| I plan on exposing some flaws and some good | | | | schools that limit active aggressive sparring until three |
| accurate points about the different types and styles | | | | belts ahead of white is silly and nonsense. You should |
| of karate schools that are probably out there in your | | | | be sure there is active sparring in the karate school |
| town or city. Not all of these dojos are created | | | | you decide to look into. |
| equally however. | | | | Another thing you want to consider is how long the |
| I want to share some advice on martial arts and | | | | teachers have been teaching and being a blackbelt. A |
| karate schools so you can get the best self defense | | | | blackbelt karate school instructor with multiple dans |
| training for your dollar and get accurate skills. There | | | | on a black belt ensures that you will be learning |
| are a few misconceptions floating around on what | | | | accurately from a certified instructor. |
| makes a good school. | | | | Another active thing you can do is interviewing your |
| One myth is that the school with the most trophies | | | | soon to be karate school teacher on why he should |
| doesn't mean much considering the dojo can give | | | | teach you and what he has learned himself. You |
| their students trophies or just because the student | | | | want a teacher that encourages active and |
| chooses to keep his trophy at the dojo doesn't | | | | aggressive sparring even if it's sport based! |
| mean anything compared to reality self defense. | | | | Whatever you do make sure you make the right |
| You don't want to fall into the trap of mcdojo karate | | | | pick in choosing a karate school! |