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Karate is a type of a martial art technique that was mainly developed from the synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan, a fighting method and a type of a Chinese method. You can learn karate in a karate school or training centre, which is located in your locality. Karate is an aggressive way of self-defence and attack. People generally learn karate for self-defence. There are many dojos that teach karate. However you can also learn karate on your own. You can learn them by buying books on the topic. You can also learn them over the Internet, where you can download video clips of various instructions, with proper instructions given by the instructor. Also while training one should make sure to take care of the body…physical fitness is of utmost important.
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Do you want a doctor to do surgery to you that learn from a medical book? Why would you trust your life to some idiot you learned from a book?
Not only check their credentials, but follow it back to their instructors, etc. What good is it to be taught by a guy who learned from an instructor who learned by a book! The blind leading the blind! I would invite all book learned instructors to visit my facility.
You can only learn karate from an accredited school. Check the issuing association also. One can not learn karate from video's or books or charts...one must learn from an instructor. The find nuances of the tech. And execution are not learned except with someone there to guide you and correct you.
NOTE: There are not 25, 30, 35, 40 year old 9th/10th degrees. It take years within each rank to get there. Most are in their 60's. Like fine wine...the karateka must age and that just take time.
BEWARE: The "I've studied karate here for year, there for year.. They couldn't teach me anything further so I incorporated my street fighting ability and those lessons..." And he now wears a black belt.
The first time he is in an actual bar fight and gets his butt kick... The word now hits the street that karate isn't anything...saw this dude get stomped. That's right those guys give karate a bad image and name.
Go to a karate tournament and you will be able to see which schools produce quality students. A tournament that has judges and referees in white shirts, red ties, grey slacks, blue blazer... Professional judges and not those pulled out of the audience prior to the competition. Some associations meets to see are: AAU, International Shotokan Karate Federation, and USA National Karate-Do Federation will help you see the difference between traditional and mixed martial arts.
Not only check their credentials, but follow it back to their instructors, etc. What good is it to be taught by a guy who learned from an instructor who learned by a book! The blind leading the blind! I would invite all book learned instructors to visit my facility.
You can only learn karate from an accredited school. Check the issuing association also. One can not learn karate from video's or books or charts...one must learn from an instructor. The find nuances of the tech. And execution are not learned except with someone there to guide you and correct you.
NOTE: There are not 25, 30, 35, 40 year old 9th/10th degrees. It take years within each rank to get there. Most are in their 60's. Like fine wine...the karateka must age and that just take time.
BEWARE: The "I've studied karate here for year, there for year.. They couldn't teach me anything further so I incorporated my street fighting ability and those lessons..." And he now wears a black belt.
The first time he is in an actual bar fight and gets his butt kick... The word now hits the street that karate isn't anything...saw this dude get stomped. That's right those guys give karate a bad image and name.
Go to a karate tournament and you will be able to see which schools produce quality students. A tournament that has judges and referees in white shirts, red ties, grey slacks, blue blazer... Professional judges and not those pulled out of the audience prior to the competition. Some associations meets to see are: AAU, International Shotokan Karate Federation, and USA National Karate-Do Federation will help you see the difference between traditional and mixed martial arts.
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Thank you for that concise and slightly venomous response. I wouldn't trust completely someone obviously as angry as that. However, I would agree in the sense that you may not be able to perfect the art without some sort of guidance from an experienced teacher, but to say you cannot learn something and learn it well from a book is sheer fallacy. If you can't learn it from a book, why would a teacher make the book in the first place. Obviously there are differing opinions on the matter. Even the student of medicine learns from a book. It logically follows that he seeks the advice of his instructors to fine tune his craft.
The book is where we find standardized and consistent information from which to build upon and perfect the art. Imagine if doctors passed on their skills by word of mouth the way we expect martial arts teachers to do, this is the mystical and kung-fu-ey way. We could end up with all sorts of variations in medical practice that deviate from an expected standard. Some would be good, others would be bad.
Certainly talent comes into play at some point, if you have the knack for it you'll learn from a book easily whereas others may need more personal instruction.
I know of Kung-Fu students who learn mostly on their own and visit their instructors once a month for "fine-tuning" sessions, and they do quite well. I've learned quite a bit of Kung-Fu from videos and books, much of it I've found online. Learning the forms is simply a practice of copying the movements of the teacher...THAT you can do from a video. Video tape yourself doing the forms and compare to the original to make adjustments. Then seek an experienced martial artist to help you fine tune your art. The seasoned professional will be able to see things that you miss.
One word about accredited teachers and schools. Accreditation is good, and I'm sure it helps to standardize the art like a book does, but it doesn't necessarily make you any good. If you're going to learn from a teacher you have to observe his class and test him to make sure that he can teach you good martial arts technique. You'll likely know it when you see it.
Here is an article I found from another experienced teacher sharing his opinion about the subject: http://ejmas.com/pt/2006pt/ptart_taylor_0406.html
The book is where we find standardized and consistent information from which to build upon and perfect the art. Imagine if doctors passed on their skills by word of mouth the way we expect martial arts teachers to do, this is the mystical and kung-fu-ey way. We could end up with all sorts of variations in medical practice that deviate from an expected standard. Some would be good, others would be bad.
Certainly talent comes into play at some point, if you have the knack for it you'll learn from a book easily whereas others may need more personal instruction.
I know of Kung-Fu students who learn mostly on their own and visit their instructors once a month for "fine-tuning" sessions, and they do quite well. I've learned quite a bit of Kung-Fu from videos and books, much of it I've found online. Learning the forms is simply a practice of copying the movements of the teacher...THAT you can do from a video. Video tape yourself doing the forms and compare to the original to make adjustments. Then seek an experienced martial artist to help you fine tune your art. The seasoned professional will be able to see things that you miss.
One word about accredited teachers and schools. Accreditation is good, and I'm sure it helps to standardize the art like a book does, but it doesn't necessarily make you any good. If you're going to learn from a teacher you have to observe his class and test him to make sure that he can teach you good martial arts technique. You'll likely know it when you see it.
Here is an article I found from another experienced teacher sharing his opinion about the subject: http://ejmas.com/pt/2006pt/ptart_taylor_0406.html
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