marie curie

This sounds like exactly the situation that a parent should go to the instructor about. For one thing, you are paying for your child to be taught and if he can't learn because he is always stuck with the same bad partner, then the instructor needs to address the situation in one way or another. This is why most dojos have people switch partners all the time. Also, if this is something that your son enjoys and wants to do well at, and this girl makes it something that he just want to get over with, then the instructor will probably end up loosing your business in a few months anyway.

Well Said, NewEngland If you know something, then chances are that at one point, someone sacrificed a bit of their training time to teach you. This is your turn to pass on the information. Striking above the kid's head is certainly not doing him any good and you could practice shadowboxing at home. If you fight him, at least you can work on your control. As to the unfair fight thought- it's not like you are picking on a kid in the street. You are practicing and teaching and not going 100%. You'll figure out which kids need 10% for a little while, and which can go 50% and you can learn to adjust according- something that it takes practice and skill to do.

Congrats!

Got it. Love it. Kicked the fiance's butt at boxing. Awesome.

Maybe ease up on the leg kicks until you get enough control to not hurt your partner. Work on a bag- take the top off it's stand and set it on the ground. work until you can form the leg kick at near full speed without knocking the bag over. This way, when you do leg kicks on your partner, you are using control to avoid hurting them, and gaining the muscle memory that you need. In addition you should train every once in a while on something rather than someone, so you can get a little practice in with force. Also, padding as everyone has said.

Oh! great thread- Sambo, Capoira, and Kali

Something that I forgot to mention in my other post- If you are are dead set on training without an instructor- I recommend videos. My fiance- granted he has trained for a while- can watch a video a couple of times, and perform the technique well enough to catch someone in sparring. Some people are just like that, so maybe they could help you.

i didnt know u were kajukenbo... kajukenbo forever! Yeh, we're off of Halbuna's branch, so we don't really fall under most of the currently organized Kajukenbo

I like white just because of how nice it looks against the black.

I agree. In fact, I've personally never had problems starting two similar ones at the same-ish time (for me, Judo and BJJ). My big problem is when I've done one for years (Karate) and try to start something new (TKD), because instead of learning "You can do this or this and it will work" I learned "You must do it this way" and so the new way is very hard to get used to.

I'd say that running off is always the best idea if it's going to work, but for me- I'm not in great shape and I have a knee that sometimes decides to stop working- I'd probably run for like 2 blocks, and if they still think that coming after me for my wallet or whatever is worth it, then I will probably stop and fight if it is just one. If it is more that one, then I'll make my plan based on getting to a populated area. Again, the only reason that I would stop to fight is if I think that I can't get away.

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In my judo class there were about 20 -30 mins of warm-up and stretching for a 2.5 hr class- is that really long to you? I'm not sure. In my first school, when I was a kid, there was a 30 min warmup-stretch for a 3 hour class... so it's looking like about 10 min warm up for each hour. In my current classes we don't exactly have warm-up time, but the first part of one class is as I described before, and the other spends the first like 10 min catching up with one another while we stretch.

I've found that my students need different amounts of warm-up time to feel good ab out moving on, so our first 30 mins of a 2-hr session is kind of independent. It's largely a - hey you know cover technique number 6... i need to know that, could we work together- sort of situation, but one girl does a lot of cardio (on the bag or something) and a couple of the boys like to take 15 mins to stretch.

oh, poor guy.

I like doing multiple martial arts because, like any activity, sometimes you are totally into it, and sometimes you are kind of into something else and just not as passionate about it. When I do a couple of martial arts, I can lean toward one or the other to get totally into and it's a nice balance. Also, some martial arts are too "artsy" and traditional, sacrificing practicality and efficiency of technique, and in the same way some are too sport or competition oriented and you see the same lacking elements. When I was young I did one of those that leans heavily toward the too-traditional-for-applications side, and I was just so into what I was doing that I didn't really notice, but now that I do multiple MA's with multiple schools, I think that I can step back and evaluate better the techniques and theories.

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What I always saw was the gyaku tsuki.

Good question! I have no idea. I know that we learn some anyway, but they are definitely not tournament-legal.

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1. Willingness/Desire to learn 2. Work ethic 3. A desire to go above and beyond class by taking seminars or meeting with others. (I love it when a student knows more than me!)