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I've always been of the mind that colored belts let the students know who to ask help from, if not from the head instructor. If everybody wore the same colored belt, or no belt at all, a student would not know who has gone through the program ahead of him and knows how to help him. Even Boy Scouts have a ranking system. I akso go to many tournaments; local, state, and national. I've seen many people walk away with championship medals or trophies that don't tell the whole story. In 2003 my head instructor was awarded the gold medal in sparring for his division at the USTU National championships. So was I. The difference is that I had to fight several people to win mine. He won his by default since he was the only one in his division. I've seen stuff like this many times. So you never really know what a belt or award tells you. You have to look closer at the person. That's kind of why I like to wear a plain black belt when I compete. I'll let my competitors figure out what rank I am by the end of the day.

LOL, that's my trademark. It seems that I always go into tournaments pre-injured. I always joke and say "Why wait till the tournament to get injured. Get it over with now." It's funny because when people see me limping that say "Oh, is there a tournament coming up?"

I have a 12 year old daughter who is pretty good at sparring (AAU national champ in Olympic style sparring). We are preparing for the regional qualifier next month. In sparring class the instructor lines up the kids on one side of the room and adults (including over 15 yo) on the other side. I am thinking of having her line up with the adults, but wonder if this is practical. In competition she wiill be sparring girls slightly larger than her, she's small for her age. So would sparring teens and adults properly prepare her? It wouldn't be realistic as to what her division would be, but does that really matter? Any thoughts on this?...... http://www.livaudaisnet.com/mafit/barbara18b.jpg This is her a few years ago sparring Barbara Kunkle, member and captain of the 2000 U.S. TKD Olympic Team.

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Congrats on the sparring win! Woo woo!!! but work on your kata. hee hee!

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karatekid1975... Marshall Hart... In you horse stance, are you standing completely sideways to your opponent? If you were to draw a stright line from your rear foot to your opponents body, would it go through your front leg? If so, when you kick you have to kick in a circular pattern to clear the front leg. That gives your opponent time to react and move backwards or in the same direction as your movement. I see that you don't list any styles under your profile. How are you going about learning effective technique that maximizes your biomechanics? I'm not suggesting you can not do this, I'm just curious.

LOL, I think that's the whole point!

...you start to bow as you enter any room, anywhere. ...you close doors with roundhouse or fronk kicks. ...you also bow when you shake anyone's hand.

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SevenStar took the words right out of my mouth, or off my keyboard. You need to square off your stance. Don't stand where your rear leg has to clear (go around) your front leg. The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line, right? So keep the line clear. Also, if your opponent isn't thinking about that rear leg, then you'll have the jump on him. Action is faster than reaction. Hit with front leg, fake with rear, back to front leg and punches, and then throw rear leg. To protect yourself when throwing the rear leg, make an offensive move first (skip or slide in) to get your opponent moving back, but you cover the distance and throw the kick. Some people have trouble punching or kicking while moving in reverse. For speed, practice on small woodland animals.

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karatekid1975: Really? I must be unique, one of a kind, an odd ball My point of view comes from my exposure to WTF (Olympic style) sparring and competition. You have to hit with power to score, and a front leg roundhouse usually doesn't carry that much power when compared to a rear leg roundhouse. But front leg fighters will still use it 80% of the time. That's when I reply with back kicks, spin kicks, slide outs with double roundhouse, etc. Occasionally they'll skip in with a front leg side kick or ax to the head. I have a little trouble with the sidekick if the guy (or gal) is quick enough. The front leg kicker has one thing going for him, a quicker attack. Trust me, I use my share of front leg kicks, but I mix it up a lot. Once the knee is up the defender doesn't know if you're throwing a front kick, side kick, roundhouse, or ax. Also, if you're not fast enough to throw a rear leg roundhouse you stand a good chance of being creamed while your body is rotating forward. I think that's why a lot of folks I spar use their front legs a lot, they just can't always beat me to the punch (or kick) with that rear leg. But it all comes with practice, and correct practice. It comes with 'sport specific' training. If you want to be fast, you have to train specifically for speed. But that's a whole 'nuther story.

OK...we need an update. How did the match turn out?

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