this from your point of view. Still I find it 'unethical' to try 'milk' anything you can off a match. It's...
It's the fighter, not the style. Still, if I was to take myself, as we train in our dojo and myself as I would train in a boxing club, I'd say...
Wayne, welcome to MAP. Nice seeing your step kid is interested. We'd love to be of help and also follow you both as he's getting older and more...
I don't think it should be banned, as long as CONSENTING ADULTS train and fight. In the end we all know better what we want for our lives. I would...
My sensei is a pretty small guy too. he's almost my height, so as tall as a 'regular woman'. We had another very good student who was even...
To watch? Anything with kicking in it. I don't really fancy ground work, since I can't see too much and actually have no knowledge about it. So it...
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