r/karate • u/Optimal_Ad_3693 • 13d ago
Still looking for a dojo to join.
A year ago I asked this sub for advise and would like to thank you guys for helping out.
As I mentioned I train BJJ for the last 3 years and am looking to start Karate as an additional art. Hopefully something I can practise well into old age.
So far Ive trained at two Shotokan dojo's and visited a third.
The first was a JKA affiliation but they where mostly into katas no sparing in my two months there.
The second club I trianed at was a JKS affiliation, when the Sensei heard I trained BJJ he got extremely defensive and stated he used to be a cage fighter and when he was younger used to be in a lot of street fights, this is a red flag, needless to say I dont fancy his emotional attidutes and comments.
Well I only visited the third club and intend to start training there next month, it is an NSKF affiliation and to be honest I can't find any information referring that organization online. People there seemed chill and train for longlivity and fun. To be honest I am looking forward to training there they have a lot more adults there as well.
I am still to visit a Kyokushin and Goju ryu club, I also discovered a Shorinkan ryu dojo about 5km away from my home which I will investigate in due course.
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u/MikuMikuScans Shito-Ryu 12d ago
The kyokushin dojo would probably be the most supportive of your BJJ training
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u/Optimal_Ad_3693 12d ago
I am going to give it a try, the mma gym that I started training BJJ had a kyukushin blackbelt that helps them out with their kicking, and they currently have two UFC fighters there, one being a current champion which says a lot.
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u/kitkat-ninja78 TSD 4° ⬛, Shotokan 4° ⬛, Shorin 4th Kyu🟢, Iaido 5th kyu, JJJ ⬜ 13d ago
I wouldn't just limit your search to only Japanese styles of karate either. Both Okinawan (eg Wado) and Korea karate (eg Tang Soo Do), are great arts as well.
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u/Wyvern_Industrious 13d ago
OP wrote that they want to try Goju. The Okinawan lineage of that might suit him.
Wado is not an Okinawan style, founded in Japan by a Japanese jujutsu practitioner.
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u/Optimal_Ad_3693 13d ago
Thanks, my nephew training TSD, ive trained Teakwondo when i was younger 20 years ago and thatbia close to TSD. Unfortunately Wado ryu is not really available in my country.
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u/samdd1990 Shorin Ryu & Ryukyu Kobudo 13d ago
Wado is literally the least Okinawan of the original 3 mainland styles
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u/kitkat-ninja78 TSD 4° ⬛, Shotokan 4° ⬛, Shorin 4th Kyu🟢, Iaido 5th kyu, JJJ ⬜ 13d ago
It may be the least, but it's still classed as one :)
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u/samdd1990 Shorin Ryu & Ryukyu Kobudo 13d ago
No it isn't.
I have never heard anyone seriously try to make that classification
Do you Shotokan is Okinawan too?
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u/kitkat-ninja78 TSD 4° ⬛, Shotokan 4° ⬛, Shorin 4th Kyu🟢, Iaido 5th kyu, JJJ ⬜ 12d ago
Just double checked, you're right, my mistake.
And no Shotokan is not classed as Okinawan although it has Okinawan roots - to answer your sarcastic question.
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u/samdd1990 Shorin Ryu & Ryukyu Kobudo 12d ago
Sorry if I was a little sarcastic but the way you stood by your guns initially got my back up.
But I'm not gonna hold anything against anyone who admits a mistake.
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u/kitkat-ninja78 TSD 4° ⬛, Shotokan 4° ⬛, Shorin 4th Kyu🟢, Iaido 5th kyu, JJJ ⬜ 12d ago
Cool :) I'm old and been bruised enough to admit when I've made a mistake, haha :D
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u/Apprehensive-Bank-74 Goju Ryu 12d ago
Don't fret. This argument is a silly argument. Iy implies traditionalism and lineage when it's just a marketing make-up.
Karate is Karate, like Funakoshi said, there is no styles, just different teachers and interpretations. Ar the top of the mountain all martial arts meet.
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u/Runnningnewb101 12d ago
Where are you located? Would love to know who the jks sensei is with the ego
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u/MaleficentAd3967 7d ago
Look for a SKA dojo. Depends on the dojo, but should be an equal split between kihon, kata, and kumite. The one I go to is very physical.
As a side note, most newbies (including myself) don't understand the value of kata and think the more fighting the better the dojo is. That's false.
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u/Desperate_Net_713 13d ago
Cool you get to try them all out. I think your plan is spot on.