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Five times a week for taekuk musul and once a week shotokan.

First of all, I think you mean kajukenbo (Karate, judo/jujitsu, kenpo, boxing ). And yes, the primary founder of kajukenbo is a Christian, and there is even a (Christian) kajukenbo prayer. But as far as I know, kajukenbo welcomes those of all faiths.

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The spinning heel - spinning heel combo brings back bad memories of my hapkido brown belt test After the first spinning heel kick try to keep your upper body fairly upright and chamber your kicking leg tightly - this keeps your body mass close to the axis that your are spinning around and will bring you around faster for the second kick. So the second kick actuall is more of a spinning hook than a pure spinning heel kick where the leg is straight the whole time.

Sounds to me like "chop suey" karate Does your instructor actually call this "japanese karate"? It's not tang soo do - the Korean forms are all from TKD.

If just a 20 pound difference in weight allows an opponent to defeat a bjj stylist, nobody would be studying bjj. The problem isn't with you not weighing enough, but your lack of experience. Only 3 months of training in just about any style would not prepare you enough to handle "realistic" scenarios. Just keep training and you will learn various counters for this tactic. I don't study bjj so I don't know at what point they introduce this technique, but a pretty common counter for this technique is for each hand to wrap around the outside of each of his ankles (don't grab, wrap around the outside or you will break your thumbs) and then open your guard and push hard on his hips with the back of your legs. He will fapp backwards and then you can mount him. This i a pretty simple counter because my style is way less sophisticated than bjj in ground work. Keep training and I'm sure you will learn lots of ways to handle this situation. P.S. This techniques works even against a much heaver person - I had to use it in the exact same situation you described and I was outweighed 230 pounds to 180 pounds.

You don't need advice on how to spar with a female, you need to find another school. If the instructor does not inform you ahead of time, you should spar with the same rules and guidelines for all of your sparing partners.

I've trained on and prefer the artifical tatami mats that ninjanurse likes. The inch thick ones are firm enough for standing striking but padded enough for standing and ground grappling. As others have pointed out, the interlocking mats can be a real toe killer. Just last night I got a minor sprained toe while traing on that surface. I'm also not very impressed with hardwood. Typically is nearly as hard as a concrete floor and it also causes blisters in people who wear their shoes all the time.

Don't worry so much about "doing well" as doing your techniques correctly. In-class sparring is should be about improving your ability, not a competition with somebody. As far as detail on what you should do, ask your instructors for suggestions.

It seems that most insurance companies have a minimum annual premium of $450-500, which is quite a bit of money per pupil in a very small school - say 5-10 students. Does anybody use an insurance company that they like that has a smaler minimum annual premium?

One 2 1/2 hour class a week is about the same training time as 45 minutes 3 times a week. And people who go to class 3 times a week might practice at home less often as those who train once a week. So I don't think lack of training time should be a factor. nstructors, especially in large school set up rigid testing cycles. In those schools, really good students might be promoted slower than they should and weak students might be promoted faster than they should. You are in a very small school and so testing is probably based on the progress of each individual student. Are there any senior students in your school? If there are, do they show skill level appropriate for their rank, if they do, don't worry about being promoted too quickly. Shotokan is known for having lots of part-time instructors who believe in doing things in a very traditional and high quality way - it sounds like your instructor is one of those, so again, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Is your school in an association? Many shotokan organizations have black belt promotions supervised by higher ranked black belts, which again, ensures high quality. And lastly, if you enjoy your school, get along well with your instructor and feel that you are getting high quality training, don't worry about how fast or slow you get promoted - it's only a piece of cloth.

Just verify with your national JKA representative that he is indeed a member in good standing and a 5th dan. One of the benefits of studying under a large mainstream organization is that it is easy to check claims of rank. As previously pointed out, if you start training early in life, 5th dan by 30 is not that unreasonable. Even if you are not allowed to be a 1st dan until 16 years old (which is typical of many but not all shotokan organizations), you have 2nd dan by 18 3rd dan by 21 4th dan by 25 5th dan by 30

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It could be premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_ventricular_contractions It has a long and scary name, but for most people it is not a big deal. The best thing to do is to see a physician and get your condition diagnosed.

In shotokan what distinguishes a snap front kick from a thrus front kick is what the knee is doing. In a snap kick the knee is stationary and the foot swings out in an arc to the target. In a thrust kick the knee is lifted as high as possible and then moves down as the leg is extended. In a thrust kick you can hit with either the ball of the foot or the heel - preference often varies by school.

Is he in the Andy Ahpo family tree?

I'll preface this with you should check with a lawyer since I am not one. In general, you are bound by the terms of the contract (as long as the terms are enforcable in your state). What may get you out of this contract is if you (and not your parents) signed. Typically many types of contracts cannot be signed by a minor. This might very well be one of those.

I think you can probably tell if your head instructor is the hard core type that would expect all students to formally greet the instructors when they see them outside of class.

I did have that happen to me - actually I had it happen on one hand and on the other one before it healed on the first. I was lucky that it was the index finger on both hands and I could use the other fingers and thumb normally. I asked my doctor if this could cause permanent damage and he said not to worry.

The vast majority of mainstream BJJ schools do not suffer from rank inflation so if they are above white belt they should know the basics well enough not to mess you up. I don't know about the rest of BJJ schools, but the Gracies have a very step by step approach for beginners - having no prior experience is not a big handicap. Instead of taking classes for 3 months, work on conditioning (Sohan has many good posts on conditioning for martial arts) and saving money to get some videos and books that will be useful once you start working out with the guys at college.

What kind of competition? BJJ, MMA? Of course, three months of beginner level training isn't enough to do much in the way of helping of hurting you for competition.

So would conditioning the instep be similar in terms of kicking the lower portion of a heavy bag that's gotten packed down over time?

As elbows and knees mentioned, it's a drill used in many kung fu styles. It's also used by kajukenbo, probably due to the kung fu influence.

So when you get to 100 or 200 yards, that would take anywhere from 12 to 35 seconds. How long should the rest period be? And for optimal martial arts benefit, should the speed work be 100% 100-200 yards, or should it be a mix of different distances on different workouts? And finally, is once per week a good target for optimal martial arts benefit. Your detailed guidelines are very beneficial!