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You don't learn anything until you challenge your trainer. Go out there and show him who's boss.

If that is your background no wonder you reply the way you do. There are quite a lot of old folks in Kyokushin. Just turn up at a dojo and they're there. Kyokushin is fine for older people as long as you aren't in a competition orientated dojo. I'll say it. The purpose of martial arts aside...

A bit late to this - but I'd recommend any Okinawan Karate style tbh. It's similar to Kyokushin/Enshin which you are familiar with. Has similar conditioning but is significantly lighter on the sparring aspects than Kyokushin. In fact the times I've attended Okinawan karate classes back in the...

I was under the impression that Ed Parker was one of the guys to first popularize Karate in the US - maybe you are referring to him. There was a lot of fake shittery going on at that time IMO - dudes who were saying they were legit who had questionable lineages/experience - imo Ed Parker was...

I think every time I watch Black Lagoon from now on - I'll automatically think of him as a fellow Black Lagoon diehard like myself. I think everyone was legit feeling kinda depressed yesterday and even to some degree today. I know at least I had backup from Greg from the fairy tail vs black...

What about ironkhan?

RIP Greg - going to miss talking with you on discord mate. Not often that I share many interests with another sherdogger. A fellow OG Revy lover and legit solid dude. Going to miss you dude for real. RIP bro.

No but the distinction is quite clearly made in boxing - that earliest forms of boxing do not really resemble the modern art. It's not about renaming but understanding that the two differ from one another - just like Te and Karate differ from one another. This is why I separate Te and Karate...

Pretty much agree with nearly everything you've said here. I'd add that if Karate did have grappling elements as research suggests - then it's quite highly likely that there were some basic incorporation of ground fighting techniques - specifically referring to submissions here. They probably...

LOL of course we don't want to ruin your list ;) 1. Is Karate still Karate if we don't practice kata? - That's a hard one and really subjective. IMO - no. Kata is what links Karate to it's historical roots - it's meant to act as a bridge between Kihon and Kumite when done right. If you don't...

Wouldn't describe Kudo as a karate style in all honesty - has none of the kata, ido geiko, stances/uke etc that you would expect to find in a karate style. Even the kihon is very different - basically kickboxing. Only thing it shares with Karate is commonality with budo roots but even Judo has...

If you are a beginner and it's your first time at a martial arts gym then yes it's not normal to be thrown into medium-hard sparring. If you have a bit of experience then it's entirely normal to expect sparring like this but it might be weird if this wasn't communicated to you. You might have...

Also for blackbelts - the sparring here in both videos is awful. Don't mean to be offensive - but the quality of blackbelts here is simply poor. Also guy in first video seems like a douchebag (punching him in the face when it looks like its only meant to be knockdown and does it multiple times...

There is a good chance that the goju ryu full contact competition from that video (in Russia) - might be influenced from Kudo/Kyokushin like competitions. I think it's quite normal in Russia for circles (especially TMAs) to mix. I remember seeing some Russian uechi ryu guys doing knockdown...

Simply because Daido Juku Kudo is not karate. It's a budo art that concentrates on the sportive aspect of combat as well as the "art" part of martial arts. Daido Juku is the martial art - Kudo is the combat sport. No kata because it takes valuable time away from other more effective tools like...

When you start playing screeching cat music and wearing broken tennis rackets to your dojo.

I don't want to misconstrue this so I will do my best trying to explain clearly. Islam is a religion of peace in that it seeks to avoid conflict and promote peaceful resolutions where possible - much like many other religions. It is also allows violence - strictly in terms of self defense -...

Best advice. My advice: 1. Either talk to him and tell him it ain't cool. 2. Shrug it off. 3. Become a full blown cuck and form master/slave relationship. If he's weirded out enough to stop great - if he doesn't you're now a slave. 4. Establish dominance by seductively sucking banana in your...

This might be a first. @j123 giving advice.... WTF is going on here....

Not only this but something no one ever really talks about is how many of these Taliban fighters are ethnic pashtuns. Or how they have considerable support in parts of Afghanistan because of how corrupt the government is. Or more importantly that much of the Afghan army are only there for a...