Learning new Martial Arts styles 1: Okinawan Karate Do

[el_dorado_guru]

So Sasha and I have been looking for something fun to do together so he has been looking into local Karate schools to take classes. We both have Martial Arts experience. I was in Tae Kwon Do for 7 years and well he's been a Sambo (Russian submission wrestling) and Muay Thai (Kickboxing) fighter for 20 or more years. Sasha always told me how Tae Kwon Do is pretty useless in a fight.... I don't think he'll be saying that anymore after we saw Okinawan Karate Do. While Tae Kwon Do is a South Korean kicking style, Okinawan Karate Do is a Japanese open hand fighting style (Originating from the fishing villages of Okinawa), much of it focuses on open hand strikes and blocks while having a sturdy footing. It's kinda cool looking and has graceful and quick movements but it was funny to see the Sensei telling Sasha how these moves would work in a fight and I know he wanted to say something like. "I'd like to see you try to block on of my punches little lady, I will break you." But we agreed to go in there with the open mind of a good student. We didn't want to mention just how much experience we had in other styles because it's not important, we were here to start from scratch and learn a new style. I know Sasha hated students that he had taught who would come into a kickboxing class for a week and think they were ready for a real kickboxing match.

We did pretty well for our first day. We probably would have continued there if the price weren't $110.00 a month per person. The Sensei seems like a really good teacher and she knows her stuff. So if you want to check out a good Traditional Okinawan Karate Do Dojo and willing to pay that price for adults then maybeThe Stow Martial Arts Center in Stow, MA is for you. They seem to cater a lot to children as well; they had a ample supply of toys and Legos.

Okinawan Karate Do Master:


We'll probably be looking into other schools next week.