Monday, November 16, 2009
What should i start karate or boxing?
i need to know what i should start. karate or boxing because i just want to be sure that if i get into a fight i know what to do. i mean i have always been a tough and strong guy and nobody at school picks on me. i am 13 , 5%26#039;3 and weight about 120 lbs. so can anyone help me?|||Karate is less damaging to the body. Boxing you will have continued blows to the head. Not safe and it can cause brain damage. With Karate you can use it for much more than just fighting. It is a way of life. I think you will have more oppurtunity to grow.|||You should learn Progressive System of Martial Arts - it is all in one. This way you do not limit your abilities and your self-defense is superior!
Can someone tell me where to find guides online on how to begin karate?
I can%26#039;t seem to find anything online which would teach karate.Usually,I can only find clubs on karate,but no steps on learning it on your own.Can someone please tell me the place to find beginning steps??|||Go To GOOGLE|||i agree with everyone else. dont learn it online. its almost as bad as learning from a magazine or book. this is something you need to learn from an instructor so they can see you and corrrect you. you need a training partner. practicing imaginary opponents can only get you so far.|||Do not learn the art online as it may have undesirable effects.Learn from a qualified instructor who will be able to coordinate and guide your movements.|||go to the karate camp where u can learn some thing about karate not by online.
Where are the best Karate schools, that are cheap, in Oakland?
I want to get back in karate but my old school is to far away. Where are some good ones?|||you might try rec centers, they%26#039;re usually pretty cheap|||What county is that in? Must be England never heard of it before
Question for guys, how can I tell if my karate instructor is flirting with me?
I just started this karate class as a beginner, and I%26#039;m not sure if my instructor is flirting with me or not, but he always picks me to practice with (he doesn%26#039;t pick any of his current students, or any of the newer girls). He practices with me, and has remarked once that I look like I%26#039;ve done this before.
He%26#039;s also smiled at me after practice and asked if I was tired.
We%26#039;re around the same age, so I%26#039;m not sure if he%26#039;s being nice or flirting.
What do you think?|||If he hits you in the butt, that%26#039;s flirting. If he hits you in the face, that%26#039;s not flirting.
|||Its hard to tell.I undestand you and I think he thinks you know all the techniques that he taught you and he thinks you get it.Look at the way he acts towards the current students ans newer girls.you have a point though,after wat u described 2 us.does he act more than friendly 2 u? Report Abuse
|||my martial arts teacher does the same thing, theres a bond between your %26quot;karate family%26quot; thats what it sounds like and im a dude and my martial arts teacher is a dude too he always would pick me b/c i knew my game and didn%26#039;t realy feel pain so if you are good at what you do and there are other benefits that he can make a detailed instruction he will use you each time but it could be flirting anyhting is possible but leaning more to not i think he would be smarter then that its strictly forbidden....|||awee i think he%26#039;s flirting
My tennis instructor did that to me too
but he was out of high school (i think a freshman in collage)
and i%26#039;m 14.....mhm it was kinda creepy .....
|||he%26#039;s testing the waters to see if you%26#039;re wife beating material|||Ask him if he%26#039;s flirting with you.|||Maybe or Maybe he is just being nice to you|||if he starts showing you positions that are not linked to karate at all|||I%26#039;m no guy but I think he%26#039;s being both. Nice and flirty :)|||he smiles at you after practice
NUFF SAID|||lol @ karate that stuff doesn%26#039;t work
and no I dont think he likes u its just u|||NAHH i dont think he likes you or is flirting he is just trying to get a raise prb. hope this helpt|||umm being nice|||he could be a pervert, because i know one of my teacher is always walking with a school girl hardly with a guy.|||With instructors you never really know. BUT what may be more clear is that you like sensei. Take it from there.|||dont know|||watch this it will show you what to do
He%26#039;s also smiled at me after practice and asked if I was tired.
We%26#039;re around the same age, so I%26#039;m not sure if he%26#039;s being nice or flirting.
What do you think?|||If he hits you in the butt, that%26#039;s flirting. If he hits you in the face, that%26#039;s not flirting.
|||Its hard to tell.I undestand you and I think he thinks you know all the techniques that he taught you and he thinks you get it.Look at the way he acts towards the current students ans newer girls.you have a point though,after wat u described 2 us.does he act more than friendly 2 u? Report Abuse
|||my martial arts teacher does the same thing, theres a bond between your %26quot;karate family%26quot; thats what it sounds like and im a dude and my martial arts teacher is a dude too he always would pick me b/c i knew my game and didn%26#039;t realy feel pain so if you are good at what you do and there are other benefits that he can make a detailed instruction he will use you each time but it could be flirting anyhting is possible but leaning more to not i think he would be smarter then that its strictly forbidden....|||awee i think he%26#039;s flirting
My tennis instructor did that to me too
but he was out of high school (i think a freshman in collage)
and i%26#039;m 14.....mhm it was kinda creepy .....
|||he%26#039;s testing the waters to see if you%26#039;re wife beating material|||Ask him if he%26#039;s flirting with you.|||Maybe or Maybe he is just being nice to you|||if he starts showing you positions that are not linked to karate at all|||I%26#039;m no guy but I think he%26#039;s being both. Nice and flirty :)|||he smiles at you after practice
NUFF SAID|||lol @ karate that stuff doesn%26#039;t work
and no I dont think he likes u its just u|||NAHH i dont think he likes you or is flirting he is just trying to get a raise prb. hope this helpt|||umm being nice|||he could be a pervert, because i know one of my teacher is always walking with a school girl hardly with a guy.|||With instructors you never really know. BUT what may be more clear is that you like sensei. Take it from there.|||dont know|||watch this it will show you what to do
How should I torture the little kids in my karate class?
i help teach a kids karate class and i am starting to get pissed with the kids they just won%26#039;t leave me alone- how can i make them pay
i was thinking in warmups they could do suicides or line drills
could hold plank position
hold stradle stance for 5 minutes and 50 pushups if they don%26#039;t go low enough or colapse.
the kids are 7+
only rule kids can%26#039;t cry or bleed
any help?|||At 16, YOU are a kid.
Either find something else to do instead of torturing other children or learn some patience.|||Sorry to say but you got yourself into this situation. Now here is the reality of it. If you keep a good reputation you will be known for that. However, once you tarnish your reputation, there will always be people around that will remember what you did wrong. You never will recover from that mistake in the eyes of others that remember it.
Now you speak of revenge. That shows a lack of maturity. Seems that you have lost the respect of the kids. You really don%26#039;t have any business teaching them. If you can%26#039;t keep yourself under control how can you ever hope to keep the kids in line. Abusing them to get back at them will only prove that you failed.
Sure kids are a royal pain to teach if they are really young. But you must realize your limitations and have realistic expectations of what anyone cane achieve teaching a kids class. Kids are there to play karate and goof off. If you try to turn them into serious martial artists, you are wasting your time.
Sorry to be so blunt, but that is what is going on here.|||Seems to harsh for that little. Try and think of something that think would be fun, but turns out to be killer! One of my favorites is like a game of tag, where one person or two or three people try to catch one person. If anyone stops running, they have to do pushups. If the person gets caught, they have to do pushups. If you don%26#039;t catch the person, you have to do pushups. If you make each round about 2 minutes, it gets pretty tiring. Of course, if you have a large group, it could take to long, and then there are people just sitting around, so it wouldnt work very well for a large group.
By the way, what style of karate? I think I know what you mean by stradle stance,but I%26#039;ve never heard it called that. Always kiba dache or iron horse.|||this does not deserve an answer.
a 7 yr old cant do 50 pushups. punishment is only effective if it is possible for them to carry it out
rather then torture them you need to take some of the energy out of them.
and be more of leader for them, not some one that torture children.
if they are not listening to you its because they do not respect you.
you need to gain there respect and regain control of your class
edit:%26gt; you are missing the point, you dont have the respect of your class, if they dont respect you they wont listen to you. punishing them will not help them to respect you,|||You do not deserve to be any rank of instructor with you attitude. If you can%26#039;t discipline the class and teach them correctly then you have no business, and neither did your instructor, at being there to teach them. I recommend you get out while you can until you grow some maturity.
Edit - your profile says that you want to be a 4th grade teacher!?! You can%26#039;t even handle a simple karate class. Honestly your statements make me have to question if your instructor is even any good since she has put you in a position that you are definitely not qualified for.|||man i wish you were in Karate class
we would make a good drill instruction team
well what i would do is make them be active for lets say 5 minutes
run, jump over obstacles, run in place, jumping jax, dips, knees ups, crunches, sits up with medicine balls, suicides, and most definitely push ups! i love doing those.
make them sweat like Marines!|||They%26#039;re kids. It%26#039;s their job to get under your skin. It%26#039;s your job to not allow it to happen. Judging by your statements, I%26#039;d say they succeeded. Your reaction is exactly what they%26#039;re looking for.
Maybe you should take a sabbatical from the kids for awhile.
As far as the e-mails go, you can get a cheap shareware program called mailwasher that will kick back their messages and make it look to them like your mailbox doesn%26#039;t exist.|||Little kids can be annoying, but you should just learn to ignore it. Try to not give out your email, and now that it is public knowledge you should get a new one. Instead of publishing it, give it only to your friends. Have 2, a public email and a personal email. THis will save you a lot of frustration!
I know|||You want to %26quot;torture%26quot; kids in a Karate class that are only 7 and older?
What the hell is wrong with you. I hope those little kids have older sisters that could beat your sorry ***.
You can%26#039;t handle the job, you should quit.
Lame b****.|||Maybe you should talk to the Sensei,ask not to have to teach the kids right now,admit you are not ready for that yet.Not to be mean;you need to learn how to spell and work on your grammar.|||I suggest that you show them that you can keep your head in a bucket of water for 10 minutes.
you do not need to instructing anyone. you lack maturity , discipline, and patience.
you should be ashamed.|||make them do crunches and hold them half way up and have a contest to see who can go closest to the splits both of these things use to piss me off when i was in tae kwon do at age 9|||yeah I agree with all these guys. You%26#039;re the kid. you shouldn%26#039;t let them get to you THEY%26#039;RE ONLY KIDS...!
%26quot;make them pay%26quot;? rofl...if you dont want to do the job then dont.|||why are you teaching little kids if you%26#039;re impatient and you can%26#039;t handle them?
if you torture them you%26#039;re just going to end up losing business.|||I hope you get kicked out of class, you are a disgrace of an assistant.|||I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. In this %26quot;internet land%26quot; we tend to embelish. In your case, wanting to %26quot;torture%26quot; the little kids in your class is merely your %26quot;inner troll%26quot; coming-out. That%26#039;s ok, because I do it too; making some outrageous statements that are beyond what I would normally say, just to see the reactions I get.
So...a few notes here. First off, at age 16, you are a little kid to me. And, you are allowed to be slightly immature. Adulthood does not officially start until age 18, and our society will not allow you to consume alcohol or buy a handgun until age 21. So, you%26#039;re off the hook - for now.
As far as teaching 7 year olds. That%26#039;s probably not your fault. When I took Tae Kwon Do lessons, the minimum age was 10. And, back in the days when I took lesson, the AVERAGE AGE in my class was 25. So, I can%26#039;t point the finger at you and say you are irresponsible. It sounds to me like the owner(s) of your dojo are running a high priced day care center.
PugPaws makes a good point. People will quickly judge you by your reputation. If you are a %26quot;serious instructor%26quot;, both young and old will know you that way. If you tend to be %26quot;laid back%26quot; and take it easy, people will know you as that as well.
Times have changed. I don%26#039;t want to %26quot;geeze%26quot; too much here. But back when I started taking martial arts lessons, at age 14, my parents had already taught me to have total respect for adults and people my own age with superior skills. This is why I say that integrity is the most important trait that an instructor must posses. I would have done pretty nearly anything the black belts asked of me. That%26#039;s how much trust I placed in them. I am not sure that %26quot;children%26quot; these days are learning that same level of discipline from their mothers and fathers that want to be %26quot;their buddies%26quot; instead of good parents. I feel for ya!
And finally (wow, this is really getting to be a %26quot;rant%26quot; on my part). Don%26#039;t try to be the %26quot;fun%26quot; teacher. When I took TKD, it was not about having fun. For me, I wanted to learn how to protect myself in a sometimes violent world. The words %26quot;martial arts%26quot; and %26quot;fun%26quot; are not stored in the same parts of my brain. The word %26quot;martial%26quot; generally refers to warfare. There%26#039;s no fun in war. If you look at my profile, my expert opinions are in the areas of hunting (or more specifically, firearms). I never have %26quot;fun%26quot; when I am using a firearm. Handling a loaded gun is a serious matter. Teaching others to %26quot;become weapons%26quot; is another serious matter. Again, it%26#039;s not your fault. Any dojo that enrolls children as young as 7 years of age is not doing the public any favors. I just hope you can open your mind and dwell on the advice given here (good or bad) and think about how you fit into the grand scheme of things.
i was thinking in warmups they could do suicides or line drills
could hold plank position
hold stradle stance for 5 minutes and 50 pushups if they don%26#039;t go low enough or colapse.
the kids are 7+
only rule kids can%26#039;t cry or bleed
any help?|||At 16, YOU are a kid.
Either find something else to do instead of torturing other children or learn some patience.|||Sorry to say but you got yourself into this situation. Now here is the reality of it. If you keep a good reputation you will be known for that. However, once you tarnish your reputation, there will always be people around that will remember what you did wrong. You never will recover from that mistake in the eyes of others that remember it.
Now you speak of revenge. That shows a lack of maturity. Seems that you have lost the respect of the kids. You really don%26#039;t have any business teaching them. If you can%26#039;t keep yourself under control how can you ever hope to keep the kids in line. Abusing them to get back at them will only prove that you failed.
Sure kids are a royal pain to teach if they are really young. But you must realize your limitations and have realistic expectations of what anyone cane achieve teaching a kids class. Kids are there to play karate and goof off. If you try to turn them into serious martial artists, you are wasting your time.
Sorry to be so blunt, but that is what is going on here.|||Seems to harsh for that little. Try and think of something that think would be fun, but turns out to be killer! One of my favorites is like a game of tag, where one person or two or three people try to catch one person. If anyone stops running, they have to do pushups. If the person gets caught, they have to do pushups. If you don%26#039;t catch the person, you have to do pushups. If you make each round about 2 minutes, it gets pretty tiring. Of course, if you have a large group, it could take to long, and then there are people just sitting around, so it wouldnt work very well for a large group.
By the way, what style of karate? I think I know what you mean by stradle stance,but I%26#039;ve never heard it called that. Always kiba dache or iron horse.|||this does not deserve an answer.
a 7 yr old cant do 50 pushups. punishment is only effective if it is possible for them to carry it out
rather then torture them you need to take some of the energy out of them.
and be more of leader for them, not some one that torture children.
if they are not listening to you its because they do not respect you.
you need to gain there respect and regain control of your class
edit:%26gt; you are missing the point, you dont have the respect of your class, if they dont respect you they wont listen to you. punishing them will not help them to respect you,|||You do not deserve to be any rank of instructor with you attitude. If you can%26#039;t discipline the class and teach them correctly then you have no business, and neither did your instructor, at being there to teach them. I recommend you get out while you can until you grow some maturity.
Edit - your profile says that you want to be a 4th grade teacher!?! You can%26#039;t even handle a simple karate class. Honestly your statements make me have to question if your instructor is even any good since she has put you in a position that you are definitely not qualified for.|||man i wish you were in Karate class
we would make a good drill instruction team
well what i would do is make them be active for lets say 5 minutes
run, jump over obstacles, run in place, jumping jax, dips, knees ups, crunches, sits up with medicine balls, suicides, and most definitely push ups! i love doing those.
make them sweat like Marines!|||They%26#039;re kids. It%26#039;s their job to get under your skin. It%26#039;s your job to not allow it to happen. Judging by your statements, I%26#039;d say they succeeded. Your reaction is exactly what they%26#039;re looking for.
Maybe you should take a sabbatical from the kids for awhile.
As far as the e-mails go, you can get a cheap shareware program called mailwasher that will kick back their messages and make it look to them like your mailbox doesn%26#039;t exist.|||Little kids can be annoying, but you should just learn to ignore it. Try to not give out your email, and now that it is public knowledge you should get a new one. Instead of publishing it, give it only to your friends. Have 2, a public email and a personal email. THis will save you a lot of frustration!
I know|||You want to %26quot;torture%26quot; kids in a Karate class that are only 7 and older?
What the hell is wrong with you. I hope those little kids have older sisters that could beat your sorry ***.
You can%26#039;t handle the job, you should quit.
Lame b****.|||Maybe you should talk to the Sensei,ask not to have to teach the kids right now,admit you are not ready for that yet.Not to be mean;you need to learn how to spell and work on your grammar.|||I suggest that you show them that you can keep your head in a bucket of water for 10 minutes.
you do not need to instructing anyone. you lack maturity , discipline, and patience.
you should be ashamed.|||make them do crunches and hold them half way up and have a contest to see who can go closest to the splits both of these things use to piss me off when i was in tae kwon do at age 9|||yeah I agree with all these guys. You%26#039;re the kid. you shouldn%26#039;t let them get to you THEY%26#039;RE ONLY KIDS...!
%26quot;make them pay%26quot;? rofl...if you dont want to do the job then dont.|||why are you teaching little kids if you%26#039;re impatient and you can%26#039;t handle them?
if you torture them you%26#039;re just going to end up losing business.|||I hope you get kicked out of class, you are a disgrace of an assistant.|||I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. In this %26quot;internet land%26quot; we tend to embelish. In your case, wanting to %26quot;torture%26quot; the little kids in your class is merely your %26quot;inner troll%26quot; coming-out. That%26#039;s ok, because I do it too; making some outrageous statements that are beyond what I would normally say, just to see the reactions I get.
So...a few notes here. First off, at age 16, you are a little kid to me. And, you are allowed to be slightly immature. Adulthood does not officially start until age 18, and our society will not allow you to consume alcohol or buy a handgun until age 21. So, you%26#039;re off the hook - for now.
As far as teaching 7 year olds. That%26#039;s probably not your fault. When I took Tae Kwon Do lessons, the minimum age was 10. And, back in the days when I took lesson, the AVERAGE AGE in my class was 25. So, I can%26#039;t point the finger at you and say you are irresponsible. It sounds to me like the owner(s) of your dojo are running a high priced day care center.
PugPaws makes a good point. People will quickly judge you by your reputation. If you are a %26quot;serious instructor%26quot;, both young and old will know you that way. If you tend to be %26quot;laid back%26quot; and take it easy, people will know you as that as well.
Times have changed. I don%26#039;t want to %26quot;geeze%26quot; too much here. But back when I started taking martial arts lessons, at age 14, my parents had already taught me to have total respect for adults and people my own age with superior skills. This is why I say that integrity is the most important trait that an instructor must posses. I would have done pretty nearly anything the black belts asked of me. That%26#039;s how much trust I placed in them. I am not sure that %26quot;children%26quot; these days are learning that same level of discipline from their mothers and fathers that want to be %26quot;their buddies%26quot; instead of good parents. I feel for ya!
And finally (wow, this is really getting to be a %26quot;rant%26quot; on my part). Don%26#039;t try to be the %26quot;fun%26quot; teacher. When I took TKD, it was not about having fun. For me, I wanted to learn how to protect myself in a sometimes violent world. The words %26quot;martial arts%26quot; and %26quot;fun%26quot; are not stored in the same parts of my brain. The word %26quot;martial%26quot; generally refers to warfare. There%26#039;s no fun in war. If you look at my profile, my expert opinions are in the areas of hunting (or more specifically, firearms). I never have %26quot;fun%26quot; when I am using a firearm. Handling a loaded gun is a serious matter. Teaching others to %26quot;become weapons%26quot; is another serious matter. Again, it%26#039;s not your fault. Any dojo that enrolls children as young as 7 years of age is not doing the public any favors. I just hope you can open your mind and dwell on the advice given here (good or bad) and think about how you fit into the grand scheme of things.
Is there a form of karate that still turns a white belt into a black belt the old fashioned way? If so, where?
When a person began the study of Karate, he or she received a white belt to hold the uniform together. After many months of training, the white would begin to discolor and become yellowish and possibly orange. After many months of rigorous practice, many times in grassy fields, the belt would take on a green appearance as it discolored further. After several years of practice, the belt would further darken, assuming a dark blue or purple hue. After numerous sparring sessions, the belt might develop a red or brown hue from the accumulation of bloodstains. After several decades of training, the belt would gradually turn black. If the student devoted his or her life to Karate, the belt would continue to darken, but it would also begin to fray and show spots of white from its inner core. Gradually, most of the black would wear away and the belt would become white again, signifying that the student had come full circle and reached the final stage of enlightenment.|||Doesn%26#039;t matter which style. There are alot of similar ones out there that have good training methods. It depends on the practitioner or the school. Go to local schools, look around, see if the black belts have any idea what they%26#039;re talking about or move like they earned the belt. In any case, whoever said TKD gets beat by boxing doesn%26#039;t realize how fast some of the guys out there are. If you talk to people who have been to Asia (Korea for TKD especially), there are guys who train there all day every day. In the US you think you see guys that are fast with hands, well go to Asia. There are guys like in Korea who are so fast with their kicks that you wouldn%26#039;t believe it. Some guys really can kick as punch with the hands. Anyway, some karate or other types of fighters hit so hard and are so fierce that you never want to know what they are doing to condition themselves. They beat on stuff and toughen their bodies to the point that pain may not even be a factor anymore after they kill the nerves on their shins, for instance in Thai boxing. Nobody cares about lawsuits over there. Break a bone, tough luck. There are still countries where people fight for real. Absolutely unbelievable stuff some instructors have told me, anything from their old teachers practice drills using real knives and have hundreds of knive scars all over their arms and legs, to guys breaking tons of ice with broken wrists, or even one guy%26#039;s old 90-year-old sensei who beat the heck of out five street thugs trying to jump him. Any style works if you know how to use it. There are definitely some styles that have that tough mental and physical focus. It seems that for karate, kyokushinkai is pretty devastating. Gosh, just watch some of their demos. They beat the heck out of each other and even draw blood, knocking each other out because they hit pretty aggressively. Their grandmaster test is taking on like 100 guys in a row, which only about 13 guys in the world have passed; one account told of a guy who stopped counting after the first 20 guys and ended up doing over 6 hrs. Dolph Lundgren%26#039;s 3rd degree test was 20 guys he had to take on to pass. Thai boxing is pretty dangerous with some of those kicks and elbows. One of the absolute toughest to get a black belt in, hands down, is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It could take you at least 10 years to get to black belt, if you make it there. It%26#039;s hard because you have to beat most other guys around you at your level to advance. However, the ground game is solid but the standup needs to be supplemented with something else in that style. Kajukenbo is a nice hybrid of everything soft and hard if you want to really earn a blackbelt with a heck of alot of well-roundedness, everything from soft to hard, standup to ground, to weapons.|||Are all you TKD guys serious? We have to learn off the meaning of each belt for our gradings. I did my yellow belt grading today; %26quot;Yellow signifies earth from which the plan sprouts and takes root as the Taekwondo foundations are being laid%26quot;. You must be doing a far more relaxed style than me (I%26#039;m doing ITF)|||Martial arts had no belt systems until we (usa) got ahold of it. Yes that is the general progression of the belts. You%26#039;d wear a belt until it got faded and worn. I have one of my two original white belts around. My first one was ragged and misplaced. My second one went from white to a redish brown in a matter of a few years. Still have it around somewhere. I, myself, really have no use for a ranking system. I do, however, see value of it in a business aspect let me toss that out. I would be happy wearing my old stained and tattered white (redish brown) belt all the time. Most business martial artist won%26#039;t let you wear such a belt in there school. If a school uses a belt system it is usually an ego thing and a way of making money, these schools wouldn%26#039;t allow such a practice. A school that would allow it most likely won%26#039;t care about ranking. Find an eclectic %26quot;garage%26quot; dojo. If you can find someone who trains at home and does it becaue they want to not for money that would be your best bet finding someone like that.|||None that I have heard of. I think that is more myth than reality.|||That%26#039;s a good one, dunno if it%26#039;s really true or just a product of a really good writer%26#039;s imagination, but i can see the profound insight of whoever wrote that. It%26#039;s the kind of zen stuff that usually accompanied a martial arts style%26#039;s history that we used to read about in Martial arts magazine articles.|||The actual old fashion way in karate is no belt. The men of Okinawa did not begin using belts until they saw the Judo students using them.
The Okinawans often practiced in groin clothes alone (no thank-you).
They did not have a rank system until the art traveled to Japan.
I do not not believe the %26quot;dirty belt%26quot; myth to be true.|||lol yeah what u say sounds really awsome , and should be the only way , but not here in america. now days ,if you got the cash you get the black sash. im just a amature boxer and i have layed out %26quot;black belts%26quot; like they where nothing, wich should not be the case. i know it sucks but the fact is , if you live in america or do take won do ( sri answer above me), you are just going to a Mc dojo , they hand out black belts the same way mc donalds hands out fries and a shake.|||That%26#039;s a bunch of BS. The belt ranking system was introduced by the founder of Judo and it had nothing to do with a white belt becoming discolored.|||I wish it would go that way.Then you would have true black belts,I have heard of people buying them.If it is true then you can%26#039;t tell from someone who earned their black belt to someone who just bought them.I will ask Mrs.Nikki my karate instructor about that way of earning a black belt.No,to many pathetic people would try to sue.I wish I would defiantly go to that place.I would feel more accomplished.But then again that belt is going to smell terrible and people will probably throw it into the washer or something and its going to go straight back to white.Back then they wouldn%26#039;t have had anyway to wash their belt.And I wouldn%26#039;t really like coming to practice with a belt that smells like it hasn%26#039;t been washed in a couple of years.|||Thats really cool to know. It really sounds true! I am in Tae Kwon Do and I really never thought to find out where the colors came from. Thank you for your question! And, I am pretty sure that there is nowhere in America that does it that way. I don%26#039;t think people here train in fields or get blood on their belt much.|||That%26#039;s some really cool information, I%26#039;ve been in Tae Kwon Do for like 3 years and our cycle goes similar to that, I%26#039;m a blackbelt, but we didn%26#039;t go through all that dirty stuff, we just got new belts. . .I think that trend is over because of the health risks of practically carrying a plague around your waist
The Okinawans often practiced in groin clothes alone (no thank-you).
They did not have a rank system until the art traveled to Japan.
I do not not believe the %26quot;dirty belt%26quot; myth to be true.|||lol yeah what u say sounds really awsome , and should be the only way , but not here in america. now days ,if you got the cash you get the black sash. im just a amature boxer and i have layed out %26quot;black belts%26quot; like they where nothing, wich should not be the case. i know it sucks but the fact is , if you live in america or do take won do ( sri answer above me), you are just going to a Mc dojo , they hand out black belts the same way mc donalds hands out fries and a shake.|||That%26#039;s a bunch of BS. The belt ranking system was introduced by the founder of Judo and it had nothing to do with a white belt becoming discolored.|||I wish it would go that way.Then you would have true black belts,I have heard of people buying them.If it is true then you can%26#039;t tell from someone who earned their black belt to someone who just bought them.I will ask Mrs.Nikki my karate instructor about that way of earning a black belt.No,to many pathetic people would try to sue.I wish I would defiantly go to that place.I would feel more accomplished.But then again that belt is going to smell terrible and people will probably throw it into the washer or something and its going to go straight back to white.Back then they wouldn%26#039;t have had anyway to wash their belt.And I wouldn%26#039;t really like coming to practice with a belt that smells like it hasn%26#039;t been washed in a couple of years.|||Thats really cool to know. It really sounds true! I am in Tae Kwon Do and I really never thought to find out where the colors came from. Thank you for your question! And, I am pretty sure that there is nowhere in America that does it that way. I don%26#039;t think people here train in fields or get blood on their belt much.|||That%26#039;s some really cool information, I%26#039;ve been in Tae Kwon Do for like 3 years and our cycle goes similar to that, I%26#039;m a blackbelt, but we didn%26#039;t go through all that dirty stuff, we just got new belts. . .I think that trend is over because of the health risks of practically carrying a plague around your waist
How Can I Improve Flexibility to Get My Karate Kicks Higher?
I%26#039;m recovering from surgery and have lost my flexibility, which was minimal to begin with. Basically, my kicks for karate are awful, and I have no instructor for a bit. My front kicks are barely waist high, and i can%26#039;t get side kicks or back kicks above my waist. what stretches will increase my flexibility so i can kick high? thanks.|||Gichin Funakoshi studied both Shorin and Shorei Ryu, and created a %26quot;synthesis of those styles.%26quot; He changed the way the forms were arranged, but he did not change any of the techniques. Also while he advocated lower stances from one of his style%26#039;s methods of training, the purpose of holding lower stances is so that when you hold a higher one, it is easier to apply in a confrontation. Regardless of how you hold your stances however in Okinawan Karate you are not supposed to kick above waist level, and for good reason; fat guys, or extremely muscular guys, had quite a bit of padding or %26quot;armor%26quot; there.
You can do a very hard to aim kick to the head against a fat guy, which is not guaranteed to land, or, you can take out his knees, your choice. Its still good to have flexibility though, and be able to kick high; you are not going to kick high in a fight unless you do TKD, but you need to be able to do it, because the faster you can kick high, the faster you can kick at knee level. This is a principle from Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu; you do exagerated movements, so that little fast movements of a real fight are easier to do. If you can throw punches with exagerated motions with speed, you can throw smaller %26quot;on guard%26quot; punches with greater speed. The so-called %26quot;flowery and useless%26quot; motions of Shaolin Kung Fu, is the secret as to why those monks are so lightning fast. In other words I feel for you man, but if I was you I%26#039;d take it easy for about 6 months and not stretch at all.
See, the only way to get flexibility is to stretch until you start crying.
I%26#039;M SERIOUS; you have to stretch to where its borderline dangerous, to the point where you start crying fat tears and your brain screams %26quot;bloody murder!%26quot; See, that is the reason olden times martial arts masters prefered to work with children; with kids, all you need to do is PRESERVE their natural flexibility, with a adults, boy, you have to wait a long time for them to get their flexibility and childhood health back before you begin teaching them martial arts. If you start early, stretchig is nothing, but the later you start in martial arts, the more viciously painful it is at first.
Sorry buddy but for the next few months or so you are sidelined; I would reccomend doing Yoga while you wait, and SLOWLY, build your flexibility back to childhood levels. You have to be as flexible as a baby, to effectively be able to do martial arts. Again there are several advantages to training kids as opposed to adults in martial arts;
1) the emotional bagagge adults carry can get in the way of proper focus. The later its started, the worse it is.
2) Kids are naturally more resilient to great suffering and hardship. You ever see those poorer kids from third world hells? You look at their surroundings and its soul shattering, but the kids act as if its perfectly natural, seemingly unafected. All that is, is the naturally higher resiliency of childhood, resiliency you need to withstand martial arts training. A grown adult will complain and moan, or %26quot;suck it up%26quot; burying it deep down, a kid though, will simply train, regardless of the aches and pains, regardless of the hardship.
3) Obviously enough time; a 5 year old has plenty of time to master a style, whereas a 60 year old takes up Kung Fu, and the only good it will do them at that age is hopefully aid in meditation so that they may attain the Dao or something. What I%26#039;m trying to say is, Martial arts is not a good career choice for fully grown adults. There IS the case of the legendary Shang Sang Feng, who, reputedly, took up Shaolin Kung Fu in his 40%26#039;s, some say he was as old as 50. By the time he was 80, he had created Tai Chi Chuan, and had become the most powerful master the temple had produced since Bodhidarma (Daruma). Shang Sang Feng however, was a Savant; he passed the imperial exam on his very first try, at the tender age of 21. An unheard of feat, having been done prior to that, only by Kong Fu Tze.
In other words; when your body is healed, you will have to push to where its borderline dangerous, but without hurting your body, because the older you are the harder it is to regain childhood flexibility. Also, again, you will have to push until you start crying.
good luck.|||I would like to know also. I have been stretching for years, and still can%26#039;t achieve good flexibility.|||practice kicks keep practicing.
You can do a very hard to aim kick to the head against a fat guy, which is not guaranteed to land, or, you can take out his knees, your choice. Its still good to have flexibility though, and be able to kick high; you are not going to kick high in a fight unless you do TKD, but you need to be able to do it, because the faster you can kick high, the faster you can kick at knee level. This is a principle from Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu; you do exagerated movements, so that little fast movements of a real fight are easier to do. If you can throw punches with exagerated motions with speed, you can throw smaller %26quot;on guard%26quot; punches with greater speed. The so-called %26quot;flowery and useless%26quot; motions of Shaolin Kung Fu, is the secret as to why those monks are so lightning fast. In other words I feel for you man, but if I was you I%26#039;d take it easy for about 6 months and not stretch at all.
See, the only way to get flexibility is to stretch until you start crying.
I%26#039;M SERIOUS; you have to stretch to where its borderline dangerous, to the point where you start crying fat tears and your brain screams %26quot;bloody murder!%26quot; See, that is the reason olden times martial arts masters prefered to work with children; with kids, all you need to do is PRESERVE their natural flexibility, with a adults, boy, you have to wait a long time for them to get their flexibility and childhood health back before you begin teaching them martial arts. If you start early, stretchig is nothing, but the later you start in martial arts, the more viciously painful it is at first.
Sorry buddy but for the next few months or so you are sidelined; I would reccomend doing Yoga while you wait, and SLOWLY, build your flexibility back to childhood levels. You have to be as flexible as a baby, to effectively be able to do martial arts. Again there are several advantages to training kids as opposed to adults in martial arts;
1) the emotional bagagge adults carry can get in the way of proper focus. The later its started, the worse it is.
2) Kids are naturally more resilient to great suffering and hardship. You ever see those poorer kids from third world hells? You look at their surroundings and its soul shattering, but the kids act as if its perfectly natural, seemingly unafected. All that is, is the naturally higher resiliency of childhood, resiliency you need to withstand martial arts training. A grown adult will complain and moan, or %26quot;suck it up%26quot; burying it deep down, a kid though, will simply train, regardless of the aches and pains, regardless of the hardship.
3) Obviously enough time; a 5 year old has plenty of time to master a style, whereas a 60 year old takes up Kung Fu, and the only good it will do them at that age is hopefully aid in meditation so that they may attain the Dao or something. What I%26#039;m trying to say is, Martial arts is not a good career choice for fully grown adults. There IS the case of the legendary Shang Sang Feng, who, reputedly, took up Shaolin Kung Fu in his 40%26#039;s, some say he was as old as 50. By the time he was 80, he had created Tai Chi Chuan, and had become the most powerful master the temple had produced since Bodhidarma (Daruma). Shang Sang Feng however, was a Savant; he passed the imperial exam on his very first try, at the tender age of 21. An unheard of feat, having been done prior to that, only by Kong Fu Tze.
In other words; when your body is healed, you will have to push to where its borderline dangerous, but without hurting your body, because the older you are the harder it is to regain childhood flexibility. Also, again, you will have to push until you start crying.
good luck.|||I would like to know also. I have been stretching for years, and still can%26#039;t achieve good flexibility.|||practice kicks keep practicing.
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