Karate @ FightUK.com

Karate is a form of self defence and was developed in Japan and on the island of Okinawa. It uses punching, kicking, striking and blocking techniques on an attacker / opponent, making the most of the laws of physics to increase the damage caused by each blow.
The karate student will learn (over many years) to perfect each technique enabling him or her to deliver a knock out blow after only a few moves or even one technique.
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Hi,
I am thinking about beginning to study shotokan karate and I was looking at the philosophy posted on this site. One of the precepts listed was to avoid violence. My questions is, is it against the philosophy of shotokan to participate in competitions, particularly full-contact matches?

Re: Shotokan philosophy


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I had a discussion not to long ago with a few black belts (all different styles one TKD, another Shotokan, some others) about learning from books and videos. They all said that you can not learn a martial art from a book or video, i of course, disagreed, but didn’t really make enough point to make them think otherwise… but now i was wondering what do you guys think ? My point to the discussion is this, are we stupid ? are we not the most intelligent mammal we know of? we are quite capable of learning anything from a book or video, especially if your dedicated and willing, of course it doesn’t hurt to have a few private lessons on proper form of the basic techniques, but that too can be learned from a book, you can pretty much tell if your doing something proper if it has a natural feel, and you feel strong and stable… plus, if you have visual aids in the books(which are most definitely needed if learning from a book) and you have a body size mirror, you can easily correct yourself… what do you all think?
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if you are good at sparrign does that make u good at fighting in a real situation

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Hello. I am looking for a list of Shotokan technique names in Japanese. I would like to know the names of each technique when I practice kihon, such as forward punch, reverse punch, front snap kick, etc. This website provides some of the information, but I would like something more comprehensive. Thank you.

Re: Japanese names of techniques

Here”s a starter list with pronunciation

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I have asked my father to allow me to take Karate in a local dojo, but he said no. “Karate is too violent, and I don’t want you breaking stuff all over the house and getting into fights in school.” I have tried to tell him that Karate is to help prevent those things. I have already shown him this site, but he does not believe that the creator has a credible opinion. Does Anyone have any ideas to help me educate my father so that he may allow me to take Karate? (more…)

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Is it ok to go ahead and get a Gi and wearing it during class before having a belt?

Re: Gi Question…

When you get the Gi it should come with a white belt - which is also the first belt you will wear at most dojos.

well i havent taken my white belt test, ive onnly been to 3 classes

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Concerns about training at Karate.

But then another time when he was correcting my stance, he told me to widen it, and instead of just waiting for me to do it, he sort of kicked my legs open.

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At my dojo are sensie teaches us shotokan karate as well as including parts of Kung Fu and Tai Jitsu. Whether it is common place or not i do not know. However every Martial arts dojo i have attended usually has a the odd tai chi class or incoprates something from another martial art.
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