Shane

I see a little of that here, but mostly I see people discussing their experiences, and thats different from braging. Of course there will always be those who wish to go test their skills and use them for negative things. There always has been those types and always will be. I have heard stories of Jujitsu artists who would test their skills in bars and on sometimes innocent civilians when there was not much demand for them or there skills on the battle fields of Japan.

Sounds kind of like a waist of time dojo for those seeking real training for self defense. I mean not being allowed to spar until brown belt level come on thats crazy in my opinion. Thats like learning swimming techniques forever before being allowed to hop in the water and try it out. I've seen similar schools to what your talking about and they give students a false sense that they can truely defend themselves. TRAIN HOW YOU FIGHT, FIGHT HOW YOU TRAIN that is a training saying to live by, so if you dont think your going fight the way that your training then you might want to just move on Good Luck

I'm not in TKD never have been, but its good to read that some of the schools are adding some new techniques to their programs. Good Luck

I wish I could make it, I've always been interested in Chin Na, but most of all it would just be awsome to hang out in the UK and hit the pubs after the seminar. Got to hang out with some Brittish Soldiers during operations training in the Sahara Desert, ever since then I wanted to check out some of the brittish pubs hahahaha ENJOY

I agree, find an instructor in your area. Takedowns are very technical moves and require much practice under the supervision of an instructor to make the proper corrections. The one thing you do not want to do is build bad habits on takedowns because they are a lot harder to break compared to striking or kicking bad habits, so find a good instructor good luck

If your currently training or not satisfied with your current school I would say go for it. You have to be happy training and be positive that it is effective for what ever reason your doing it. For example SELF DEFENSE yes self defense would be a good reason, I know it sounds funny but some people dont do it for that reason. So make sure it is what you like and what you want for whatever reason.

First we have several different types of strikes that use different techniques but as far as our basick punch (cross) Are you teached to stop your punch right before for your elbow says click? Yes we do not allow our elbow to fully extend, but you only stop it just prior to full extension, this is for the safety of your own elbow. I am a firm believer in putting your body into your punch, generating force from the ground up. Coming up onto the ball of your rear foot, turning your hips into it, and your shoulder all of this allows you to generate much more power than just striking without using your body mechanics. I myself do not tighten up until impact, but I show both methods and allow my students to work both, majority go with loose until impact due to the fact that a lot of things can happen inbetween punches hahaha most learn the hard way hahaha. It is a good idea to train striking from other positions rather than your fighting stance, because on the street your not always going to even have a chance to take up your stance. Mix It UP for training, thats always a good idea but some ways are better than others. Good Post

There you go!

There you go!

Do you think your a Martial Artist? Thats what matters

I use macho for my kids classes and it holds up pretty good for them. For the adult classes I need something made for more intense training and sparring, I find that fairtex is awsome and holds up great. https://www.fairtexgear.com the shin instep (prostyle) are awsome a lot of my students have invested in them. good luck

I would not use them while kicking at all.

I have given all of my students the same nickname. This way there is no hard feelings and they feel comfortable performing my training routine. So anyways I call them all Danielson, and training consists of waxing my truck, painting the dojo walls, my house and sometimes the houses of friends of mine, I also contract them out to build decks and then sand them down at no extra cost. You might want to call this a traditial method of training, but no matter what you call it Im giving them the skills they need.

self defense law #1 protect yourself at all times

only the strong survive and the weak quit

https://www.juka.com they use to be located in Washington so I'm checked out most of their things and own two juka uniforms of my own and a few gi tops for new students, they are now in California but they do wholesale so check them out also.

Increase the cardio and watch what you eat, do this on top of what your doing

you might want to try juka https://www.juka.com I'm not sure if your going to find what you want but I have had good experience with their uniforms

I'm going to tell you some of the best shin insteps are the fairtex pro style they are a little spending but they are built to last and your goint to have ultimate protection. Go with the pro style not the standard due to the bulk. if you can get away with regular kickboxing/boxing gloves fairtex is great but if you need to go with a more traditional style go Macho has some pretty good gear. But for intense training fairtex or even twins

You might want to sit back and watch. See how many of your classmates end up in the hospital. If to many end up having to go by ambulance then you might want to think about training at a school that lets you spar a little more intense prior to sparring in a competition. I dont know what the rules of this competition will be but dont just expect little tap touches during the sparring, bump up your sparring training as part of the preperation. Have fun but be ready for it, training is the key and make it intense (based on whatever rules you will have)

here is some simple favorites Left shin kick to rib area(drop left foot straight down), right cross, left hook. Jab,Cross,Jab, rear leg front kick (to gut) watch for opp. to drop head then move in with a fast jab,cross,hook,uppercut,jab(moving out with the last jab)

My grandfather was a blind wrestler and he speaks as if it was his advantage over his oppenents. Some tend to rely a bit to much on the sense of sight while on the ground when we need to use all of our senses and that harder for those with vision to get down than for those without (obviously)

look into the fillipino arts escrima,kali,arnis they wave some awsome stick and blade fighting. good luck

long fist, short fist its all the same just hit them hard with your fist and they will get the point.

I dont care much for organizations that try to govern over a school. I see that there can be some good from some organizations but also bad, that can be pretty much with anything. I say let the instructor instruct and do it his/her way.