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Kind of sounds like demotion!! However, forget rank because rank means nothing whatsoever. If one doesn't seriously train on and off the floor, then yes, they lose the ability to remain sharp and effective. Rust sets in when one becomes sedentary to such a degree, that any effectiveness once obtained is lost to some degree; the lower the ability, the harder to regain an effective edge....doable, but difficult. Train as though your life depends on because one day it just might!!

Any questions I have regarding health, I ask my PCP and Cardiologist. Very important to me to adhere to their advice, so much so, that if my Sensei and his Sensei were still alive, I'd ignore all of their suggestions completely.

Rank can't be taken away once earned; rank is forever!! We only demote if an act of moral turpitude has been proved in a court of law. In the first video link in the OP, there was no sense of needing to maintain anything because, imho, there was never any quality of knowledge or experience with those shown in said video; can't maintain quality when quality never existed. I train everyday, albeit, I don't train to maintain rank because rank means nothing to me compared to knowledge and experience, but to maintain effectiveness through live resistant training as well as the 3-Ks. Nonetheless, I've just turned 62 years old, and I've medical concerns that might take my sharpness away, but I'm on the floor as often as I can. Whenever my health concerns interfere on the floor, then my assistants do those physical attributes under my ever watchful eye. My physical abilities might wane away from time to time, but my knowledge and experience remains, and my effectiveness remains as tangible as ever. I just reached my 55th year in the MA, and while I might not be in my peak anymore, I'm as effective as ever, if even more so; a fine wine gets better and better with age.

Thank you, Danielle and Alan!!

Nope, not directly/intentionally, because it's just not.

Thank you, JR!!

Perhaps tournaments involving the MA should be banned all together because while they act as some type of a test, they're one of the most ineffective means to reach an honest conclusion of any type. Imho!!

Solid post!!

Thank you so very much, Patrick and Brian!! Now that I'm 62 years old, I can still smile every day!!

Perception is reality to THAT person. We here will have varying degrees of interpretation across the board based on our own perception through our own understandings and knowledge and experience. This is a WKF Tournament, and whatever they had decided is their given right, and while I might not agree, I do respect their decision. Therefore, my decision in this regards still stands, nonetheless!!

It was a clash!! In clashes, accidents occur!! I disagree with the Judges decision!! Thomas is unable to continue, therefore, Stefan wins!! Under WKF Rules, Noah is right-on the money!!

Excellent article; thanks for sharing it, Brian!! As I'm quite fond of this saying... The summation of 'Why' is to the summation of 'Because'!! It's often overlooked when one forgets to add and consider the 'How' of it all.

If it's effective, than it's real!!

Congrats, pers; well deserved!!

Control the distance, control the timing, control the fight.Strategic stepping, timing skills, makes everything else possible to fall in to place. If you're not teaching timing, for one, then imho, you're not teaching anything whatsoever. No matter what one feels is preferred the most, so on and so forth, just as long as what is being taught is effective to its Nth degree. Pushing that which is important to the forefront, and everything else to the background, whether it be Distancing first or posture first or timing first, and i.e., footwork second or angle management second or stances second...just as long as the whole vehicle is addressed, and not that the vehicle isn't built in bits and pieces.

I think it's definitely down to the individual skill and talent. Not the form of martial arts at all. You can have the strongest punch in the world and best looking head kick but if you can't deliver it at the right time then it could be of no use. You can say that to a tennis player, you could have a great backhand but if you don't get there in time and hit the ball at the right time then it all goes wrong. Same with the goalie in soccer or etc.. Solid post!!

Welcome to KF, Theochh; glad that you're here!!

Welcome to KF, Kung fu master warrior; glad that you're here!!

That sentiment has some value, while it also takes away from the sentiment of reps over weight, somehow and someway. Individual workouts while they're quite tailored, might needs tweaking often, I'm a firm believer that many do not listen to their own body, on which, they overly push themselves, and band resistant bands usage is no exception. Can I easily use a Gold Gym Gold Resistant Band?? Yes I can, however, depending on which exercise I'm doing, more often than not, reps save me from overly straining myself. I said all of that to just say, I need to listen to my body, no matter what equipment I'm using at that time.

Like both my PCP and Cardiologist have always stressed to me...Do whatever you can tolerate; listen to your body, especially if you opt to push yourself. Seems concrete advice, to me.

I literally love and adore Resistant Band training for its obvious reasons. Working my abilities with them have helped me across the board. I had to give up my Gold Gym Black, Silver, and Gold Resistant Bands away per my Cardiologist due to my Afib. You see the Black Resistant Band is 7-10 pounds....then the Silver Resistant Band is 10-15 pounds...and the Gold Resistant Band is 14-21 pounds. Doesn't seem much, and in general, for me, it's not, but with Afib, they stress my heart just a tad to much. The Blue Resistant Band is 6-9, which is on the fence for me, so...I use the Green Resistant band which is about 4-6 pounds. Seems not much still, but oftentimes, reps VS weight are, for me, more preferred method.

There's nothing that I dislike about the jab; it opens and closes quite a many of things, and oftentimes, it ends many things. It was my go-to when I was a bouncer; a well meant jab gets ones attention. The jab is so versatile!! Nope; I've not ever experienced that. Perhaps I was taught correctly and I train correctly; never rush results!!

Difficult to imagine if timing was an option for whatever it needs to be applied to. Even in things that are muscle memory driven still have a timing cadence that must be required. Timing is the essential beat and/or rhythm that a MAist strives for because without it, movement is stalled as well as ineffective, even in its most basic action. One of the best timing drill for a MAist is through sparring, but not just any sparring, but sparring with a resolve. Otherwise, nothing effectively can be discovered. The more one spars with resolve, the more ones timing is refined...and that, right there, is the timing that one carries into battle.

Having a very effective jab can be the very difference maker in a SD situation. Training the jab might be one of the most important technique that one can never be a waste of training time. As JR states... No longer is the jab only a set-up technique; it's also can be the closer. It's limits are few and far in between because of angles and so on and so forth. Due to our empathetic approach to our brand of Tuite, the jab is quite important in our arsenal. Imho!!

I was diagnosed with Afib in October of 2016!! I had a Cardiac Inversion in January of 2017; Afib free, BUT, stayed in Sinus Rhythm for only 6 months, then went back into Afib, and I'm Afib still. Have been training in the MA for 54 years, and in that, I've always lifted weights and the like much more serious when I was in the 10th grade. Not to get big, but to remain fit and healthy. I had a daily routine when it came to my weight training, to be for sure, albeit, my routines would change if a hit a plateau. When I was diagnosed with Afib, I had to be careful as to what I could and couldn't do. With Afib, at rest, my heart rate is at 86 bpm, and with Afib, during workouts, my heart would would race to over 200 bpm, and it doesn't take much to raise my bpm during a workout to 210 bpm or more. So I have to regulate my workouts constantly, therefore my workouts take me much longer to complete, than when they use to. Please check out this... https://www.karateforums.com/renewing-myself-or-at-least-trying-to-vt50082.html This might give you an idea as to what my Afib workouts are like for me now!! My Cardiologist might do another Cardiac Inversion this January 2020; something he's seriously considering!! I never reached my goal of 215lbs in a year...3 years later I bounce between 250lbs to 244lbs...this drives me absolutely crazy!!