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Shorin-Ryu Karate

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A little less than a month ago, there was a thread about choosing a martial art. It really got me interersted in starting up and so I began my search. It didnt take very long to find a Shorin-Ryu Karate dojo not 5 minutes from my house. I went in one night to observe and talked to the sensei... He suggested I come back and participate once before making a decision one way or the other. So a week later I went in for a workout.

Awesome stuff, first we did a calestenic type workout gets your heart pounding... crunches, pushups (on knuckles :Q) etc... Then I was taught some basic kicks (front, side, roundhouse) and some self defense techniques. I enjoyed the class so much that tonight I went back and signed up. Got my gi (which needs to be altered) and now I'm ready to go 🙂

Anandtech Off Topic, making you a better you.
 
I took taekwondo as a kid & felt silly participating when there were 3 or so 10yr old brown belts I had to resect & obey. I have a bad memory, so I couldn't remember the forms to advance past yellow either.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
What's so special about pushup on knuckles? I do pushup on finger tips.
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Next try doing them on the backs of your wrists in the sand.


OP: Karate is fun stuff, I did it for 9 years and will soon be getting back into it in January. When you learn some coordination and control you may wish to look into tournaments, they can be quite enjoyable. Pay special attention to the older guys who live for the stuff, as they can teach you proper bunkai and how to do some pretty amazing stuff with joint manipulations.

Glad you are enjoying yourself too 🙂
 
OMG, how fast this thread got corrupted. IBL
Originally posted by: chinkgai
finger tip pushups? feh, not all that.

now one handed pullups....thats difficult.
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1 finger pullup is my specialty.
 
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