have you learned how to roundhouse yet?

you probably learn that in the first week T_T.
if you learn how to do the pressure point KO or the fierce monkey strike or even the first strike/mach punch, then you will be amazing in combat.
i only know how to do the pressure point KO on occasion, but I only use it when I need too.

Wow, I've taken Karate, it's awesome.... your dad is smart. Most people I know (half of my karate class), would go and take classes because they think that it would becool to own someone using karate. If you are doing it for a certain purpose then you will definately learn more.

Good luck with that, the first couple of days all we did was actually learn all the stretches, and the Kihon... I remember I cried... <_<

Anyway, let me know how it goes, I was only able to take karate for two years, but I like to practice Kihon and the Kata once in a while.

I took karate for a while, and I kinda liked it, but then our instructer broke his arm falling off his roof, so it ended pretty quickly after that. <_<
I had a lot of trouble making a correct fist for punching. I kept tucking my thumb inside my curled fingers. So the insrcuter bit my thumb to help me remember.
So I filled his clothes with tishues. >
But come on, cut me a break. I was only six.

Wow old blog lol. Well the class ends soon. I spared and won most of them. I also really learned alot. I learned the infamous Roundhose kick which is really hard to pull off correctly. I also learned various Kata's and Japanese vocab. I feel that it really improved my overall atletisim and I got alot out of it.