Just got the word that i could go to follow a 10 day course in Cincinatti .
Does anybody have connections overthere to go and train or visit and watch ...

Azimuth

Each year I find that Christmas preparation, school concerts, family events, etc. make the next 6 weeks very interesting. I find that my goal of keeping up my training in Karate starts to conflict with all of these other events.

I'm trying to find a way to sneaking in moments of training at home so that I do not lose what I have worked so hard to gain, but no matter how many different ways I look at it, those hours spent at the parties/concert do not allow for much flexibility in...

supergroup7

So many aspects of my Kyokushin training is spilling out into my daily life that there is a blur of the barriers between Karate, and non-Karate.

I find myself looking at my home/ work challenges, and problems with the same calm strategic thoughts as if I was facing a sparring session. I think things such as "Where is the weakness? Where is the strength? What can I use to my advantage? What should I just absorb, and work past? How do I take a position of command in this situation?"...

supergroup7

So the last month or so had been rough on me.

I thought I had maybe permanently injured my elbow but with time to heal and lots of glucosamine its back to normal.

Then I also hyper-extended/jammed my left pinky finger.

That sucked. I couldn't weight train or do alot of things. Thats all better now too.

This helped me to re-evaluate my workouts.

Now they are alot shorter in length but with alot more intensity.
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MilkManX

Knockdown and Thai Boxing compared

Firstly I would like to note that I got the basis of this thread from a 19 year old Kyokushin magazine article written by a third dan who also competed in Thai Boxing. The other point to note is that this is comparing Knockdown to Thai Boxing, not Kyokushin Karate.

Thai Boxing is a sport, so is Knockdown. Both train at certain techniques to win within a certain set of rules. When rules and prizes are involved then it is a sport....

tmd