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It'll be interesting to see how the Aaron Rodgers scenario plays out in Pittsburg. They aren't normally a team that makes short-sighted decisions like this, and I'm not sure that Rodgers pushes them over the top into championship territory. I think Mike Tomlin typically has a pretty tight locker room, and in the past when egos have been an issue the Steelers have been more willing to let the player walk as opposed to cater to them. It just seems to be a move outside of their normal culture standards.

@sensei8, have you considered reading The Silmarillion or any of the other compilations that came after?

Hmm, seems interesting.

6/11/2025 Nothing major today. I did kick around a little bit in the house, and also did some door frame knuckle push-ups with different hand positions, and worked up to 25. Tomorrow, I plan to get back to Aikido class!

@sensei8, do you use a C-PAP?

Congratulations! This forum has meant so much to me over the past 19 years, I don't know what my Martial Arts career would look like had I not found it. The people here have made me think much deeper about my Martial Arts studies, reconsider my approaches to some things, and overall helped me become a better student and teacher. I really hope this community keeps churning along for many years to come. It's still the best Martial Arts site on the planet. Kudos @Patrick on this amazing milestone!

That would probably work well. I'd say keep the punts in the game, because playing defense is a strategy all it's own, and the way the rules are laid out in the NFL with offense being favored, short fields like that would be a huge disadvantage. I say just let the quarter play out in it's entirety.

No, there were none.

@Nidan Melbourne said it very well. Here's what you you've got to do....FIGHT! Fighting solves everything! Figure out how to fight it! Get up, and do 2 front kicks. Sit back down if you have to. Who cares if they are only to the knees? Then stand up and do 2 more. Punch, but do it slowly, and focus on every part of your body that is moving when you do it. If you can't punch like you used to, then figure out how to change it. Punch you way now. Slowly if you have to, and get a little bit more energy into if you can. Small increments, baby steps, if you will. Read, write, research. Those are easy to do in a seated position. Draw up class ideas and planners (I do this constantly). Dictate a kata out loud to yourself or someone else. It's not over now. It's just different now. But it's still there.

Where did you find this one at?

I thought it mentioned above that it is three years post Cobra Kai. Do you mean you wanted it to follow right after? I'm interested in seeing how they tie the Jackie Chan story line in with the original story line, seeing as the Jackie Chan re-make appeared to be more of a reboot that they are now retconning.

6/2/2025 Finally cleared for doing things. TKD: 10:45 - 11:15 am. Solo workout, did Chon Ji, Dan Gun, Bo Chung hyungs, then Do-Gons 1 & 2 (these are all really nice for warmup because they don't have much kicking). Then I did my current form, Choi Yong, twice. I finished with some floor drills kicking. I did #1-5 front kicks, then side kicks, then round kicks, each up and down the length of the floor. I didn't worry about stances too much, but did sitting stance with the side kicks. I'm going to flesh it out some more, with stances and some strikes mixed in for an extended basics session I'll use in class eventually. Then I sat in The Rack and stretched up to about 140 degrees.

@Nidan Melbourne and @Revario, I'm glad that made sense! Thanks for the kind words!

Hehe, probably not quite. But I'm trying! Lately I'm trying to be more picky about what I pick up. Right now I'm working through some more TKD books: 2 volumes of Taekwondo Complete Taegeuk and Palgwe Forms & Readings and Complete Koryo-Ilyo Forms & Readings, both by Dr. Daeshik Kim. The form sections are ok. The articles seem to repeat in both books, at least the ones at the front of both volumes are the same. The history section is the same old misinformation of TKD's actual history, and after the Forms section of volume 1 is a pretty worthless article on weight training for the Martial Arts. But it is a decent forms reference, and it includes the Palgwe's, which I like. I think they are better Forms than the Taeguek's.

Maybe 6-7 hours. I'd like to get 8-9, but rarely do.

Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters, authored by Shoshin Nagamine and translated by Patrick McCarthy.

Congratulations @ryanryu!

Interesting observation.

I'm tired of the OT complaints in the NFL. Just play a whole fifth quarter. If it ends in a tie, so be it. In the postseason, go to the college model if it's still tied after OT.

Once the form is memorized, I like to get the students thinking about the rhythm of the different segments. I'll point out spots where 2 or 3 moves should be done in rapid succession as a combination, and areas of transition that might be more drawn out. Tension moves also have a rhythm of their own, a timing of their own, that plays a role in the form. I like to think of "beats," I guess. Like "pop....pop-pop........BANG," depending on the form, of course. Lower forms like Chon Ji are pretty straightforward, pop, pop, pop, not many combinations. But some higher forms get more involved, and I'll explain it with those beats.

Yeah, some of the higher ups stay busy with other things. But even they make it in sometimes.

Condolences to the Irsay family. As regards the tush push, I don't think it should be banned anyways. No injuries recorded from its use, and it doesn't appear to be an unfair play. The playoff seeding not changing does bother me. I don't care if an 9-8 team wins their division; that should not guarantee a home game. I like the onside kick rule adjustment, but I think I'd rather see the onside kick handled the way it is in the UFL.

Really though, it is a very good adaptation. Probably one of the best. I'm now reading Bunkai, Secrets of Karate Kata, volume 1: The Tekki Series, by Elmar T. Schmeisser, PH.D. It looks to be a pretty short read. I did some looking, though, and there doesn't appear to be a volume 2.

This is very true, and hardly any self-defense/Martial Arts instructors ever address this. It is very real and it is very important to get the help if needed.

5/20/2025 TKD: 9:00 - 9:45 am. Video review and visualization study. I watched all the ATA forms videos, and from In Wha 1 and up I watched each video twice. I said the techniques out loud as they were being performed, noted the moves the kihaps were on. Aikido: 9:45 - 10:15 am. Video review and visualization study. I watched all the 7th kyu material videos, mentioning key points to myself on the techniques as I went. 6th kyu shomenuchi iriminage: Motivating by cuing on the striking arm and just placing the hand on the back of the neck. Then need to feed into the crook of the elbow. Remember to Tenkan! After the feed, raise the elbow up and add spiral pressure to the hip/small of back while doing tenkan to break balance. 6th kyu katatetori shionage omote: After initial step back and securing wrist, cut through using front stance, then step to them to make contact, brining straight arm on top of shoulder and alongside head. A single big step around then to confirm balance is broken, then cut down and across shoulders and step across (or through) the shoulders.