How/what is GKR karate?

[ShotoKarate]

Someone back in the pages said that GKR is a highly respected style!!!!

 

Only in GKR CIRCLES I'm afraid ..... everyone else sees GKR as mixture of humour pity and anger. Read the other posts for details.

 

Don't know whether this has been said but Go Kan in Japanese can mean rapist.

[Carcass]

Don't know whether this has been said but Go Kan in Japanese can mean rapist.

That would be Goukan (long 'o') 強姦　meaning violation or rape. Most people would find this quite appropriate for GKR, mainly to do with their wallets.

 

I'm assuming that they use 五感　（Gokan, short 'o') meaning 'five senses.'

 

And Farhad, you do enough self-promotion without me having to do it for you

[chefkicker]

That would be Goukan (long 'o') 強姦　meaning violation or rape. Most people would find this quite appropriate for GKR, mainly to do with their wallets.

 

I'm assuming that they use 五感　（Gokan, short 'o') meaning 'five senses.'

 

And Farhad, you do enough self-promotion without me having to do it for you

 

Carcass,

come and try out an AFK class for yourself and see what its all about. Then you can promote it all you want

[lj22]

Hi everyone,

 

I think i am the only one who can comment on this subject. i first started wado ryu karate i trained for almost 5 years. due to travel i had to change styles. i then trained for 3 years in shodokan. and 2 years in hapkido. due to my job i had to move agian and started with GKR i have been training with them for 4 years.

Its a hard one it sounds pushy to go door to door (by the way i dont) but so many students would never have joined if they never did in 4 years i have never know anyone to come off the street and teach. when i trained in wado ryu and shodokan both times i had been asked if i minded standing out the front of the class as a sempai not sensei just so the new students had someone to watch if the sensei was busy with other students.

in gkr the dont get students to do that instead if someone has been training for a few years they can do a 10 week course to learn how to help in a class but if they do that they have to also train extra and go to a senior class everyweek.

every stye has its good points and bad points in the clubs i have been to there is always a sensei who dosent know how to teach or run a class properly every club has someone where you think my god how did they get there grade and every club has people who have amazing karate. the thing i like about gkr is that they never bag other clubs and they are family oriantated and they always try to promote good karate-ka and ettiquite. some others styes just train for sport and forget about the traditions and ettiquite in karate. also sullavan the founder of GKR believe it or not actually goes to japan to get graded he still does. over all ive found GKR has more of a positive outlook but thats just my expirence im sure the are a few bad sensei's in GKR. but i think it comes down to the indervidual. also someone wrote about GKR wining most nas tornaments yes they do for those who dont know nas is national all stars so they compete agianst kick boxers tai kwan do etc

we have just go a new head sensei i have only see a bit of his kata and kumite he is dam fast. my sensei at wado ryu was an awsome at sparing but ive never seen anyone so qiuck i cant wait to train with him. Sorry about any bad expirences youve had the best advice i can think of is old fashioned shop around for your sensei see what values they have seen how they train

 

hope this has helped answer some questions

also im from australia so i dont know about GKR in the UK it sure sounds diffrent over there i didnt think it would be.

there pretty strick on the way things are run over here each dojo has to be run the same. i know if i go to any dojo in australia i will walk in and the bow in is the same the format is the same and you dont have diffrent sensei's telling you diffrent things. a stye i was in before was bad for that some bits of kata youd do diffrent depending on which sensei you had in frount of you.

 

 

Good luck

[yorkie030]

Oh what a fun thread this is!

[Protekt]

Hi everyone,

 

I think i am the only one who can comment on this subject.

 

Don`t you just love the GKR humility:rolleyes:

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[ShotoKarate]

That would be Goukan (long 'o') 強姦　meaning violation or rape. Most people would find this quite appropriate for GKR, mainly to do with their wallets.

 

I'm assuming that they use 五感　（Gokan, short 'o') meaning 'five senses.'

 

And Farhad, you do enough self-promotion without me having to do it for you

 

As far as I'm aware, they use the Go as in 'Goju' - presumably meaning hard - and Kan as in Shotokan - presumably meaning training hall.

[chefkicker]

Hi everyone,

 

I think i am the only one who can comment on this subject. i first started wado ryu karate i trained for almost 5 years. due to travel i had to change styles. i then trained for 3 years in shodokan. and 2 years in hapkido. due to my job i had to move agian and started with GKR i have been training with them for 4 years.

Its a hard one it sounds pushy to go door to door (by the way i dont) but so many students would never have joined if they never did in 4 years i have never know anyone to come off the street and teach. when i trained in wado ryu and shodokan both times i had been asked if i minded standing out the front of the class as a sempai not sensei just so the new students had someone to watch if the sensei was busy with other students.

in gkr the dont get students to do that instead if someone has been training for a few years they can do a 10 week course to learn how to help in a class but if they do that they have to also train extra and go to a senior class everyweek.

every stye has its good points and bad points in the clubs i have been to there is always a sensei who dosent know how to teach or run a class properly every club has someone where you think my god how did they get there grade and every club has people who have amazing karate. the thing i like about gkr is that they never bag other clubs and they are family oriantated and they always try to promote good karate-ka and ettiquite. some others styes just train for sport and forget about the traditions and ettiquite in karate. also sullavan the founder of GKR believe it or not actually goes to japan to get graded he still does. over all ive found GKR has more of a positive outlook but thats just my expirence im sure the are a few bad sensei's in GKR. but i think it comes down to the indervidual. also someone wrote about GKR wining most nas tornaments yes they do for those who dont know nas is national all stars so they compete agianst kick boxers tai kwan do etc

we have just go a new head sensei i have only see a bit of his kata and kumite he is dam fast. my sensei at wado ryu was an awsome at sparing but ive never seen anyone so qiuck i cant wait to train with him. Sorry about any bad expirences youve had the best advice i can think of is old fashioned shop around for your sensei see what values they have seen how they train

 

hope this has helped answer some questions

also im from australia so i dont know about GKR in the UK it sure sounds diffrent over there i didnt think it would be.

there pretty strick on the way things are run over here each dojo has to be run the same. i know if i go to any dojo in australia i will walk in and the bow in is the same the format is the same and you dont have diffrent sensei's telling you diffrent things. a stye i was in before was bad for that some bits of kata youd do diffrent depending on which sensei you had in frount of you.

 

 

Good luck

 

No offense but most of the above is rubbish. You have made some good points IG88 or whatever your name is but here are a few points to adress:

 

1. GKR only let someone experienced teach the class? Is that why they have had instructors who dont have the ability to learn a Jab-Cross combination properly?

Believe me I have had people of that standard who actually TEACH a GKR class and then come to my class to learn how to "spar" .

It transpired that if i let them spar they would be an even bigger danger to themselves (i.e. No guard etc,... need i go on)

 

2.GKR competing against Kickboxers??? Is such a thing possible? If so i have a kickboxing show in November. Hint Hint.

 

3. What standard of karate clubs have you trained at before if you actually find what you are doing acceptable?

[Carcass]

As far as I'm aware, they use the Go as in 'Goju' - presumably meaning hard - and Kan as in Shotokan - presumably meaning training hall.

Fairly sure that the gojuu of gojuuryuu is actually 五十　meaning 'fifty.' (five tens, hence the same character as in 'five senses')

[chefkicker]

Fairly sure that the gojuu of gojuuryuu is actually 五十　meaning 'fifty.' (five tens, hence the same character as in 'five senses')

 

 

Carcass , do you have "internet diarrohea" by any chance ?