Who here does karate?

[chadwickton]

I do Isshinryu Karate. It originated from the island of Okinawa(island off the coast of south japan). It is based on quick ,effective techniques, and styled stances.

Along with Isshinryu karate comes katas. Katas are basically moves and techniques that when put together can help u fight numbers of people (in different directions) and other things. There are also weapon katas. There is Bo(staffs),Sai(3 pronged sword/dagger), and other weapons.

Kumite is basically sparing. not much to say on it , just that u usually fight ur rank(or close to it) , size,gender, age.

Currently i'm a green belt in Isshinryu(from lowest to greatest it is, white,yellow,orange,green,blue,purple, brown belt(3 years of it) , then black belt(then when u become 9th degree black belt your a red belt(which is like a once in a live time event, few people are red belt) due to how hard it is to get.

I also know some judo, and some Nin Jitsu

[RYU~AKUMA]

5 years of Shotokan and 4 years of hopkido "tiger shark"

[Sportschick155]

ohhhhh......my bro does just started, he is only 8 but i wanted him in boxing=(

[Zpower]

Hand to hand combat in this day and time is somewhat useless. Technology is just too advance for the human body alone be considered a deadly weapon...Unless ofcourse you're going 1on1 fist fight which is useless in itself...

[DA_VIPA]

i used to katate when i was like 7 till i was 12 i only had 2 more things an i was on black but i had 2 quit coz i moved hoem n i cudnt be botherd to carry on. but now ive found a kung foo class being held near me so im learning that now.



Edited By DA_VIPA on Aug. 21 2004 at 20:32

[Gambit036]

i do karate, ive been doin it 4 years and now i do Tai Kwan Do, weapons and how 2 defend against ppl with weapons.

[chadwickton]

[quoteost_uid0="Zpower"]Hand to hand combat in this day and time is somewhat useless. Technology is just too advance for the human body alone be considered a deadly weapon...Unless ofcourse you're going 1on1 fist fight which is useless in itself...[/quote]
thats totally untrue. I also learned knife skills , i can also disarm a person with a gun and a knife and turning it totally against them. I know how to pin some to the ground just by using my arm and the force of my body. I know how to break very vital joints of the body structure.

[Ken-Po]

6 years of kenpo karate, started when i was 8. When I turned 14 I started focusing more on school and finding a job but I still do exercises once in awhile.

[alamgir]

I dunno a thing about martial arts. but I watch mind body and kick ass moves. They visited this chinese guy whose the last of a line of ninja lasting 500 years. This guy even uses a gun and killer katana. They also met these martial artists who can "summon" spirits of "ghosts" of dead warlords and "gods". After summoning thes "gods" they could break bricks with their hands, lie on glass, and even shove the pointed ends of spears at their throats and push so hard that the spears actually bent over. And zpower technology is not that advanced yet, people get mugged on the street at close combat range, and martial arts are widely used around the world.

[imported_G]

I do Okinawan Kenpo, for about 3 years, im going to test for
my brown belt in dec.