karate_woman

Welcome.

I completely agree Karate Woman, but over and above that, how many 3 1/2 year olds do you know with the attention span to memorise that many katas in the first place?? This is beyond weird... True, true.

At least you didn't sit in the hallway in mucso waiting for permission to enter - our procedure if you're late

There is another thread on this http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=973

I agree that whatever moves you use have to be instinctive.

No, I don't carry things around with me with the purpose of using them as a weapon. My point was more along the lines of anything can be used as a weapon, and there are lots of situations where you might have a potential weapon handy - even when out tending the garden. As for the umbrella - didn't you see Shanghai Knights?

Yes, JJ usually includes strikes (I assume that is the stand up stuff you're referring to), but remember that there is a lot of grappling you can do from a standing position as well. Have fun in your search.

Not to some of us, which is why seeing a 3.5 year old getting a black belt and a 6 year old getting a 3rd degree black belt is a joke. A MA that contains kata should have a lot more to it than memorizing kata - doing the kata and understanding the kata are totally different concepts; a dancer can probably learn a kata very well, but unless they'd been taught everything else that goes along with it, and been given the time to explore it for themselves, it will be little more than a fighting dance to them.

Are there any traditional JJ schools there? Something else I had some exposure to in a grappling seminar was Sambo - the second day of the two day seminar was dedicated to Sambo leg and ankle locks, taught by a Sambo instructor (originally) from Russia. The moves we were shown were quite effective. I assume that is also why a bunch of MMA students came in for that day of the seminar.

What is your aim - toning or bulking up? I'm sure the above posters will correct me if I'm wrong, but it appeared to me some of the answers (eg working to fatigue, adding weight) seem aimed at building sizable muscle and not just toning. Of course, doing 300 pushups in a row is bound to do some strengthening, and add a bit of size too, but I always thought the aim of lots of reps, with lower weight was toning without really bulking up - at least that is what I was always told by the trainers at the gyms I went to. So again - what is your aim?

Welcome. Glad you're enjoying your training.

Yes, excellent.

This thread has to do with what ki techniques you've mastered. All your posts so far seem to be evasive with the only point seeming to be making claims of being advanced in "ki"; what's going on?

JCVD = Jean Claude Van Damme, the star of Bloodsport. I'm not sure who the comment was directed towards - probably rb, since he brought up Bloodsport?

I guess if there is a second level of the Matrix, then the machines might not be the enemy at all, but a distraction. Might the truth be worse still?

Weapons are an extension of your arm. Also, once you get used to doing things with weapons, you can adapt the techniques to everyday objects as well - umbrellas, pens, canes, garden tools, baseball bats, hockey sticks, brooms and walking sticks are a few that come to mind that would be found in many places, and be used like some of the weapons you'd use in class.

It is for many people, depending on their build and stance on steroids. According to Sherdog, Royce Gracie's stats are 6'0, 176 lbs, for example. Anyway; just my opinion. I bet one of the mma or boxers will pop in and address this for you soon

Hey, there are several discussions going on about ki/chi at the moment - jump in if you like

My guess would be it is better to be the heaviest person in a lower division than the lightest person in the next division up, assuming the competitors are all in great shape. As for why everyone isn't a heavyweight, not everyone is designed to be over 200lbs.

Well, first of all - good luck! File the corrections away and work on them over the next while; it is obviously too late to make the corrections stick. You can try to implement them but usually you'll go back to what you've done most often until your corrected version becomes second nature. Don't be discouraged if there are more corrections in the future, and they'll tend to get pickier and pickier.

The only problem with younger sisters is they can always say they aren't as old as you, and aren't you turning...40, 50, etc soon? My Mom's the youngest of three sisters and she just turned 48. that inpires lots of "so you're creaping on 50" comments from her oldest sister and her husband, but they'll be turning 60 next year, so it just isn't as funny when she points that out

First off, I'm of a karate and not a TKD background, but I wouldn't recommend going off and self training to prepare yourself for your real TKD training - at least not in TKD - you'd be better off waiting for the instruction and the corrections that come with it. The jogging and stretching you mentioned sounded like a good idea, and I'd think some push ups and ab work wouldn't hurt either.

Funny they list him as TKD when in their interview with him he lists his training as follows: Sherdog: What diffrent disciplines do you train in. Worsham: Taekwondo, Boxing, and lots of submission fighting since being accepted by Bob Shamrock and the Shamrock 2000 Team. I've been getting schooled on the ground down there by a couple of absolute studs, Val Ignatov and Steve Heath, between these two I will become a more complete fighter.

They look like they have two completely different approaches. Perhaps you should try out the complimentary classes in both and see which suits you best?