twendkata71
Black Belt
The founder of this Gokan ryu only claims a 7th dan in karate do. I have never seen any of these stylist in the US so I cannot say weither or not if they are any good.
I have been with gkr for 6yrs now and they havent asked me to open my own club yet so i dont know where you got that idea from. I am a 3rd kyu,yes they knock on doors I done it for a while, but you also get some good training aswell.Our manager is a good instructor.so where ever you get your information from tell them to get their facts right before they put it on here.
chinto
Senior Master
Never heard of it? is it a japanese style perhaps? it is not as far as I know an Okinawan style..... as to its origens or any thing else..no clue as I have never heard of it!
Interesting subject people, what a pity you guys spoil it by writing rubbish, its plainly obvious you know nothing of this style, which is a shame because i thought id joined a decent forum.
Ive looked into this club, and although its definatley not the best out there, there is far worse, that said some of its practices are not something i agree with, but its far from crap or rubbish that has been spouted, it is what it is, first and foremost a buisness.
If your going to rubbish something at least get your facts right, eh.
Ive looked into this club, and although its definatley not the best out there, there is far worse, that said some of its practices are not something i agree with, but its far from crap or rubbish that has been spouted, it is what it is, first and foremost a buisness.
If your going to rubbish something at least get your facts right, eh.
you guys have it totally wrong Go-Kan-Ryu maybe a business but its not as rubbish as you make it out to be and they don't teach unsu at such a low level not until your in the dan grades as for telling students to open a new club...thats bollocks in some areas the karate taught isn't as good as other places but i assure you that overall the karate taught is not crap, if it was crap why do we do so well at the NAS? GKR always do well everytime as for people asking if they seen him in action...i'll give you a link to a video of him sparring at the last GKR world cup
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=11217106
its sad to see how so many people believe the crap they hear...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=11217106
its sad to see how so many people believe the crap they hear...
OK folks I know absolutly nothing about this style/sytem so how about someone init telling me a lot more about it
as you wish...
it all depends on what area you are in as the standard of karate is better in some than in others due to the fact that its always expanding and more dojos are being set up. before you grade you have to do a minimum number of classes and a minimum amount of time for example I'm a red belt and have to do at least 50 classes and have 6 months training as a red belt before being looked at for grading generally the minimum amount of time someone can grade to black is around 4 years and that shodan-ho which is a provisional black belt you have to stay that grade a minimum of 1 year before getting shodan, a class itself will consist of a basic warm up and stretch maybe going through all the basics and a little bit of kata which is a mixture of shotokan kata and goju kata, after that maybe a little bit of kumite drills and free sparring, occasionally we will do self defence jus basic grabs and some knife defence. a class stucture will change depending on the sensei at class the other night we had a class purely for kata, went through all the kata up to black belt then looked at the bunkai in detail, people will most likely complain about the senseis as not all of them are black belts...which is one of the things I myself disagree with but isn't such a big deal as you can still get a good night training, if a kyu grade wants to become a sensei then they have to go on a course which lasts about 6 months and they get intense training from the regional manager where they learn how to teach all the basics and advanced techniques and how to run a class after becoming a sensei they will still have to attend senior training at least once a week with the regional instructor there are classes taught by proper blacks belts though on thursdays I train in a class with 4 black belts 3 of them being a sensei...hope this helps you...
Hi all,
Most of you guys are being really moronic over such a tiny issue. Go to www.gkrkarate.com and do some research. The GKR thing isn't that big a problem, unless we let it become one. I heard from a guy on martial arts planet that sullivan is a Sichidan and he's a really good fighter. Certain GKR Dojos in Australia are fairly good schools, but most of them are crap. People need to discover the facts for themselves. They do block the Grading Kata (red belt MUST do Bassai Dai ect) but thats about it. The thing of them giving orange belts black and white teaching belts is not on. GKR in Europe specially in the UK is just stuffed up, and almost as bad in America.
Most of you guys are being really moronic over such a tiny issue. Go to www.gkrkarate.com and do some research. The GKR thing isn't that big a problem, unless we let it become one. I heard from a guy on martial arts planet that sullivan is a Sichidan and he's a really good fighter. Certain GKR Dojos in Australia are fairly good schools, but most of them are crap. People need to discover the facts for themselves. They do block the Grading Kata (red belt MUST do Bassai Dai ect) but thats about it. The thing of them giving orange belts black and white teaching belts is not on. GKR in Europe specially in the UK is just stuffed up, and almost as bad in America.
Personally I am very weary of any organization that travels from door to door and recruits/sells things.
This goes for religions, vacuum sales and (especially) martial arts.
Just my .02 on the side.
This goes for religions, vacuum sales and (especially) martial arts.
Just my .02 on the side.
Cirdan
Senior Master
Yeah, if you ever buy something you end up with something that looks nice but under the surface is pure crap and in the end you waste a lot of time and loose money.
Where can i get one of those robotic arms with boxing gloves that punch out of the wall when a salesman rings the doorbell?
Yeah, if you ever buy something you end up with something that looks nice but under the surface is pure crap and in the end you waste a lot of time and loose money.
Where can i get one of those robotic arms with boxing gloves that punch out of the wall when a salesman rings the doorbell?
I have a big German Shepherd dog instead lol!
Babygirl, where do you train? perhaps I could come and see for myself?
Yeah, if you ever buy something you end up with something that looks nice but under the surface is pure crap and in the end you waste a lot of time and loose money.
Where can i get one of those robotic arms with boxing gloves that punch out of the wall when a salesman rings the doorbell?
well i dunno about you guys in europe but the SDC (thats the door-to -door people " Self Defence Consultants") is an actual Black belt and walks around wearing it (or at least the one who came wanting me to join them) my mother told them i already do karate but good old mum catered to mum interest in other styles and sent me to the door. i was then told there was no point in getting consulted because of my experiance and just gave me a card (the person did however explain to me the workings of the internet which i was not happy adout)
Cirdan
Senior Master
These guys actually walk door to door wearing their gi and belt? :lfao:
Suddenly Jehova`s Witnesses doesn`t seem so bad.
okashiibudo
White Belt
Enough hearsay, folks. I say, if you want to know about GKR, go check out a GKR club. If not, then you're just blowing bubbles.
There are 2 GKR clubs in the US that I know of, and both of them are located here in Houston. One of them is just down the road from me, so I stopped in on my way home from work one day and had a look.
I was the only adult in the class, aside from the instructor (I don't know how it is in Australia or the UK, but here in the States karate is often seen as a babysitting endeavor, so you'll see a lot of kids in the classes. I mean any karate, not just GKR).
Anyway, it was a basic class, the kind you'd see in any dojo anywhere. Warm-up, basic strikes, blocks and kicks, and then walk-through instruction on beginner-level kata. There was a rudimentary form of sparring, but nothing serious, and the sparring part was only a few minutes at the end of the class.
For my money, it was as good a karate class as any other. The instructor was down to earth, not puffing himself up or anything, and he was not a yellow or orange belt in an "instructor's belt" - I didn't see anything like that.
I also haven't seen them going door-to-door here. Then again, very few people go door-to-door in my neighborhood.
Just my two cents. I wanted to check it out before I said anything about it, and I was surprised as I didn't see any of the things I've been reading about them on forums like this one.
Respectfully,
okashii budo
There are 2 GKR clubs in the US that I know of, and both of them are located here in Houston. One of them is just down the road from me, so I stopped in on my way home from work one day and had a look.
I was the only adult in the class, aside from the instructor (I don't know how it is in Australia or the UK, but here in the States karate is often seen as a babysitting endeavor, so you'll see a lot of kids in the classes. I mean any karate, not just GKR).
Anyway, it was a basic class, the kind you'd see in any dojo anywhere. Warm-up, basic strikes, blocks and kicks, and then walk-through instruction on beginner-level kata. There was a rudimentary form of sparring, but nothing serious, and the sparring part was only a few minutes at the end of the class.
For my money, it was as good a karate class as any other. The instructor was down to earth, not puffing himself up or anything, and he was not a yellow or orange belt in an "instructor's belt" - I didn't see anything like that.
I also haven't seen them going door-to-door here. Then again, very few people go door-to-door in my neighborhood.
Just my two cents. I wanted to check it out before I said anything about it, and I was surprised as I didn't see any of the things I've been reading about them on forums like this one.
Respectfully,
okashii budo
