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Posted On:
9/15/2012 8:42pm
Style: Shotokan, BJJ, Muay Thai--
i have never EVER understood styles that have you learn 1305138513803530135 different "techniques" and requirements to pass a belt exam.
When i was doing shotokan, our school had the following movements:
jab, reverse punch, lunge punch, back fist, inverted knife hand, knife hand, elbow strikes, hammerfists, palm heel strikes, knuckle punches.
front snap kick, roundhouse head level, roundhouse mid level, side thrust kick, knee strike
rising block, down block, inside block, outside block
That was it. These were the same techniques you practiced from day one as a white belt until well after you got black belt. The only other techniques you learned were "unique" ones in kata. I don't see the reasoning behind learning 79 different ways to throw a punch, a kick, or apparently a dance move based on those PDF files i saw.
To me, advancing in rank is about being able to show a greater understanding, greater power, and greater speed and precision in performing the techniques you know from rank to rank, not adding 0359805801350 things each time you're ready to "level up".
There were certainly a ton of gaping holes in the style of karate i studied in the past, but it's the only one i've see that didn't have this completely retarded obsession with learning 57 new kata every rank and adding 72 new hand positions to your punching repitoire (sp?).
From what i've read and seen, this "style" looks like crap :( -
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10/27/2012 3:02pm



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Posted On:
9/06/2012 4:14pm
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