for cheungy

[Shari]

   Alex,
 i know you are off to uni in the summer, when are you planning to try for your nidan   Feb or June

[Dave J]

Alex , it seems to me that your main dilemma is between empi and jitte.Personally I did jitte in my nidan grading but you should be able to do empi at least good enough to see you through the grading also.

My advice is to work on both for a few weeks and then decide which you think is best.The emphasis on your training should be on your kihon ( We know you da man at kumite!  ) as this is where the hard work should be done...simply put , if your basics are strong the rest will fall into place.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that making a fancy show of the kata and kumite will see you through, strong spirit & good kihon are much more important...get this right and the grading is a formality.   

Hangetsu is the kata which is most difficult of the 3 interms of being able to demonstrate that you actually know what it is about. Hangetsu has been put into the wrong stage of the syllabus at nidan IMHO.( Should be higher )

'Nuff advice - just train like crazy !

[siwan]

Alex- As you are asking people s opinions-mine is- don't do Hangetsu.

(shari-  tracy did Enpi-I know that for certain, and I think Tom did it as well)

[Shari]

most of seki seem to do Jitte, canada tom did enpi and so did tracy from amlwch.  dave and i did jitte when we took our nidan.

shari


 siw said
(shari-  tracy did Enpi-I know that for certain, and I think Tom did it as well)

 yep

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

ok, i am trying to improve my kihon as well, i think i got the sylibus in my head, just see hwo it goes tomo

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

enpi it is

[JimmyTheHoover]

So how did you come to a decision then Alex ?

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

moley lol

seki ryu zan, please pimp my kata

[JimmyTheHoover]

Cool 

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

gwyn said there is loada polishing i need to do, but then again, i only know how to do it, you still wants the video?

[JimmyTheHoover]

Yeah - go for it - there's "allways" loads of polishing that can be done

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

that is true, have you seen how shiny my fiesta was, that was something you can polish anymore before the paint strips off lol

[Andyeilio]

that is true, have you seen how shiny my fiesta was, that was something you can polish anymore before the paint strips off lol

He's on about the car...he's always on about the car........ hey Alex, if you spent 10% of your "car" time on your bike instead, imagine how pimped that would be........Im thinking lawn mower engine......sunroof....... then you'd be able to keep up 

[Hong Kong Cheungy]

my car can smoke yours boy, wait until after uni and you will see what car i will drive, my bike is more pimp then most bikes

[JimmyTheHoover]

...is it still pimped when you're not riding it Alex ?