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Igor Klibanov

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I will answer questions about competitions, tournaments, physical fitness for martial arts, and preparing for tournaments. I specialize in sparring and traditional forms (though I will answer about freestyle forms as well).

Experience in the area

I have been training in martial arts for 10 years. I trained in traditional karate for a year, and then took up Shaolin Kempo Karate. I have achieved my black belt in Kempo, and later, I took up Sikaran - a Filipino art, very similar to Tae Kwon Do. To date, I have 5 years of experience in Sikaran.

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  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 9.88
  • Politeness 9.96
  • Number of Questions (in Past 24 Hours) 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour Period) 5
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 85
  • Volunteer Since 2004-06-20
  • Prestige Points 1020

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James08/20/0910101010Very solid advice thank you. There's a .....
Adrianna06/09/0910101010Thank you for such a great response .....
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Recent Answers from Igor Klibanov

2009-08-19 42 and searching:

Hi James, Thank you for contacting me. Every style has an inherent risk of injury, and different styles have different injury profiles. Grappling styles will have different injuries than striking

2009-06-21 martial arts for weight loss:

Alex, If weight loss is your only goal, I would recommend looking not at a particular style, but rather what you enjoy the most. You can lose just as much weight from karate as you can from tae kwon

2009-06-09 Best type of Martial art for a 37y woman:

Hi Adriana, Good for you for picking up martial arts at this age. I want to clarify some myths for you, and make a recommendation on which martial art to choose. Spot reduction is the idea that

2009-04-20 Balance:

Hey Nikash, I suppose balance would be important for punching power, but I wouldn't consider it a key factor. Unless you're falling over as you're punching, I wouldn't worry about it. Balance is

2008-12-04 Antagonistic muscles and punching:

Hey Nikash, You strengthen the antagonists eccentrically, because during a punch, that's how they contract. By definition, an antagonistic muscle can not contract concentrically, so it makes little

 

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