All Wado Karate Forum

Wow, what a fantastic opportunity this is.

If only I was younger, single and had no commitments :)

Ooh, they are popping up everywhere!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-13198766

shep wrote:I tuck my belt in for the simple reason I hate having the ends flapping around when I'm kicking. It annoys the hell out of me

shep

I guess you're a pants man rather than boxers then Shep? :p

Well sweat I can do no problem, its just annoying when it keeps coming undone.

I have only ever seen 1 person tuck the ends of their belt in and that was on a very old video. I dont consider myself in the same league as that person, so thought perhaps that was "his" thing :)

Hi Guys, Having never had a black belt before, I wondered if someone could give me some advice on how to soften it a bit. It keeps coming undone as I cant get the knot tight enough and the ends stick up like rabbit ears :( I am sure you all have faded black turned back to white belts where all the s...

honoluludesktop wrote:Hi Andy, Good point, did you notice that Shiomitsu steps on the foot of his opponent in the process of the throw? I wondered if that was intentional, or by accident.

I must admit, I never noticed that first time around. Interestingly, he does seem to look down, as if looking for the foot?

I used a similar technique for one of my own ippons in my grading. We have to come up with 6 of our own, 2 punch, 2 front kick, 2 round kick.
What I found when practising this technique is you have to close the opponent down rather quickly as they still have a reverse punch they could throw.

Andy

Well done Andy, shodan is a very significant step. Getting upset at your instructor is something you will get used to now if you don't understand your instructor's job. oneya I am looking forward to learning lots more, I aim to be a very good dan grade. One of his jobs has always been to push my bu...

Congratulations Andy! Would you mind sharing more about your own preparation for the grading? What was most/least valuable in the end? I'm a 2nd kyu now & hope to be making similar preparations in the not too distant future. Sure, I dont mind sharing at all. I can remember taking my 1st kyu and...