Karate Reviews
Newest Review: ... kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open handed attacks such as knife-hand. Karate can be practiced as budo (self development), as a sport, as a combat sport, or as self defense training. When you do most types of karate and progress you will experience all elements of it. You will learn Katas which are a set of pre prepared sequence of movements which represent various attack and defense postures. These katas will become more difficult as your progress through the grades and belts. There is also Kumite which is sparring which can be light contact, semi contact or full contact. Once you have learned all the basic techniques and progre... more
Customer Karate Reviews (4)
by - written on 04/07/09, updated on 04/07/09 (Very useful, 31 readings)
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I was a bit of a karate kid I guess when I was younger but maybe not as good as the ones in the movies! I started up when I was around 12 and was doing it a bit on and off till about 17 when I had to focus a bit more on studies. I got up to two belts just below black belt beforeI stopped. As you get to the higher belts/grades you need to train more and be a bit more commited to get them and it was a bit unfortunate I couldn't quite make it to black belt but it definately was something useful to do anyway. Karate is a great martial art and teaches a number of things not just how to defend yourself and fight but discipline and focus. Some of the fighting ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/06/09 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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I had never been a fan of any sort of contact sport i never saw the need to be violent towards anyone. When i first had my son I couldnt have asked for a better child as he was growing older i started experiencing a few anger issues with him. He was struggling to control his anger and expressing his feeling about all sorts of situation even to the point of the breakfast spoon was the wrong one. The situation just got worse when i was pregnant with my second child by this time he was 3 years old. We did take him to the doctors and we were told there was nothing that they could do to help us until he was 5. Things slowly calmed down then started again a ... Read the complete review
by - written on 26/10/08 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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Before my second child was born,I tried a dab hand at Karate.It had always interested me and plus,I needed to get fit.So 2 things in 1 was a bonus. I had to travel 8 miles to my nearest Karate class.I did feel strange in my Karate gear at first,but it is something you quickly get used too.When entering the hall,everyone was so welcoming and so it put me at ease straight away.They had childrens lessons before the Adults started. For the first month or 2,it seems like a very slow progress,but you will be suprised on how much you learn about stance and positioning. Proper fist clenching,arm adjusting and leg movement.Being set up with a partner is very ... Read the complete review
by - written on 14/05/03, updated on 14/05/03 (Very useful, 84 readings)
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Karate was established on 1st May 1934 by founder Hironori Ohtsuka. Translated to English, the word ?Karate? means empty handed, meaning that traditionally we don?t use weapons (Although you could try telling this to my students who are determined to bring swords to every lesson!). The style of Karate I practice is Wado-Ryu, which means ?way of peace and harmony? (no really it does!). Now on to my review. I started Karate through my dad?s constant nagging that I should take up some kind of martial art. I didn?t want to join a club as such because to be honest, I didn?t have that much confidence. Anyway my dad found a poster in a sports centre that ... Read the complete review
