SBN Doug

Wow.....I came so close to mentioning the same marathon game of "Wack-a mole" we played that week. I think we all turned it into a contest to see how many flaming posts we could each remove . And I believe we banned Patrick from any vacations for 6 months after that. Of course there's always the "other" incident that was my trial by fire into the moderator team. Great to see you're still at it Pat. You were certainly an inspiration to many of us to overcome our obstacles.

Staff Double Short Staff Sword Reverse Sword Double Short Sword Korean Bow Rope Cane Fan Rope Staff (jool bong/ nunchaku) Have started: Double Jool Bong Spear Double Sword Hope to learn: Sectional Staff

Been doing a lot of the same techniques from standing for many years. And all the other positions still seem pretty natural when on the ground. But something about flat on my back that's the challenge. Just not having as much manuverability leaves you with less options, and more at risk. Just need a lot more practice.

Same here. I'm really bad when it comes to being a threat from guard. But we don't get a lot of practice in ground work. So I have to focus on one aspect at a time until I can put them all together.

I can't say that I've ever taken a beating in sparring, as we are all very controlled when sparring. The upper belts are all very careful when sparring lower belts, so as to teach without injuring. Now during technique practice, my partner was practicing the throw with his cane around my neck. His circle was a bit too wide, and I ended up getting a piledriver into the floor Thank God for padded floors.

We allow those training shoes when soemone has foot problems of an injury, and there have not been any issues. Footwear is required whenever we train outside to prevent injury.

Not to mention if you'd struggle doing well when having to get "really" close to someone, Hapkido may not be for you. It's something you can develop over time, but just know most of the techniques only work correctly when you're right up close to your opponent.

I love to hear stories like this. Having been on staff in the past, I know we struggled to gently guide the community in the right direction, without dampening the spirit of those wanting to trade ideas and points of view. So many would see their own conversation going in an unproductive manner and correct themselves quickly when it was pointed out. But a few let pride , experience on other forums, or whatever blind themselves into thinking they were doing nothing to degrade the level of conversation. I can say from experience that we tried to our very last breath to open the eyes of the members that continually tried to crush the open exchange of ideas and opinions, because everyone's opinion counts. I'm so glad to hear the membership still apreciates the hard work the current staff does to create a forum of friends, sometimes competitors, but never rivals. Cheers to the KF Staff, and membership.

Darn, ya got me beat. November 2001.....Also surfing the web while a slow day at work. Don't have many of those any more , but happy to see KF still going strong!!

Yo, yo, yo....sup home girl?

Been away quite a while, but thought I'd drop my two cents. Pretty much everything tenshinka has stated is the same information I scraped up as well, and you DO have to scrape. Remember that KSW is "based" on the three general origins of Korean martial arts (Royal court, buddist, family). Our GM didn't personally learn them this way as they don't exist this way any longer (except the buddist to a certain extent). The history of KSW you read in our books is describing the roots of the techniques, not how they were combined by Kuk Sa Nim. I usually like to think of it this way. He learned many arts/ techniques from many different masters. Others also learned similar (or same) techniques from the same or other masters. These students began combining what they felt were the best of each technique they learned. Some studied together under the same instructor(s), other learned similar patterns and techniques from others. And, as was stated, many were influenced by more than just Korean martial arts (thought I agree more from China than Japan). So, you have an intermingling of students that were combining techniques of traditional arts, basically making the first attempt at mixing martial arts. However success, money, prestige, etc. can break apart friendships/ partnerships. And ulitmately, "There can be only one" on top. So, they started breaking away and forming their seperate organizations. No matter what the actual origin is, I really enjoy my martial art of choice, and have never contemplating leaving it. The fact that I'm 14 years into it, and will begin testing for 4th degree soon and am still learning new material I have never seen before is enough to keep my interest for a long time. It's like a good book, as it keeps you wanting to know what's in the next chapter. Later....

If your stance is the same as ours (shoulders square, back leg straight and in line with torso), then no. I can't think of when you would need to.

Not at all. It's just that most wives (and girlfriends) work under the golden rule. "No matter who's right, you're wrong."

Is the sun shinning brightly over there in Fantasy Land?

Really??!!! That blows.