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[color=indigo]Our school has a junior black belt, but the youngest kids who get it are usually ten or eleven. They have a junior black belt test which is similar to an adult black belt test, and if they pass they get a red and black "poom" belt. Sadly, very few of them stick around for more than a year after they earn their junior black belts. If they do, my instructor will choose when he wants to re-test them for a regular black belt. The youngest age of a child he has re-tested was 15. Most of the time they are around 17. Then again, there aren't many students dedicated enough to make that switch.[/color]

[color=indigo]It all depends on how serious the case. For instance, my brother, a wrestler on his middle school team and a fellow high red belt in tae kwon do, is mildly autistic, which causes him to have a hard time taking reprimanding and he hates partner work, especially on the floor. He doesn't yell loud enough because he's generally a quiet person, and when he does talk it's usually out of place. Sometimes he doesn't understand that you are supposed to keep pushing and he slacks off a bit. He is the most difficult to motivate, but he is physically strong because while he doesn't love the classrom environment, he loves practicing on his own.....pushups and crunches especially...he could do those for hours. I'm babbling....it depends on the severity of the handicap.[/color]

[color=indigo]Dokter, have you ever spoken with your instructor about the possibility of three-quarter-sleeve gi tops? Perhaps it isn't something he often thinks about....bringing your concern to his attention sounds like a good idea![/color]

[color=indigo]Here's an interview I found with a woman who beat my @$$ once.... http://www.roylergracie.com/articles/june13_danielle-schubert.html And here's her instructor beating on my instructor - http://www.roylergracie.com/technique/aug06.html[/color]

[color=indigo]XpOiSoN FrEeX, that sounds like an extremely well-rounded art....unfortunately there are no schools teaching that kind of curriculum around here.... And yes, Kensai, I too feel the Gracies often have a bad attitude about their self-proclaimed superiority, but I know I certainly will never challenge one of them so won't be met with their arrogance personally . I have also read many of the https://www.bjj.org interviews, and it seems that certain members of the Gracie clan are more arrogant than others.[/color]

[color=indigo]Here you go: http://www.angelfire.com/ma/alchemydojang/ http://www.martial-arts.co.za/Schools.html http://www.martialartsplanet.com/clubs/southafrica.php http://home.global.co.za/~vulcan/kendo/ Good luck finding a place to train and have a nice...er.....business trip! [/color]

[color=indigo]Well, Hiya, what would you rather wear? Some people in my TKD dojang wear a school tee shirt with dobok pants in the summer....would you liek that better?[/color]

[color=indigo]Purple is good! [/color]

[color=indigo]Sure! Some of my favorites are: BJJ.org - Basic info on the Gracie family, even though it hasn't been updated in ages! Jiu-Jitsu forum, interviews, and editorials - good stuff! In The Guard online technique catalog! Rorion and Helio's US academy I guess those are a good place to start. Jiu-Jitsu basically begins with judo and ends with submission wrestling. The idea is that you take someone to the ground and finish the fight from there, or if you are ever taken down, you know how to reverse position. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is really closer to Kano's judo than to Japanese JuJutsu, IMHO. [/color]

[color=indigo]Thhis section of the forum is home to posters of many different grappling disciplines with varying levels of experience, so what are your specifics? I train in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, for now I am training with a couple of blue belts, under Louis Vintaloro, Brown belt under Royler Gracie and shodan in Judo. I am a white belt and I've been training for about five months....this fall I am looking forward to entering a competition or two, just to test my skills! [/color]

[color=indigo]I realized it was probably a pre-programmed thing, Patrick -- I was more talking about the company that made the censor....it's like when people try to post "Sh*to-ryu" and the likes....sorry if you took some kind of offense! It did kind of diminish the whole idea of having a thread on the issue - thanks for fixing it so quickly![/color]

[color=indigo]Hey, karatekid - here's a lengthy thread on that particular topic: http://www.karateforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1611&highlight=deal+month It kinda fell apart at the end but was pretty serious for a while...and luckily that has never happened to me![/color]

[color=indigo]Yeah, no problem. I think sometimes I might have a split personality or something, on the one half there's this girl studying a kick-ass self defense system (BJJ) and the other one wasting precious time and money on a totaly useless art (TKD)...[/color]

[color=indigo]I would have wanted to travel back to around 1580...to meet young william Shakespeare and find out who really wrote "the Bard"'s great plays and sonnets, and also to whom they were written ? If you have studied Shakespeare, you know what I am saying...now that the word g-a-y is censored, I can't go in-depth![/color]

[color=indigo]I am not about to let myself be angered by a person who disses an art they cannot even spell: "tae kwan do".....get it right or make yourself look bad![/color]

[color=indigo]So many things up the chances of child abuse in the home, like where it is located, how many children are in the family (only children are abused the most, followed by children in a home with 5 or more kids, kids in a home with two children are least likely), how many parents in the home, what kind of job the parents have, whether the child has any emotional or physical handicaps, etc. etc. Do you really think that it is at all possible to "stop" child abusers? No way, considering that while physical abuse is sometimes easy to spot, emotional and psychological abuse is much more common and it is many times harder to recognize and stop. In studies, less of a percentage of homosexual families abused the children in the home. As a sidenote, why is "g@y" censored? I find that disgusting, since it is an alternative lifestyle that millions embrace, and the homosexual community isn't doing harm to anyone! Instead of "g@y" why not censor "murderer", "terrorist", "rapist", "criminal", and "Republican" ( just kidding on the last one! )? [/color]

[color=indigo]shuriken_girl, How can you say that tae kwon do is useless? I'm sorry, there have been so many in-depth threads on this, are you going to say you haven't read them? Or you have never studied tae kwon do? Or you have only seen one practitioner who sucked? Because you really cracked me up.... [/color]

[color=indigo]Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. If I were you, I would see if the two schools have an introductory class. If they do, take it!! If there are schools in your area teaching other arts, even if you don't think you're that interested, take those intro classes too! It's good just to compare teaching styles and the skills of the high belts in that school, the stuff they learn, the dojo equipment, etc. etc. Good luck on your search! If you have any questions about BJJ/GJJ, PM me or post in the Grappling forum! [/color]

[color=indigo]I like the white uniform for tae kwon do, except for the frequent washing. It shows blood/sweat a little too much. In BJJ, I wear a gold weave Atama in blue, it looks really cool Some of my training partners are jealous...[/color]

We split up into weeks, so one week every day we will spar, there will be another week where every day we focus on forms, another week where we do groundwork everyday.....this is in TKD. BJJ, we "go live" or do randori every class. Though usually it's free sparring, we do occasionally focus on one thing, like one person can only do chgokeholds, one person can't use their arms, etc. If you learn joint locks, why can't you practice them with the opponent signaling submission??

If we all just read each others' posts....

What about all that office space!?

[color=blue]Has anyone ever heard of Hom Do? Thanks!

Pankration was an ancient Olympic event; I have found a short description at http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/pankration.html: "This event was a grueling combination of boxing and wrestling. Punches were allowed, although the fighters did not wrap their hands with the boxing himantes. Rules outlawed only biting and gouging an opponent's eyes, nose, or mouth with fingernails. Attacks such as kicking an opponent in the belly, which are against the rules in modern sports, were perfectly legal. Like boxing and wrestling, among others, this event had separate divisions for both men and boys." The poet Xenophanes described Pankration: "that new and terrible contest...of all holds" JuJujutsu, or Jujitsu, Or Jiu-Jitsu, they are didfferent spellings and there are many different aspects of the same translation: "gentle art". Japanese Jujutsu is a koryu , or ancient style of Japanese martial art. There were many styles within the style, but most shared similar characteristics and here is a list from http://www.koryubooks.com/library/fabian1.html : "students learn traditional jujutsu primarily by observation and imitation as patterned by the ryu's kata or prearranged forms; most kata emphasize joint-locking techniques, that is threatening a joint's integrity by placing pressure on it in a direction contrary to its normal function, or take-down or throwing techniques, or a combination of take-downs and joint-locks; very occasionally a strike (atemi ) targeted to some particularly vulnerable area will be used to help create kuzushi (break in balance) or otherwise set-up the opponent for a lock, take-down or throw; force essentially never meets force directly, nor should techniques need to be strong-armed to be effective: rather, there is great emphasis placed on flow (which follows from the art's name, in which ju connotes pliability and suppleness) and technical mastery; movements tend to emphasize circularity, and capitalize on an attacker's momentum and openings in order to place a joint in a compromised position or to break balance as preparatory for a take-down or throw; the defender's own body is positioned so as to take optimal advantage of the attacker's weaknesses while simultaneously presenting as few openings or weaknesses of its own; and the common inclusion in the ryu of cognate weapons training (also using kata as a primary instructional method), stemming from the historical development of jujutsu and other koryu when active battles were waged. Weapons might include, for example, the roku shaku bo (long staff), han bo (short staff), katana (long sword), kodachi (short sword), and tanto (knife), some of the main repertoire of traditional weaponry. " Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, is more directly related to judo, though the name has been reverted back to "the gentle art". Judo's idea of randori is enforced very myuch, that is the idea that you can use all of what you learn in a realistic combat situation (live sparring) and therefore can actually see what works for you, as opposed to your entire arsenal being comprised of moves like groin grabs and eye gouges, which realistically you cannot practice on a willing partner! Here is a short description from http://www.armlock.com : "Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a cutting edge fighting art developed from traditional Jiu-Jitsu by the Gracie family of Brazil. Even though Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu contains standup techniques for winning a fight, it is famous for its devastating ground fighting techniques. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was specifically developed to allow a smaller person defeat a larger person by sophisticated application of leverage and technique. Gaining superior position on your opponent and applying a myriad of chokes, holds, locks and joint manipulations becomes the foundation for this fun martial art. " Hope this helped!

I have a little list going, I am big on music and rhythm in training (people say watching me do my forms looks like some kind of dance no matter WHAT i do! ) Feel free to add! Actually, please DO! I love music and have a pretty eclectic taste as long as it isn't rap and it's fairly fast.....I also like longer songs, though I do indulge in 2 minute power punk once in a while...anyway..here's the list! Free Bird - Lynard Skynard Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (my all-time favorite song!!!!) Running With the Devil - Van Halen Jump - Van Halen Even Flow - Pearl Jam In Utero - Nirvana Enter Sandman - Metallica Magic Carpet Ride (Techno Remixes and the original are good) - Steppenwolf Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix Layla - Derek and the Dominos Helter Skelter - The Beatles Red Alert - Basement Jaxx Just a Girl - No Doubt Vogue - Madonna New Skin - Incubus Glass - Incubus Iron Man - Black Sabbath Walk This Way - Aerosmith Fiction (Dreams in Digital) - Orgy I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones Main Offender - The Hives Come Togther - Beatles (I get lost in the bass line running...cool stuff) Freedom - Rage Against the Machine (The ultimate pump up riff) War Within A Breath - Rage Against the Machine You Only Get What You Give - New Radicals Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners (my favorite one hit wonder!) Geek Stink Breath - Green Day (The album Dookie is good as a whole workout album) That's it for now...more later perhaps! Cheers! Happy listening and ADD MORE STUFF!