Chris from CT

Hey, Laurie.

Chris Tessone: Sorry I'm late, but I just realized in your signature... Congrats on the yellow belt, bro!!! Take care

Letting your instructors know just seems like the right thing to do. They put alot of trust and respect into you and I feel the same should be given back. I am currently training under two (three) different teachers. All of them, Master Art (Hapkido) and Sensei Jerry & Nancy (Shaolin Kempo), know what I am doing. I am very lucky because they are all very open minded and believe in what they do. They are also very respectful of other martial arts and their practitioners. Hopefully your teachers would be the same way and there won't be a problem. Now just because a teacher doesn't want you training somewhere else is not necassarily a bad thing. They may just be more traditional and believe "one person, one teacher." The problem is when they talk trash about others. That just means the person is narrowminded and wants to pretend they are better than they are by putting someone else down. Be careful of those people. By keeping an open mind while believing in what you do, there is no reason to put someone else's style or beliefs down. Sorry, I went off on a binge there. Do you respect your teachers enough to tell them? This might sound stupid, but pretend you were dating two girls and you really liked them both, the right thing to do would be to tell them. This is tough because you really care for both, you want to be with both and you don't what to hurt either one. Just because it's right doesn't mean it's easy. Take this for what it's worth. Take care & good luck

Take care and stay safe.

My old instructor used to say "sink your chi" (Qi/Ki). After a while I "kind of" understood. Try this... Just stand normally and have someone lift you up off of the ground. Ask them to remember how much effort they used. Next, stand the same way, but this time concentrate and think of yourself getting heavier and heavier and sinking into the ground. Once you have that focused in your mind, have them lift you again while concentrating on getting heavier, etc. See if the amount of effort needed to lift you changes. It's not magic. Once I got good at that, I tried using that type of thought with my stances. It makes a difference. That helped me. Take care

That's cool. I was born and raised in Danbury, right next to Brewster, NY. Take care

Where do you train, Doug? Take care

Have a great time with it!!! Take care

Hey, GEO. Hapkido is different depending on the teacher/organization/style that you train in or with. Some styles use alot of kicks and some do not. Hapkido (Yawara, Hapkiyusul, etc.)originally, as taught by Choi Yong Sul, was very close to Aiki Jujitsu because that's what he learned (Daito Ryu Aiki Jujitsu). It had only a little kicking. GM Ji, Han Jae's style of "Sin Moo" Hapkido has a great amount of kicks in it, but no matter where you train in Hapkido you will do much more than that. That's great that you are good with your kicks and want to get into closer range fighting. Hapkido is great for that! Not only do you learn to destroy from the inside, you also learn to control from the inside also. It's nice to have the option. Hapkido was never meant to be a sport so you won't see too much as far as Hapkido tournaments. Points mean nothing when you are fighting for your life. Wherever you train, enjoy it. Take care _________________ Chris LaCava "Man is born soft and supple, in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu [ This Message was edited by: Chris from CT on 2002-05-15 06:38 ]

A fan like you would use if it was hot outside to cool yourself off. The ones we use, the spines of the fan are made out of stainless steel instead of plastic. Altough Hapkido is a full range martial art that can stand on its own, yes it would be a good combination. Take care

We use quite a few weapons in Hapkido. Knife, cane, Dan Bong (Short Stick - approx. 12"), Ji Bong (Mid stick - arnis sized), double Ji Bong, Ban Bong (Jo Staff Size), belt/rope and fan. Some also teach sword and long staff. Different weapons are taught by different instructors and associations. Some more or less than others. When they are taught also depends on the instructor and/or association. Take care

OH, THE PAIN! Take care.

Hey, come on! We won best rock band for 2000 & 2001 in the Fairfield County Advocate. Ah, we were happy about it. Take care, KickChick.

What nationality is your teacher? Where was you teacher born and about how old is he? Take care _________________ Chris LaCava "Man is born soft and supple, in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu [ This Message was edited by: Chris from CT on 2002-04-29 21:52 ]

Sorry, Morgray. How much are the other schools in your area charging per month? Take care

I was going to start a class at the NYSC (New York Sports Club) near my house, but just like your situation, they had to be members in order to be in the class. This may not be a bad thing. Are the members paying $200 per year? Does the club pays you a flat fee no matter how many people are in the class? If so, read on. If not, don't bother. If that is the case then people would be saving alot of money in the long run by being a member even if they only took your class. Around here the general cost to train is between $60-$100 per month at a dojo/dojang. That breaks down to $720-$1200 per year. This could be a great selling point for you and the club to get more people in. Your students would be saving between $520-$1000 per year! Aw, man. I coming to train with you! Even if the club isn't charging $200 per year, see what it is and compare it to the general tuition rate of the other schools in your area. It may work out. Take care & good luck, Morgray.

This came up on another board too (well, sorta kind of). I know very little when it comes to Korean, but I did up a webpage to give people a basic understanding of the written language of Korean. There are also a couple of links that I found very helpful. The page is at... http://martialart.bravepages.com/korean.htm Like I said, it's VERY basic! Who am I to do a page on Korean? I have a hard enough time with engrish. Take care _________________ Chris LaCava "Man is born soft and supple, in death he is hard and rigid..." LaoTzu [ This Message was edited by: Chris from CT on 2002-04-25 06:13 ]

In some Japanese martial arts there is what's called an "Uchi Deshi." An uchi deshi is pretty much a live in student. Besides living at the dojo they are responsible for the care and maintenence of the dojo while devoting themselves to the training of the sensei's art. I have seen this with some of the Aikido schools. I hope this may have answered your question. Take care

Don't even attempt trying to name all of them. For Hapkido alone there is a boat load!! This is just some of the names that Choi, Yong Sul used... Hapkido Yu Sul (Yoo Sool) Yawara Hap Ki Hap Ki Yu Sul Hap Ki Yu Kwon Sul Dae Dong Ryu Yu Sul Good luck on your report, Crucio.

I haven't seen them myself, but others have said they weren't worth the money. I would still like to check them out either way. Just so I know for myself. Take care.

With Pellegrini's "Combat Hapkido" you will definitely hear one way or another. Either they love it or hate it. Probably more important than what people think about a style is what are you looking to get out of training in Hapkido? Pellegrini says that he took out all of the unnecessary stuff from Traditional Hapkido and has left just the most realistic techniques. Traditionalists say that if a person takes out all of the other training that is incorporated with Hapkido, you will lose part of what makes it so effective and it will no longer be Hapkido. Here is the Combat Hapkido Website... http://www.ichf.com Whatever you do, have fun with it. Take care.

I havn't either, but if you are looking for "martial arts in general" that don't use forms then Judo and Ju-Jitsu and Aikijujitsu would fall under that catagory. Originally, Hapkido is another one that doesn't use forms, although it's Korean it does have roots in Japan. The founder of Hapkido, Choi Yong Sul didn't teach forms. Any forms taught today in Hapkido were included by his students after and/or their students after them. Hope this helps & good luck on your test, Kyle!. Take care

I think you did great, Jack. I don't know how much you care for the guy, but if his only probelm with you is your training, why not ask him to go with you to class sometime and let him know he would be welcomed there? This way he may feel less left out and... 1) might get him off your back. and even better 2) might even end up being friends. It's good to feel like a part of something and not be left out. There have been people that I haven't cared for, but once I started training with them I ended up getting this funny "respect" thing happening. Your instructor probably has some type of free trial deal so he could try it. As far as him grabbing you... Hapkido is great for that!! Take care, Jack.

It was a good program. It was like a small martial art marathon. There has been a big controvercy with Rod Sacharnoski in the past. There have been alot of posts regarding him, his affiliations and his organization on E-Budo. Take care

A few years ago, me and my girlfriend at the time were at bar and she got her "backside" grabbed. I was absolutely enraged!!!! Here is where I fight with myself. I am feeling my blood boiling up inside me and I want to beat the living pulp out of this guy, but even though I was enraged I could still slightly rationalized that it's not appropriate and can cause alot of problems after the fact. So being very much aggravated and not wanting this guy to get away with that, I walked straight up to him and grabbed a hold of his "backside" and asked how he liked it? Oh, how I wanted him to swing, but he didn't. He backed down like a fightened little child. Later on my girlfriend and I got a good laugh out of it and no one got hurt. That poor guy probably thought I just got out of jail and I was going to make him my *****. take care