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Skipping is really quite easy to learn, especially using the method described above. Do that for about a week and you should be set to start proper skipping. I skip every time I work out, its one of the funner methods of cardio imo, don't get bored nearly so quickly as with road work.

Personally I consider a traditional martial art to be any art which trys more to remain true to its roots than evolve with the times. Take for example, Wing Chun Kung Fu You have schools of wing chun which place more importance on lineage, and replicating the techniques of the old masters than anything else, this is TMA. You might have another school of wing chun which cross trains BJJ and kickboxing and modify their wing chun to fit in with these. Each has their value, and though both are Wing Chun Kung Fu, only one of them is traditional. Though it does become hard to define, for example boxing is most certainly a traditional martial art in one sense, its one of the oldest practiced today and though it does evolve with the times it stays quite true to its roots, boxers have trained in much the same way for a long while now and the sport has stayed much the same. Most people don't look at boxing as TMA though.

If you take 'one punch one kill' a little more losely and maybe look for 'one punch to end the fight' I think that many of you would be surprised how many fights end in a single strike. If you play the pre-fight correctly (most fights begin with an 'interview') and look for your opertunity to strike a good hit will generally be all it takes, or if it is not, that one hit sets you up to win the fight as you get the oppertunity to follow it up. Its a matter of making sure your in control before the fight begins by controling the space between yourself and the opponent (Look into Geoff Thompson's 'fence') and make sure that you strike before your oponent does this will generally be the end of the encounter. A 'street fight' opperates a lot differential to a ring fight, or sparring, or whatever, you win or lose more often than not before a strike is even thrown depending on how you handle the pre-fight, the actual punch is just making it formal.

I would sign it for ya mate, but i come from the state of Tasmania, sorry good luck with that though

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Thanks for the replies, i really liked Karatekid1975's story about the turning kick . Its a strange feeling, being taught something you already know by someone who probably doesnt know as well as you, "snorting" at them though, thats just funny I dont think i could ever do that to someone. Good to see that your friends with her now Also Charlie, thats an interesting story as well, reminds me alot of myself, most people i train Wing Chun with now still dont know about me doing TKD, at least, i dont think they do, I'll probably never tell them, no need to really, although i do get some comments on my speed and power .

i agree with Aodhan, also... YOUR FROM TASMANIA!!!!!

Hey everyone, im sure almost none of you know me at all, i dont post often on forums unless i really have something to say, often i type something up, look at it, and decide it really isnt worth other peoples effort to read it... that may just happen to this. The reason im making this post now, that i dont think will be anything really valuable to any of you is not entirely clear to me, im tired and bored, im contemplating going and getting some training in, but i just feel so lazy at the moment, ill wait another 10 mins Hope my story doesnt bore you to death Anyway, if any of you do remember some of my posts, you may know that i previously studied TKD, that lasted around 6 years, and although i loved every moment of TKD, and improved greatly not only in skill, but as a person, gained alot of fond memories, fitness, disipline, etc, it wasnt quite the right art for me, I would never have chosen TKD as my preferable art anyway, but i come from a very small area, by american standards you could probably call my home town an encampment we have maybe 50 people living here. So I found a Wing Chun school about an hour away, its a good school imo too, my new sifu seems to be very talented, and understands self defence, as well as Wing Chun he teaches a bit of grappling, that comes from BJJ, hes not exactly a master at it or anything, but it fills a gap in Wing Chun. Now, onto what i felt about changing style. When i first came into the school and watched half a lesson (i was embarassed to turn up half way through, but i wasnt entirely sure of the lesson time, and ontop of that, i wasnt entirely sure of the location of the school, the sifu didnt mind though.) I felt very uncomfortable, in someone elses training environment, I was one of those guys that walks in off the street to watch, I was no longer one of the long time students that was respected, I sat watching those guys myself, they did the friendly 'hello' thing with a smile that i would normally be doing to the new comers. As i sat and watched I saw alot of things very different to TKD, and alot of things very similar. I liked the look of this school, but having been in TKD for 6 years, the thing i thought would be hardest would be doning the white belt and being a newby again, I contemplated this for some time, I hate to admit it, but weather I like it or not i am at least partially egotistical, and going from the guy at the front of the class that the little kids idolise, to the guy at the back of the class looking around trying to figure out how to do something, and having careful instruction from the high ranking students and instructor on how to do the things that to everyone else seems simple would be quite a blow to my ego. But the very thing that was creating the problem was also the soloution, although had been in the martial arts for a relatively long time, gaining skills that would boulster my ego, all the time i had having my ego carefully destroyed, for all the ego boosts i gained from improving skill, i lost twice as much through the dicipline of the martial arts. It was because of the ego destructive dicipline i had been receiving that i was able to realise how stupid it was to even consider not joining this school because i was already high rank in another, and so i came to be a Wing Chunner, sifu knew that i had had a bit of training in the past, and he didnt baby me like you might someone completely new, and for that i am greatful, most people there didnt - and still dont - know that i had had previous training, i remember when we were doing the front kick in class, and one of the medium-high ranking guys came down to explain it to me, it was kind of embarassing, you can immagine how many front kicks i had done before... 6 years of TKD, and the front kick was one of my favorite kicks, i didn't say anything though, i listened to him, im quite sure i would have done millions more front kicks than he had, but i just listened and thanked him for the help, I decided to hold off abit, but he was still fairly surprised about how quickly i learned, lol. This happened abit more, but i didn't mind, infact i think it was good for me, and my ego. I think the first time i told someone other than sifu that i had had prior training was when we did some wrestling (we did some of that in TKD, mostly for fun when it was just the higher ranks around, but my instructor had done abit of it previously, and taught us abit.) I was with a low-middle ranked guy, about my size and although i held back alot, it was just too easy, I dont think he had done much grappling before at all (WC and grappling are trained seperatly at this place, and only come together in sparring), and so i explained to him that he didn't suck, and gave him some pointers. Anyway, im sure this is getting long and boring so i'll wind it up. Starting Wing Chun, was one of the best decisions i made, i LOVE it, and i really dont mind the whole being a newbie thing, having done TKD has helped me with this, i can move fast, and learn quickly because im used to that kind of thing, but it has also created some annoyances, with minor differences in the similar techniques that im still not used to, but im gettting better with that i still dont feel at home there, but im sure ill settle in fine. So, thats my story, not a very good one, but maybe someone will enjoy it, im looking for any comments or people with similar storys, so speak up

Hey, first, about the abs, i dont think your overworking them, im pretty sure you can work them every day and still be safe (i know i do, and i never experience pain/weakness or anything). Also, i think it would be better if you worked two mucle groups at a time, leaving a day between each, im not entirely sure what it is your doing, but i think if your doing heavy weights this is a better way to be doing it (might only be for bulking up, not getting "cut" though, not entirely sure). Also, i assume your over 18, but if you arent, dont work too hard on the weights, not good for a developing body. But you sound over 18, so yeah. 1 more thing... you said you want to get a "cut" look than than bulky with super strength, you probably already know this but I think its better if you work with lots of repetitions of light weight if you dont want bulk. Not entirely sure, but you might wanna check up on this. Hope i was some help to you, but im no health expert, so if your gunna take any of my advice, you might wanna double check that im right first anyway, good luck with acheiving your goals.

First, please realise that i am NOT trying to bag out westerners in this post. and it is a VERY big generalisation Because westerners dont understand it, or how it could be used as self defence. That is of course, a generalisation. remember though, that most of the old western martial arts were simply hitting someone with a large weapon, or stopping yourself from being hit with a large chunk of metal, or your own large weapon as best you could, all while wearing a nice, big, heavy, suit to make the smashing with the large weapon hurt less, with little training, except being told things like to hit the head at an angle with a broadsword (of course abit more complex than this, but what im getting at, is that they are VERY simple fighting systems). And that is still kinda the way alot of of westerners think, combat means smashing, so something graceful, or practiced slowly, clearly isnt combat (in many minds). Hell, alot of westerners think that no martial art is combat effective and only works in the movies, let alone arts like Tai Chi, and then, most of the westerners who would want to do something graceful and peaceful, well, their generally not combat type people so all they want is the health benifits, and maybe a little bit of self defence that they will never train to the point where they can use it under pressure anyway. Also im not saying that Western martial arts were bad or ineffective, just that they were very different to things like Tai Chi, more simple, but still effective for what they were used for. Soooo... basically, alot of Westerners have a very limited understanding of combat, or at least, the approach to combat that Tai Chi takes. I know the combat means smash thing i was talking about is way too over-simplified, but basically what im getting at is the lack of apprechiation for the Tai Chi style of aproach to combat. Im a westerner myself, and personally i dont think like this, as i know alot of westerners dont, but alot do, particually the MEDIA and the MEDIA creates those storys in the magesines and stuff that nanfeishen mentioned and puts views into thousands of peoples minds, which is fair enough people need to get information somehow, but it means we get alot of biased views jammed down our throats Anyway, just my opinion on the matter, probably not a very well formulated one, ive never thought about this until just now, lol, hope i contributed constructively, and dont cause too much flaming

Hey, sorry i took so long to reply Klax, been abit busy lately, umm... my fav songs... its hard, cuz i listen to so much music i dont remember the names of most of it, lol, theres a song "Phatt Bass" its umm Warp Brothers vs Aquagen, thats ok, not the best but decent. Porn Kings vs Dj Supreme "Up to the Wildside" is good, most of my favs are in my brothers car though, and hes at our instructors place and i cant remember their names, lol. Human Resource - Dominator... thats ok, not that great though, Dj Aligator Feat. Dr Alban - I Like To Move It... Ill search for some good names you can look for... - Chemical Brothers - alot of that is fairly decent - Porn Kings - a fair bit of is fairly good... i think, lol - Floorfilla - thats mostly pretty good - Darude - listening to some of this now and it seems ok but thats mostly stuff i dont listen to often, lol, i never remember songs off the top of my head, i think the hard nrg cds generally have good stuff on em... but... generally techno isnt that popular, most of the good techno i listen to you can only get in australia, and most of the good techno you can get in america, probably only sells in america, lol. Im pretty sure the hard nrg cds sell worldwide, but some of the stuff on them sucks, that always seems to happen with mix cds though, you get some great stuff and some really really lame stuff. anyway, ive gone on for too long now , talk to yas later.

hmm... thats weird, normally the one with the legs up in the air are harder, but then, if you do one exercise for a long time it gets easier for your body to do, so it probably is just because your doing something different, or it could be that your doing them wrong, i dunno, lol. You should try to mix it up, do the ones with the legs up, legs on the ground, and the legs rolled to either side, i try to do that. Listen to Aodhan, he seems like a smart bloke, .

Hey, i dont think i really communicated myself very well about the circlular techniques before, i wasnt trying to say that they dont hurt as much, or are less effective, i was just saying that in the case of the sport style tkd they kinda are, lol, because i think they change techniques that are supposed to linear, to get them more circular, to get more speed, in turn damaging the effectivness of the technique, but making it good for competition (although im not sure where i heard this, but i have heard it on mutliple occasions). But yeah, i do know techniques that are supposed to circular hurt like hell alot of the time, lol. It was interesting to see that kenpo - like TKD (in most cases at least) doesnt focus much on spirituality, i had always thought it did, lol, goes to show how much i know BTW; i think a kenpo student is called a "Kenpoist" still not entirely sure though, lol. And tsdtony, no offence, but i think you were kinda blunt in your post... lol, could you please elaborate as to why you think they have "nothing in common"... because it seems to me that they have a fair bit in common... the traditional forms of tkd at least, im not quite sure what you mean by "looping kicks" but if you mean what i think you mean (round, circular type kicks?) then at least in my school, we use much more hard linear kicks. also, i have never point sparred in my life... ever. Everyone seems to generalise abit too much when it comes to TKD I think, with good enough reason i suppose though, since all people seem to see is the sport, so i kinda agree with you...ish... most tkd schools (sporty ones) and most kenpo schools have little in common, but traditional schools have a fair bit in common it seems. Infact, the only main difference i see is that they dont kick to the head unless the opponenet is doubled over, where we kick to the head even when they are still fighting, but still, not all that much. Anyway try not to generalise what you see at the olympics as being what all TKD is like, although im not knocking the sport, i like to watch it sometimes, its interesting, if a little frustrating to see them only kicking, lol, and often seeing what i see as poor technique, but then, perhaps its just me not understanding the way they do them, lol but they dont look like they would be very practical to me, but then, they are being used for sport, not fighting... maybe my eyes are just getting bad. So once again, i stick to my guns its all in the school!. Im enjoying this topic, learning abit about kenpo, and maybe, in the process, i'll convince some of the people that hate the sport side of TKD not to look down on the art so much, lol.

Are these christian preachers (priests)? if so... arent they supposed to be pacifists... or something? im probably wrong, i dont know much about religion, but, if it doesnt go against the religion to teach them self defence, and their being targeted... i suppose it could be a good idea, takes a fair bit of training to become proficient though, and if their at gun point, as you said, well... they arent likely to walk away if they try anything. Also, are they being targeted because of their beleifs... or do churchs carry valuables? if its the second case, perhaps they could just try moving them to a safehouse for a while or something, i dunno, dont understand christianity very well, but if it isnt necessary for them to carry valuables for some ritual or something, they could try that. Anyway, good luck with it, and i hope these people leave the poor preachers alone.

hey (yes dojang is right, lol) i gotta agree youd have to put alot of study into all of the arts to really get a good answer to this question, but like you said, since i train tkd, and you train kenpo, maybe we can combine info, lol. I don't really know much about 'normal' tkd though, since im not interested in the sport side of it at all, and ive only been training around 5 years so hopefully we can get someone more knowledable than myself to help out, lol. From what ive heard about Kenpo... i reakon the biggest difference would be in the general trend of the arts, in general, kenpo seems to be geared more to practicality, while tkd is, in general more about sport (which saddens me personally, as i think its a great art being spoiled by sport, but then, i suppose its what people want). Someday maybe ill become an instructor and try to keep traditional tkd alive, lol. Anyway, heres a list of some differences between the sporty tkd and what i understand of kenpo that comes to mind, some of it may be totally wrong though (like i said, i dont know much about kenpo, or 'normal' tkd) - TKD is geared HEAVILY to kicking, Kenpo is more rounded. - TKD removes practicality from techniques to get speed, and looks, Kenpo focuses on practicality (i think). - TKD does point sparring, while kenpo does continous sparring (i think) - TKD focuses less on state of mind, phycology, values etc (i think) - Im not sure if you guys do breaking in kenpo? if so, theres another differnece - Kenpo(ers, not sure what your called, lol) block more (i think) *remember this is in general, some schools vary alot from these* Now... the more traditional schools of tkd, bring hands back into the equation, especially with blocking, focus totally on practicality, focuses a fair bit on state of mine stuff... So, i think traditional tkd and kenpo have alot more in common, aside from obvious things, like different techniques. Also, about your comment on tkd using circular techniques mainly, im not sure about the sporting styles, but i know in mine we use a blend of both, geared more toward hard, but your probably right about the sporty one using more circular movements, because i know i read somewhere about them changing techniques so that they dont hurt/damage their oppenents, but get delivered quick and look good (which, correct me if im wrong, circular movements tend to do). So, i still say, its all in the school/instructor to how different they really are. Anyway, im glad u posted, thought i might have scarred everyone off with my massive post look forward to hearing what u have to say. Sorry again for the big post... dont be scared off