Plus it gives you that extra time to practice, my brown belt test should be April off next year, that being said I'll be in Japan in March and as a result I'll be missing lessons, but hey at least I'll be in the birthplace of Karate. Oh and it's going to be humid, I'm definitely not looking forward ...

You'll do fine dude. Just keep on going and keep on training, I absolutely love karate to the point that my obsession is unhealthy j/k of course

richardallen1976 wrote: ↑

28 Nov 2022, 16:57

KarateKa83 wrote: ↑

28 Nov 2022, 16:53

£1.00 is ¥167.00

Ah so in comparison, stuff over there's quite cheap then? Have you ever had Japanese food?

indeed I have and I absolutely love it. I'm taking with me £1,000. Plenty of food will be had and beer

£1.00 is ¥167.00

Awesome stuff. My 3rd kyu (brown belt) test won't be until April/May next year. I'll be doing 3 kata too, Pinan Sandan, Jurokuno and Ananku, plus other things that make up the 3rd kyu syllabus

I'm in work until 6pm and then I've got 2 days off (booked off from work) as its my birthday tomorrow. I'll be looking at getting an itinerary sorted for my trip to Japan (Okinawa) in March, so me and my cousin will be doing that, might order a Japanese phrase book too in preparation for my holiday...

I'm in work until 6pm and then I've got 2 days off (booked off from work) as its my birthday tomorrow. I'll be looking at getting an itinerary sorted for my trip to Japan (Okinawa) in March, so me and my cousin will be doing that, might order a Japanese phrase book too in preparation for my holiday.

What gup are you going for? And good luck. You'll smash it

Was at the dojo last night. Sparring started off OK until I jarred my big toe on one of my friends elbow with a mawashi geri (roundhouse) man that was painful

Well done. A few years back I made it to 5th Kyu (blue belt) in Karate, before I had to retire due to nasty back injury. Been doing Taekwondo (South Korean form of Karate) for just over 6 years since October 2016, just passed green belt (6th Kup) in September for 5th Kup (blue stripe) and there's t...

Thank you kindly

Passed my Karate grading a few weeks ago (Yon Kyū/4th Kyū) and on top of that I'm finally going to Japan in March to the birthplace of Karate, Okinawa. Hope you're all well.

Just sat here in work

GraceMellody wrote: ↑

07 Nov 2021, 11:24

So jealous! Please take lots of pics for us <3

will do indeed. I've even got my first lot of yen through. Really am so excited, I'm especially looking forward to seeing the historical sites linked with Karate. Need to brush up on my Japanese and quite possibly my Uchinaaguchi