shotokan karate

[foofies]

Hello japanese people.

Today I went to seeking for a dojang and I found this really really cool shotokan karate dojo. I googled it and it made me more interested in it, but whats the difference between shotokan karate and other karate styles?
and Is it smilier to TKD?? if yes in wich way? and if any1 has a decent website please post it so I can cheak it out.

Thank you

[foofies]

At least can somebody tells me if SK has any grappling strikes?

[Hardball]

There is a super mega thread on shotokan karate. I'll bring it to the top for you. O.K.

[foofies]

There is a super mega thread on shotokan karate. I'll bring it to the top for you. O.K.

Thank you

[Hardball]

Sure bet; anytime.

[foofies]

[weehoagie]

Shotokan

Like everything in life the quality of instrtuction is important.
You can have guy doing Karate for 30 years who thinks he`s an expert. It doesn`t mean he has been doing it correct for 30 years.

Its important to hav an open mind and try different styles of training.
The most important thing is to train HARD. Remember - you will react to a situation the same way as you train.

[Hardball]

Like everything in life the quality of instrtuction is important.
You can have guy doing Karate for 30 years who thinks he`s an expert. It doesn`t mean he has been doing it correct for 30 years.

Its important to hav an open mind and try different styles of training.
The most important thing is to train HARD. Remember - you will react to a situation the same way as you train.

Man, that was your very first post here but a great one. I love certain things about Shotokan. Specifically, the punches, the katas, the 3 step sparring and the 5 step sparring. Welcome and Keep posting. Great to see somebody have something positive to say about Shotokan. By the way, the Shotokan kicks suck in my opinion. LOL

[muaythaiguy15]

As far as karate goes, kyokushin is the best in my opinion. A few guys from kyokushin schools can really go with MT guys no prob. Still, not much on grappling...

[kuk sool won]

Yeh especially as MT is the best MA!...

[Tom Yum]

More noteworthy Karate Styles

kyokushin
enshin
kenpo

[weehoagie]

As far as karate goes, kyokushin is the best in my opinion. A few guys from kyokushin schools can really go with MT guys no prob. Still, not much on grappling...

Yea, I agree with that. I do Shotokan but one of our senior instructors is a kyokushin 5th dan. Absolutley devestating techniques.

You need to try a variety of styles.

[weehoagie]

As far as karate goes, kyokushin is the best in my opinion. A few guys from kyokushin schools can really go with MT guys no prob. Still, not much on grappling...

Yea, I agree with that. I do Shotokan but one of our senior instructors is a kyokushin 5th dan. Absolutley devestating techniques.

You need to try a variety of styles.

[aseepish]

I googled it and it made me more interested in it, but whats the difference between shotokan karate and other karate styles?
and Is it smilier to TKD?? if yes in wich way? and if any1 has a decent website please post it so I can cheak it out.

I found this site http://www.barrel.net/history.html
"Modern-day Taekwondo is influenced by many other Martial Arts. The most important of these arts is Japanese Karate. This is because Japan dominated Korea during 1910 until the end of World War II. During WWII, lots of Korean soldiers were trained in Japan. During this occupation of Korea, the Japanese tried to erase all traces of the Korean culture, including the martial arts. The influence that Japan has given to Taekwondo are the quick, lineair movements, that characterize the various Japanese systems.

After World War II, when Korea became independant, several kwans arose. These kwans were:

* Chung Do Kwan
* Moo Duk Kwan
* Yun Moo Kwan
* Chang Moo Kwan
* Oh Do Kwan
* Ji Do Kwan
* Chi Do Kwan
* Song Moo Kwan

The Kwans united in 1955 as Tae Soo Do. In the beginning of 1957, the name Taekwondo was adopted by several Korean martial arts masters, for its similarity to the name Tae Kyon.

General Choi Hong-hi required the army to train Taekwondo, so the very first Taekwondo students were Korean soldiers. The police and air force had to learn Taekwondo as well. At that time, Taekwondo was merely a Korean version of Shotokan Karate. "

So I would say that at least on a basic level, TKD would be very similar to Shotokan. The two styles have of course gone their separate ways since the 1950s.

[Mr. Arieson]

Hi Matbla, I mean, foofies, I mean, TKD person!