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...
OK so in the UK dojo gradings are done from 6th Kyu to 2nd Kyu then 1st Kyu to 8th Dan are National. That's basically what I wanted to know.
He started Wado-Ryu at 17. It took him 8-9 years to get his Shodan and another 4-5 years to get to Nidan. His has now been practising for 32 years...
What would you regard to be the minumum grade for a Karate Instructor? My instructor is a 2nd Dan, but he is moving to a different federation...
They do not include any striking. I might cross train eventually. At the moment I'll stick with Karate.
Yes, he teaches a fair bit of self defence, including techniques he has used in real fights. Generally his lessons have the structure of warm up,...
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