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Post by byakuya on Aug 2, 2013 11:52:16 GMT -5
Hello everydody. I'm new here <- obviously, but not new to martial arts. Haven't done any training in 5 years (carreer's getting the best of me) and I feel that I have to do something to get back into shape.
I have been fascinated by martial arts for basically my whole life and my parents enrolled me in Goju-Kai classes when I was about 7. I had to quit when I was 13, because we moved to a small town and there wasn't any dojo's nearby. The years passed by and by the time I got to university, I still wanted todo martial arts/karate. I started doing Goju-ryu and enjoyed that very much, that was untill I started running out of time for training. Sadly, I had to give it up only a year after starting.
Now, 5 years later, I am ready for this! My studies have been done for a couple of years and I spent some time kickstarting my carreer (working like a machine mostly), now I find myself with some free time in the evenings. I instantly knew that i'm going back to some kind of dojo.
I've wanted to do full contact eversince my "travels" started and I narrowed it down to either Muaya-Thai or Kyokushin. I spent a while researching both and decided to go with Kyokushij.
My classes start on Monday!!
Sorry for the long post.
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Post by senshido on Aug 2, 2013 15:38:26 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum and I hope you enjoy your journey in Kyokushin... no need to apologise for long posts :-)
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Post by MMX on Aug 2, 2013 16:00:25 GMT -5
Osu!
Welcome! Glad to have you here. Also there is Ashihara Karate in your hometown there too if Kyokushin does not work out.
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Post by byakuya on Aug 2, 2013 16:46:32 GMT -5
Thanks, I hope I enjoy it too. I will be training under in a good school. The Shihan is president of the South African chapter of Kyokushin-kan.
Thanks, I will keep Ashihara in mind also!
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Post by hokuto12 on Aug 2, 2013 17:26:53 GMT -5
Osu welcome aboard good to have you on.
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dtom
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Post by dtom on Aug 2, 2013 21:03:25 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum my fellow Kyokushin karateka.
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Post by byakuya on Aug 3, 2013 12:34:01 GMT -5
Osu!!
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Post by byakuya on Aug 6, 2013 1:22:46 GMT -5
So, I went to my first Kyokushin class yesterday evening. I enjoyed it a lot, the shihan had me do basics. First thing i noticed was that you can lose a lot of technique in 5 years! I still remember the basics, but little "errors" crept in there along the line. The second thing is I remembered what it felt like to almost have a heart attack! Man, I'm unfit and all my muscles as stiff as boards. (I should have done stretching exercises more often). I'm in a fair amount of pain today (especially my knuckles, doing push ups on your knuckles is no joke), but it's all good.
I'm going back on Wednesday.
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dtom
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Post by dtom on Aug 6, 2013 12:08:48 GMT -5
Good to see you're working hard and will be returning Wednesday.
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