Hanchi Judan Nakazato is the only 10th Dan in the world.  That basically what his title stands for.  Hanchi meaning 8th Dan or higher, and Judan, specifying his rank(Ju being ten, Dan being his rank)  Right now the man is over 70 years old.  He is the only man who has received awards from the emperor of Japan for his dedication to the art of Karate-Do and has huge recognition in dojos all over the world(Dojo being training area).  A feat like this is incredible, is it not?  Its what all martial artists aspire to.  If you take a black belt certificate to any dojo of any type of martial art, you will be recognized.  Thats how high his name is.  To be like that is a dream.  Karate is way more than just come, train, take your black belt, and leave.  Its a lifelong commitment.  Its like marriage except this can be started at any age.  And there are other highly respected names in other parts of the world.  Kyoshi Nabil Noujaim is the only 7th Dan in the California region.  He has travelled around the world to different dojos to instruct and goes to Okinawa, Japan at least twice a year to train under Hanchi Judan Nakazato.  He has dedicated his life to this thing that we all have seen.  It is truly a phenomenom to spend 30, 40, 50, even 60 years faithful to the Shorin-Ryu system.

Now I know I am gettin a little boring.  Just rambling on about random Karate facts trying to get people to understand it better.  And hopefully its working.  So now if I have opened your eyes about Karate with this one bulliten blog thing, I probably am done.  So yeah.  Karate is way more than just yelling at each other and throwing awesome looking kicks and punches at each other.  I hope this wasn't a complete waste of time and I hope some of you that read this actually get to start in the Shorin-Ryu / Shorin-Kan system.  Oh and by the way, those words are pronounced sho - rin - ru / sho - rin - kan.  Pretty simple.  See ya later.

Boxing

Boxing who hasn't heard of it?
It's a really effective martial art and the basics aren't too hard.
The only downside is you need force to be able to use it effectively.
Since a attacker won't get scared from little, cute punches
If you live in Mexico go for this art since Mexico is a really good place to learn boxing.

Those clips are from a real competition you won't have to participate in those but if you like you can.

Muay thai

As the name suggests this art's orgin is found in Thailand
Muay thai also known as thai boxing.
It involves striking, kicking, kneeing and elbow strikes.
I will tell you a story about muay thai since it is a story and I haven't witnessed it myself I can't be sure if it's true.
A long time ago king was kept prisoner. If he could beat the country's srongest warrior he was free to go.
The king won that fight with muay boran(old muay thai), muay thai is a safer version of muay boran.
In muay boran you could use headbutts as well.
But you better not try headbutting someone it might cause brain damage.
You shouldn't use the high kicks in self defence either, since it might bring you of balance if that happens you might fall and that's something you don't want to do.

Jiu jitsu

Jiu jitsu a martial art with its orgin in Japan.
It involves: strinking, kicking, throwing, grappling and joint locks.
Its an effective martial art because it involves all things you do while fighting.
You can defend yourself both standing and on the ground.
The Brazillian variant of jiu jistu(Brazillian jiu jitsu) is almost pure grappling, I don't really like it for self defence because the ground is the latest place you want to be while fighting on the streets especially when you fight multiple opponents.
A good thing is you won't require much power to make joint locks.

Krav maga

A self defence system used by the Isreali military.
Its based on self defence you can kick someone in the nuts, attack their eyes and things like that.
A great part is that nothing is forbidden(of course you can't kill or injure your training partner).
Just like on the streets there are no rules which is great.

Philippine martial arts

This are martial arts like eskrima and kali.
Phileppino martial arts use sticks knifes and bare hands, So if you dont have any weapons or don't have the time to take them out(the weapons).
You can still use your hands.


I still have some tips so keep reading for the tips.
-You rather want a good teacher than a good martial art.
-In a self defence situation running away is always the best solution, you won't be a coward if you run away you just outsmart the persons attacking you.
-Enjoy it, there is a chance you never have to use your martial art in a self defence situation.
-If you dont like the outfits they wear in the videos you should still join since the training outfits are different.
-If you want to know if your gym/dojo/dojang is good look if they are part of some organisation like the country's boxing federation.
-If you want to take up more than 1 martial art there is no one stopping you from doing so!

Second, bend your knees and turn about 70 degrees to the left or right so that you are partly facing sideways, put your left/right foot forward and bend it to left/right. Then bend your other foot about 30 degrees. Raise both of your arms up close to your head for blocking, and put the arm that you will be punching with a little more forward.

Finally, before you are about to punch turn your fist upside-down and move it back so that your arm is behind you and your fist is right next to your side. Then move your fist directly out in a straight motion as fast as you can. Turn your foot that was behind forward so that you extend your reach. Turn your fist right side up as you are punching so there is a twisting motion at the end.

1. Set your self a goal and leave it aside for now.
2. Think of what Subject you want to be smart in.
3. Do a 5-page assay on it to get your mind into it If you can't be bothered then you won't get very smart very quick.
4. Now that you have done an assay on it you should practice in it eg. If you what Smart in maths do maths
5. You should do this for about 3 months and Walla, no need for those 12 years in School but it would be good for you to go in those 12 years of school.

How to Learn Martial Arts

1. First I think you should check you area for any martial arts clubs eg. Karate judo Clubs.
2. Then if there is no clubs listen to me (I'm a black belt) First start with a basic kick In the air and repeat until you can kick you about you height minus 30cm. 2 weeks plus to master.
3. Now on to a punch slowly punch in air 25 times for warming your muscles up then start on a punching bag if you have no punching bag I suggest you bring a lot of news paper 5 pillow cases then put each pillow cases in each other to make a strong bag the put about 10kg of wet news paper then live it out to dry after all that you can tie it up and punch on it for 2 week to master a punch.
4. So you now know how to punch and kick fantastically now on to something hard you must kick the punching bag until it moves at least 50cm-1.5m then punch it till it goes 30cm-1m. Then try moves like flips, dodging things and don't try what you see in the movies half the time it impossible to do.
5. But heres the bit where your going to need to practice for months doing things like uppercuts, low kicks, high kicks and more and the punching bag will help you help you a lot. When you have mastered all of these things I wouldn't say you're a black belt but you're on your way and you should really try to find a dojo (karate club). If you finally found a dojo to train in that's great if not scroll down and read some more.
6. This is where most people get tired after about 3-4 months of martial arts but if your determined enough you'll keep reading ok this is simple and can get tricky put 1 foot up and the other on the ground and balance for as long as you can (try timing yourself) then record your time until after about 1-2 months your time should be from 20 to 60 seconds. If you get more I recommend swapping feet LOL.
7. The near end of your training all you have to do know is to find a club or dojo if you can't then just read more articles on the internet or from books.