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[color=indigo]Hey! I love the new forum! Anyway, my TKD school has a small problem - two of the instructors who teach children at my school - a black belt and a brown belt - are not going to be teaching in September (one is moving, the other going back to college). I have been helping out at my dojang as an assistant for about six months for free (tying belts, lining kids up, keeping order, holding sheilds for them to kick, etc.) My instructor just offered me a job which would make me like the youngest paid kids instructor (non black belt) ever at our school! I'm only 15, and a high red belt. I would just like some tips on keeping order when doing things such as running warmups, checking forms, etc. The problem is the age of the kids....they don't see me as a figure of authority. In fact, they would probably listen to a 30 year old white belt than to me, a 15 year old girl. At my first class the other day, it weas small and there were only about 6 kids, they made a joke out of calling me sir! How would you go about reprimanding these kids? With pushups? Or no game at the ned of class? Or telling one of the head instructors? Any help would be great!! Oh! I should tell you the age of the kids....the "Tiny Tots" is mostly 4 year olds, and the "Kids" is ages 5-10 usually, though as you move up into the more advanced classes, you see more 11, 12, 13 year olds. Thanks for the tips![/color]

[color=indigo]Has anyone ever heard of this art??[/color]

[color=indigo]I crosstrain in two arts - tae kwon do for striking and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for grappling! My ranks are in my sig! [/color]

[color=indigo]One of my instructors and three colored belts at our school always do a skit to "boot to the head" when we have a major demo. It's very, very entertaining. Especially because the instructor is only 5'8 - definitely a "short guy"! [/color]

[color=indigo]http://www.choikwangdo.org.uk/ActionShots/Gobbley/promotion.htm It's "The Youngest Choi Kwang Do black belt in the world" - he looks about 4 to me! http://www.nctimes.net/news/100900/mm.html - a 5 year old tae kwon do black belt! [/color]

[color=indigo]"For Koo Self Defense students, the emphasis is not on the belt per se but more on the content of the workouts and the achievements from it. As part of Koo Self Defense continuous evolution, all colored belt tests were eliminated in 1996 except for the black belt test which was designed to be the most objective, demanding and toughest test in the world! You are probably wondering would the standard of the KSD students deteriorate because of no colored belt testing? On the contrary, the students at Koo Self Defense are much more fitter and more powerful that when colored belt tests were conducted. This has been proven with time that our students are more fitter and more powerful than black belts from other martial arts styles." "3. Why it is ineffective to Block The development of blocking in martial arts was designed because the students are train using attacking techniques that come to a full stop with locked out arms or legs. If any martial artist attempted to block a series of hooks and uppercuts that were delivered with maximum power, and follow through, it would be impossible. If it were, don't you think the boxers, who fight for millions of dollars would be doing it. The only choice they have is to concentrate on mobility, ducking and weaving, side stepping and shielding their body with their arms. This is how we train our students in Koo Self Defense. We have completely eliminated all types of blocking in training except against weapons. " Why I am glad I train at my school......[/color]

[color=indigo]He is a product of Tiger Schulmann Karate franchise, http://www.tsk.com .....they have more kid BB's than any school I've ever seen, and with 35 schools on the east coast....[/color]

[color=indigo]This is similar to another post on the forum, I know, but I think this is different, so I started a new thread. This is from a local newspaper in the area where the kid resides - http://www.newstimes.com/archive98/apr0698/spc.htm It kind of :oed me![/color]

[color=indigo] LeaF I had thought that your first name was Lea, maybe your last name's initial was "F"! Luckily, we have this thread.... [/color]

[color=indigo]Because of the rules in TKD, a lot of people don't keep their hands up high enough (sometimes they are blocking either primarily or exclusively their chest), so maybe the bad habit is to blame![/color]

[color=indigo]We almost never use music in class, except when we do a "cardio kickbox" like workout (very rarely my instructor goes on a fitness rampage). The kids use electronica music in class when they play "musical pads" or other games at the end of class. My thread on "The ULTIMATE workout songs" was meant for my use when I practice my form, my technique, running, stationary bike, at home. Some schools incorporate music much more into the curriculum.[/color]

[color=indigo] What is it about MMA that you do not like? Also, many of today's MMA matches still take place primarily standing up, many of the fights end in KO's. What style of grappling do you study? What the people who said that grapplers usually like MMA probably should have said, "Most MMA fans are practitioners of martial arts that have been proven effective in the octagon" because that is more true. I would consider Aikido a grappling art, at least partially, but the small caged fights against a single opponent is not a good setting for an Aikido fighter.[/color]

[color=indigo] I could only get the soda one to come up! http://www.thevishal.com/quiz/mountain_dew.gif The What Soda Are You Quiz By Vishal[/color]

[color=indigo]http://www.atama-kimonos.com/about/pictures/royce_ed.htm There's Ed with Royce Gracie....and here's Nicholos Cage with Royce... http://www.atama-kimonos.com/about/pictures/royce_nick.htm[/color]

[color=indigo]THREE YEARS!?!?!?!?!? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!?!?!?!?!? Sorry, that was the wrong question entirely. WHAT WAS YOUR INSTRUCTOR THINKING!?!?!?!?!Why would any school have a contract for that amount of time....people are fickle...I've found this to be doubly true when it comes to martial artists...[/color]

[color=indigo]Ed O'Neil is a Purple Belt...I think he got it recently though! This is what I've heard from forums...[/color]

[color=indigo]American Boxing Useless? Ok, shuriken, I'll call Mike Tyson and schedule a bout with you (smart practitioner of a usefull art) against Iron Mike (the strong mean punching machine, but from a useless art).[/color]

[color=indigo]A suggestion to keep Muay Thai interesting: compete! It adds a whole new perspective and motivation to your training. If you really want to quit Muay Thai, check out every school in your area. If they offer an introductory free class, TAKE IT!! If they don't, watch a beginners and an advanced class to get a "feel" for the instructor and curriculum. As a tae kwon do practitioner, I feel that it takes a while for the self-defense aspect of the art to come into play; for a while it is just learning the basics, and i do mean a while. At least thatr's how it was for me. I also study BJJ; I'd check that out If I were you because Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a very common combination. One is a very effective striking system, the other a very effective grappling system. If you have any more questions about TKD or BJJ, post them! Or PM me![/color]

[color=indigo]Patches would be good for my sparring bag/backpack[/color]

[color=indigo]Thanks a lot, LeaF [/color]

[color=indigo]Has anyone ever heard of or seen this technique? I was reading an MMA results page and two of the fights were "submission by cobra choke"s but I don't know what it is! Usually I'm good at finding stuff online, but not this! Thanks much for your replies![/color]

[color=indigo]If only I had a car, maybe I'd be on the mats 6 days a week, then maybe I'd get my blue in only 8 months ![/color]

[color=indigo]What in H-E-double hockey sticks is a ki ball? The only time I have ever heard that term was the time someone I met in BJJ made fun of my TKD training asking if I could make them. Any basic explanation would be cool.[/color]

[color=indigo]Most of the diehard fans of mixed martial arts are mixed martial artists and grapplers.[/color]

[color=indigo]No, I was referring to the fact that Shakespeare's marriage was rumored to have been "loveless" and he just had to marry her because he had gotten her pregnant. When he died, most of his possesions were left to his daughter Susanna, what he left his wife is sometimes said to be "the second best bed" and sometimes "the bad bed". Either way, the wording of his will is seen as a sign that Shakespeare didn't think of his wife as his first or true love (The Earl of Southhampton is perhpas the person to whom the Bard's famous love sonnets were written). Here are some links on the subject of his sexuality, which is still under scrutiny.... http://www.jetlink.net/~massij/shakes/gay.html http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/classics/story/0,6000,688633,00.html http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0150swarksnews/page.cfm?objectid=11810869&method=full&siteid=50002 http://www.q.co.za/2001/2002/04/22-shakespeare.html There is much more on the subject, just go to Google and type in Shakespeare's sexuality or something similar to that. The question with the authorship of the plays is not whether he stole the ideas but whether he stole the words. Adaptations of other plays are not some horrible thing, but having your name known as the one who adapted them when you, in fact, did not is pretty bad.[/color]