michelUSSD

i suggest that you seperate the bored kids. whenever im teaching and there is a kid that doesnt want to participate i pair him up with someone who is really into martial arts. the bored kid will feed off the other's energy. you might find that when seperated them they are into it and just act bored to be "cool". that has also happened at my school. the younger sibling will act bored until big brother or sister isnt there and then they dig it.

ya, the shortest distance between any points is a straight line so theoretically a linear block should be faster than a circular block of the same strike.

the saying never says that line cant overcome line and circle cant overcome circle. it just states one option...its not the only option. try not to think of it as a rule but as more of a suggestion.

Simplification is not always a bad thing. Using the circle to overcome the line and the line to overcome the circle is a strategy that can work for a fighter. It's not the only one that works, but it doesn't make it any less true or effective.

i agree that he probably couldn't act to save his life, but i would definitely never try to fight him. im sure he would have no problem putting the average marital artist in their place... assuming the average martial artist is the weekend warrior who practices maybe 2 hours a week.