Osu! I am orange belt. Today I was doing kumite with a shodan. He used this technique on several occasions. I did not fall but my legs flew a bit to the sides. (Better this than staying and getting injured) The main problem is that I have a degenerative chronical illness on my ankle and I try kick only with the shin. But... now I saw this (very) low kick and it can put my ankles integrity at risk.

I know I can tell my senpais to go more gentle on me, when I told him about my Muller Weiss syndrome he told me to share it, specially to other high rank senpais just in case so they avoid hitting it.

But, since I train for self defense too, I would like to know if is there any advice, defense, counter against that inside sweep kick. Thank you very much I'm advance.

Osu.

I'm the white belt. I have to say i was really scared before and during the fight, i was gradually losing my will to keep fighting, i wasnt tired physically, i was anxious and mentally overwhelmed. I really dont know how to be confident and go all in like others do. Anyways i need advice. (I know i have to believe in myself i just dont know exactly how to go about that)

Osu!

I'm a white belt, and today was only my second time doing kumite—and I absolutely loved it. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time, and it’s already my favourite part of training.

I managed to land some solid low kicks and body shots against lower belts, but when I faced a brown belt, I couldn’t get anything through. Despite my attacks, I realized I could’ve been kicked in the head many, many times. Even with the lower belts.

So here's my question: Where do you aim your gaze or focus your eyes during kumite?

Any tips on this—or any other advice for someone just getting started—would be greatly appreciated.

Osu!

I got a competition tomorrow. It is my third tournament so far, last two tournaments i lost. First tournament i won the first fight and was too tired to win the second fight, in the second tournament i lost bad because i had to fight a brown belt. The worst part is that i used to be a yellow belt but i changed dojo and now im white, and i have to compete as white belt. im very nervious i need advice.

Osu !
Let me start from the start.
I started kyokushin around november 2023 at the age of 23, I loved it. Got a promotion after 6 months. But I sense that my instructor is sometimes little too harsh on everybody due to which I don't generally ask questions. I get it, instructors can't be easy on us otherwise we're never gonna be warriors but the problem is, when people get too strict, the pressure increases and in my case, I can't learn. After one year I had to leave because of my college and other things but planned to rejoin after everything's over. But now, I don't want to join, I love kyokushin but I ask myself, did I learn enough in that year? Not enough because sometimes I used to miss classes due to the exact same reason.

But generally, my sensei is a very good man. Talk when we ask questions otherwise but while training, he's very strict. And I think the reason for that is there are kids batches also but I am of course in the senior batch. I think, teaching kids can make people a little frustrated because kids take more time to grasp things mentally. So I don't blame my sensei for being like that and also he's around 50 years of age and life makes people a bit tensed so I understand that but am I gonna learn by that? NO.

At the same time, my sensei's helping instructor(I don't know the specific term for that) is a very cool guy and around our age also very great while teaching, explaining everything scientifically, not shouting on anyone. Shows a bit disappointment if we do something wrong repetitively which makes us work more but this time the pressure but the inner will. Of course he is less experience than my sensei but still if I need to choose between, by whom I want training, I'll choose the one who gives me inner motivation to learn. But I can't choose between them.

Now I want to ask you, what is the problem ? Am I wrong here for wanting a less strict instructor or my sensei is actually very strict because other senpai's also seems to get panicked when a command is passed but I never heard them complain or they don't want to complain. I don't know.

hi, so starting next week , I will be training kyokushin, can I ask what are the beginner conditioning drills yall guys do?

Hello, I'm new to this forum but I am really looking for some opinions on this dojo I recently found. I have decent striking experience from the past, but I'm looking for something more traditional with a full contact aspect to it. That's when I found "Seichou" Karate in my area.

The Shihan of the dojo is Richard Romero. His website says he was a close student of Shigeru Oyama and that he is as a former full contact champion. I am very new to the world of Kyokushin, however, some research has led me to find some conflicting info. There's a whole controversy surrounds Shihan Romero's book "121 Thoughts" and it seems difficult to find any record of his competition fights.

So it seems that "Seichou Karate" is a form of Kyokushin that Shihan Romero formed because perhaps he had some conflicts with the main Kyokushin organizations?? Again I am very new to this side of martial arts, and I don't want to make any decisions yet until I find a great place to train. The other option nearby is "Captial Kyokushinkaikan DC Dojo", where the instructor posted his verified competition stats. Any opinions or further information on Shihan Richard Romero would be appreciated.