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Seems like it's more an issue of "time awareness" than time management. If the student honestly believes he spent time only working, sleeping, and at the gym...he's left out a few things. Eating, visiting family and friends, posting on forums, watching youtube, checking email ect... Either way, it's a good habit to be in. Once a month I try to remind myself where my extra hours are and figure out what I should do with them. It could be a valuable life lesson for the student. It was a nice thing for you to do for him...assuming he took it the right way and continues to do it for himself.

You may want to add an "I do compete" option.

I would probably beg to differ with not being the most technical. You can't be at the top of the BJJ world and not be. I sat in on a private lesson with Marcelo and he is a phenom. Most people watching straight jitz in action can't see the beauty or the details in it because the don't know what they are looking at. Also when the guy has very poor english it's difficult to be very detailed in your instruction. They were talking more about his approach to teaching the seminar (not his skill level). Not alot of detail in the movements. I agree that it may have more to do with the English than anything else. Not to mention that his body naturally does things he no longer even thinks about anymore. They said he was much better in a one on one setting. After demonstrating a couple times he would walk around and correct things for people individually. As far as the "Jitz in action" comment. We're not some fly by night MMA school. We're a Gracie Jiujitsu academy under Master Pedro Sauer. My instructors have been training for 16 years. I've been training BJJ for 7. They understand what they're looking at. It's just a different style of teaching than some of the older guys (Pedro, Relson, Royler) use. Their comments weren't made in a derogatory or ignorant manner. Most of the stuff we do on the back comes from watching how Marcello does it. The guy's unreal. It was just their take in comparison to what we usually see.

As long as you know why you lost. You realize how you were trapped and how to fix it. That move will never happen again. You've learned a very valuable lesson which may have taken you years to learn otherwise. Not only that but the RGDA is a very tough association. In the end, you were on the mat and put your heart, soul, blood, and tears out there for everyone to see. Take the time to examine your loss and the outcome may be different next time.

No doubt. My instructors just went to a seminar in Canton, OH with Marcelo. Said it was pretty good. They said he's not the most technical guy they've met...but that he's smooth like butter.

Yeah...I concur. I wish I hadn't started this topic. Sorry! I didn't mean it that way. Besides...now it has a few more talking points.

This is good advice. It's just like punching and kicking...never throw just one. You set up your angle, attack with the first and transition seamlessly into the next and so on.

You're welcome. Oh yeah...welcome to the forums

It happens often. Afterall, the instructor probably makes his living this way. But you handled it perfectly.

No. The free training is good enough. That's what i get for teaching.

In every competition I've been in strikes to the back were legal. Direct contact to the spine or back of the neck were not allowed.

Is this a problem you want to have? I would hope you're being paid by both the university and your teacher. Otherwise, someone's taking advantage of you. Time is the most valuable commodity you have.

ATA is an actual style of Tae Kwon Do. You'll learn many different things. But you may want to ask people in the Korean arts forum about the organization. ATA isn't actually "karate" as such. It's Tae Kwon Do...a Korean style.

I'm very biased...especially since you're using it for DT stuff. You're basically putting your life in the hands of pain compliance. Never a good idea and proven useless by many injured and killed police officers. I'm not saying joint manipulation is the way to go either. But better to use leverage techniques that use gross motor skills. They are retained longer and take less time to learn. Oh yeah...and no amount of cocaine or meth can make someone capable of defying the laws of physics...pain on the other hand...

There's really not much to say. I'm sure he's good. You don't get a brown belt by not being good. Other than that...well...it's cool that he won the world "push hands" competition. Never trained with or competed against him though.

Why would you assume that? I find it extremely interesting. It's always nice to read about a true renaissance man.

It's all too common. It comes from our desire to speak using the proper terms, without the follow through of actually learning to do it properly. Personally, I think it's rude to do. Especially if you're talking to someone who has actually taken the time to learn everything properly. Also common is completely mispronouncing the words. I suggest to anyone who is going to use the native terminology to learn how to properly use it. Otherwise, just speak in your own language.

I always just put the focus on my kicking foot. I would not allow anything else to touch the ground until it did. A good way to start is just to do a jumping round house and land on the kicking foot. This is the motion you'll need to add to the 360 you're already doing. You'll need to turn the hips into the kick hard then keep them turning to spot your landing.

Yeah... that's a pretty reasonable rate almost anywhere. You could even try to talk the instructor into giving you a break if you pay a few months in advance. Something like $110 or even $100 for two months. Very few people are going to turn down instant cash.

Foot work to find an angle (First, last, and always) 1. Basic lead jab followed by a reverse punch 2. Lead foot sweep followed by punching blitz 3. Retreating side kick 4. Double leg sweep with follow-up reverse punch 5. Double round house followed by mid level thrusting side kick 6. Reverse punch followed by a lunge punch Of course there's always a modification or two...maybe an extra punch here or extra kick there. It just depends on what the opponent is doing. But these are my basic moves. Each one can be strung together with the others.

I used to do some of it a while back. In Kung Fu we did alot of fancy techniques. More along the lines of actual kicks though. Spinning and jump spinning kicks. The closest I ever got to anything like your vid is a barrel roll or a 540. Did well in some minor level competitions in the PKC. It's fun to watch and I think the level of athleticism it develops is great. But, ultimately, I really don't consider it martial arts as much as acrobatics or low level gymnastics.

Time on the mat is always the right option.

Right now, in BJJ, it's very different. There really is only one world champion per division. And of those winners, each has the opportunity to compete in an "absolute" division, where you go against the winners of all the other weight classes. So I guess you'd call the winner of that division the absolute world champion. Here's a link to the winners of those divisions: http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2010mundial.htm This would be for grappling with gi on. For no-gi grappling, the world champion would be the winner of the tournament in Abu-Dhabi. That's where the best of the best go to compete every other year. Here's a link where you can look up those winners: http://www.adcombat.com/adcc-results?year=2009&weight=-66 There are several tournament circuts within the US. But BJJ and grapplers all consider these two tournaments to be the pinnacle of the sport aspect.

I miss hard wood. I also miss the all sand floor I trained Kung Fu on. That was awesome. Dirty, but awesome.

Judo, Jiu Jitsu, or even just wrestling would be a great compliment to Isshinryu.