Thanks for the info
No takedowns and ground work is not what I meant. I was referring to the wrist locks, elbow/arm locks, traps, and the few throws and chokes....
My instructor still admits he has tons to learn. Especially the jutsu grappling side of the art. But his teaching at junior level seems very good....
Cool thanks. I might well meet him one day at training coursed or Dan gradings if I get there. My instructor is optimistic he will learn a lot...
He is joining the Wado Karate Federation under George Grimes. Grimes has worked under Shiomitsu (most his life I think) but they have apparently...
LMAO. So what grade do you stop stabbing yourself in the hand?
Yea, i'm guessing Yondan is informally the minimum grade for practising with shinken isn't it?
Yea I may head over there and check him (and Iaido) out as his dojo is 13 miles from my house a live in clare, suffolk. So you do Iaido then? How...
LOL I've already emailed him!
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So when would Shodan be attempted 2-3 years? This probably explains why I have seen countless people online with 4,5,6,7 dan grades (which are...
Congrats, how often do you train? Are you referring to the fact Karate was in Okinawa until around the 1930s?
Ahh ok. So all some dojos do its split the same curriculum down into smaller chunks then as opposed to making a novice learn all 12 in one go....
Yea maybe. Allegedly the English told the Japanese that they'd learned all they needed and that they can p*ss off now. Which annoyed them, hence...
This is a rather radical difference. Some have Kyu grades and others have only one. You get some variation is Karate, Judo etc but its much more...
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