tommarker

Paul, Kids (and adults for that matter) are going to do it out of natural curiousity regardless of whether it is right or wrong. Some lessons can be learned from out of class exploration. At first? Perhaps not, but why try to douse a student's natural curiousity by using blanket statements like "you'll shoot your eye out." I haven't seen someone manage to fracture their arm with their own staff. Whack themselves good? Sure. Then you can say something like "see? that's why you should be careful when you try things beyond your abilities." My point is that a bo staff (ha!) is, on the scale of relative danger, not as dangerous as say the sword.

I usually wash mine in hot water, but I don't use the dryer. So far, it has kept the uniform from shrinking. Hot water seems to do a better job of cleaning as well.

with a bo staff? i think it's more likely just to end up making a really crappy form than any sort of real injury.

don't get in the mistake of dismissing the pyung ahns as "kid forms" as they are still quite useful.

ahh guys, you're making it too easy on her.. she was supposed to think of this stuff herself! of course, we can always find kata/hyung that are exceptions to the rule. naihanchi comes to mind right off the bat, but those forms are a different animal altogether from the rest. but in general most forms either start going to the left, or start with the left hand/left foot doing the first technique.

Yea, right now I've got a little tape on the grip, and it has helped a lot. Is there a special way to attach the scarves, or just put them on the ends?

guys, can we stick to insulting each other in all of the other threads and leave this one alone? I have been playing the weapon master mode a lot, mostly with Astaroth (hulk smash!!!) but I'm a big Kilik fan as well. Team battle mode is a hoot as well. A couple of us in the office have the game, and we've been bringing in the console to play at lunch on the projection screen

does it matter?

low block, high block, thrust, reverse strike throw in a front kick and side kick, and you got yourself a form.

DM, We do this in TSD as well. It's quite an interesting experience.

or to set us up for our more powerful right side

Who has played it? This game completely rocks. I had the old one on the Dreamcast. Nice to see a sequel.

hey, the staff is a great place to start. skill with the staff will make any other weapons much easier to learn later.

BD, Go out and research some OLD SCHOOL breaks, and you'll see that the old timers did some really crazy-assed power breaks. Tak Kubota is the king on insane breaks, I think Hwang Kee's "Soo Bahk Do: Volume 1" has some good pictures of older Korean masters doing ridge hand breaks on chimney bricks, roof tiles, etc. "Tamashiwara: The Art of Breaking Bricks and Boards With Your Hands and Feet" by Renardo Barden isn't a great book, but it shows some funky breaks that people did in the 70s and 60s. "Karate Breaking Techniques: With Practical Applications to Self-Defense" by Jack Hibbard shows a ton of different breaks, including some that I would never try, such as the thumb break. The discovery channel had an Okinawan fellow (probably at least in his 60's) do a three board break with the "grasp sparrow's tail" hand. it just shot out like a whip and shattered the boards. Not for the faint of heart. Bust one of those out, and I'll bet your GM sits up and takes notice

sano, there is nothing magic about the one inch punch, just a demonstration showing that with proper mechanics, you can deliver a very efficient and powerful strike without having to wind up first. that's all

unless your an isshin-ryu practitioner. then tekki shodan does go left first bassai? the technique is from the right hand, but you do pivot to the left first. just a set up, or an actual defensive tecnique? KSK? the first knifehand strike is to the left. either way, you're still getting at my point: perhaps the first move is defensive. So why the left side? ...maybe we've told her too much

I work out at a college club with a bunch of testosterone driven 18 year old males. I guess all those 50 year old women are SOL, too. Fighting ability is important, but it does not make a black belt.

When our club does creativity competition, we make a place for everyone who wants to be involved. Obviously, a white belt's role in a demo is going to be a little different than the black belt's. Everyone has some sort of talent that can be put to good use. Oh yea, we still win a lot, too. A lot of what we do focuses on hyung application. Sometimes we'll take something from the hyung that doesn't make a lot of sense, and find a way to throw in into what we're doing. Or take another set and give it a whole new spin. What bugs me about a lot of demo teams is that they aren't very creative, and the same stuff is re-hashed everytime, with the same music... (Mortal Kombat!!!!) I've watched some schools use the same demo over and over again, just reshuffling the elements, and changing the song and costumes.

Have you also noticed that the first move is usually a defensive technique?

I like heavyweight proforce tops, but for pants, I look to a certain judogi brand: Fuji. I like having lots of extra room in the pants.

bubble kick?? I like lead leg side kick.

and to answer your question, if they dodge the kick, the kicker is probably laying on the ground. but on the bright side, they probably aren't holding your leg anymore

these kicks are basically sacrifice techniques. if someone grabs your leg, you can assume they are probably going to do nasty things to you. you don't really "jump" per se, as you just kinda whip the other leg around. it is actually pretty hard to dodge when you are still holding the leg and not expecting someone to lay themselves out. i know a fellow who does this pretty well, and once knocked a person out with it. i know, anecdotal evidence, but I've practiced this and it will work. the real lesson is to avoid getting your leg grabbed in the first place, but i'll digress

Well, of course it is! Different tools for different situations is all I'm trying to suggest. I attempted to make that clear by discussing the use of force continuum, etc. I don't think they shouldn't be using grappling techniques when possible. The original poster expressed shock that police officers would learn striking techniques, and I was attempting to describe a scenerio where they would be helpful. If an armbar brings a guy down, great! If a side snap kick softens up someone who is violently resisting, great! If a palm strike to the chin gets you enough distance to draw and fire, it is doing it's job. I'm not talking about DUI arrests here, I'm talking full blown assaults on an officer. My line of supporting cops doing what they need to do to get home is more to thwart anyone would say that police should only ever be allowed to restrain or control attackers. Not some sort of blanket statement encouraging "Rodney King's" or fascism. Chill.

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