All Wado Karate Forum

The title says it all, but to get into it a little deeper--how has wado changed your life? If it has, do you think it's more because of your teacher, the class, or the art itself. I know many people have touched on this in the three here and there, but I thought it'd be good to have a main area for ...

wadoka wrote:Pizza in a Chinese restaurant? Now that is topic drift.

Haha so true. But I'd never go into a Chinese restaurant and yell at the cook for not making pizza because it's my preferred food. That was the point.

This video was posted on the previous forum. Thought it deserved another look--especially 1:53.
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May I ask what the alternative to training with straight punches is? I'm honestly asking not mocking The answer is very simple....Drills not against straight punches only but hook punches low kicks with the shin and takedowns just like grapplers do...(Yes yes I know I said something different I m t...

May I ask what the alternative to training with straight punches is? I'm honestly asking not mocking

I have had a mixed bag in visiting other Dojos in my time doing Wado Ryu. I have been to two other wado ryu clubs and the people at them train hard and the instruction has been good; yet I couldn't train with them because they wanted me to get insured within their organisation to attend. Which woul...

Which books are recommended for someone who's interested in not only learning more about Wado but it's history and principles. I'm sure The Book of Five Rings and Hironori Otsuka's Wado Karate are a good starting place. Any others that come to mind?

I love it! Absolutely. I have studied Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, Wing Chun, and Goju Ryu over the past 30 years but honestly none of them resonated with me (hence why I kept switching). But I absolutely love Wado. I can find nothing wrong with it. The Sanbon we covered in class this week were just great...

In an aikido class I took, the jo was used to help understand angles. Maybe the real question is how do wado instructors teach angles?

I completely understand because I thought the same thing. But this clip was supposed to represent their style of training. This tells me this is where their focus is.