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Jump to new posts Re: I'm thinking of practising by myself. by Ironfoot @ Yesterday at 02:14 PM

"A kick is a kick, a punch is a punch." Yeah, and a golf swing is a golf swing, but I'll never make the tour. Unless you have at least a decade of good instruction, bad habits will creep into your training, I'm afraid. Nothing wrong with
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Jump to new posts Re: Bunkai/Oyo - Who does it and how? by Ironfoot @ Yesterday at 02:03 PM

No, it was not. Although I've gone to other-style seminars and have trained in spot with other martial artists, the only style aside from Isshinryu I seriously took (for a few months) was Shotokan.
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Jump to new posts Re: Power development through kata? by MattJones @ 05/16/13 12:52 PM

Of course only going through the motions does nothing for power generation, but with a good teacher and an eye for detail, kata can be paramount for generating power. Good body mechanics are super important. Also all kata contain sink-rise/spit-swall
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Jump to new posts Re: Karate and ''contact'' by MattJones @ 05/16/13 12:20 PM

Now with solo kata, and kihon aside. I don't think any karate techniques should be practices in thin air. You should always be hitting or lifting/moving something. Makiwara or kigu undo are super import at for this. The conditioning and to int is a n
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Originally Posted By: mmichelozziI like your post, Leo, because it is helpful and has good advice. I am sixty-seven years old in fairly good shape and a few months ago my twelve year old grand daughter asked me if I'd take a tkd class with her - she


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