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That's funny because it reminded me of when some guy told me he was a 10th degree navy SEAL. Maybe we should share quotes from actual VTG experiences... anyone have any good ones???

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Your gungfu is weak! Actually the only real complaint I had was that it appeared that he was sacrificing power for speed during his ground punching routines. Take a look at his arm mechanics... I use that foot parry on a regular basis to get inside the opponent's kicks. Very effective!

So, uh... is your pilot's license current?

You are clearly in love with the lead and as a result you cannot objectively see how bad an actor he really is. Aside from that, from a martial arts perspective, it offers little, other than the fact that JCVD looks good, and has a fair amount of style technique-wise. In my opinion, its not enough to make it a watchable film.

I believe in personal responsibility, but in the US (unfortunately) you can sue for just about any reason regardless of laws that may or not be in place. Instructors have a responsibility to instill a sense of humanity in their students. IMHO

Bouncing up and down in one place is suicide. Why? because when you go up in the air I will attack before you hit the ground again. If you are in a static stance keep your heels on the ground, this will allow you to attack or escape quicker. Once you are moving, however, shift to the balls of your feet never just bounce in one place. your two goals should be to 1. Be a moving target, and 2. keep your opponent off balance while you can find an angle to exploit. For extra credit find some of Muhammad Ali's old fights and study them carefully. You won't be sorry.

I have a standard adult size wavemaster with 250# of sand in it and only a very strong push kick would come closed to knocking it over. During drills, if we are practicing push kicks, the person who kicks goes behind after kicking and holds the bag. Generally speaking, the standard ones work quite well for normal drills.

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Some interesting quotes from the Q'uran http://www.angelfire.com/de/knowledgeoftruth/despise.html This type of stuff scares the hell out of me, as does most religious zealotry. I do not choose to follow the teachings of ANYONE who claims to have been spoken to by "GOD". Especially someone who sees God by travelling into the desert and fasting until he has visions. If someone did that today they would lock him in an institution. Most people I debate religion with do not even know what their respective scriptures entail, or they choose to ignore anything they dissagree with. People like to pick and choose the parts of a religion that sound the best TO THEM. (sort of like JeetKuneDo) And I guess that's ok, but don't call yourself a Christian/Muslim/whatever if you are only picking out parts of scripture that you like, unless you get a kick out of being intellectually dishonest. Maybe we can have a thread that starts with Christianity VS Islam: what would be better to protect you from the real-life threat of eternal damnation???

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The prerequisite for machine gun kicking is a combination of flexibility, strength and balance. start doing leg raises to the front, side, and back work up till you can do at least fifty without putting your foot on the ground. use a chair if needed and gradually wean yourself from it. This will build the strength that you will need to keep that foot up there for successive kicks. Start working on different combinations SLOWLY at first to get the body mechanics down otherwise you will likely injure yourself. Here are a few combos to start with: Rapid fire roundhouse kicks aimed low, med and high. Hook kick to roundhouse to side kick (the side kick gets you back to the outside). Multiple side kicks: be sure to re-chamber your knee back towards your chest lest it becomes a roundhouse. fake a hook then do multiple roundhouses. there are all sorts of combinations.just remember to keep your knee high and towards your opponent!

Fake a low roundhouse, let it swing past your opponent. He will likely lower his guard. Reverse it into a hook to the head. you have to do this one FAST to be effective in competition. Use it against a blocker.

Me and my son spar in the pool at the aquatic center. People think we are insane, but there is no better total body resistance, especially if you do it as fast as you can as Martial_Artist suggested

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Wow! they have a nifty little "check your biorhythm" link on the main page. That must be a big help for timing your "AWESOMEPOWERBREAK.

The hook kick is my favorite move.

Watch as Grasshopper battles the insidious "she-devil"!!! It should be called KUNG FU: THE LEGEND STILL DOES THE SAME 3 MOVES!

OK, since this this thing is all over the road....One vote for competing shoppers with xtra points for spinning kicks to the head!!!

My instructor (TKD) let me compete in the school tournament as a white belt because of my previous MA experience. In the first round fighting a brown belt, I trapped his leg and punched him when he tried a roundhouse kick. Well apparently this is against the rules! And so many things are as well: No leg sweeps, no pushing, grabbing, holding, no elbows, no knees, no knifehand strikes to the throat, no pummeling the groin, no eye gouges, no pulling out hidden weapons, no blinding powder, you can't even grab somebody's head and snap their neck! But that's OK because I've learned those things already in other styles and besides it's challenging to fight with restrictions because it makes me focus on timing and footwork. Hell, I don't even have to block much anymore.

The horse stance has benefits that may not be apparent, for example: A student who practices progressively deeper and deeper horse stances unwittingly learns proper hip alignment for high kicks. Also, He/she resets the nervous system's "barrier" allowing deeper and deeper stretches. Also the strength that horse stance training gives you minimizes the chance that you will sustain muscle injuries during high kicks. If you are worried about having enviable strength and flexibility then you should avoid the horse stance.

If I were you I would spend some time checking out actual classes in your area. You might want to try an art that gives you a whole new perspective, Aikido perhaps. The only way to find out what piques your interest is to personally visit schools and meet the instructors!

You might try to make it a point to invent different combos and footwork as well as working on ambidexterity so that you get used to adaptation and don't fall into a rut. This should be done in addition to keeping your favorites sharp... A couple of my favorite things to practice is multiple kicks with the foot never touching the ground and also putting your foot on the top of the bag and using hand techniques and mobility exercises on one leg. (someone is bound to grab your leg sooner or later, even if you kick low) Remember to train as if the bag could come after you at any moment and then you won't make the mistake of just standing in one place all the time; just mindlessly hitting it... Good luck!