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Spacers promote the material under the first one, and it dominoes after that! So, if I stack 5 boards with spacers, am I breaking 5 or just 1 in reality? Imho, I'm only breaking 1. However, am I releasing enough energy for that 1, or am I releasing enough energy for all 5? That's why whenever I see tameshiwara demo's of 20, 30, or 40 stacks of concrete, I'm laughing because they didn't break 20 and so on, no, they broke 1 or maybe 2. Now, break a stack similar WITHOUT any spacers; that's energy transferred through and through. That's why a stack of 5 boards without spacers is far more difficult than a stack of 5 SPACED boards. IMHO!!

I'm dead set against contracts in the martial arts, always have and I always will be. Why? Because, imho, contracts only care about themselves and not the student. So, if and when you son(s) quit, and I hope they don't, but in case they do quit, you'll be stuck in a contract that you're going to have to pay until the end of the contract and if you don't cancel the contract properly at its end, you'll be automatically renewed without your knowing it and/or able to do anything about it. Hopefully you've read the contract and its fine print and visited with a contract lawyer as to just how binding Rhee's contracts are...and I'm sure his contracts are as binding as fort knox. Stuck in a contract for three years is a really long, long, long, long time. Who's to say that this style of the martial arts is for your son(s)? Only time will tell!!

Each and every year at our Hombu...but that's when it was in southern California...nice and warm.

Now that I've thought about it...this thread's pretty bad. Sorry!!

Now that I've thought about it...this thread's pretty bad. Sorry!!

Now that I've thought about it...this thread's pretty bad. Sorry!!

Now that I've thought about it...this thread's pretty bad. Sorry!!

Now that I've thought about it...this thread's pretty bad. Sorry!!

Now that I've thought about it...this thread's pretty bad. Sorry!!

[This is me saying the following with a sarcastic over tone, yet, a serious over tone as well!!] There's nothing like a cooperating Uke; they help to build up ones self-esteem instead of exposing the realized truth about ones own abilities, and/or the lack thereof. ALWAYS RESIST EVERYTHING THAT I DO...PLEASE!!

To have spacers or to not have spacers? That is the question! Your thoughts?

There are two camps...One camp is for the re-breakables and the other camp is for wood, I'm of the camp that favors wood. I've not meet a re-breakable that can challenge me as wood can. The inconsistency in wood, as DWx has mentioned, is what attracts me to wood over re-breakables. Both teach accuracy, to hit only in the center, but in wood, it'll break wherever it breaks and not like the re-breakables, and that also attracts me. Breaking wood excites me! There's nothing like the sound of a wooden bat coming in contact with a baseball...give me wood in both venues.

You can't because in order to receive the full benefits of the makiwara, you're going to have to hit it over and over and over and over and..., and not patty cake it. Please, ask your doctor this question before you begin, please, it's very important to your well being. Your curious about makiwara training and that's natural, however, curiosity killed the cat. Growth plate injuries shouldn't be taken lightly!

Real life doesn't exist in a tournament venue!!

Formally: Chambered hand at my hip and my lead hand center mid-high. Informally: Lead hand center mid-high and my rear hand in front of my solar plexus.

In this thread, "top" as in the most popular/requested for.

Doh! Sorry! Yes I did! I fixed them all...again...sorry!

Personally, I don't like re-breakable boards because I don't believe in them. I believe in boards however. Yes, re-breakable boards do save one a lot of money over one's martial arts life, but I'd rather not save on what a real board(s) will provide for me, and that is my satisfaction. Do re-breakable boards have the same resisting effect as a real board(s)? No, I don't buy that for one second because boards, one from another, don't act the same because they are products of mother-nature.

Absolutely. Anything takes patience, and in that, patience rewards results. Bodybuilding takes a lot of time to develop, as in anything, rushing it can do some damage to oneself. Makiwara training is no exception. Makiwara training should only be conducted under close supervision of ones Sensei. However, I don't allow children to train in the Makiwara because their bones are still growing. I'd strongly encourage you to NOT train in the Makiwara until you're an adult. Nonetheless, I'd encourage you to continue working with a Wavemaster/Hanging Heavy-Bag/etc so that you're developing wrist strength and hip power through proper kihon principles. When you're an adult and you're ready to train in the Makiwara, your Sensei will let you know when that time is at hand.

Effective means I go home alive and well. Absolutely!

Hopefully, you will enjoy Enpi as performed here by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as this kata is being performed: what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, you here will enjoy Unsu as done here by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as this kata is being performed: what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many of you here will enjoy Jion as done here by Sensei Paul Walker... As slow as this kata is being performed; what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many of you here will enjoy Meikyo as done here by Sensei Paul Walker.... As slow as this kata is being performed; what Bunkai did you see?

Hopefully, many of you here will enjoy Bassai dai in this video as done by Sensei Paul Walker. As slow as he's doing this kata; what Bunkai did you see?