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taking yoga is one option. Another is seek the help of a coach or trainer and start a felxibility program. We can tell you to do all the streches in the world, but if we're not there to show you how they're done, or you do them improperly it isn't going to help you at all.

Tae Kwon Do is possibly the most recognizable martial art in the world. ITF swept the world in the 80s, and then the WTF took it up in the 90s and present. The fact that it's an olympic sport helps too. Also, people that do Shotokan will sometimes market it as Chung Do Kwan (the Korean butchering of Shotokan) Tae Kwon Do. Which isn't completely a lie. So yes, many so-called TKD schools are belt factories. However, with hard training, in other words if it's all you do, I don't see why someone couldn't meet the physical requirements for their black belt in a couple of years. And if they have prior experience, they will probably be able to pick up bunkai and other knowledge fairly quickly. Remember becoming a black belt only means you have a good grasp of the basics. The real learning happens after.

If you can't find a gi you're happy with, I would suggest wearing an Under Armour or other sweat wicking T-shirt underneath your gi unless this is prohibited by your school.

The bo is the better weapon right now. I am more of a traditionalist, so I don't like the idea of adding kicks. Although you are using a competition bo, so it's possible I suppose. The only way I could think to make it more "modern" other than the kicks, would be to add a release move. I won't use the word technique, because it has no real application. But you could add it for tourney purposes.

Name: Richard

Titles: Mr. Peterson, hey you sometimes lol. I don't compete anymore. I used to when XMA was just starting to be born. I was competing against them using traditional Okinawan Karate katas when some of the judges were still the old timers who appreciated that. My claim to fame I beat Wayne Dalglish in both open hand forms and weapons forms right before he won his first ISKA world title.

Years training: 15

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 185lbs

Age: 20

Styles: Isshin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo, some Tae Kwon Do, some Aikido, some Judo, some kyosho (don't worry I take it with a grain of salt)

I'm not sticking up for the guys with huge beer bellies, but you do know that in feudal Japan you were supposed to be larger around the middle. The hara comment is not completely off. This is why you see pictures of samurai with a small gut, rather than looking like Greek statues. Being significantly overweight is a problem, but I can tell you when my sensei was around 245, he still had one of the fastest lead-hand backfists I've ever seen, and had no problem going more than a few rounds with guys half his age.

By low kicks, he generally means to the abdomen or below. Don't worry about the fist too much, it'll get more natural as you train more. They start beginners with the thumb way on top to get them into the habit, but once you've been doing it for a long time, it drops a little bit, not too much, but enough that it's more comfortable. The thumb still remains above the knockles of the index finger when the fist is held verticle.

Most of the MMA guys I have met are pretty informal, no bows etc., but they're no less respectful. Most of the ones I've met do however have a show me what you got attitude. They don't want to know if you've done a martial art for 5 years, they want to know if you can use it. I respect that. If you've been training in something for 5 years, but you can't hit them with a basic kick or punch, then you need more practice. Or, it is very possible that for you, for your physicaly attributes, what you've been training in just isn't right for you. Also, in all reality you could go to a hundred different places and at least half of them will have one instructor or more that will tell you what you are doing is wrong. That it won't work in a real situation, and what you really need is their training to help you out. Whether you choose to believe this, well that's all up to gullability. Most of them will back off it if you can prove yourself on the mat though. That's the key to this whole thing, you have to prove yourself to them. If you can use Aikido affectively on someone in the ring, they're going to respect it more. Until that happens, no respect. If they've fought a lot, they've probably fought with aikidoka, that doesn't mean they were good, it just means they studied Aikido. If they ate those people alive, they are going to assume Aikido doesn't work.

Ahp chagi is a front kick, ahp(ae for correct context) in Korean means to the front.

The fight between Kendall and Kalib was great until the disappointing end. Kalib's rib couldn't have been broken, he could still breathe and talk. I don't think his heart was in it, but the way I saw it he seriously could have taken it to Kendall. His takedowns were there, he just needed to gain more control on the ground, slow things down a little bit.

Traditional Okinawan Karate, it's an Isshin-ryu Karate place

http://www.traditionalokinawankarate.com/

I am currently at a school in Brooklyn called Traditional Okinawan Karate, but my home school is in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. I have been with my instructor for 15 years, and my loyalty will always be there.

It'd be interesting to see the British guy back in it, if he wasn't already back in England. As for Shamrock's team, well they should have known what they were getting into. His job isn't to get them into shape, they should already be in shape. It should be his job to make sure they have the necessary tools to compete in the octagon and win. The nutrition guy is there to help them with maintaining weight while getting stronger. Solomon did well the first round, but gased and ended up losing on a weak head kick. True Tito is drilling more cardio, or so the editing shows, but how much will that really help them in a few weeks? After 6 weeks it might have started really helping, but not after the first couple. I think Tito's team will take it even though I don't like Tito. Shamrock got bad matchups a couple times, you had Jesse who somehow zoned out the armbar coming for a good minute and a half, Solomon who gased out, same thing with the Brit, and Kristian who lost his heart after taking a knee. Hopefully, Ed Herman will be able to backup everything he's been saying to secure another one for Shamrock, and you never know what might happen to Tito's golden boy.

I get the regular Adidas TKD shoes. I have worn the Adidas Adiluxe shoes, and they're comfortable, but they're a little more expensive.

I like Adidas, but a lot of people will probably tell you they're over-priced. To me, they're comfortable and fit well, because I've found that my foot just fits Adidas shoes better, all types not just TKD. Go with what is best for you. Everyone's foot is different, so some people will be comfortable in Century, some in Adidas, other in Macho, etc.

This is one of the only places I know of, it's in Brooklyn Center.

http://www.mmaacombatzone.com/directions.htm

There's a martial arts store in Maplewood, near Maplewood Mall called Minnesota Karate Supply or something of that nature, and that guy should know a few people around the area.

That's the problem though, both Gracie and Hughes are comfortable on the ground. Gracie is comfortable on his back, and Matt Hughes is comfortable having opponents on their back. Gracie's age will be a concern for him, but his technicality will be a concern for Hughes. I'll be rooting for Hughes though, gotta stick up for the Midwest.

If I'm cooking, it's late and I'm not in the mood to make a whole lot, so some chicken post cook marrinated with whatever I have in the kitchen, rice, and kimchi. Or, I make kimchi fried rice (kimchi bokum bap) and maybe some sliced up steak or something. I'm too lazy to make stuff that I'd usually cook.

Dr. Terry Warner

House of the Dragon

Kung-Fu

(651)777-0588

1998 Castle Road Maplewood, MN 55109

Maple Wood, MN

I would say e-mail Mr. Warner as a last resort, because he does own a school of his own of course.

This is the web address for River Valley Shorin-Ryu, a few of their guys are ranked in Kyokushin as well as other martial arts. I think I have met one or two of them. It might be worth it to check them out.

http://www.sho-kyo-ryu.org/contact.html

It wouldn't be worth it to contact Mr. Mattevi, he's too far north.

I go to NYU that's why I was wondering.

Where in Minnesota are you going to be? If you're going to be in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, contact Dr. Terry Warner in Maplewood. He doesn't teach Kyokushin, but he will either know a place or know someone who does. He's one of the main martial art guys in the area. If you are up north by Duluth I would say contact Steve Koski or Gary Mattevi. Mattevi will probably be easier to find than Koski as far as online, but Koski has a fairly large school up in the Duluth area I believe. On a side note where in New York do you go to school?

Most of those couples, the Koreans are Japanese-born Koreans, something left over from World War II. The animosity between the two countries is still thick in the older generations. WW II has kind of been erased from Japanese texts, so their kids can't get enough of all things Korean. You ask a Korean man if he's Chinese and he'll politely say, "No, no, I'm Korean." You ask him if he's Japanese, and he'll slam his hand down and say, "I am NOT Japanese!" It's unfortunate, but it's hard to get over the past.

It's true they have to be in clinch range, but many are affective at shooting. If you want to stay on your feet you better hit them really, really hard and very accurately when they go for the shoot or control.

Not necessarily just a story and a myth. The Mongolian horses were not the war horses you think of today. They weren't large, might steeds, nor were they Arabian type horses. They were and still are much shorter and stockier, meant for riding long distances rather than for speed. The horses back reaches to about 5-5.5 feet if I'm not mistaken. It is not entirely absurd for someone to kick a person off of a 5 foot horse, but the person would have to be preoccupied with another aggressor or poorly equipped for horse to ground combat, ie an archer or someone with a short club or broken spear.

I don't take any supplements and never have.

If he has to touch you it's a no contest, you'd cut through the thing anyways if he expected to shock you with it. Even if you lost the sword, he'd lose a hand. He'd still come out the worse for wear.