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Mike1969
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Joined: 14 Jun 2013
Posts: 20
Location: South Florida
Styles: Karate
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| But I'm not going to do anything until I see it live at the US Open. |
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AdamKralic
Blue Belt
Joined: 11 Jan 2013
Posts: 313
Location: Chicagoland
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| Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| To compete in ISKA your best bet is to join a kickboxing group that actively participates in those tournaments. TKD would be a good base, I know a number of ITF TKD guys that have had success on similar circuits but kickboxing would be a better choice IMHO. If you joined a TKD dojang then you'd also be spending time doing the forms and other work not directly related to this type of competition. Also in the majority of cases I think the style of sparring in kickboxing might be more in line with what you want. |
I have found a few kickboxing schools, but they are not dojos and do not give belts, more like fitness gyms. Looks like I'm going to have to suffer through learning katas in order to get the training I need to spar.  |
No, no, no. You HAVE to find people to actually spar against. Not optional. There has to be a karate dojo nearby that spars. Has to. As far as technique...well honestly you can learn a lot online if you are of such a mind. (though always a good teacher is best...no doubt)
Jadi Tention, Alex Reyes, Ross Levine...North American fighters with top notch instructional videos up on youtube. Check them out.
Here is a crucial...yet relatively simple drill that helps in sparring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWbd7v4XhJ8 |
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Mike1969
White Belt
Joined: 14 Jun 2013
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Location: South Florida
Styles: Karate
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skullsplitter
Orange Belt
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Posts: 171
Styles: shotokan
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| Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Let us know how the US Open goes. I'm in the area that weekend, but I don't know if I'll have time to catch any of the action. There are a couple of people from my school competing in it and I'd like to see their fights. |
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Mike1969
White Belt
Joined: 14 Jun 2013
Posts: 20
Location: South Florida
Styles: Karate
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| Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Skull,
Where is your school? |
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skullsplitter
Orange Belt
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Posts: 171
Styles: shotokan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| Evansville, IN. About as far south in Indiana as you can go. |
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AdamKralic
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Posts: 313
Location: Chicagoland
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| So what happened? Any updates? |
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