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Okay, thank you for the explanation. I wasn't sure from your list of styles since I'm not familiar with those names. I'm certainly no TKD expert; sounds like others have given some sound advice.

Okay, thanks Jim. I guess I'm not sure what to ask. Maybe you could write brief article about it? Nothing like trying to sign someone else up for work...

Great post. That's how my JKD instructor does it. We all have limited time to give - it's our most precious resource. If you're in class, he'll teach you. If you show commitment and some perseverance, than he'll mentor you. There is a big difference.

Own it, no. Read it in the last week from the library, yes. A very impressive work that looks to me largely like it could be titled, "Notes to Myself" by Bruce Lee. For now, my Barnes and Noble card is still too hot to the touch...

My wife has a pretty mean icy-cold stare.

Sometimes a high-impact activity like running or jumping can induce slight vertigo or spatial disorientation in your brain. This is exaggerated if you are dehydrated or ill. If you are landing hard on your feet as you run and jarring your head, it could be a cause. You're basically banging your brain lightly against the inside of your skull. Try gliding more as has been suggested. If you can't solve it, you might try giving up the running and do another type of aerobic activity to see if it improves. Try skipping (not jumping) rope.

If you see contact coming to your knee, trying using it as an offensive weapon. It is much easier to sustain a hit when you strike with the knee than to take one. Simple momentum. Also, try lifting your leg higher to do a shin block.

I'm confused about why you are doing this if you are kickboxing, or why you are even point sparring. You guys have figured out this little game. Kickboxing sparring is kickBOXING. Sounds to me like your instructor needs to take the training wheels off.

Congratulations! First time is always an eye-opener. Is there any chance you can also train somewhere else, against bigger and older opponents?

I have found a new home at my MMA/JKD school as well. Different reason from you, but the effect is the same. It's a nurturing environment with people who respect each other, use humor, and train well. I enjoy myself and these people. And I can bloom further into the fighter and man I am still becoming.

Very succinct, Sohan!

There is a mentoring side of MA that can be separate from the business. It depends on the relationship established and what both sides understand the be the responsibilities of each. Like any relationship, it can break up if one side perceives they are not getting out of the relationship what they need, or if one side doesn't put their share into it.

Nobody has touched Stevens that I know of, the Seahawks just finally said they were done. They could only take so much buffoonery. I hope Trent Green can end his career like Flutie and Testaverde. And I wish football would start soon!

What about obnoxious drunk lawyers? I never know how to handle them.

Well, I disagree. But what you say makes a lot of sense, Sohan. Your thoughts are right in line with the new move to increase core strength and do exercise such as Pilates. Even NFL players are doing it. I remember Howie Long relating a story of how he kept getting hurt playing defense for the Raiders while bodybuilding. Once he switched to core strength training, he stopped getting hurt and got stronger.

Ooh, this is good stuff. Any websites you can recommend, James?

After being at my Jeet Kune Do school on different days for striking, clinching, and grappling - I haven't even done trapping or weapons yet - I can say it really is an MMA school. Even though the instructor calls it JKD, has an Inosanto lineage, and trains some actual classic JKD techniques like the straight lead, modern MMA has taken over for Bruce Lee's concept of JKD. Train what works, eliminate what doesn't, train in all aspects of the fight and tailor your training to your own body and talents.

Exactly. I believe the average attacker is an above average fighter or he wouldn't be doing it. If you want to defend yourself most effectively against the most likely threat, then train to get better at the threat's medium - fighting.

Cross, if you learned even one thing, it was worth it. Or just for fun's sake, too...

Thanks, but I don't what's to envy. I guess once you've learned some basics about keeping another's body tight to your and using your hips and leverage to control another's body, those stay with you. I couldn't wrestle a regulation match right now and remember more than a couple moves from almost 30 years ago, but the concepts are largely the same. The big difference I see after only one day is that in wrestling, being on your back (or more properly, your shoulders) is bad. In grappling, that's a fine place to work the guard and the submission is the thing. I like it, that much I know.

True dat.

I find English easier.

Spectacular! You have found a new home. Feels great, doesn't it?

I think anything that increases your awareness, adds to your fighting or conflict resolution skill sets, or improves your fitness is good for self defense. I just started grappling again after many, many years and I love it.

I don't know how to do that. It looked pretty good to me.