Ossu

This is my first blog so sorry if it is a bit uh wrong.

The main problem I'd like to stress is why do we have Karate-do associations? There are hundreds of them, why dont we just have one or two. I really dont see the need for them all i meen the JKA and the WKF they are the two main associations so what is the need for, well all these:

Name Info
All Styles Karate Federation
Baska Karate
Bu-Bujin
Bushikai Karate Assoiciation
Central Scotland Karate Association
Federation Sankukai Karate Scotland
Grampian Northern Karate Association
Hokushin Karate Association

1 Dont forget that Karate-do begins and ends with rei or respect.

2 There is no first strike in Karate-do.

3 Karate-do stands on the side of justice.

4 First know yorself, then you can begin to know others.

5 Mentality over technique.

6 The mind must be set free.

7 Calamity comes from carelessness.

8 Karate is and goes beyond the dojo.

9 Karate-do is a lifelong commitment.

10 Apply Karate-do to all tasks. There lies its beauty.

11 Practising Karate-do is like pushing a cart up a hill: if you slack it will role backwards.

12 Never thing of winning its better not to lose.

Basic block punch combination, showing, age uke ( upper rising block)-gyakuzuki (reverse punch), soto uke ( outside forearm block)-gyakuzuki (reverse punch), uchi uke ( inside forearm block)-gyakuzuki (reverse punch), gedanbarai ( downward block)-gyakuzuki (reverse punch).

Kata is often described as a set sequence of karate moves organised into a prearranged fight against imaginary opponents. The kata consists of kicks, punches, sweeps, strikes, blocks and throws. Body movement in the various kata includes, stepping, twisting, turning, dropping to the ground and jumping.

In this article we list the 26 standard Shotokan kata that are practiced by millions of karateka all over the world.

Several Shotokan groups have introduced kata from other styles into their training but when the Japan Karate Association (JKA) was formed by Nakayama Sensei, he laid these 26 kata down as the training kata for the JKA karateka. Even today, many thousands of Shotokan Dojo only practice these 26 Kata.

Everybody’s different, some karate-ka like high kicks, some like low kicks, but which one is better?

Tae kwon do, perform very high kicks, that are fast and powerful, some karate groups only practice kicking below the belt and some practice both high and low kicking.

I believe it’s all down to the individual involved. I personally wouldn’t recommend high kicks in self defence, but then again, I’m sure there are people who do recommend high kicks.

Really, it doesn’t matter what someone says or doesn’t say, because when it comes to self defence, you will do, whatever you practice! So if you practice head kicks, day in day out, there’s a high chance, that if you kicked whilst defending yourself, in a self defence situation, the kick will probably target the head.