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We do the same on the 3 and 6 attacker during the 3 shot combo. Power shot for the first creating space by driving back the attacker then fiollowing up with two shots as fast as possible.

I'm familiar with the C-stepping; I've also heard it called "half-moon stepping." What do you mean when you say you "cut the corners off the turns?" I can't picture what you mean. We bring our feet back together under us before/during the turn instead of turning by swinging the leg from the previous position. So on the 1/4 turn on the opening attacker we would come back to a cat stance(without stopping in the cat stance) before moving into a back stance prior to the block & punch. On the 1/2 turn on attacker 2 and the 3/4 turn on attacker 4 our feet would almost touch as we turned. The cutting the corner comment is just something I say about the 3/4 turn. When in a back stance as you start the turn the back foot basically shoots by your front foot's heel in a straight line (on a 45 degree angle) to it's final position as the front foot after the turn, prior to engaging with the 4th attacker.

Very similar to my Kenpo basic forms. We use this similar footwork with the same & different block strike combos. Only difference was the linear stepping, we use more in/out steps(C shaped) and cut the corners off the turns. Keeps your feet under you, protects groin and speeds up turns.

If I had a White Gi, no telling what color it would be, let alone the kids'.

Sorry I don't know all the terms, but I'm guess your talking about a back leg front kick. If your having balance issues, break the kick down in steps. Start by lifting the knee and return to starting position working just that part of the kick. Then start extending the foot by punching the kick forward and returning it to your starting position. After balance can be maintained during this motion start trusting the hips forward on the extension to increase power. Your kick should follow the same path back as it does forward. Up, out, back, down. Don't be to worried about power it will come once the kick is performed correctly.

Just wondering why they wouldn't be allowed? I did notice a different style of glove used in WKA format. Thanks for the info in advance[/img]

My kids grew out of century gear before the wore it out. But for myself I went with top ten. Got the competion head gear( more temple protection) and the 3000 series open hand gloves and kicks. No issues with 1-2 hrs/wk of sparring for 4 years. Gloves and kicks are leather. They did resently changed the chip strap on the helmets that I don't care for. Gear cost me $350 cdn, so a lot more than the dipped foam. Pretty sure there is a USA site as well, but might be worth a look at the Canadian site with the cdn $ @.72 US. I sure there is better gear out there, but this is what I got.

wako just held the biannual world championships in Ireland which had the full contact, light contact and point divisions. No kicks to the legs but sweeps are ok. I think the wako muay & low kick was hosted by Serbia.

Drop from 190 to 170 and maintain. Compete in a LC kickboxing event Improve right side forward sparring Solid year of training to put me on track for 2017 BB

Makes him feel good and I enjoy spending the time in the dojo with him. But he gets me started on the new katas, before I start working with the senior guys. Congratulations on the promotion. Having your 12 year old teach you that stuff must be interesting!

Great job in front of and behind the camera.

Managed to pass my brown belt test last night. So happy to have that finished prior to Christmas. Big thanks to all the guys that helped me prepare. My 12 yr old son all ready to teach me the new katas as he did at blue belt level. 23 months to make BB and achieve my goal of BB at 40.

Sound similar to WAKO "Full Contact" without the sweeps.

Congrats.

If I have missed the meaning of Bunkai, please ignore. We start application of kata, during green belt. At this point we would be learning our 8th and 9th katas, although 5 have the same footwork with different blocks/strikes. Here we would start working our first kata with attackers. We are required to present all kata with attackers for our next grading. I must say it was like learning the kata all over again and at the time wished we would of learned the kata with the attackers in the first place. Even thou we did receive verbal/physical explanation of what we are defending/attacking in the first place, at this point seemed inadequate. But thinking about it now, we all need time to learn a skill and somewhat become competent before having to apply that skill. This maybe would be a little overwhelming for young kids and some adults, many who don't take to conflict very well at this point. I think this or a similar approach is one way to really start accelerating the exponential curve of the art.

I've had more success with kata than sparring, but enjoy sparring more.

That's a great story.

I guess it would depend on the tournament. Our house tournaments are for all belts, with restrictions on white belts for sparring. The annual association tournament is open to orange and above. Then there are BB only tournaments. So yes there are minimum belt requirement to some tournaments, but not all. Usually the tournament flyers will give you the information of belt requirements and division splits.

I'm with Mushybees, summer is tougher on me as well. Generally don't do a whole lot of classes during the summer, tend to do more by myself or with one or two other guys. I Find having a training partner that's counting on you to show, helps get me to the dojo.

[quote name="sensei8 Solid post!! To the bold type above... I believe that any standards' date=' rules, regulations, etc., need to be established in writing before said dojo doors are opened. That way, students are aware of established administrative causes before, and not at, or after any fact. Imho, your school is behind the 8-Ball, so to speak, for having any established standards, rules, regulations, etc., to address future JBB's. If the governing body has standards and the like established, then any affiliated school can post them for all students to read, or at least, be able to access the governing bodies By-Laws via established protocol and means. [/quote] I agree, if rules are not in place from the beginning there will be people that feel its their right to challenge them. Maybe I misspoke earlier, as these rules could be in place, but I have not seen them in my approx. 5 years attending. Sensei did tell me that this younger crew that are breaking the path so to speak will go through a period of JBB. At this point I'm not sure what he has in mind for minimum duration and/or age limits. Seems like I'll have to sit him down and have a talk..............

Great topic as I have a 12 yr old being tested for brown in the very near future. With another two years of training I'm guessin he'll be ready for some form of BB, which would be a JBB in our school. Currently as there is really no need for age policy as we don't have any teenagers ready for BB. But its definitely a conversation I want to have with Sensei as I see no rush having my young teenager with a BB. Having a 3-4 year period of training (mental, physical, teaching aid) working towards a full BB from JBB, will either break him or make him stronger. As a parent I don't want to see him break but I don't want an immature kid with a BB either. As a student I don't want a dojo full guys/gals with belts we not ready for. Forget about the purpose of belt color, but I rather have one I could defend than one that could be taken from me.

I'm a part of a fairly new school, with only one BB that started off at white within the dojo, yes there are many BB but from another generation . We have a big gap between kids(-13 yrs) and adults (+30yrs), 1 or 2 teenagers. Since there are a bunch of teachers here, at what age to you start seeing the kids separate themselves by hard work. Right now it seems the separation in students is from natural ability opposed to being a stand out hard work guy/gal.

I Hope so. When closely matched, my money goes on the hard worker.

Not a fan of RR outside the octagon, But I like her inside after the bell sounds. Seemed like RR was more hyped up than usual, which didn't help her in this situation. Holmes made her pay for her mistakes coming forward without working for it. I think Holmes was near perfect, we'll see what happens next time. If there is a next time, I'm sure RR won't do that again. There will be more feeling each other out and will probably be a boring first round or maybe the whole fight. More of a cat and mouse fight instead of bull vs bull fighter. Not sure how that will work out, do you favor a KO or SUB in a battle of minimal mistakes. Even thou Holme's striking was entertaining and proved deadly, I'd put my money on RR and the SUB.

This is what I hear more and more as being the standard practice. Dynamic stretching during warm-ups, and static stretching at the end of a workout to help improve flexibility, seems to yield the best results. We were always told static stretching leads to tired muscles and tried muscles will leads to injuries/ poor performance when worked hard. Don't know if this is true but so far it's held up for me.