Eye of the Tiger

Same here

Thanks you lot. I'll try those techniques next week, for know I'll practice keeping my guard up more and dodjing and plyometrics to improve my reactions and speed.

The better man is only supposed to use just as much force as the person is doing to you. If a person starts shouting abuse at you you can shout back. If someone punches you you dont walk away that is being a coward. You punch the person back, the only reason you woupdn't get back at the person was if he was scared. Thats what blood talon is going on about, isn't it?

3 days of the week. Monday, wednesday, friday, leaving one day intervals for your body to relax and biuld up more muscle tissue. Do 25 and rest fir 1 minute and then slowly decrease the waiting time as you train. Also dont eat fatty foods as this will muck up your muscles. Eat foods with plenty of protein carbohydates. Probobly the best strengh diets is to eat lean meats with lettuce, this will keep you very strong but wont increase any flab or put on much weight, and also very healthy. hope this helps

Today at kickboxing at the end of the lesson we do fitness drills or sparring. I decided to do some sparring and went and got my gloves out and came back to find myself without my normal adult partner. So I asked this 6 ft black guy if he wanted to fight. We started of and he was just dancing round and I was throwing jabs but kept on missing as he was so agile. Then two jabs to my face and then the blood just started to pour out of my nose. This really pissed me off but I kept the anger in because sparring isnt about losing it with someone. I am going to train like hell to get more agile and I have started Plyometrics as well as weights and have just got a punch bag. What are the best agile moves to avoid punches e.g sidestepping, ducking. THX in return

I'm 20 % gay. Phew

Is it the problem with courage?

blood talon are you scared to fight someone in a confrontation?

Only this: My self

At my old karate club ECKA we had loads of kids coming from all other traditional karate clubs and thought that they were ninjas or something. But I always beat the krap out of them when we did full contact, Iused to love when they cry purely for the purpose that at least they are taught a lesson about martial arts. RESPECT. At my karate club it sais that without respect it is not a martial art.

I agree that Tyson should have put more of a fight up , I mean he has like van_damme said that he has beaten the krap out of people quite bigger than him. But Lewis had better technique and whuch I think is more important than power or strengh and is a good example that technique is the most important factor when it comes to martial arts and fighting. As for Tyson and the rape case its quite controversal. I think Tyson did rape her as you could see on his face how calm he was as if he expected that to happen, rather than lashing out and getting angry that he was wrongly accused. But then again I can see the point of that woman wanting to get some attention.

I thank you for having a place where I can talk to people about Martial Arts and where I can get great advice. Thanks a lot.

Welcome to the forums

I agree with Knuth. Its there own fault apart from some people with a bad metabalism where they absorb more food than others, but even them can do something about it. Advertising and media and the highly popular fast food meals such as Mc Donalds drive thoughs. Its all about the right frame of mind. If you dont have anything to do with your time you just eat, instead do exercise and eat well. I cant stand people that just keep on saying that there fat and want the whole world to feel sorry for them. Not me. Its there own fault. If you want to change CHANGE! Stop being negative and do something about it! At the end of the day the people that are fat are the people that give into temtation.

Welcome to the forums. Feel free to argue against anyone that that thinks Tai Kwon Di is no good.

Can you punch a leather punch bag with bare fists or will that damage it? THX in return

Chin ups are the best exercises for strenghening your lower back. But I'm not shure why they are good for your stomach but everyone sais that. A chin up for your lower back is where you have a bar which you hold onto with your hands and hoist your chin up to the bar, I found raising them to the chest strenghens them even better. You have to have you palmes facing away from your body when you grip the bar

I was just wandering what you people think about Tai Kwon Do as a Martial Art. I mean a lot of people in this forum that do Tai Kwon Do dont seem confident as a good self defence for instance and said that they would not be confident using against someone in self defence. They all say its just a sport. I disbeleive this. What do you think about Tai Kwon Do as a Martial Art. _________________ Kickboxer and Wado ryu Karate SAMA Organisation Former black belt ECKA Karate From England 14 years old [ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2002-06-13 12:43 ]

Preferably last longing punch bags that will last time but are not overpriced say well under £100.

I would just like to welcome everyone who has joined the forums. [ This Message was edited by: Eye of the Tiger on 2002-06-11 11:11 ]

Actually the majority of boxers thought Tyson was going to win, well the English ones thought so anyway. I thought it would be a good evenish kind of fight as I thought Tysons punch would more than make up for the fact that Lewis was a lot taller and could keep him at a distance. Tyson never tried side stepping. When ever he tried to duck Lewis just jabbed him. I wanted Lewis to win bit I wanted Tyson to stand more of a chance than that.

A lot of English people wanted Tyson to win. I personnaly wanted Lewis to kick his ass! I beleived he would even though pretty much every boxer that thought any of those two thought Tyson was gonna KO Lewis.

At my Karate club everyone shouts out these screaming words every time they do some kind of move. Does anyone have an explanation for the pupose of shouting 'HEY YA' for example. Icant see anything about why screaming in Karate helps apart from scaring someone!

I commend you Jack I have a similar problem at my kickboxing club where they are all adults apart from me, but as I now trained my agility I managed to beat my partner.

I like my style best as it includes a lot throws and holds compared to other styles, and the fact that has 3 different styles put together. Wado Ryu for the actual fighting, shotokan stance, and kobodo. _________________ Kickboxer and Wado ryu Karate SAMA Organisation Former black belt ECKA Karate From England 14 years old [ This Message was edited by: Eye of the Tiger on 2002-06-10 14:13 ]