hey

[adamb]

hey,

my name is adam and just thought i wud say hello as i am new to this site.

i study Shotokan Karate, i am 3yd kyu (green belt) and i have been practicing for just over 1 year

adam

[andym]

Welcome Adam. Where do you train?

[AngelaG]

3rd kyu and green belt is quite unususal. That's quite a long way to come in a year too! Did you do any other MA before karate?

[andym]

lol! I never even noticed! ;D

Does your club do things a bit differently or is it a typo, Adam?

[adamb]

hey all,

thanks for the warm welcome.

no it wasnt a typo.

i train in peterborough under Sensei Milan Dukic - Godan. he is the founder of his association - T.S.K.A (Traditional Shotokan Karate Association)

i think the belts are done diffenerently to most other clubs, the Kyu grades start from 6 - 1
the belts are white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and then black.

is that an unusual grading system? how do most other clubs have their grading systems?

[andym]

Well ours specifically go:-

White, Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Purple, Purple + 1 Stripe, Brown, Brown + 1 Stripe, Brown + 2 Stripes. Kyu's 10 down to 1.

[AngelaG]

Yeah, ours are the same.

[adamb]

i think i prefer it with fewer belts as dont have to pay out of all those gradings.

but it a challenge learning everything for the grading, because we have fewer belts, we have to learn more for each belt.

i.e. for my grading to 2nd Kyu blue belt, which i should be doing in the next month or so i will need to do 3 kata's - Bassai Dai, Bassai Sho and Jion.

as well well as any of the Heian kata's and/or Tekki Shodan depending on what my sensei decides on at the grading.

as well as all the Kihon techniques and all the different forms of kumite we have to do.

[Aefibird]

Hi Adam, welcome to the forum!

[MasterH]

Hi Adam! I'm Adam, but you can call me Fluffy or MasterH. Have a great day!

[adamb]

hey,

fluffy? should i not ask how u got that name?lol

[miffersy]

Hi,
A very late but warm welcome Adam