Nidan Melbourne

I agree Tea is great for you. A lot of people find it quite relaxing to drink it whilst taking time out just for themselves. And it will help you with your anxiety. Not only does my girlfriend drink Tea (she has severe depression and also suffers from severe anxiety) but also majority of my friends now drink tea to relax. I got my friends onto it because of a similar situation to you. My girlfriend on the otherhand who suffers from depression and anxiety finds it relaxing to drink tea (she loves trying different types) and helps her focus on what is important to her. Even though Adults shouldn't need as much sleep as children, But it is always an excellent thing to do is to have more sleep than less. Because sleep is when your body is able to recharge everything in your body.

I can understand pairing the kids with their parents as much as possible. At my dojo we have a couple of younger kids that train in the adults class because their dad trains in it and is difficult for him (and his wife often) to take the kids into the juniors class. So we when are paired up to train, the two kids are paired up together whilst the rest of us are paired up together.

Caffeine is dangerous in high doses. And when i say dangerous i mean it can lead to heart problems and even worse death. That is why energy drinks say one can max daily (500 ML Cans). But you should probably watch how much you drink. You are suffering from exhaustion, thats why you are feeling burnt out. What is your work load like currently? I mean by that how many hours you are working each day and how many before you take a day off. For you it sounds like everything is becoming way too much. during the work day find something that you find relaxing and do it. In relation to your memory, caffeine (even though it is a stimulant) can affect your memory by damaging neurons. The best idea to try and conteract any damage that is happening to your brain. Your body is overworking which is also why you feel burnt out. The human body isn't meant to be stimulated so often. It is the same kind of thing with adrenaline. You should take some time off the caffeine to help your body recover to close as 100% as possible.

We have a Facebook Page and a Normal Website. Also where my dojo is; we have a couple of posters for the school and it does include our timetable of classes.

For us teaching students how to fall we get them to start crouching and then backwards with them slapping at the correct time. and also making sure that they keep their chin tucked in. Once they are comfortable with that we get them to go from a standing start and begin falling from there.

Mine are nice and simple for next year (as usual i'm using the KISS Principle - Keep It Simple Stupid) 1. compete in 4 major tournaments 2. attend my first karate camp 3. Propose to my girlfriend 4. be awesome

Congrats Brian!!! You deserved it! What tailoring did you have to get done?

So the grading went well on Saturday. we had 35 kids turn up for the grading. we had students ranging from white belt up to blue belt. Unfortunately i had to fail several students because they weren't up to scratch. Usually we only fail students either for poor attitude during the grading or receive too many 'G's (read below) they will fail (or both). At my school if we see that they are weak at something with give them +6 lessons (commonly nicknamed a 'G' for Grading Error) at that area to work on. So when they are meant to be tested on that particular area they have to wait 6 lessons before they are eligible for it. So for Basics which is the first test to get a 'tag' on the belt if they get a 'G' on that, instead of being tested for it on lesson 6 they get it on lesson 12. All of us instructors jumped in for the sparrring except for 1 black belt each round (so they can watch everyone and to start/stop the round). We all pushed every single student who had to do sparring hard to see how they cope fighting a strong opponent. We were nice to the lower ranked students so we didn't spar them. But for the green belts and above we did spar them. We were shocked to see that our only blue belt who was grading (they were going for their brown belt) was getting dominated by lower ranked students when it should have been vice-versa. the only people they should have struggled against was the black belts. out of the 35 students; 18 of them received 'G's one or multiple areas. otherwise it went smoothly

The annoying thing is that i've have only taught the junior classes a handful of times. so i am not really all that acquainted with the students there. But those times i have taught them they know how tight (instead of using a word associated with our butts and could have had this post removed) i am about doing things. I'll let everyone know how it goes and how many students were there. the biggest grading i've helped out at was 16 students and that was an adults grading

To the bold type above... I've high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The 30 minutes is to get me use to walking ONLY because I'd rather run, but he's against that. I'm not wanting another doctor because I've had him as my doctor for life!! OK since you since you have high blood pressure (do you know blood pressure?) You would be a high risk patient (due to high blood pressure). Your doctor should refer you to a exercise physiologist. As they are trained to deal with patients with cardiovascular issues

An Exercise Physiologist is pretty much the best person to speak to in terms of exercise. Doctors who do Martial Arts is good yes, but they don't really understand the ins and outs of exercise prescription for different people. Physiotherapists have a pretty good idea of what happens and how to prescribe exercise to patients (on an individual basis). But since you said that your a PT, you do realize that even though you prescribe exercise to individuals that there is a big group of people that you can't technically work with? Like you can work with people who are low risk of any complications and some people who are at moderate risk. But shouldn't be working with high risk patients. when i say high risk i mean if they have cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory diseases. Thats why as an EP we do a risk stratification for patients first time they see us. the main reason why we have metabolic under the banner of high risk is because of the complications that could occur during exercise. But yes if anything did happen, he can indeed sue purely because the doctor didn't take appropriate actions in ensuring the safety of their patients. That is why they should refer any patient to an EP if they want their patient to exercise and safely. But even then if the doctor didn't inform the EP of anything wrong with the patient (and there was) they can still file the lawsuit What's an EP and a PT? An EP is an Exercise Physiologist and PT is personal trainer

11/12/2013 7:00-9:00 Karate - first class: all kumite + pre-arranged sparring - 2nd class: kata - Saifa, Seiunchin and Kururunfa. Practical applications for Kururunfa (I was the guinea pig for this), throws, takedowns, locks & holds. during the day; gym for 4 hours - bike (rode 10 km for High Intensity Interval Training) - Treadmill 25 minutes - weights - different machines @ different weights - free weights - bicep & tricep curls

Welcome to the forum Scott

as much as i am bias because i study Goju-Ryu but it is an excellent style to study. But you have to have a look at the sensei who runs the classes. As you need a good one that can teach you what you need and also still follow traditions. At my dojo we hold gradings every few months, but it depends on the number of people who are eligible to grade. But what we generally do is hold it in class time to have extra students come do the grading. But this is only for the adults (as this is more relevant for you than the juniors grading). Just remember that Shotokan and Goju-Ryu are very different styles.

That is saddening to hear that the honbu has to move. but hey you never know the dojo might be bigger than before. and is also very saddening to hear that your soke passed away.

I'm a Nidan in Goju-Ryu karate and we do condition ourselves often. But is mostly outside class that we do it. But most of us senior grades do it in class as well so we can perform our techniques properly (without getting hurt) and our body gets stronger from it. Our juniors don't condition as much as the adults, but they do a fair bit of cardio (both aerobic and anaerobic) and muscular conditioning.

Depends on the situation. In class we generally do toes pointed if we don't want to hurt our partners. but we primarily kick toes pulled back and end up striking with the ball of the foot.

An Exercise Physiologist is pretty much the best person to speak to in terms of exercise. Doctors who do Martial Arts is good yes, but they don't really understand the ins and outs of exercise prescription for different people. Physiotherapists have a pretty good idea of what happens and how to prescribe exercise to patients (on an individual basis). But since you said that your a PT, you do realize that even though you prescribe exercise to individuals that there is a big group of people that you can't technically work with? Like you can work with people who are low risk of any complications and some people who are at moderate risk. But shouldn't be working with high risk patients. when i say high risk i mean if they have cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory diseases. Thats why as an EP we do a risk stratification for patients first time they see us. the main reason why we have metabolic under the banner of high risk is because of the complications that could occur during exercise. But yes if anything did happen, he can indeed sue purely because the doctor didn't take appropriate actions in ensuring the safety of their patients. That is why they should refer any patient to an EP if they want their patient to exercise and safely. But even then if the doctor didn't inform the EP of anything wrong with the patient (and there was) they can still file the lawsuit

This Saturday, I have to run a junior grading for all our kyu grades (up to purple belt) on my own. As my Sensei and his 2IC (who is a 2nd Dan) are away and that means I am left in charge of the grading. Even though this is my first time taking a junior grading (obviously i was a junior in those gradings years ago, but never was an instructor for one) I get my sensei trusts me enough to do it (considering i am a Nidan) but it is weird to think that he trusts me more to run his school all day. I have 2 Shodan's and 3 Shodan-Ho's helping with the grading which i am grateful for! Any words of wisdom for me? Before the Grading i have 3 classes to run (yay?) before the grading, the grading itself which runs for 2 hours (when really it always goes overtime), then 2 adults classes.

Even though age is a number, it is a risk factor in both men and women over the age of 45 (women) and 50 (men). so it is an IMPORTANT number in a persons overall health. and in this case it is a risk factor. But will depend on the rest of his health. so currently he is a low risk patient and he can do exercise without medical supervision or supervised by those who are trained to deal with such patients. If any medical professional excludes age when risk stratifying any patient, they are at risk of injury. But Sensei8's doctor who has recommnended only 30 minutes a day. It is insufficient exercise to maintain health. that time is done just walking around the house, office or walking anywhere you want to get done. he should be doing a lot more than that and to have a healthy older life. any exercise done that is above the bare minimum that is recommended by ESSA (Exercise Sport Science Australia), ACSM (American College Sports Medicine) and other national associations that set standards on what people should be doing for exercise. and unfortunately doctors don't always look at such recommendations.

Do you have any medical conditions? The only reason why I can think of is that he doesn't want the risk of any major health problems. The fact that he is saying you can only do 30 mins is odd. mainly because the more exercise you do the better your overall health is. just as long as your recovery is also adequate. Speak to another doctor. but for best results speak to an exercise physiologist because they know what levels of exercise you should be doing and also they can help prescribe exercise for you so you can either do it in a gym or at home (or even in the dojo, park etc). Honestly I don't think your doctor should be saying doing limited exercise for you. unless he thinks that there is an issue for you and if he has actually had done tests on you.

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Excellent work there Brian

Congrats!!

Congratulations AdamKralic!!!