ShotokanKid

That's a nice story. Wish I had a good story like that.

What is your favorite workout tool? This can be weights, ab wheel, etc. My favorite tool is the resistance tubing. Just bought a set last night. You can do so many different exercises with it.

I can't believe GSP lost. I was so stunned... he's my favorite fighter. But I agree with Adonis, I really liked the respect between GSP and Serra vs. the Diego and Josh pushing deal at the weigh-in. I really was shocked that GSP lost.

Welcome to KF. Do you train in any style of martial art?

That is an awesome signature in my oppinion. Thanks

Thanks for the advice. I'm working with my heavy bag (and yes, we use Heaven, Standard, and Earth) I'll ask about shadow boxing forms. I use the 17 count by the way. Thanks, bearich.

What do you do to practice alone? What drills, etc. I have a heavy bag, I practice on that sometimes. I don't get to train a lot with my instructor so I want to practice on my own. What should I do?

That's awesome

The one that gets me is "You do martial arts? Can you kick my butt? (Occasionally, a different word is substituted for butt) To which I reply: "Sure, turn around."

Nice vid, which one are you?

First of all, let me thank everyone for your advice. He hasn't been at class lately but when he does, I'll be checking around and listening to what he says. I will be speaking with one of the instructors about this soon. And to AikiGuy, I am a black belt but I'm not willing to fight it out. Bad idea. (I know it's not about size, but it's a major factor.)

There's a black belt at my dojo who has been doing things that I strongly object to. First, he told a student (who is also a good friend of mine) to try to get disqualified at the next tournament. He told this other student and myself that we need to be trying to really hit people in class. I really don't like this way of thinking. First of all, let me say that I have made a significant level of contact before, and I train with a heavy bag, but I don't want to get sidetracked here. The point is that this is completely wrong. I was talking to my Kali instructor about this and he agreed wholeheartedly. It isn't fair to the person being hit; they are "playing by the rules" and pulling their techniques and BAM! they get nailed. I spoke to someone about this- (both sides playing by the rules) and he said if he knows the other person is trying to hurt hit, he would attack first and hurt them before they could hit him. So this particular black belt is trying to tell people to hurt their classmates when their classmates aren't prepared. I think it's okay if both sides know the contact level and are properly geared up (at our dojo, we often don't wear protective equipment because we are expected to pull our attacks) The next thing is more of a personal thing, but this black belt has been talking "smack" about me. The student who I brought up earlier has mentioned several times that he has been speaking negatively about me. I've also overheard him saying things several times. He's been saying comments about how ineffective I am and how he's going to do whatnot to me next time we spar. I've mentioned in other posts that I'm a teen. This black belt has probably 120+ pounds on me and at least 6 inches. I guess that picking on someone significantly smaller and younger makes him feel tough. I'm taking comfort in the fact that I'm getting stronger, bigger, and faster, but it's not as if I want to "duke it out with him." As far as effectiveness of my fighting style, I feel that my martial arts training has taught me to avoid any potentially dangerous situations. Should the need arise to fight, I would kick to the groin, use improvised weapons, and do things (like attacking the ears, clapping the ears, breaking fingers, etc.) I would never attack in the dojo. In the dojo, I am not trying to hurt the person, I am not fighting for my life, and I am not "fighting dirty." I am working with the person in a controlled kumite style and we are both learning controlled kumite, not brawling. The last thing he does, but I don't care about is another black belt is teaching me wrestling, so every time the black belt walks by, he says something like "my dogs do that" or something and thinks it's so original and he's never said it before. But that really doesn't bother me, I thought I'd just share that to show you a little bit about him. So I think in summary, this post is about how to deal with a bully in a dojo setting. Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

Looking forward to watching it. Here's the video I was talking about, my lowlight. I really liked the way the song worked out with the vid. Kinda corny but whatever. P.S. I just realized that my hair is really bad in the videos It's not that bad (and it's getting buzzed tomorrow).

Good luck!

I like MA because it's a good workout, but more importantly I really like hanging out with the people at the dojo. I've met a lot of good friends at the dojo.

No you don't. It's not pleasant LOL. I'm in the process of posting a lowlight video. I'll put the link up probably tomorrow. In response to baronbvp, my friend took the testing video, the tournament shots were taken by anyone from my dojo who was at the tournament. I used a Panasonic PV-GS19 minidv camera. The video quality is a bit better but it usually gets a bit messed up when I put it online. Thanks for the compliments. -Joey

Didn't find him on IMDB, that doesn't mean he's not though.

I'd go for the broomstick because I can attack the hand with it and make him drop the knife. I learned the effectiveness of rapping the knuckles with a stick when training with the double bastons.

This is a compilation of tournament footage from 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFnP-odsoY This is from my 2nd degree black belt test... Ended up going to the hospital with a concussion.

I think that was the last one I saw (before Breach)

What about the palm stick? I have one, just a few inches long made of rattan. Don't carry it though, haven't trained with it yet.

As long as were at it, what was the last one you saw on DVD? The last one I saw was Inside Man.

What was the last movie you saw (in theaters)? I saw Breach on Saturday. That was an amazing movie. Has anyone else seen Breach?

Welcome to KF!

Thanks for the advice everyone, I ended up buying it.