Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
Last Friday Sensei repeatedly told us that there is "hitting" in Karate, and that our punch techniques are intended to make the fist stop short of actually reaching its target. That's what Sensei told us.

I've always been taught to - as you said, go "full blooded." i.e. to plow my strikes through the target, and not simply at it. But each time I tried punching like this last Friday, Sensei corrected me and got me to retract my punches, negating any driving momentum and force behind it. It felt like trying to drive by putting one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brakes.
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It's very possible to do full blooded techniques without a driving movement.
As you progress through you will become quite capable of this.

Although a 3 month trial will give you an insight, its not truly a fair amount of time to make a solid opinion, i would suggest once you achieve your yellow belt that you start visiting other classes in you area and especially those with black belt sensei. This which widen your scope and improve your training 10 fold

If you get an opportunity to train with Anthony Ryan, take it