bushido_man96

You are right about politics...they cause so many problems within good MA organizations.

It is none my business, but what happened? Kudos to your instructor for sticking by you. An orgainized group of individuals like that can be intimidating.

I met my wife at TKD; I was a 1st dan at the time, and she was a green belt when we started dating. I say, go for it. Just keep it professional in the class setting.

Sometimes head instructors are like this so that the relationships with their students stays professional. It is difficult when they become buddy-buddy, and then the instructor has to reprimand them in class.

I don't think mixing striking and striking is a bad idea. You will get to experience a couple of different philosophies. Also, striking in TKD is different than striking in Karate. Why not experience both if you can? To give you a suggestion, I would consider boxing as your striking art, if you are looking for one.

When Gracie fought, it was style vs. style. Now, the sport has evolved, and everyone in it that is competitive knows how to strike, kick, and grapple. If he has not enhanced his training, then he going to get trounced. Personally, I am cheering for Hughes.

I would go with my instructor. In fact, my current instructor, for reasons I will not name, had flirted with the idea of breaking away from our current organization. However, he is on good terms with the Grand Master, and they talked and made some changes to hopefully better the organization.

Yep. And that is all technique, my friend, all technique. Aodhan Doesn't the bulk of punching power come from the triceps (along with technique)?

With my current workout, the last set of 1 rep that I do is 260 lbs. My 3 reps are with 240 lbs. I have not done an actuall max out testing, these lifts are just part of a workout that goes 8-6-6-3-2-1-4 -- those are the sets.

Wasn't Yip Man Bruce Lee's original intsructor?

Bruce Lee. Bar none. Also, training with Joe Lewis would be unbelievable.

On the intro to the Bruce Lee collectible anniversiary Enter the Dragon video, they referred to him as the Asian Shotokan champion. Of course, that was in '73 or '74, I think.

Not sure where you would find them. Those would be a treasure, wouldn't they?

I think san shou is set up like kick boxing, but also scores points for throws, but does not allow ground fighting. I think low kicks are allowed, but I am not sure. I think some guy named Kung?? is the dominant figure of the sport right now.

Thanks a lot, everyone. I didn't think I would see that award any time soon. This is an awesome forum. Kudos to the site administrators, and Patrick.

The single best thing that you can do in order to become a good teacher is......teach. That is all there is to it. Jump right in there, and give it a whirl. You will quickly learn what it takes to help students understand. Becoming a good teacher takes time, patience, and practice. Also, prepare class plans, so that you know in advance what you are going to present in class. This will help you to anticipate any questions the students may have, and help you to prepare answers. Good luck...you will do just fine.

"Women weaken legs!!" (Mic, to Rocky.) The best way to reduce adrenaline release is through adrenal-stress training, to get used to the things that cause adrenaline dumps, and to lessen the chances of it dumping.

I imagine going to jail for beating a spouse, or some other serious offense would cause it, but that is fairly obvious. I do think that if I actively trained in another MA school, I would get expelled from my current one.

Planning, planning, planning. Have a good class plan. Have them divide into groups of around ten, and set up 6 or 7 different stations, where at each station you have different activities going on. One could be clapper pad drills, another could be one-steps/self-defense, one doing basic hand techniques in small line drills. Then spend around 10 minutes or so on each station, and then rotate them. If you have some older kids, that are intermediate rank, and would like to get experience assisting you, get their help. Assign each one a station, review what they will do and what their responsibilities are, and give them pointers on what to look for in basic techniqe development. Also, have lots of patients Good luck!!

Long enough to know that I need to study a lot more. Short enough to know I have a long way to go. And just right for where I am. In other words, it really doesn't matter. I have enough experience to teach what I know, and not so much that I can consider myself very accomplished, but I also know that I can hold my own if I needed to defend myself or someone else. I am not trying to offend anyone here; I have seen statements like these many times so far. I am just making a point, so please be open minded>>> I think we need to be careful about how we use terminology like "I can hold my own if need be." There are a lot of street fighters out there that can make the same claim (Tank Abbott), but they don't go and start their own gym. There is so much to consider, as opposed to just "handling oneself."

Nope, as far as I know, you just have to open your business with the chamber of commerce. However, not have any certification can lead to people questioning your legitimacy. Something to look out for, is all. Good luck to you.

Sorry, I misunderstood. I always thought that learning judo would be fun, because of all the throws there are to learn.

This is tough, but I would have to give the advantage to hands: the combinations come easier, they are quicker, and you have offense and defense all in one package.

that is VERY untrue. size matters on a lot of different levels. Now, that said, size becomes more of a factor as skill levels become equal. the big, strong, UNTRAINED guy can give a smaller, trained guy fits, but he's beatable. Against a big, strong, TRAINED guy, my money is on the big guy. Why do you think they have weight classes in organized fighting? because size matters. height matters from a strategy perspective. if you are shorter, you have to be able to get inside of the tall guy in order to be effective, otherwise you won't be able to touch him. Watch tyson in his prime. He was a master at getting on the inside, so even though he was always shorter, he overcame the reach disadvantage. Now, watch his fight with lennox lewis. Lewis ate him alive because he couldn't get inside. That is a perfect example of why these things matter. As far as finishing with one blow... good luck. That is more the exception than the rule. I have to agree with you, elbows_and_knees. It is the main reason why so many professional athletes in general are tall. Size makes a difference. I am 5'7", and wish I had another 4 inches. I do believe that us little guys can make up for a lack of stature, but it will ALWAYS be just a little harder for us than for the tall guys.

It always seems to me that tall has an advantage for one simple reason: reach. Even an uskilled opponent can still heckle a smaller fighter with his reach; if he is a skilled fighter, he will know how to use his reach to his advantage. The short guy would have an advantage with a lower base, and therefore a lower center of gravity. He may be able to take a tall guy down easily, but I don't know for sure. Once the short guy gets in, he needs to keep the tall guy's limbs occupied on something like blocking, or trapping his arms/legs to stall him.