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FeralFrettchen
White Belt
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Joined: 07 Apr 2022
Posts: 5
Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 4:44 am Post subject: Hiya! |
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Greetings all!
I guess you could say I’m an old timer (is 38 even considered old by today’s standards? Haha!) who’s been bitten by the karate bug. I am unfortunately limited to practicing in my home study due to an intellectual disability but I am trying to learn and study a few different kata on my own as best I can. Right now I am concentrating on Matsubayashi-ryu - following along with Shoshin Nagamine’s wonderful book and any old videos of his original students performances and bunkai I can find on YouTube. I really love the use of natural stances in this style and the elegant movements. I am also quite interested in the arts of Uechi-Ryu and Goju-Ryu.
My own history with karate is, I guess, a short one. I was signed up to a Ninjutsu center back in the late 90s, which I suppose is what you would call a Mcdojo? (I’m still a little confused on what exactly that is!) I was signed up for a trial session but because I had an undiagnosed health condition at the time I fell to the ground and blacked out for a few seconds by the end of class from all the rigorous exercise! How’s that for a first impression, eh? Anyway, even if it wasn’t true karate I had a lot of fun with the (very) little time I had there. I always regretted not being able to pursue any sort of martial arts because I truly do love it. Even if I can never exceed the rank of white belt or take a professional class, I hope I can share and participate in the wonderful discussion of martial arts with everyone.
Thanks for reading my lengthy post. It’s very nice to meet everybody! |
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sensei8
KF Sensei
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Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16538
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to KF, FeralFrettchen; glad that you're here!!
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ashworth
Brown Belt
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Joined: 13 Nov 2006
Posts: 707
Location: UK
Styles: Shotokan, IJR Karate, Iaido, Kobudo
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum! and well done you for pursuing martial arts! good luck with your studies ![](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) _________________ Ashley Aldworth
Train together, Learn together, Succeed together... |
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Patrick
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Joined: 01 May 2001
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Location: Los Angeles, California
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30347
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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FeralFrettchen
White Belt
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Joined: 07 Apr 2022
Posts: 5
Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Many thanks for the warm welcome, everyone. ![](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) |
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DarthPenguin
Member of the Month
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Joined: 03 Dec 2021
Posts: 1025
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Styles: Shotokan, Judo, BJJ
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Welcome. Sounds like your learning is all about self betterment and a desire to improve, which tbh is the main thing anyway! Best of luck with the learning! |
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Wastelander
KF Sensei
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Joined: 18 Oct 2010
Posts: 2750
Location: Salem, IL
Styles: Shorin-Ryu, Shuri-Ryu, Judo, KishimotoDi
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum! _________________ Kishimoto-Di | 2014-Present | Sensei: Ulf Karlsson
Shorin-Ryu/Shinkoten Karate | 2010-Present: Yondan, Renshi | Sensei: Richard Poage (RIP), Jeff Allred (RIP)
Shuri-Ryu | 2006-2010: Sankyu | Sensei: Joey Johnston, Joe Walker (RIP)
Judo | 2007-2010: Gokyu | Sensei: Joe Walker (RIP), Ramon Rivera (RIP), Adrian Rivera
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Tyler
Yellow Belt
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Joined: 16 Mar 2022
Posts: 54
Location: Narita,Japan
Styles: Shorin-Ryu, Kobudo
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome Feral Frettchen!
Glad ot hear you are taking up Karate again!
38 is very young! Never give up, You can do it! |
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aurik
KF Sempai
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Joined: 08 Nov 2016
Posts: 551
Location: Denver, CO
Styles: Shuri-Ryu, Uechi-Ryu
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum! I'm also a Uechi-Ryu practitioner, and if you're interested I can point you to some pretty good YouTube channels for learning Uechi Ryu. Good luck on your journey. Keep in mind that the only person you're competing with on this journey is yourself, so as long as whatever you do today is better than what you did yesterday, you're making progress.
Good luck! _________________ My Journey (So Far)
Shuri-Ryu 1996-1997 - Gokyu
Judo 1996-1997 - Yonkyu
Uechi-Ryu 2018-Present - Nidan
ABS Bladesmith 2021-Present - Apprentice |
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