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KI/Chi ... As MuayTB1 mentioned in his post, we have many threads on this here in the Internal Arts forum. A highly debatable topic... is it real or not _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-25 09:23 ]

Many nutrition experts disagree with the basic premise of the Atkins Diet(high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight loss diet )—the notion that high-carbohydrate, low-fat diets cause obesity. For evidence of the implausibility of the Atkins Diet, some nutritionists point out that the traditional Japanese diet is very high in carbohydrates, low in protein, and very low in fat; however, before the introduction of high-fat and high-protein Western foods, being overweight was rare in Japan. Such findings make sense because ounce for ounce, carbohydrates contain far fewer calories than do fats. These critics blame the overconsumption of calories (from any source) and lack of physical activity as the primary causes of obesity. I followed this diet some months back and clearly found that because I train regularly it was not for me! I need carbs for energy .. pure & simple. I nearly passed out on many ocassions and developed awful mood swings! (to put it nicely ) Carbs are the chief and preferred energy source for the body. Just be sure to avoid the simple and refined carbs and go for the complex carbs. *Complex carbohydrates are found in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes. The body breaks them down slowly, so they provide a controlled, even energy source. Complex carbohydrates contain high levels of vitamins and minerals, which prevent disease and serve thousands of functions in our bodies. They are also excellent sources of fiber, which promotes healthy digestion, lowers blood cholesterol level, and decreases risks of certain cancers. *Simple carbohydrates are found in honey, molasses, fruits, and fruit juices. Fruit juice is a rich source of vitamins, but simple carbohydrates may cause your blood sugar level to rise and fall rapidly. To reduce this effect, consume them with complex carbohydrates or protein. *Refined carbohydrates are found in table sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, and other sweeteners. They contain few nutrients and may also cause blood sugar to rise and fall rapidly Everything in moderation I say! Moderation means eating a medium amount – not too much, not too little. Moderation means not getting carried away trying to do the right thing. Fiber is good, but that doesn’t mean eating 10 oat bran muffins a day is a good idea. Moderation means avoiding fads and quick dietary fixes. Moderation means not getting stuck on just a few foods. Moderation means beginning to change your eating habits at a reasonable pace. Moderation should be used when consuming sugar, salt, fat, and alcohol. _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-25 09:11 ]

Welcome Arts_not_Brutality ! First off, while many people enter the Martial Arts trying to be the deadliest people in the world, it is not true that the final objective of most, if any, arts is this. Many masters say that the best battle someone can win is one that he doesn't fight. Most martial arts are not designed to make you an instant killer. While a Martial Artist does learn combat skills, the final objective of a Martial Art is not to become the deadliest person alive. There will always be someone who is bigger, stronger, faster, has a bigger knife, a more powerful gun, a longer range missile, and so on. The objective, then, is to become the best that you can be, regardless of how good anyone else is. Good luck in your training (whatever style you decide to practice) you have a good beginning mindset in which to proceed! _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-24 11:30 ]

To perform upright barbell lifts correctly and safely: grab a barbell shoulder width apart or just outside of it. Just pull the barbell up to eye-height always keeping your elbows higher than your hands. The movement should be an arc in the sense that you start with the barbell against your body but move it away from it as you go up so that you have a few inches leeway between your eyes and the barbell when you get to that point. If you move your grip in you will isolate the outer traps and if you move your grip out you'll hit more of the delts and inner traps. People tend to do this incorrectly and injuring their rotator cuffs ... if you feel pain or discomfort STOP. Also rotating shrugs with dumbells can result in rotator cuff injury also.

tessone Welcome to KarateForums and please introduce yourself in our Introductions Forum . Whether the instructor is 1st, 2nd or 3rd dan, a good martial arts teacher needs to learn about anatomy and kinesiology, history and philosophy of the martial art, and the methodology of teaching. Instructors need to work at designing a good program and lesson planning. Some schools and associations have their own certification program for instructors. FYI: A sensei is someone who has practiced for a long time, studied martial art seriously, and decided to carry on the tradition by teaching new students. In the Korean language sensei is called sahbumnihm, and in Chinese, a teacher is called sifu. Teachers have different names depending on their experience and the school that they teach in. _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-24 10:28 ]

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Bravo Martial_Artist! :handclap from Kickchick: Here are some dangerous stretches and exercises to also avoid! 1. Behind the head military barbell press. Pressing up while in extreme rotation is the shoulder rotator cuff 's worst nightmare. Pressing with the bar in front of the face is OK. 2. Barbell upright rows. Pulling the bar to your chin is more rotator cuff abuse. 3. Good mornings. Should be called "good riddance" to healthy lower back muscles. The move is with a barbell on your shoulders and straight legs, you bow and come up. Don't do it this way!!! 4. Fast, straight- legged sit-ups. This is an antiquated exercise using hip flexors more than abs, momentum more than muscle and can hurt the lower back. Slow, controlled roll-ups (done the Pilates way) can strengthen abs and back. 5. Fast crunches. Once considered the only alternative to sit-ups, crunches are safe when slow. Fast crunches, involve more head pulling than ab strengthening and don't address lower belly muscles at all. 6. Yoga plow. Lying on your back with knees next to ears compresses your neck. (For a safer variation, keep legs in the air and rest your lower back in your hands to take weight off your neck.) 7. The hurdler's stretch. Sitting or lying down with one or both feet pulled to the outside of your hip is bad news for your knees. For a safe quad and hip flexor stretch, lie on one side, grab the "top" foot and pull it behind your back. 8. Straight-legged toe touches. Often used in yoga, hanging forward (with a rounded spine and arms dangling) puts too much weight on delicate vertebrae. Bouncing makes it worse. Support your spine by holding onto legs or a chair. Bend knees before straightening legs (and never lock knees). 9. Dropping or rolling your head back. Like the plow, this compresses your neck. If you have to drop your head back, don't go back all the way. 10. Deep knee bends. I hope no one does these anymore. Quickly dropping down, with knees exceeding a 90-degree angle, abuses the knee joint. Do your squats and leg presses slowly and make sure knees never venture out beyond toes. Remember: everyone achieves different results because after all everyone's physique is unique! All stretching whether it be dynamic, static, isometric etc etc.... should be done AFTER a good warm up as Martial_Artist suggested. If you attempt to stretch out before an appropriate warm up, you are very likely to pull or tear something. Once you do warm-up however, keep in mind that the preliminary stretching is for injury prevention ONLY. Jack (and everyone else too!) ... make sure to always take the proper steps to avoid injury and achieve the greatest benefits from your training. Think about the actions you'll be doing. What muscles will you be using? Take the first 10% of your workout time and dedicate it to aerobically preparing the muscles you are going to use, followed by several minutes of stretching. Continue your training within your comfortable range of motion, slow down gradually, and conclude with more stretching. This is the time when you will want to push yourself a bit further in order to gain flexibility. Remember that progression takes time. By taking these easy steps, you will stay on the track of improvement and off the path of recovery.

MSG is used worldwide as a flavor enhancer. The average person living in an industrialized country consumes about 0.3 to 1.0 gram of MSG per day. MSG is classified by the Food and Drug Administration as “generally recognized as safe.” Most clinical trials, including some double-blind trials, have failed to find any symptoms arising from consumption of MSG, even large amounts, when taken with food. However, clinical trials have found that MSG taken without food may cause symptoms. A large trial and a review of studies on MSG both suggested that large amounts of MSG given without food may elicit more symptoms than a placebo . However, persistent and serious effects from MSG consumption have not been consistently demonstrated. MSG is found in some Chinese and Japanese food and is also contained in some flavor enhancers, such as Accent® and the Japanese seasoning AJI-NO-MOTO™. MSG may be difficult to avoid completely, as it also occurs in hydrolyzed vegetable protein, textured vegetable protein, gelatin, yeast extracts, calcium and sodium caseinate, vegetable broth, whey, smoke flavoring, malt extracts, and several other food ingredients—including “flavoring” and “natural flavoring”—without otherwise appearing on the label. MSG sensitivity, also known as Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, is a set of symptoms that may occur in some people after they consume monosodium glutamate (MSG). Symptoms are ... numbness at the back of the neck radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitations. Although some Chinese (and other) restaurants now avoid the use of MSG, many still use significant amounts. ...and as for aspartame....it is produced from two amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine... and is 180 times sweeter than sucrose. Although the FDA points to more than 100 scientific experiments that document the safety of aspartame, many consumers and scientists are not convinced that long-term daily intake of aspartame is completely safe, and are concerned about the growing number of foods that contain this ingredient. Aspartame intake is known to be dangerous for persons with phenylketonuria, a metabolic disorder that results in dangerously high blood levels of phenylalanine. In addition, aspartame is not recommended for use by pregnant or lactating women. These are all but two dangerous food additives... here is a good site that explains the dangers http://www.macrobiotic.org/health18.html _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-23 17:49 ]

ah ... "forewarned is forearmed" with that ....Welcome to KarateForums!

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The differences are between ITF and WTF .... http://www.karateforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=2305&forum=7 (will explain briefly)... Many threads in the Korean Forum regarding Sport (Olympic) TKD and the more traditional (ITF). These are two of the biggest organizations with many offshoots (associations thereof) Ti-Kwon-Leap ...You may be interested in this thread http://www.karateforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=2523&forum=7 _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-23 08:31 ]

Wow... can't pick just one! Here goes.... coffee, cream soda, choolate milkshakes, diet coke w/lemon, wine, beer, frozen margaritas .. Oh and when I'm feeling healthy .... good ole H20 and powerade

Refer to this thread for more on "break dancing" .... http://www.karateforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=2159&forum=9

Ok ... commit me!

hmmm ... I graduated h.s. in 1977 so I guess you are that old! You're only as old as you feel!!! (sometimes I feel 100 other times 21! ) I train in traditional TKD ... but you're insights are appreciated!

It will be easy to determine the cause. On the navigation maps it will either clearly show no fly zone which means the pilot is an idiot and didn't bother to navigate properly or the maps did not show the no fly zone and the whoever updates the maps is the cause. It should be very easy to determine whose fault it is. Air traffic control when he contacted them should of had his coordinates and known he was in a no fly zone unless the Canadians didn't tell them that was the designated training area. We'll have to wait and see. _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-22 14:40 ]

... also many colleges do have Tae Kwon Do, Shotokan, etc. etc. clubs that you can join so you can continue to train while going to college.

Nicely put Taokara and Patriot! While sparring helps students to compare their fighting skills to those of other students, kata helps students to critically evaluate their own individual techniques in a controlled situation. Kata marks the progress of a student's development. Higher ranks have more complex katas that challenge them to increase their level of discipline and proficiency. _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-22 13:49 ]

Taokara .... there are lots of threads that include sparring tips and some threads that list some web sites for tips. Put "sparring tips" in the Karate Forums Search .... The "Sport Karate" forum has most of the sparring threads I do believe. Good Luck!

okay maybe that wouldn't work for you hon!

I have a son who is a junior in high school and I am in the midst of researching for him. As long as you can show the prospective college of your choice that you use your time wisely and engage in benefitting extracurricular activities that will help your chances. Getting a score of 1600 on SAT's does not ensure your acceptance. "A scholarship is college money based on special qualifications like academic merit, athletic skill, artistic ability, or dozens of other criteria. It never has to be repaid. All types of organizations and people award scholarship money. There are scholarships for everything from being a full-blooded Cajun to having terrific grades - even for karate students" For more ... http://www.ihigh.com Click on Colleges & Careers and scroll down to Scholarships: Myth & Reality This is a great site!! _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-22 11:06 ]

Welcome to KarateForums Ti-Kwon-Leap!

Good post koreantiger81 .... one that all styles should read because I believe it pertains to all martial arts. I have noticed that I have asked more questions and picked apart every technique and form as a black belt than at any other belt rank. We all get to that plateau ... I was there for quite awhile .... now I am striving to achieve my 'personal best'.

Svedeesh cheff too! 65 points here _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-22 08:13 ]

Hey ... that's my birthday!! (shhhhh!) .... just think about me blowing out all those candles and that will keep your mind off of your nervousness!..... but seriously, ..... what I do is get my mind ready ...FOCUS .... this is your time to shine! Take advantage of the opportunity to show others.... and yourself more importantly, what you have accomplished! Be a showoff! (but a nice one) Internalize --- concentrate on just you and what YOU are doing .... block out all of the external. Unless you are public speaking (which you are not) it is important that you look at the people to whom you are addressing .... in this case visualize them sitting there naked! Now they are the ones that should be nervous! -- ) Good Luck ... take a few deep breaths ... correct breathing will set you at ease! Enjoy your minutes of fame! Deb _________________ KarateForums Sensei 1st dan Black Tae Kwon Do CardioKickboxing/Fitness Inst. [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-04-22 05:01 ]