Kumite988

Stop spamming. LOL that was lame.

Greetings. Have fun here!

Welcome to the forums enjoy your stay.

Pretty good one...

I live in California and I practice Karate. As for the recall I strongly discourage it.

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I'm 15, about about half way to 16

Well I don't quite know what you mean by 'actually work' I think all combos 'actually work' in the right situation... what do you mean by stunt your opponent? I'm also guessing your talking about a sparring situation. Well depending on your level one that I can't quite do but is good is a roundhouse to the head and a hook kick on the way back. Punch, Jab, Backfist is really easy and can be effective. Basically in sparring just hop up and down strike fast and pull back fast.

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WELL I asked this same question a while ago when I started so I'll just pass on the advice I got from the members here. Since this is the first time your starting martial arts then your instructor(s) will take it from where your at and then train you from there. They won't expect you to be full prepared, and they won't say "THIS GUY CAN'T RUN A MARATHON WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT?!! HE"S USELESS!". Soooooo I suggest just going to class on the first day with a good nights sleep then ask your instructor what he suggests. Stretching can never hurt though. Especially with TaeKwonDo.

Hey thanks guys

Hey! I'm sure we could answer a lot if not all of your questions

ANYTHING with JET LI. I like him over Chan, and even Bruce Lee. Hes so darn cool. And has a certain style that he carries with him throughout all his movies which I like. I might even start a Jet Li DVD collection lol....anyway I just rented Romeo Must Die and The One. I guess they were OK I liked Rome Must Die and The One was sub-par. But it doesn't matter cause Jet Lie is in them. lol

Well fighting is applying the skills you've learned to an actual situation, and teaching them is showing others what you've learned. So generally I'd think you have to have a better understanding of the skills to teach them, and not that high of an understanding to apply them. I'd say a good teacher would be better. But it really depends. Sometimes it could be really different.

Yeah fancy kicks are too slow and leave you open for an attack. In sparring kicks to the head sometimes work and spinning side kicks maybe but thats about it. Inside a street situation I'd stick to probably sidekicks to the chests or knees and maybe frontkicks to the groin. I dont know how roundhouse would be very effective, unless its for a sweep. Maybe its just cause my isn't too powerful yet.

Well its real hard to learn by yourself. But with that aside I'd also recommend Jiu Jutsu or maybe Aikido or Brazillian Jiu Jitsu.

Cool thanks guys now I can get ahead and learn those Katas.

I got Aragorn, yay hes my favorite.

Well the folding mats slide around a lot more and have to be rearranged all the time so it gets kinda annoying. They can also be hard to pivot on if you have a sweaty foot. I'd stick with the jig saw mats cause I dont think the folding kind would be too much faster to set up.

I try not to be late but when I am I give an 'excuse' depending on who the teacher is lol. Usually to the really mean and selfcentered teacher when I walk in late they say 'NICK THATS A TARDY, MY CLASS SHOULD BE YOUR FIRST PRIORITY' really loud and try to sound over-authorative. That gets me so mad. I usually just say 'Uh huh, thats nice' cause if I told her that I like helped another teacher clean up she'd just say 'I don't care' or something like that.

Yep we have to hold our Horse stance with thighs parallel to the floor for a long time. Sometimes we have someone push down on our shoulders. Once you hold it for a while your quads start burning ALOT. And when you get up you can feel them moving in your leg.

Hey from the ground up whats your favorite way of forcing cards? I usually use Svengali cards so I dont know much force with normal decks. Except bad ones like the flip flop....

Anyone know where I can find videos of Pinan Nidan, Sandan, Yodan etc....? Been looking for a while and I can't find anything.

Sophmore year of high school. My courses are: English 2 Foods 1 Latin 2 (Ack I hate Latin.... [ Sum malo ] ) Drama 1 (Mabe not considering it makes my day longer) P.E. Algebra 2 /Trig or Geometry I dunno yet. Biology I'm probably gonna be doing wrestling and maybe baseball. Also me and my friend might start a martial arts club at school. Not sure if it will be a wise idea yet though . I might be doing something in the way of music, but I dunno yet. I'm also planning on auditioning for some school plays.