Karate

The beginning belt in almost all martial arts is white. Some will make you earn that, so that you start without an obi.

The location of instruction is not that important. What is more important is the instructor and how well they can transfer knowledge and help you build your skills.

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Prince and Paris and Blanket are Yellow belts.

Put them on display. Or you can pass them on to lower ranking students as they advance.

I've seen a couple of moves that could be considered a double fist block.

There is the X-block where the arms are crossed at the wrists and tight fists are used. One interpretation is that it represents a block and a punch that are combined together.

The other would be where the two fists are next to each other, usually in a double high block. This could represent a double punch to break the hold on one's collars.

Certainly! Good thing, too, as I've always been overweight.

You need to win in your division in a tournament. You then compete against other division champions in your age group. If you win, you are a grand champion in that tournament.

I think he is a third degreee Black belt

There's no rule that girls do better in karate. Some would argue that girls are not as physically fit as guys. But karate is not about physical strength only. One should even have mental strength to succeed in the sport and it is known by everyone that girls are mentally stronger.

In my experience, girls that do karate really want to do it, and so their focus and attention is so much better than the boys that are trying to be 'macho' about it. Girls have to learn the technique correctly as they don't always have the size or muscle to 'power through' an incorrectly done technique, so their skill grows faster. The other thing is that girls, in general, have a natural ability to put their hips into their techniques, something that can be really hard for some guys.

Zen was a part of the training at the Shoalin Temples in China. Legend says that kung fu was developed by the monks for physical exercise. Karate was created by merging kung fu and Okinawan wrestling/grappling.

karate can be used on pads and even in freestyle against someone else in a protective suit like in olympic wrestling. it works you hard and takes out your anger

Japan, Korea and the USA.

Arthur Mosqueda of united states.

Where ever the dojo handbook says. Check with your instructor, as it will vary from school to school.

4th kyu in Meibukan Goju-ryu. The key to what separates Goju from numerous other styles of karate is in its name. "Goju" is made up of the Japanese words "go" (hard), and "ju" (soft), literally meaning hard-soft style karate. Hard refers to the straight/linear closed hand techniques. Soft refers to the more circular open hand techniques. The style is a combination of the two. I find it to have less kicking and more focus on "kata" (forms) than Shotokan.

Shotokan was derived in Japan based on Shorin-ryu karate from Okinawa.

Karate does tend to be a community affair. Most dojo develop a feeling of family and friendship, one of the most important aspects of the art.

kung fu fighting

That's a difficult question to answer as only a select few have been recorded. Karate kicks tend to be much weaker than Muay Thai kicks as the Muay Thai round kick has more hip rotation. Both arts have a spinning back kick as does TKD; the spinning back kick is the hardest kick the body can throw (unless you include knees).

If you just wanna see some guys who can kick like mules check out Yodsalanki Fairtex, I think hes the hardest pound for pound kicker in the world.

All martial arts were designed to be used in combat. That was their entire purpose for being created and studied for centuries. Many have since been softened to be sports.

It may or may not be more damaging. It depends on the strike, who is doing the striking and the target.

Also allow me to point out that a number of people have been killed in the boxing ring, by a boxer's punch. Death is as damaging as you can get.

Karategui

It is a martial art, but is somewhat different, but Judo and its root art of Jujutsu are Japanese martial arts.

Unless your karate school is strict.. you should be fine using a bandage wrap, if it is for health or injury related purposes. =]

Yours in karate-do,

Valerie, 1st Dan, Shitoryu Karate

3 months

That depends entirely upon the school and organization. In some the time increases as you progress up the ranks, taking a year from 1st kyu to black belt. I have no specific time frame for promoting students, it is based entirely on their ability and dedication. Someone that works hard and shows up to every class is going to move faster than someone that doesn't show up very often.