Kicks

I found the guitar one of the easiest instruments to learn to play, but one of the harder ones to learn to play well. Years ago I played guitar in a couple of bands. Now I'm teaching my daughter. I also play harmonica (somewhat). I play the radio all the time.

Thumbs up delta1 !

anyone in New Orleans area who want to visit, just PM me. 47MartialMan, I'll PM you with times and address.

I once took my son and daughter to San Antonio to compete in Nationals. She got hooked (no pun intended) on those darn crane machines. Everywhere we went she wanted coins to drop in those machines, but she never got anything. Then once she asked again and I told her "Look, let's just take this dollar back to the hotel and flush it down the toilet. You stand a better chance of getting a stuffed animal from there then from these machines!" She laughed and laughed and that became a running joke the whole trip.

that's funny Well, we know Mu Ryuk has something to sing about. When the next tournament anybody else is competing in? There are two in my area coming up this fall. One in October, and my dojang's tournament on Nov 13 (I run the brackets for our tournaments). I don't know if I'll be competing in any, but I'll let you know if I do.

Congrats on your success! But next time, don't leave the decision up to the judges. DOMINATE!

I'm not a point sparrer (spl?), but I always thought that the advantage went to the first hit, so it was better to be a quick attacker, not counter attacker. One of my friends has a daughter who excells in her point sparring school and he tells me that the style enforces the 'sucker punch' or kick. Any discussion on this?

There are plenty of non-MA "stupid videos" at the website http://www.stupidvideos.com,,for those times when you have nothing better to do. Like me.

First, know the rules and use them to your advantage. Review ALL the competition rules posted at http://www.tkd-itf.org/TechnicalTournament.htm The point scoring is at: http://www.tkd-itf.org/TechnicalTournament3.htm which states: Article 34. POINT AWARDS a.One (1) point will be awarded for: Hand attack directed to mid or high section. Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to mid section. Foot attack directed to mid section. b.Two (2) points will be awarded for: Foot attack directed to high section. Hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to high section. Jumping or flying kick directed to mid section. c.Three (3) points will be awarded for: Jumping or flying kick directed to high section.

Like this? http://www.wimsworld.com/~wbonner/Sig-n-Roy.gif

A bit of trivia: Leaving on a Jet Plane was written by John Denver, which became a big hit when recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary in 1967. Denver was born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr on December 31, 1943.

For your viewing pleasure. Board Break http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Black_Belt.wmv Brick Breaking http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Karate_Headache.wmv Flying Side Kick http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Karate_Kick.wmv Flying Back Kick http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Karate_Miss.wmv Bo Training http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Pole_Fighting.wmv Archery http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/William_Tell.wmv Karate Chimp http://216.23.169.22/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Karate_Chimp.wmv Women Boxing http://216.23.169.22/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Early_Women's_Boxing.wmv Boxing 2 http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Boxing_Cats.wmv Matrix 1 http://216.23.169.22/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Carlo_Enters_The_Matrix.wmv Matrix 2 http://216.23.169.22/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Cow_Matrix.wmv Kung Fu Jive http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Karate_Jive.wmv Crippled Kung Fu http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Crippled_Kungfu.wmv Back Kick http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Horse_Kick.wmv Born to Karate http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Karate_Baby.wmv Office Ninja http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Office_Ninja.wmv Extra... Bull Fighting http://216.23.169.22/Videos/Medium_WMP8/Bullseye.wmv Clean and Jerk http://216.23.169.21/Videos/Medium_WMP8/CleanAndJerk.wmv

Was that the Drunken Master?

scamsham70, Thanks for those links. Some pretty cool stuff. I like hightlights videos like these. I found another one on one of those pages. It's mixed in with an Indian music video. http://darshantkd.com/videos/DarshanTKDVid1.WMV

Try: http://go.to/martialclipart Not the best organized or designed webpage, but there's stuff there you might like.

Thanks guys, that cleared it up.

Shorinryu Sensei, I don't quite understand you last comment. Can you explain with an example? Thanks!

Spin wrote: I only found one, and you can view it on this webpage: http://www.uechi-ryu.com/videos/tc_videos.html

Yes, best of luck. Remember, the more you practice the luckier you get. I'll expect a full report on my desk first thing Monday morning.

If any one is interested in competing in a Olympic style tournament in the New Orleans, LA area (Metairie) please message me and I can forward you the information. Tournament date is November 13, 2004. There will be forms and sparring competitions. All styles are welcomed, but sparring will follow the WTF (Olympic) rules of competition. Come practice your bouncing and yelling! just joking and poking fun

krunchyfrogg: CONGRADULATIONS on your wedding!!!

I hate shadow boxing, I always lose. If you have a partner try this. In a dark room face a wall with your partner behind you. He blinks a flashlight on the wall to one of several targets; lower left, middle left, upper left, above head, upper right, middle right, or lower right. You set a predetermined technique to throw for each location. For example, he flashes to the lower right, so you do a front kick to an imaginary knee. A flash to the upper left could be a left hand block followed by a right cross; upper right could be a roundhouse kick, etc. Increase the frequecy of flashes as you get better reaction times.

To all our Florida members, Good luck making it through Hurricane Frances this week. I wish you the best and will pray for you. I live in the New Orleans and lived through Betsy, Camile, Andrew and many more. I know it's going to be very nerve-wrecking for you. My advice... GET OUT! Sincerely, Kicks

That's what my Master Instructor tells me every time I do my form (kata) wrong.

A gift card to a favorite restaurant is always a winner.