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6 rounds of 3 minute sparring. Finished up with 100 burpees.

Mike Tyson's trainer Cus D'Amoto never fought. Just for perspective. Also, if someone like master toddy says someone is good enough to yeah I would defer to their judgement.

I think that the training you would go through at his camp would be sufficient to become an instructor. Also, just reading up on toddy's page it says that fighting is optional to become a teacher under him. I don't think you should have to fight personally. You don't have to compete in a BJJ comp to earn yor belts do you(I don't know, actually asking)? Same for most martial arts

What do you mean by fighting? Sanctioned fights? Smokers? A lot of muay Thai tests require you to be in the ring with instructors for a certain amount of rounds. Have to throw so many kicks per round or you fail etc. most of the muay Thai I've been involved with is through ajarn chai and I know his tests are ran this way.

In TKD class: 3x3:00 of jump rope. 20 minutes of muay thai 4 counts. 20 minutes of ladders doing right round, cross, hook, switch left kick, cross, hook. Started with ten kicks(5 each side) then switched pads. Add one kick each time. Made it to 19 because he added in burpees after every 2 kicks( I did a sprawl). TKD instructor is also a muay Thai instructor through a mutual old instructor in this area. Nice to have that skillset available.

The first form they do is chon ji. That would most likely make it an ITF offshoot, right?

12/5 Went to first TKD class. 4 rounds of 30sec of: - Jump Rope - Jump Spinning Side Kick - Burpees - Pump Kicks - Air Squats - Rest 1 round of 1:30 of: - Jump Rope - Jump Spinning Side Kick - Burpees - Pump Kicks - Air Squats 5 rounds of 20sec situps w/ 10sec rest Then stretching. Then hobbled out the door...

As a counter to the post I see below... I tried out a local TKD school today(only school that has classes during the day). He's actually someone I trained with as a kid(briefly) and he and I both trained under another guy named Marc McFann here. McFann is an instructor under Inosanto, Ajarn Chai, etc. This TKD instructor trained with him for 8 years to supplement his TKD. As for his TKD rank, he's a 7th degree in the WTA(Anyone have info on this organization? I'm new to TKD and their politics). A real nice guy too. Anyhow, the class was great. A lot of circuit conditioning mixed with TKD drills. Class was one hour. Afterwards people are free to stay and spar, work on belt requirements, etc. The more formal classes are held at night. I watched the black belts spar to get a feel for it. It seems typical. Controlled, for the most part. Seemed more about learning than it did about hurting each other, which is something I like. After years of ring fighting I just came to the conclusion that a punch is a punch and a kick is a kick. Doesn't matter what style you do, fighting is pretty straight forward(No i'm not talking about fighting in a sanctioned event. Talking about years as a LEO.). I enjoyed it and will be signing up on Thursday.

For some reasn I'm good at spotting a grappler. I have no clue why though

We have a similar program here. However it is aikido. Which lends itself better to that type of program I think

My sensei is a cop. I was previously a detention officer and part of an immigration task force with homeland security. Now I'm the milk man

Self defense. Think it is a combination of being a husband and a father(and a former LEO). When you have people you love that much it makes their safety a priority in every facet of your life. And as I see it, I can't protect them, or teach them to protect themselves, without first being able to protect myself.

In our school, and this may be different in others, senior students have a responsibility to make corrections to juniors. Mostly because we spend a great deal of time at the first belt(1 year is typical) before promotion in order to get a grasp of the basics. This allows even people with the yellow belt to make corrections because they should already be quite familiar. Sensei is typically doing the same, only over most of the class. He occasionally leads an exercise while the "sempai" are making corrections.

One of my favorite quotes by Miyamoto Musashi: "It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first."

Darnit I thought we were playing a different game here lol