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Just for some extra info, if you dont like the standard hand wraps you can get alternatives that are usually elastic and slide straight on the hand, a little more expensive, but easier to use and ensure you have correct hand support everytime you put them on. An example: http://www.amazon.com/Everlast-EverGel-Hand-Wraps-X-Large/dp/B000E5RBNU Im sure you could find others if you were interested.

What kind of weight can you buy them in? Possibly one of the problems would be having to buy heavier one's once you progress? Or is that a non-issue?

Sorry to hear that, back pain is never fun. Keep up with the rest and take care of yourself.

This has probably been mentioned before, but i thought id make a post for those who havnt heard about it before or have some new ideas along similar lines. When your working out, it can be any exercise., but i tend to keep it simple and use push ups and sit ups. Get yourself a deck of playing cards and for example, call reds pushups and blacks situps. So if you pull out a red 7 you do 7 pushups. You can make face cards 10 or whatever value you like, and jokers and aces more if you feel the need. Its a good way to break up your routine a bit and an interesting gamble at times. The first time i tried it i pulled out 20 cards and ended up doing 43 situps and 109 pushups, makes me think i need to shuffle better. But to build up you can split the deck so it adds to a certain amount, i usually break the deck up so if you complete the modified deck you will be doing 100 of each exercise. The ways you can go about it are almost endless and you can use different excercises etc. It helps to keep things interesting. Anyone got any workout ideas that are similar or any different ways you approach the card game?

What sort of benifits would you expect to recieve from perfecting them??

There are strikes in JJJ, however you wont be focusing on those has much as if you were doing boxing. And certainly boxing is an excillent way to keep fit.

What are you looking to achieve from training? Knowing your goals will make it easier for you to decide, and others to give you advice.

Thats what i like about his articles also. Straight to the point. Tells it like it is. Well, at least he tells it like it is for him. I like how he words his opinions, though. He doesn't beat around the bush. Agreed.

Thats what i like about his articles also. Straight to the point. Tells it like it is.

Any examples?

Found this interesting article also, covers some of the ideas that have been discussed here. http://www.24fightingchickens.com/2006/07/06/karate-as-performance-art/

Ill send a 6-pack over for you.

Haha, sounds like a good idea.

Thanks for the info baronbvp. Sounds like you have a good mix of everything in there. You might be confusing me with elbows_and_knees, who mentioned learning stability in regards to judo???

Thats quiet a list baronbvp, which ones would you say influenced you most?

This site has a fairly clear list of competition rules, it may vary slightly depending on location, but it should give you the idea: https://www.wvmat.com/overview.htm

I dont think there ever really is a definite "yes this is a McDojo, get out while you still can". It depends on what you want from training, if you want to learn a martial art, for the sake of learning one then you can do that at the majority of schools. However if you want to focus on a high level of fitness, competition, self defence etc. Then not all schools are equal. Once you define your goals and reasons for training, you will work out weather or not the school is a good place for you to train. That doesnt mean its a "mcdojo" (i dont really like that term) it just means you have different goals to the other people who are training there.

No problems. Have you been to the club yet, watched or done some of the training they offer, spoken to the instructor?

I suppose some people are under the impression that because your learning a fighting art you cant learn respect etc at the same time. I have found although boxing gyms etc have a more relaxed atmosphere and music playing etc, the ideas of respect, hard work, responsibility, dedication, concerntration etc are all still learned, purely from how the training is conducted. Plus from the traditional karate training i have done, spirituality was not something that was practiced or spoke about really. Apart from bowing and mokuso which are more tradition than anything to do with spirituality.

There is a video out of the singer from tool choking someone who climbed on stage at one of his concerts. He gets back control and continues singing while choking the guy.

I see what your saying, and from experience have seen students who the instructor thought where ready, and they looked ready. But on the day everything fell apart, in a big way, not just a few techniques wrong here and there but major mistakes. Yet they still passed, i dont think im the only person who would have witnessed this kind of thing either.

Oh, and welcome to the forum, good to have you here.

Sorry, havnt heard of it before. After a quick search one of the few links i could find was this: http://www.sgvymca.org/Covinahf.html Im assuming thats the YMCA you are speaking of? That site doesnt really give any specifics of the style.

Thats a good point.

I may have made a blanket statement, however its the reality in alot of schools these days where money is more important than quality instruction. Ive seen it in almost all traditional schools in my area. Im sure others have seen similar things. It may be prevelant in all aspects of life, but when it comes to something has important as teaching someone self defence skills, i find it to be an industry where its very important to find out who those "evil" people are early on and avoid them. It would be interesting to know how many people pay their grading fee before the grading and have been failed? The trend seems to be, pay your fee, grade, pass. Most of the time the person is ready, but there are times when they are not, yet still pass.