jakmak52

Oh c'mon, can't you grandfather me in, I got credentials I also do Couch Karate on weekends

It was a cold foggy night, I stepped into to dojo preparing to test for my 1st Degree Brown belt stripe (Black Belt Candidate), so I'm practicing my spin hook kick over and over again, our dojo was carpeted so I loose balance on my supporting leg, and I snap to my backside there's 10 of us maybe with all there family members onlooking, so I start doing situps like I had it planned, but I was embarrassed and laughing at the same time....

Oh, okay, do I get a senior citizen discount

You better wear it when we spar No, just kidding, it's good to wear when sparring inexperienced (overzealous) partners, they can be dangerous

Absolutely NOT, my opinion, you need someone to spar with

Sure, what's a wek?

Well we go all the way with the absense of malice

Holy Moly, it took me ten years and 2100.00 bucks to earn mine, what a deal

I don't wait, just bulldoze my way in, blitz works for me

When you step into the ring three things should cross your mind. You want to make sure that you are physically tougher than your opponent. That you can outlast him, out-endure him. So you need to get your body in incredibly good physical shape. When I say in good shape? I don't mean by doing kata, lifting weights, jogging, or that kind of stuff. I'm talking about hard, one-on-one sparring with a partner who is as good as or better than you are. That's how you become better: intense pressure-type sparring with a tremendous amount of attention devoted to stamina training and working on pacing yourself. Try to spar at a much faster pace than you would in competition. Another aspect you want to work on is to make sure your opponent can't hit you. You've got to work on your defensive skills, and not necessarily on blocking. It could be in the area of dealing with a good kicker?being able to move quite a bit on the outside and denying him access to the target. As a last resort if the kick does get close enough to score, you can work some kind of blocking maneuver to make him miss. You need to keep your opponent from getting set in the first place so he can't fire off first or beat you to the draw. So you figure a way to smother speed. Take the momentum out of his attack. These are the most important two factors in fighting: aggressiveness and speed. If you can take aggressiveness and speed away from the other man, it gives you the upper hand. I was taught this from Joe Lewis.

I fully agree, experience on learning to take hits (good hard, see stars hits) is a good way to curb the adrenaline jolts

Yes I do, it was 1994 and I was scared to death, I was an orange belt at the time and the kata was Tan Gun, I forgot it half way through so I just making stuff up, I got 3rd place and the trophy was about 6" high, one my most favorites to this day

I prefer kata over sparring, Bassai Dai is my favorite next to Kwan Gae.

Well, here's my scheduled NASKA tournaments for 2005, anyone else attending I would like to other KarateForum.com members 1. March 19, 2005 – 7th Annual Suncoast Open – Largo, Florida 2. April 8th, 2005 – Ocean State Nationals – Providence, R.I. 3. May 28, 2005 – FLMA Warrior Extravaganza – Largo, Florida 4. June 18, 2005 – Bluegrass Nationals – Louisville, KY 5. July 2, 2005 – US Open – Orlando, Florida 6. September 10, 2005 – Sunshine State Invitational – Largo, Florida 7. October 1, 2005 – Battle of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA 8. October 15, 2005 – Diamond Nationals – St. Paul, MN 9. October 22, 2005 – Sarasota 1st - Sarasota, Florida 10. November 5, 2005 – Pan American Internationals – Miami, Florida Looking forward to seeing some of you

Tokaido gi and Top Ten sparring gear.

My stepson is Trey Azagtoth, lead guitarist in the metal band "Morbid Angel"

When you step into the ring three things should cross your mind. You want to make sure that you are physically tougher than your opponent. That you can outlast him, out-endure him. So you need to get your body in incredibly good physical shape. When I say ?in good shape? I don't mean by doing kata, lifting weights, jogging, or that kind of stuff. I'm talking about hard, one-on-one sparring with a partner who is as good as or better than you are. That's how you become better: intense pressure-type sparring with a tremendous amount of attention devoted to stamina training and working on pacing yourself. Try to spar at a much faster pace than you would in competition. Another aspect you want to work on is to make sure your opponent can't hit you. You've got to work on your defensive skills, and not necessarily on blocking. It could be in the area of dealing with a good kicker?being able to move quite a bit on the outside and denying him access to the target. As a last resort if the kick does get close enough to score, you can work some kind of blocking maneuver to make him miss. You need to keep your opponent from getting set in the first place so he can't fire off first or beat you to the draw. So you figure a way to smother speed. Take the momentum out of his attack. These are the most important two factors in fighting: aggressiveness and speed. If you can take aggressiveness and speed away from the other man, it gives you the upper hand. Now prepare your mental skills. You need to come up with a good game plan to neutralize your opponent's advantages. If he's fast you've got to smother his speed. If he's more aggressive you've got to take the momentum out of his attack. If he's got a reach advantage you've got to out-distance him. If he's bigger you've got to keep him off balance so he can't use his size against you. If he's a good lead-off fighter you've got to force him into a counter-fight. If he's a good counter-fighter you've got to force him to lead off. If he's a good kicker you've got to force him to punch. If he's a good puncher you've got to force him to kick. There are different ways of stripping him of his advantage. Have fun

I paid 3500.00 for mine But it took 10 years and I actually had to drive to the dojo and Ed Parker must be rolling over in his grave...

Get out of bed

Hit it hard and in the middle WITH the grain

Try Century's "contact" pants. http://www.centuryfitness.com/

I become hypervigilent in certain theatening situations, paranoid? Hmmmm. Maybe

http://www.naska.com/ Enjoy

I primarily do the NASKA circuit in Florida, I don't know if it's the best.

I have been in a few street/bar fights and they are quite different from dojo sparring. I only fight when my wife or I are in harm's way.