shotokan karate

Hi, I was wondering if anyone would understand what a true black belt truly means, because I've been feeling so much pressure as a Shōdan black belt in my Shōtōkan Karate dojo, and I feel so alone in my role, despite there being another older black belt student in class. I am a 16-year-old...

Was learning a shotokan move today. I believe it was called gedan makikomi (please forgive me if I didn't spell that correctly) basically a counter to a front kick. I looked online to see it done on video or to see if anyone was talking about it. It seemed like it doesn't exist, which is weird...

Hey there, My club joined a new association just over 2 years ago. That move was a mistake. We understood there would be some teething problems but more recently the issues are worse than ever. I understand they lost a couple of key members on their leadership team. I am looking for...

I have recently been looking into joining Shotokan Karate and I have previous experience with Shito Ryu Karate. However, what are the differences between styles of Karate? Do they have different strikes, techiniques, grading systems?

This was a vid of ..... shoot... 2009... so it was many years ago when I just got my purple belt... I think if I remember correctly haha.... but yea fought this dude, who informed me that he had already over 20 cage fights (mma).... I think I've gotten better since then, especially with the...