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...
A documentary, "God Grew Tired of Us" about 3 young men from Sudan who are brought to the US to find a better life. It's an amazing story, I truly...
As others said it, it's better than none. At least in the beginning, it might be OK, since you're getting your feet wet. I would try to train at...
MA has shaped me as a human being and influenced a lot of the way I function and see everything. Still, it's not a way of life for me, even if...
We have 40-50 people in our club, I don't know all their names either. I do try to learn as many names as possible, but it's not always possible....
The site is not bad for an non-specialist, but there's some stuff that's not really OK. 1. While I LOVE the logo, I don't really enjoy the...
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