Excellent topic and great information. I was recently introduced to a groundfighting school and will be attending the class to augment my tradional karate training so hopefully I'll be able to see some of the lost kata techniques. Plus the fighting at my Goju School my not have much groundfighting ...

Thank you for the compliment Duane C. and thank you Allan M. for the advice. I will accept what ever rankning system the instructor uses simply because I'm going to be very selective in who I let train my son and so when I choose an instructor he will already have my trust. I don't care if I ever ...

Being a father of a rough and tumble son can understand why you need to give children something to work for. When my son gets old enough to start martial arts training which will be 5 or 6 years old not 3. I want to see my son progress through junior rank levels but I want who ever the instructor is ...