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We spar because we are trained to street fight, there is no point scoring.strike wolf wrote:Yeah, I've done some kung fu and Judo in the advanced classes in karate and it is different. We don't really have sparring in our class, we have people fighting each other but since most of the moves are designed to break bones, tear ligiments, dislocate, or kill, we don't make contact.Dariune wrote:Oh cool.strike wolf wrote:I lift weights for football which also involves running and conditioning and I am currently a brown belt in Karate and may test for black belt within the next few months.Dariune wrote:Your a fitness lad ay?
I was until my operation, i really miss my weights.
Do you do anything other than weights? (running, martial arts, sports etc?)
Same as my girlfriend. She used to fight for the Kyokushinkai Karate England squad.
Thats how i met her, we fought against each other.
I like sparring against Karate because its so completely different from Shaolin.
Do you have any moves that you like?
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Diddle, I have known you for probably no less than a week, if that.diddle wrote:people have wanted to do that for many a milleniumstrike wolf wrote:*Comes in and shoots Minister Masket 2 times through his brain.*
What Dariune said.

well then, your time will come soon, one day, you will get .........diddledMinister Masket wrote:Diddle, I have known you for probably no less than a week, if that.diddle wrote:people have wanted to do that for many a milleniumstrike wolf wrote:*Comes in and shoots Minister Masket 2 times through his brain.*
What Dariune said.
My own profile is barely a month old. So there!
*Eats diddle* Mmmmmmmmmm, toilety.
Oh yeah, I'm bulletproof by the way. Shame that.
I was talking your favorite martial arts move altogether. I kinda like being able to disarm a guy while coming in and elbowing him full-force, ideally when his momentum is still going forward.Dariune wrote:We spar because we are trained to street fight, there is no point scoring.strike wolf wrote:Yeah, I've done some kung fu and Judo in the advanced classes in karate and it is different. We don't really have sparring in our class, we have people fighting each other but since most of the moves are designed to break bones, tear ligiments, dislocate, or kill, we don't make contact.Dariune wrote:Oh cool.strike wolf wrote:I lift weights for football which also involves running and conditioning and I am currently a brown belt in Karate and may test for black belt within the next few months.Dariune wrote:Your a fitness lad ay?
I was until my operation, i really miss my weights.
Do you do anything other than weights? (running, martial arts, sports etc?)
Same as my girlfriend. She used to fight for the Kyokushinkai Karate England squad.
Thats how i met her, we fought against each other.
I like sparring against Karate because its so completely different from Shaolin.
Do you have any moves that you like?
Favorate move for Karate? i dont know the names because i have only fought against Karate. Having said that im very fond of the kicks in Karate. Although much more predictable than Shaolin they hit harder and look much much cooler. And generally they knock down where as Shaolin kicks very often dont.
The blocks of course are excellent as far as i have seen but then the opponents i have faced tend not to dodge but instead block where as we tend to dodge/dance.
Maxleod wrote:Not strike, he's the only one with a functioning brain.
heyUCAbears wrote: Oh hi btw.
oh no he just didn'tMinister Masket wrote:*finds switchblade and swings it randomly in the faces of UCAbears, hecter and areyouincahoots*
GET IN MA BELLAH!!!
thanks for the blockDariune wrote:*Gets in the way of the blade and takes one for the team.*
Aint no one killing the Longest thread crew. And havent you heard the law about killing attractive ladies? its just wrong!!!
well playedstrike wolf wrote:*Comes in and shoots Minister Masket 2 times through his brain.*
What Dariune said.
thanks for the block[/quote]Dariune wrote:*Gets in the way of the blade and takes one for the team.*
Aint no one killing the Longest thread crew. And havent you heard the law about killing attractive ladies? its just wrong!!!
Anarkistsdream wrote:Yay, Dariune's official scapegoat! I think I have just attained my dream job.

Ah i seestrike wolf wrote: I was talking your favorite martial arts move altogether. I kinda like being able to disarm a guy while coming in and elbowing him full-force, ideally when his momentum is still going forward.
I like the blocks in karate but I tend to be a little bit of a dancer myself, taking people away from their strong lines and keeping them off balance. It really is mostly what you are comfortable with.
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Yes that is the way that it started. When they first started using belts they would start white and as they got dirtier they would eventually turn black. It is also why we are not allowed to wash our belts in karate under that tradition.Dariune wrote:Ah i seestrike wolf wrote: I was talking your favorite martial arts move altogether. I kinda like being able to disarm a guy while coming in and elbowing him full-force, ideally when his momentum is still going forward.
I like the blocks in karate but I tend to be a little bit of a dancer myself, taking people away from their strong lines and keeping them off balance. It really is mostly what you are comfortable with.
In which case i am probably with you. I like the Tai Chi turn into an opponents punch and the close guard elbow into the face.
I like that mainly because (being quite slim/small) im very fast and this works beautifully for me.
I havent ever fought against a Karate martial artist who dances around. I can imagine that would be bloody hard to beat due to Karate having solid strikes. Dancing as well would make you a pain in the ass to knock down.
As you say, it is completely dependant on the person.
On a side note, a friend of mine does Shotokan Karate and he told me something interesting (i cannot vouch for him though so it may be rubbish) But he told me the belts came from this situation. The original group of Karate practicioners all used to wear a white belt. They only had one so as time went on it got dirty and eventually was black. Therefore the blacker the belt the longer the student had been studying Karate.
Like i say im not sure if its true but its interesting
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