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Honestly, the market for that kind of thing is likely pretty small. The closest thing that many schools have to a "recital" is usually a rank testing. This is when the students get to demonstrate their skills and are promoted to the next rank. However, they are often closed to anyone other than family. In addition, most of today's youth is so tech savvy that they simply video it themselves and do all the editing on their home PC. Good luck with your project.

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As long as it's just muscular pain, you'll build up to it. Eventually, you'll be doing it without any problems.

My Wednesdays are the biggest day for adults. I usually have between 15 and 20 people in class on that day.

It's tough to teach within a wellness center. This is because you are usually charging a fee on top of the fee that all the members already pay. It's important to take your demonstrations and marketing outside of the center. It' sometimes costs a little more, but it's worth it. Get active with the community. Let them know that your school cares and "gives back." Just look in a local paper and get a feel for the local events and be sure to participate in them. Attend your local government meetings as well. Get known by everyone. I agree with the "bring a member" thing too. Most important is to be very patient. It can take a few years to get up any kind of decent membership numbers. You've been there 2 months.

The simple fact is, at some point in our history, some one decided that hitting someone with their fist was worth doing. They had no teacher. They learned by experience. I believe anyone can teach themselves a martial art (providing you have training partners). Certainly, it will take longer than it would if you had a teacher. Moreover, the more partners you have, the more effective your art will become. This is because you will get to test a move on a wide variety of people and learn what their most common responses are in a situation. The key to something like this is permutations. That is, you have to defend the same thing over and over, giving different responses each time and find which one works best for you. For example: Opponent throws a haymaker to my head...I try to block with my forearm, I try to duck, I try to move inside, I try to flow with it, I try to move outside ...ect... You try all those things (and anything else you can think of) and see what works best. There you go...one technique down. Once you have all the techniques you want, you have a fighting art. Of course, you can always work to simplify things and add ranks systems and such.

It's hard to explain some of these things. I'll post some drills in a video and make sure you have the link.

Forget about the push hands stuff. I'm also not terribly impressed with your first option either, though they have more than one in there series. I'll try to get some options posted for you this week.

When watching kata, kumite and kihon, isshin ryu has shallower stances, vertical fists, and slightly different blocking than most systems. They still strike strongly with punches. Most of their kicks seem to be low and use little or no hip extension (more snap and less thrust). In kumite they tend to stay to the inside of the opponent, rather than working to the outside. I often teach BJJ in an isshin ryu school and those have been my observations. My expertise is in Shotokan however (and BJJ, obviously).

Learned something new again. You're correct. I've always been taught that Budo refers to the way of life led by the Bushi or warriors of ancient Japan. It includes their philosophies, and arts such as calligraphy and of course combat. So it's more all encompassing.

I see what you mean in regards to the political situation of using the name Judo. Just call it grappling as Budo wouldn't really be an appropriate term. Good luck, by the way!

I should also mention that https://www.judoinfo.com is probably the most comprehensive website regarding judo you will ever find.

Don't change the name. That would make them angrier. Call it judo. Just be open and honest about your training level and experience in the art. If someone wants to train with you, don't pretend to be something you're not. That's what's important.

Certainly, if you find people with grappling background that would be great. Wrestlers also know alot about takedowns. Afterall, wrestling is very much like judo with no gi.

Good advice. Crash mats are a valuable tool in that regard!

First off, it's a bad idea. Any martial art is dangerous and most especially one that entails throwing people to the ground. That said, yes, I would follow the curriculum laid out in Kano's book Kodokan Judo. You would start with the drills and break falls that are laid out. Those should be practiced quite a bit. Next would be the various drills surrounding kuzushi. Practice the basic forward throw kuzushi thousands of times. Practice the basic rear throw kuzushi thousands of times. Practice lacing them together...thousands of times. Only once you have an excellent feel for kuzushi, grips, and breakfalls should you start throwing. Stick to 3 or 4 basic throws that work well together. For example: Ogoshi laces very well into Osotogari and visa versa. There are several examples of these in the book. Now that you have great feeling of the moves in stagnant drilling, you can begin doing randori. Begin by doing limited randori, one person is allowed to throw while the other only defends or some resistance is given, but not 100%. Once you've been training for several months or even a year, you could start doing full randori. Of course, in a Judo school it would be much sooner, but there's also a qualified instructor to monitor progress and ensure safety. You don't have that so patience should reign supreme. As far as rank...none. Wear only a white belt until you are ranked by a qualified instructor. There's no way to gauge your progress against a known standard, so putting on rank would be meaningless anyway. In the way of resources, there's no such thing as too much. Before you begin practicing new material you should research it as much as possible. Books and videos are going to be your best bet. Look at several different options and decide what method you want to try.

Don't sweat it man. Nothing's been said that won't or can't be said again. You do a great job with the forum. No one blames you at all!

If you're being moved around alot, I would suggest looking for an art that has a large organization behind it. This way you can move around and still continue earning rank. If you don't care at all about rank, you may want to look into RBSD arts.

Do what you know how to do and you'll be fine.

Excellent! I love it! This would work.

Kano>Maeda>Carlos Gracie> Helio Gracie> Rickson Gracie/Pedro Sauer>Me

If you like ROSS you may also like Krav Maga or Reality Based Self Defense. I would imagine there are several instructors of those systems in San Diego.

This is a problem that many people run into. They are so used to depending on strength and speed in their grappling that their "skills" suffer as they age. That's why BJJ practitioners spend so much time on being fluid and training the very basics of the techniques. The "connection" I'm speaking of will put you in a position of leverage over your opponent no matter what the size or position. Most of the original Gracie children are now over 50, yet none have a problem handling younger grapplers because of their perfection in the basics. It's good you recognize your weaknesses and address them now.

I'm actually one of his affiliates in Ohio. I travel to VA and we bring him in twice per year. Been with Pedro for going on 8 years now.

in my honest opinion i feel that this comes soley with practice as for me anyways... ive been working/just finishing kata gatame escapes, mainly including the bridge escape. id like to start learning ocuri eri jime LOL Yeah...I agree. But it's something more. Until you're exposed to it, you don't even know it's missing. I've trained with several world champs (Saulo, Mario Sperry, Andre Galvao) and they all tell me that Rickson has a way with Jiu-Jitsu that is unbelievable. Rickson says it's because of the connection...so that's what I'm working on. Finding a way to connect to the opponent and maintain it from start to finish. For now, I have to find it in each individual position, which includes submissions and transitions as well. Then I'll have to learn how to flow from one position to the next without losing that connection. I figure it should only take me about 20 more years...lol...and that's what's so great about jiu-jitsu.