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nunopicado
White Belt
Joined: 09 Oct 2018
Posts: 13
Styles: Shotokan
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:14 am Post subject: OSS |
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Hello people.
Just dropping a line to introduce myself.
41 yo beginner in Shotokan Karate from Portugal.
My 13 yo kid started last April, and spent Spring and Summer asking me to join him (guess he was eager for the opportunity to through a few kicks at his dad  ).
I actually was 30 years overdue, as as a kid I wanted to join (after seeing Karate Kid, of course). Didn't happened then, it happened now.
Also, I've been saying for too long I don't have time to hit the gym, so exercise has not been on my book for years now. But I had to make time to take my kid to the dojo, wait for him to finish and bring him back. It was kinda obvious that that time could be better used if I was training as well.
I've been on it for a month now, 4 days a week. Loving it so far!
The first weeks I was all but dead by the end of each session, now I get to the ending wishing it would be a little longer. That's a good sign, wouldn't you say?
Any advice/suggestion?
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16430
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Welcome to KF, nunopicado; glad that you're here!!
Relax!! Train hard!! Train well!!
Great to hear that your son and you are sharing this experience; priceless!!
Better late than never; you're learning the MA now, right?! Serious training at the Dojo is akin, if not more, to going to the gym. Be very serious in your MA training because learning effectiveness requires being serious across the board.You're already improving across the board, even if it's only a little bit. After all, the MA takes TIME to acquire the knowledge and experience.
Rank should mean absolutely nothing to you and your son; it's about improving your personal, as well as your MA, betterment.
You will fail form time to time, no matter what it might be, this is a give-me. This is where the AHA moments come, and these are necessary for growth. As far as the Testing Cycles are concerned, allow them to take care of itself, and it will; you'll never get 100% on any Testing Cycle...never ever, so do fret over them more than is natural!!
Embrace everything that you're taught, and ASK questions of your CI endlessly because the MA journey is yours and yours alone; be accountable of your training.
Good luck to the two of you!!
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nunopicado
White Belt
Joined: 09 Oct 2018
Posts: 13
Styles: Shotokan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you sensei8.
That's my goal, yes! Relax, have fun, but trying to make the most out of each session.
Being in this experience with my son is indeed priceless! I told him I would join only if he taught me first the first Kata. This engaged him in the process of taking me in, and indeed he taught me.
Yes, I'm learning it now, and yes, taking it very seriously. No point in being there, paying the fee, and not giving it all or getting from it all I can get (with hard work). It's my path to walk in, and no one else will do it for me! Also, what kind of example I would be giving my kid if I would just start slacking?
Rank is not something I give much thought. My sensei tries to create union between members, regardless of rank. We do (mostly) the same exercises, and everyone tries to teach and learn with everyone else, when needed.
I do ask a lot of questions... If age gave me anything (compared to when I was a kid) was the eagerness to know 'how' and 'why', not just 'what', so each new movement I try to learn exactly how it should be done. Not that I always get it right, of course. But I try.
Thank you for your words... |
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MatsuShinshii
Black Belt
Joined: 15 Aug 2016
Posts: 1423
Location: Kentucky
Styles: Machimura Suidi Rokudan, Ryukyu Kenpo, Kobudo, Judo
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nunopicado, welcome to KF!
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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Welcome to the forum, nunopicado. Sensei8 said most of what I was thinking, only he said it better than I could have.
Your story of why you joined is quite common in the dojo I attend. Many of the adults sat and watched their kids and asked themselves why they were just sitting there. Quite a few of them continued training after their children either got bored and left or life took them to other places like college and careers.
I’m glad you’re finding it so enjoyable. |
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Fat Cobra
Green Belt
Joined: 14 Jul 2018
Posts: 372
Location: Watertown, NY
Styles: Ryukyu Kempo
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Welcome. Great to hear that your are motivated. Keep up the hard work!
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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Patrick
KF Administrator
Joined: 01 May 2001
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nunopicado
White Belt
Joined: 09 Oct 2018
Posts: 13
Styles: Shotokan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all!  |
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Wastelander
KF Sensei
Joined: 18 Oct 2010
Posts: 2734
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Styles: Shorin-Ryu, Shuri-Ryu, Judo, KishimotoDi
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Welcome to the forum
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on the post.
