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the question is whether they'd be used better by advancing in TKD (i could pass the next belt test) or by learning the basics of kickboxing. after all, making good use of my times is what this is all about ^^

heyho, until now, i only trained Judo and TKD and i think its time for something different. i really like the training at my current dojang, but i there is something i miss... i chose a kickbox school. but since i am going to move to another city in 3 months, i gotta find something new by then anyway and dont know whether it makes sence to change the school now as well. my question is, is there any sense in training kickboxing for 3 months at all? talking about kickboxing+lowkicks here, but no Muay Thai and training 3 times a week for about 90 minutes each. the instructors are qualified and they are well equipped, too. costs and the distance to the new school are almost the same, so that wont be important for my choice. but what do i got after three months? is there any sense in changing the school?

i can imagine the faces in class when i say this to the students i was actually asking for some excersises to prepare your throat for such a cry. its a long way to a decent cry, but what do you start with? my kihap came as i proceeded in my training, but this is a very unsatisfying answer

heyya! recently we practiced techniques with kihap in beginners class. kihap is very difficult, and few actually gave it a try (obviously because they didnt want to make a fool outa themselves). my head instructors can kihap that the walls begin to shake and my question is: how do you practice the kihap and how can you make it a decent cry? i noticed more than once (not only in beginners classes) that many have problems with them and that excersise might be needed... so what do you suggest?

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5122358896#ebayphotohosting thats a gyrotwister. they're said to train the whole arm, hand, chest and shoulder when used. my questions are: what do you think about'em? do you own one? do they really train all these muscles? do they help muscles GROW or harden muscles that are already there? whats the price for a good one? are there differences between gyrotwisters? and how do they work? i mean, they rotate alright, but what makes them go and how do you achieve training results. lots of questions, i know any help is appriciated

actually i didnt want to hear about laws in places i dont live in in germany they are legal to carry under certain circumstances, so i wanted to give it a go.

the thing on the picture if you prefer it this way. but i'd like to come back to my original post and questions please

hy all - you probably all do know those useful self defense weapons: batons. there are many of them, like baseball bats or imrovised things like bottles, billard sticks...but i am talking about the real stuff, like the tonfa for example: http://www.mudokwan.at/drachen/images/tonfa.jpg but i like this one best: the expendable baton! http://www.electron.de/bilder/c-21.jpg who here owns one of the above? when do you take them with you? why do/dont you do it? how do you learn to use one effectivly, without taking arnis or something??

sry, i understood few of what you just said. english aint my first language and so those names are not self explaining

heyya - out of boredom and as an addition to training i got me thse dumbells... i can vary the weight from 2 to 15 kg. can anybody help me on excersises? i know too few about them, but i heard that you can do almost everything with them. i'd like to train my arms and entire upper body if possible. abdomen and upper arms in special. a detailed description of what to do and what the results are what be really helpful thx for your attention.

it is - i think it means "korean foot-fighting", translated freely. not sure... i once heard that high kicks were need to knock riders off their horses. Taek Kyon is one of the arts Gen.Choi took parts off and formed them over years to what is known as TKD today. Taek Kyon however is not part of it anymore - most kicks are varied or replaced by others, yet until 15 or 20 years ago, traditional Taek Kyon was part of the programm you needed for 5th and 6th Dan grade. maybe this helps. i am sure ur instructor knows something about this as well.

heyya, watch this: http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/animationbattle.html does anyone know those songs? the author gives information about them in the credits, but its too few the song that comes during fight scence 6 is most important to me, so if you someone could help me on this

i was not talking about stopping the whole class for one student. lets assume they are doing excersises and you watch and try to help everyone with their individual problems. that is what i was talking about. err, i mean

i am as well against seperation of the class, at least if there is only one instructor. the beginners class i recently taught goes from 10th to 7th Kup grade. i was not talking about differences of age or rank. what made me think was this 9th Kup girl, and that 8th Kup boy. although he is yellow belt, i think he has a good potential and when my instructors (i am not head instructor, btw) would give him more attention he can be very good in short time, while others need extra attention and time to learn what he and some more learn in relatively short amount of time.

this once came to my mind and i wanted to hear your thoughts on this. we know that every student deserves the same share of attention from the instructor, after all the all have the same right to learn for the effort they bring, but after having taught my first class, i thought about... who should recieve more attention? the students that are exceptionally good and thus better than the others, or those that stay behind, because they dont grasp things as quickly as others or have problems of any kind? a good instructor should help both of course, but i find this very difficult. when i was looking after a young girl in special who frankly has problems with almost everything, the other students were unwatched during their exercises. but the good ones that need guidance to get better fast should not be slowed down by others. thoughts?

me too that would be great they most likely do. since phillipino kickboxing is a mixture of savate/sikaran leg techniques, western boxing punches and strikes and muay thai elbows and knees. since lowkicks are about the same distance as to close fight, i think thai style techniques dominate this range of fighting in the phillipino kickboxing as well, but i am not sure.

not at all. the name is the same, both claim to be TKD, but wtf does not have much to do with it anymore. there is new kata in tkd and it is almost purely kicking, with the goal to swiftness in order to hit one another once, because after that the fight is paused when a point is scored.

yeah, a broken nose and some bruises would be a parting gift he'll never forget

oh, i dont want to leave my style for full contact not yet that is... i am sure that tkd is a good style (here in germany the masters learned from the koreans and the general himself has been here often, so its taught good as far as i reckon), but i think that a full contact style suits me better since i wanna learn how to take blows and distribute them. on the other hand i dont want to go into the martial arts class after a hard days work to get beaten up and have m a$$ handed to me, if you take my meaning. there are some things i miss in my school and other i dont want to miss when i visit another. i miss lowkicks e.g. what are leg curls btw? english aint my first language so i dont know those names... and what is the difference between a hack squat and a normal squat? and... lunges??? i thought this was the only way. in my dojang there are many students that come there to learn and for some kind of recreation i think. have some sport and learn something useful, but they dont want to buy shinguards or have their legs kicked. i heard one say that she thinks the way we spar is very brutal, although we are certainly not... many ITF fighters in germany beat the crap out of each other as if its a k.o. fight, but we are very cautious towards sparring. and i wasnt hurt much during it. so i dont know whether my dojang is the correct place to watch for an individual...

its not that i wanna train for a certain style... i just want to learn lowkicks, and for that, i think i gotta attend a good full contact school. i think u missunderstood... i know that squats build muscles and i am not ignorant towards weight training. i didnt mean that i want excersises specifically for MT, but excersises that provide what i wanted, be it as a side effect.

weird, i thought there would be some way to do it what about, lets say squats, that strenghten your legs? i thought if there would be more muscles or harder muscles, the kicks would be absorbed at least to a certain extend. yeah, that would be the best way - i know, but as i said there is no MT, Phillipino kb or Kyokushin school around you mean in a MT manner? or with those kicks i use in my tkd? since i dont know MT kicks very good besides, i dont have access to a heavy bag yet

true, but not what i have been asking for @ vito welcome to the forums btw.

exactly that is the reason why i was asking how to be able to absorb them a little better than not absord at all. since i dont have the chance to visit a MT, Kyokushin or Philipino Kickboxing school (these are the styles that use lowkicks most afaik) i fear i wont have the chance to learn how they are blocked and i probably can not learn it by a description i read in the forum (which does not mean that i am not thankful for your reply ). i can however try to condition my legs in a MT manner. by this, i hope to be able to: 1. resist a lowkick slightly better 2. better pull of a kick and a block later on, when i finally have the chance to visit a school of the above styles. as i said:

is this healthy?

what pace is "good" btw, meaning good in the sense of good for a martial artist. they say about pushups, that the lower done, the more benefit you gain. there is far lower resistance behind the rows compared to the weight of the own body, so does this go for it as well? can i say: the fast i row, the more benefit for cardio?