Hi all! 
I'm new here and thought I'd say hey. My name is Simon from Australia, my background is primarily in two martial arts, many years ago I trained about 2.5 years in Go Kan Ryu karate, took an extended break not planning to go back, then really was keen to start training in a different style.
I trained in Kyokushin Karate (under Shihancho Gary Viccars' branch) for about 7-8 years, attained 4th Kyu (definitely took my time ), and after much time and reflection found myself losing interest in Kyokushin. There was definitely a shift within myself, and I felt I could no longer do that style of training. I'd always pushed myself too hard in life and really put too much pressure on myself, and just in general haven't been very kind to myself. And Kyokushin has a real emphasis on pushing yourself to absolute extremes and incredibly hard training. A very 'yang' approach. I am very grateful and I have learned a tremendous amount about myself in Kyokushin, but definitely feel it's time to move on.
So it made total sense that my interest in Kyokushin dwindled, as I felt I could no longer do that to myself. And midway through last year I was quite unwell (and still am) with a severe pelvic condition (pelvic floor tension myalgia), which is just the muscles in the pelvis being too tight, which was FURTHER feedback that I was far too hard on myself, and I had a pattern of overtension.
I left Kyokushin at the end of 2016 and took a year off in 2017, just doing my own home training, which I highly recommend, it was a great learning experience.
And after much reflection last year, I still am super keen to train again in a different style. I'm definitely leaving behind an old way of living, so I've been looking around in my area for different styles, I'm still very much interested in karate, but also been looking at other styles like taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, so I'm thinking I might do an experiment period of trialling a different martial art for a month and seeing what clicks. It's usually the instructor to click with rather than the style, so it'll be interesting! Pretty sure I'm leaning towards a karate style though hehe. And I definiterly have more of an interest/inclination to the spiritual side of martial arts, so we'll see what happens.
I used to post a little on Kyokushin4Life but I don't that's operating anymore.
Anyways, am looking forward to posting and learning. And also looking forward to connecting with others and talking to others about martial arts
Cheers!
Simon
I'm new here and thought I'd say hey. My name is Simon from Australia, my background is primarily in two martial arts, many years ago I trained about 2.5 years in Go Kan Ryu karate, took an extended break not planning to go back, then really was keen to start training in a different style.I trained in Kyokushin Karate (under Shihancho Gary Viccars' branch) for about 7-8 years, attained 4th Kyu (definitely took my time
), and after much time and reflection found myself losing interest in Kyokushin. There was definitely a shift within myself, and I felt I could no longer do that style of training. I'd always pushed myself too hard in life and really put too much pressure on myself, and just in general haven't been very kind to myself. And Kyokushin has a real emphasis on pushing yourself to absolute extremes and incredibly hard training. A very 'yang' approach. I am very grateful and I have learned a tremendous amount about myself in Kyokushin, but definitely feel it's time to move on.So it made total sense that my interest in Kyokushin dwindled, as I felt I could no longer do that to myself. And midway through last year I was quite unwell (and still am) with a severe pelvic condition (pelvic floor tension myalgia), which is just the muscles in the pelvis being too tight, which was FURTHER feedback that I was far too hard on myself, and I had a pattern of overtension.
I left Kyokushin at the end of 2016 and took a year off in 2017, just doing my own home training, which I highly recommend, it was a great learning experience.
And after much reflection last year, I still am super keen to train again in a different style. I'm definitely leaving behind an old way of living, so I've been looking around in my area for different styles, I'm still very much interested in karate, but also been looking at other styles like taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, so I'm thinking I might do an experiment period of trialling a different martial art for a month and seeing what clicks. It's usually the instructor to click with rather than the style, so it'll be interesting! Pretty sure I'm leaning towards a karate style though hehe. And I definiterly have more of an interest/inclination to the spiritual side of martial arts, so we'll see what happens.
I used to post a little on Kyokushin4Life but I don't that's operating anymore.
Anyways, am looking forward to posting and learning. And also looking forward to connecting with others and talking to others about martial arts
Cheers!
Simon
