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Tonnerre1805

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Hello,

I'm fairly new to this community.
I made an account primarily to find reviews on school/instructors in/around Toronto, Canada.

A bit about my background;

The main martial art that i've practiced throughout my 30.5 years of living is Shotokan Karate.
I started when I was 15 (for the traditional reason of "defending ones self against bullies").

That ideology eventually morphed into a hybrid of "understanding ones self" and "understanding/appreciating culture".
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I've spent some time dabbling in other martial arts (never dedicated any "serious" time as I did with Karate).
I tried my hand (and body ;) ) at, Boxing, BJJ, a Judo class here or there, and Systema (that Russian art).

I like boxing quite a lot as it feels "natural" and there's quite a bit of power from the style of punch/twist of body.... (not saying there no power from other arts' punches).

(I once was curious in joining a Hapkido school and the owner of that school demonstrated to me how a shotokan karate punch has no power in relation to a Hapkido style punch....) - I just found it odd he was trying to convince me...it was a bizzare experience, almost "sales" like.

Anyways, that's me.

Thank you for reading and allowing me to join this community.
 

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Welcome aboard! This is a great site to share and gain much insight. Enjoy!!
 

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Welcome to MartialTalk, Tonnerre1805. Hope you enjoy it.

I've always liked Shotokan. And, I, too, have experienced the "here's why ours is great, yours sucks" dojo owner. I didn't know that still happened in today's world.
 

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Hello,

I'm fairly new to this community.
I made an account primarily to find reviews on school/instructors in/around Toronto, Canada.

A bit about my background;

The main martial art that i've practiced throughout my 30.5 years of living is Shotokan Karate.
I started when I was 15 (for the traditional reason of "defending ones self against bullies").

That ideology eventually morphed into a hybrid of "understanding ones self" and "understanding/appreciating culture".
___
I've spent some time dabbling in other martial arts (never dedicated any "serious" time as I did with Karate).
I tried my hand (and body ;) ) at, Boxing, BJJ, a Judo class here or there, and Systema (that Russian art).

I like boxing quite a lot as it feels "natural" and there's quite a bit of power from the style of punch/twist of body.... (not saying there no power from other arts' punches).

(I once was curious in joining a Hapkido school and the owner of that school demonstrated to me how a shotokan karate punch has no power in relation to a Hapkido style punch....) - I just found it odd he was trying to convince me...it was a bizzare experience, almost "sales" like.

Anyways, that's me.

Thank you for reading and allowing me to join this community.

Welcome to MT. Looking forward to you input.

I am curious about the Hapkido teacher who told you a Hapkido punch had more power than a Shotokan karate punch. Did he demonstrate that to your satisfaction? I would have thought that was more to the individual learning correctly, based on good instruction.
 

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