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DennisX82
White Belt
Joined: 28 Jul 2007
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Location: Toronto
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 Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai |
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Hello, all!
I am complete novice to MA, and just started shito-ryu karate, had my first class Thursday. I liked it really much, however I couldn't find any useful information in WWW about actual stances, blocks and strikes. Any resources in the Internet to use as reference? I was shown two basic stances, low, medium and high blocks, punch and two or three kicks - now I have troubles remembering all this stuff. And I would like to practice them at home.
Also, I was very surprised to be engaged in "kumite" (sparring) at the very first class. Is this normal for karate training? |
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Zanshin
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 451
Styles: Wado Ryu Karate, Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu, Ono-Ha Itto-Ryu Kenjutsu
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This site is a great source of Info on Shito-ryu/kai
http://shitokai.com
As to whether it's ok to do Kumite in your first lesson, as long as you were being well supervised and it was with a relatively experienced partner you should be ok. Importantly you should enjoy it.
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DennisX82
White Belt
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Location: Toronto
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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Welcome to the Martial Arts! Enjoy the journey! 
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lordtariel
Black Belt
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 1709
Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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There's also http://www.shitoryu.org Remember though, some of the techniques can vary from dojo to dojo, even in the same system. It's like the light bulb joke.
How many martial artists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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One, the rest of them all stand around him and say "Hm, we do it differently in my style"
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| lordtariel wrote: |
There's also http://www.shitoryu.org Remember though, some of the techniques can vary from dojo to dojo, even in the same system. It's like the light bulb joke.
How many martial artists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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One, the rest of them all stand around him and say "Hm, we do it differently in my style" |
That is so true that it isn't even funny! 
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on the post.
