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Kato
Yellow Belt
Joined: 21 Jun 2001
Posts: 70
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2002 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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We do some board breaking for fun but it is not a requierment on any of the belt tests. |
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SaiFightsMS
KF VIP
Joined: 28 Oct 2001
Posts: 6397
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2002 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Breaking is the one requirement we have that holds more kids back from getting their black belt. Few of ours can really do the requirements much before 12 or 13.
There is so much more than the ability or inability to do one thing that should determine ones suitablity to become a black belt. In the area of being mentally able to handle the skills and use them appropriately I think those who realize after they have done some breaking that they really can do some damage they tend to think more before actually becoming involved in a physical altercation. But then that is just my opinion.
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shotochem
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 29 Dec 2001
Posts: 901
Location: New York
Styles: Shotokan, Kempo, BJJ, Baby-Do-Jitsu
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2002 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Our dojo doesnt require board breaks either. We have done breaking periodically as a confidece builder and to work on focusing a technique. I must admit when I had to break that first board it looked like a whole tree to me, now its just a little piece of wood.
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ad
Brown Belt
Joined: 22 Nov 2001
Posts: 672
Location: Birmingham, England
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Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2002 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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ours does,
thought it so easy, that they teach you it for the first time about one week b4 the black belt grading
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chris luckcuck
White Belt
Joined: 27 Mar 2002
Posts: 11
Location: UK, east midlands
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ours doesn't, but i know they did at one time.
Alot of the stuff has been relaxed because of long-term health concerns joints, backs etc..
We learn the techniques and do some breaking with two-piece boards but not for the belt.
For some reason we have to wait for certain period, usually a year, between the last brown and black Though. |
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redbutt
White Belt
Joined: 07 Apr 2002
Posts: 21
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2002 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Annonymous put it best. You can teach anyone to break a board...it doesn't mean that you have learned any Karate. Bruce Lee's comment is also very good for this subject. True Karate is not about how many boards you can break. SKA does not require breaking in Dan tests.
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EvO
White Belt
Joined: 12 Apr 2002
Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2002 6:29 am Post subject: |
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I do Kyokyshin karate and tamashiwari is required for green belt |
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