I think my son has as many issues with me as I do with him. We talk about on many occasions, but we can't work out what we both need to do. I...
Thanks all, I guess we've just got to get our heads around it. Mitch, it's Wado Ryu Karate. I love doing Kata (brain power allowing! - The...
And it's my son! Ours is a popular karate club, many members higher and lower grades than my teenage son and myself. We are the same grade and...
I think this is the stage I am at - I know lots of the chapters, but can't remember the plot line in the right order, at the moment everyone is in...
I don't know what is consider long for 'my style', but the one I'm trying to remember has about 70-80 moves in it - Kushanku. In checking the...
I suspect the answer is just practice, practice, repetition, practice etc. However, if anyone does have any tricks that will make a late middle...
This is a really interesting discussion folks, on phone at the moment so not easy to type a big reply, or to click for 'likes' but a really...
As I alluded to above I think this difference is very real. All the women in my club appear to demonstrate a degree of natural flexibility in the...
Ok, grading is over and I feel entirely privileged (with maybe a small amount of personal pride thrown in - well I am only human!) to now be...
As I guess I did when I started, and probably still do in comparison to a Black belt with 10 years+ experience! I don't think my partners are...
Yes, this^^^ is what it sometimes feels like. If I am expecting a karate (yakazuki, for example) punch to be launched from just above the waist...
This is a question I've more of less posed on an Aikido thread, but I think it might merit its own discussion. The background is I am a learner...
I think some of this depends on grades and expectations. The OP states that their Dojo was OK with the introduction of moves from other MA into...
So, I've finally remember to come back and update things - you've had a forum 'paint job' in my absence I think - the pages are looking great! So...
So when you are learning to spar, something that I I think I will long have problems with, does the possible advantage in what you might learn...
47MartialMan Well, as I noted, I guess, given the alternative, that I'd find a way around it, but I do think I'd need help - I'd certainly try...
47MartialMan Mega Respect from me, between a hospital phobia a needle phobia and not being able to let an optician set a contact lens - I can do...
Hi MJL thanks for asking :-D Yes, I got the yellow belt a few weeks ago. Quite pleased, but I wish they wouldn't award sub-grades which...
Shodan Marcus I am glad you are enjoying it, but being the only students in the adult and junior classes after 5 months sounds more than just...
Well done them, don't forget to have them include the fact on their CV's!! :-D
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