I'm new to GKR, just did my 7th class on Sunday and graded to 9th Kyu on Tuesday last week. I'm so thrilled to have found GKR. I'd always been interested in martial arts but been far too shy to start without the push of someone coming and signing me and my fiance up.

I train in Cheltenham, Victoria on either Tuesday or Wednesday night and have just started going on Sundays as well. It's great exercise and sure beats hitting the treadmill.

I can see myself doing GKR for a long time. It's making me feel really good and I am already finding myself running through that 1st kata in my head while I am lying in bed. I am really looking forward to my first proper grading. B)

Hey Suzie, it's cool to see you're really enjoying GKR. I can't even remember my first few classes, so I don't know if I felt like you did. Oh well, congratulations on your grading.

Do Victorian dojos have a lot of students training at the one time? I'm in Tasmania, and we don't don' usually get over the 20 student mark for each dojo.

hi glad to hear you are having fun with gkr that is what it is all about :thumbwink: well and to learn some stuff to or so my sensei's keep telling me

Thank you for the welcome. :thumbwink:

The two dojo's I have trained in so far have generally had 15 to 25 students training at one time. I believe these dojos were opened fairly recently so they may still be building student numbers up. There is a good mixture of adults and children. The higest belt I have seen in the classes, aside from Sensei's, is 3rd Kyu.

I'm guessing the higher grades have their own training sessions?

Yay, I'm 3rd Kyu! B)

Anyway, I've seen higher grades up to black belt training in normal classes, but usually the higher grades and senseis will train at "Senior Training" classes, where the head sensei of that region will train them.

Those classes are really fun. But not as daunting, scary, and tiring as some senseis tell you they are.

yep i agree the senior classes are great once you get over being there, but the physical side is a bit more intense (i'd say mental side to but i think i should leave that out as i'm none compass in that department ) just keep having fun and don't worry about to much and it will all come together, mmmmmmm one thing everything works off the basics get them ok and you will be ok :thumbgrin:

welcome SusieP

congrats on the first grading im sure you did very well.

keep on training hard
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Hi SuzieP and welcome

Good to see your enjoying your training.

You will find that the more you train the more you will want to and you karate will get better that must faster.

David

:thumbwink: great to see you here Suzie
feel free to chew the fat and rabbit on with the rest of us

Pffft. Speak for yourself. I don't 'rabbit on'.

Oh you do so!!!


Mick

Uh... I so do not.

Thanks for the welcome guys and gals!

I'm aiming for three classes next week so as you can see I've been well and truely bitten by the bug. I even had a dream the other night where this bloke started to get aggressive towards me and I leapt back into short fighting stance.

It so beats going to the gym for an all over body workout because I find I work much harder in karate class. B)

The great thing is you have the solo aspect - you train for yourself and nobody else. You have the social aspect too of mixing with people who have a common interest. And then you have the beer waiting in the fridge afterwards. :thumbwink:

Speaking of which, there is a small group of us who get together occasionally for Biiru Kai. The sessions are rather informal. If anyone's interested...


Mick

dont have to ask me twice......

ok what is biiru kai sionnagh, the old saying you will never know if you don't ask, and i'v no idea what that is but it sounds interesting :thumbwink: and did you mention beer in your post, now that i know about and bourbon that i'm up to speed on to

Yeah, what's biiru kai, and why does it have to take place in another state?

hmmm - good question...should have checked before agreeing. Just sounded a lot like BEER
mind you - it sounds like "uruk-hai" also....you planning on using a horde of minions to usurp power mick?

[/geek mode]

Hi SuzieP, great to see another gal about the place.
See what the boys do? Take over your welcome thread!

Yea, that'd be awesome. Show us the ways of the Uruk-hai! I've always wanted to send evil creatures to destroy my foes.

Well fancy that! Biiru sounds a lot like beer hmmmmm There's a good reason for that....


Mick

Well actually, that's how you pronounce it in Japanese.

us males we would never dream of getting of track . hi suziep see i told you rebecca we are keeping it all together . ok guys before we get lined up against the wall and shot, plse plse plse what is the meaning of the thing in plain english