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extra gear is unnecessary if you aren't using it. I take my sparring gear, focus mitts, change of shirts and a jump rope. that's about it. When I go lift weights, all I take is my mp3 player.

the closer the two are in skill, the more that strength matters. If you have two evenly matched guys, the stronger one has more of an advantage. If you have a strong guy with no skill vs a weaker guy with a lot of skill, theoreitcally, he *should* be able to deal with the strength difference and still win.

what's his name? As far as rules go, in thai boxing, you can spinning backfist. In american and international rules kickboxing, you cannot. You can only hit with the front of the glove.

There is no standard - it's merely personal preference. the reason you are reading that though, is NOT so you can counter with a spinning backfist, but so you can block. When you miss a kick, it's a good bet that he is firing a kick back at you. I addressed this earlier in the thread as well. when you complete the spin, you should complete it while doing a leg check from the original supporting leg. (if you kicked with the left, the right will check) When you stop the spin, you are more prone to getting hit by the kick.

This is what I described earlier in this thread. From here, you can counter with a hook kick, back kick, etc. back kick is most common.

1. he trains muay thai 2. he owns the school his bjj is better than his thai boxing, and bjj is where his passion is, so he teaches the bjj classes. He's more than capable of teaching the thai classes though. what you hear about bando is true, but as far as I know, all of the grappling is more stand up, not ground based. If you look into the older thai styles, you will find that also. And, if you look into krabbi krabbong, you will also find weapons training.

paul buentello. He trains at an mma school, but is billed as a boxer. I'm sure he trains other things since he's at an mma school though.

I have had people stand on my legs during horse with the toes pointed outward. Perhaps is should NOT cause injury, but it can due to the extra stress on the knee from pointing the toes straight ahead from the low stance.

good martial artist and former pro bodybuilder. you can also see him in a movie called "Tiger Claws" He's got a list of films to his credit.

yesterday, the head bjj coach gave us something... three huge, framed posters with photos of muay boran techniques. It shows flying heabutts, jumping punches and LOTS of other stuff. I've seen most of it before, but still, it's cool to have the techniques there to look at.

yeah, it's called bando. nobody knows for sure which came first though.

there is a boxer in the UFC now who has been murdering everyone... 12 of his 19 wins have been by KO. 2 have been TKO.

The chinese do the same thing. If you train a longfist style or various southern styles, you will learn different types of kiai. there is ha, hey, ho, ooh, oy and a few others (these are spelled phonetically, to illustrate the sound beoung made). Supposedly, each tone corresponds to a different area of the body and creates a different force / has a different purpose. That said, the jury is out on qi. WW gave a good explanation. Others will tell you that qi is really nothing more than proper body mechanics. I think that these days we tend to over-romanticize it and make it out to be something that it is not.

yeah, that's a good point. some styles perform the horse stance with the toes straight ahead. Some perform it with the toes slightly outward. Having the toes straight ahead places extra stress on the knees and is not good to do for extended periods of time.

because it is new to you. I stated above that you should engage in another physical activity. this could be your activity.

This happens to people all the time. 5 years really isn't that long, IMO, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't long enough for you to get burned out. The best way to deal with this is to go with it - take a break. This is your own subconscious way of telling yourself that you need it. Take a break from training - do some other physical activity... go to the gym, rollerskate, play basketball, etc. After a month or two, go back to TKD with a renewed vigor. The school isn't going anywhere, and black belt really isn't that important if you are only giving half attempts to become one. I'd rather take the break and come back hard than to fall into the hole of mediocrity that so many other MA fall into on a regular basis...

that's really no different from a standard boxing guard used outside of infighting range. From there, the jab will have less power, as there is shorter distance for it to travel.

wars with the burmese, mainly. It was all burned.

do NOT do 10 minute rounds on the bag. Why? you will never have a kickboxing match with 10 minute rounds. Rounds are 2 - 3 mins each, depending on whether it's amateur or pro - train the length of the round. with a 10 min round, you will pace yourself to last 10 mins... the pacing for that is WAY different than for a 3 min round.

I think one thing people will notice right off the bat is that making a living teaching martial arts is VERY hard, for a couple of reasons. 1. you don't always have enough students to live comfortably from tuition 2. students come and go. This really hurts you if you aren't using contracts.

yes, train them all.

nobody can tell you what the best time is for YOU. only you will know what works best for you.

Not necessarily. It depends on the type of lifting you are doing. When lifting for size, yes, you need the extra rest, as you are building up lactic acid in the mucles. With pure strength training - 2- 3 super heavy sets for 5 or less reps - you can train the same muscles every day and be fine.

fights don't really favor grapplers anymore...

Yep ... Most of students who win from the first time never make it to the next one I don't agree with that. What I will say though is that losing tests a persons true heart though, as it's easy to want to fight again after several wins, but it's hard after even only one loss. That said, these are only sparring matches. Don't look at them in terms of win / lose but in terms of learning experiences. go into each match with a goal - focus on something you want to work on, and work on it - win or lose. How long have you been training?