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7/15/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws. Squats: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 225x3, 270x1, 310x5, 310x5, 310x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x1, 130x5, 130x5, 130x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 265x1, 300x5. Stretch. I missed last Friday's workout session, due to state baseball tournament. This workout was a tough one. I believe with my squat up to 300+ now, I'm going to switch up the program for the squats, going to a light squat day on Wednesday. MA Training TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Pre-class: stretch for about 15 minutes. Basics: noticed I was having some balance issues when spin kicking. Forms: Choong Jang; need to work on hand/foot timing with the knife hand strike/stomp/elbow strikes. One-steps: low orange belt, and blue belt up. Sparring: one round of combinations, then two rounds of sparring with a first dan. Good sparring all around.

That's awesome, Danielle! It'll be great to have a black belt around that can help you out, provide an example for your school, and all that good stuff!

This thing happens from time to time, especially when participating in a contact sport/activity. It can be minimized, though. For example, if you know you have an important meeting or presentation coming up at work (like within the week), then maybe don't spar early in the week at class. After the professional obligation, have at it.

7/11/2019 TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Pre-class: about 15 minutes of good stretching. Basics: did more front kicks in basics, and more stretch kicks; worked on technique speed. Stretch: good split stretch and seated stretching. The right leg is tighter than the left. Forms: Choong Jang. One-steps: low orange, low green. Sparring: one round of combinations and two rounds of sparring. Tried to work the lead leg side, but felt a bit slow and out of sync. Post-class: more stretching. As I made my first trip back down the floor during basics today, I noticed something; no pain in my knees. It was a great class, mainly because my knees felt good the whole time through. Jump front snap kicks didn't even aggravate them. I think all the squatting is helping.

7/5/2019 Strength Training Warm-up: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws. Squats: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 225x3, 265x1, 300x5, 300x5, 300x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 155x1, 185x5, 185x5, 185x5. Power Cleans: 115x3, 135x3, 155x3, 155x3, 155x3, 155x3, 155x3. Stretch: kick stretches, arm stretches and dislocations. I'm excited to have worked back up to the 300 lb mark with squats. It's heavy, but it's great. Power cleans were tough today. I had trouble finishing the reps in the rack position, especially on the last sets/reps. 7/8/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball chest passes. Squats: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 225x3, 265x1, 305x5, 305x5, 305x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x1, 130x5, 130x5, 130x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 265x1, 300x5. Stretch. Again, nice hitting 300 on the deadlift, too. MA Training Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Had a bigger group in this class, and was able to have some good time for sparring at the end of class. 7/10/2019 Strength Training Warm-up: 10 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws. Squats: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 225x3, 265x1, 310x5, 310x5, 310x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 155x1, 190x5, 190x5, 190x5. Power Cleans: 115x5, 135x3, 157.5 - missed. 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3. Stretch. Power cleans....the problem I was having is that I wasn't dropping enough to receive the bar in the rack position. So I dropped the weight back down to 135, and focused on dropping into a quarter squat position to receive the bar. This worked much better, and will increase weight from there.

Welcome to KF! Good luck with your search!

Getting to train next to the ocean sounds really cool. Enjoy that while you can!

There is a difference between using WKF rules, and being an event sanctioned by the WKF. Is your tournament a WKF sanctioned event? If so, you'll probably have to follow their rules. If not, then do it your way.

Even showing reverence to a photo of a passed founder isn't necessarily idolatry. Its ok to show reverence to someone who has passed on that has some meaning to you. There is a difference between showing reverence and worship.

Some of my earliest MA training memories are on a concrete armory gym floor. Cold in the winter time, always hard to land on...ah, memories!

This is quite the development. I've been following you and this subject for years now, Bob, and although I guess this should have been seen as the inevitable course of action, it does seem odd, and rather sudden. I would have thought that the CIs would have been brought together or contacted to be notified about this development. It appears to me that this opens the doors for splintering amongst the schools, which is kind of sad on one hand, but also offers CIs the ability to bring more of their own flavor into their schools, which is a positive thing on the other hand. But this kind of thing is another instance of how we end up with so many new organizations, be it right, wrong, or indifferent. I don't know, Bob, crazy deal. Keep us posted as to how you plan to move forward.

This depends on the style or organization. There are few organizations out there that have developed different forms that include more of the kicks. The ATA has a set of forms that gradually increase the difficulty level of the kicks included. I know these aren't viewed as "traditional" forms, but what they have done is created a progressive training tool for advancing kicking.

Congrats on the National Team selection! I believe that you will provide quality representation on the team! It appears that you have taken another step in your journey, and it's opened your eyes in regards to how you approach your training. Perhaps by not pressuring yourself in training with a competition focus, you've opened yourself up to really getting better without realizing it! Again, congratulations!

Happy Independence Day to all the American posters out there! Hope you have a great 4th of July!

7/1/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball chest passes. Squats: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 290x5, 290x5, 290x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 155x1, 180x5, 180x5, 180x5. Power Cleans: 115x3, 135x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3. Stretch: standing toe touches, kick stretches on the Smith Machine, arm stretches. 7/3/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws. Squats: 45x5, 115x5, 135x5, 225x3, 265x1, 295x5, 295x5, 295x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 115x1, 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 265x1, 295x5. Stretch: kick stretches, arm stretches, shoulder dislocations, quad stretches. MA Training Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00. A relatively small class, mostly kids. Basics, forms (low orange, low green, high green, middle brown, third dan), one-steps, and got some sparring in. Before class started, I got some bag work and some stretching in.

Bowing is not a form of worship. Its a gesture of respect, much like the shaking of hands in the Western culture. I don't know of any idolatry that takes place in any Eastern art.

Happy Belated Birthday! Here's to getting old...er!

If you plan on getting a small business loan, you'll need to go into it with a business plan. You'll need to show what your plan is: building location, class schedule, rates you'll charge students per month, estimated expenditures, how you plan to generate revenue (especially to cover paying off the loan), what your start-up fees may be, and how soon you can estimate that you will start turning a profit (again, a point-of-interest from someone loaning you money). In a business like an MA club/school, you'll want to demonstrate that you hopefully have a group of students ready to go, willing to be paying dues from the jump. You'll have to demonstrate how that will generate income, and how you plan on growing to increase your income. Advertising, etc. You'll want to probably draw all this up in a very nice, presentable notebook that shows how you plan to make this work. You may want to speak with your financial advisor if you have one. They may be able to help with this. Best of luck! Please keep us posted.

6/25/2019 Firearms Training Range: 4 hours of quality range time. Worked with shotguns a lot, transitioning to the pistol as well. Worked on firing standing, kneeling, and prone, strong and weak side with the shotgun. At the end of session, we got to have extra practice, so I put 100 rounds through from the 25 yard line with my pistol. I'm seeing improvement, too. 6/26/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws. Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 280x5, 280x5, 280x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 155x1, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5. Power Cleans: 115x3, 145x3, 145x3, 145x3, 145x3, 145x3. Stretch: toe touches, then kicks stretches on the Smith Machine - front/twist, then side. 6/28/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball chest passes. Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 285x5, 285x5, 285x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 125x5, 125x5, 125x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 260x1, 290x5. Stretch: toe touches, then kick stretches on the Smith Machine. Proud dad moment this week: Kendall got to max out at summer weights, and hit a PR on his squat: 315 lbs. He starts 8th grade in August.

Crazy accidents will happen in contact sports/activities. Do you, by chance, spar with your hands open?

6/24/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws. Squats: 45x5 95x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 275x5, 275x5, 275x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3, 122.5x5, 122.5x5, 122.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 260x1, 285x5. Stretch: standing toe touches (more like reaching than touching), kick stretches on the Smith Machine (front and twist kick, then side kick), and quad stretches. MA Training Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics: emphasized getting a feel for being in proper stances, like back stances. Forms, covered low and high orange, low and high green, middle and high brown belts, and 1st and 2nd dans. With the orange belts, I gave them some things to focus on in the 270 degree turns. And for all, target focusing and technical clean-up. One-steps: getting the new ones learned.

Good words, Bob. Focus on the task at hand, whatever that may be at the time. It's the best thing you can do at that moment. Then, on to the next moment!

6/21/2019 Strength Training Warm-ups: jumps/throws. 5 broad jumps, 5 small box jumps, 5 medicine ball chest passes. Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 270x5, 270x5, 270x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 155x1, 170x5, 170x5,170x5. Power Cleans: 115x3, 140x5, 140x3, 140x3. Stretch: standing toe touches, then kick stretches using the Smith Machine. Really happy with my progress so far, especially on the squat. Power cleans today, ugh. So, there is a reason why sets of 3 are recommended for the power clean. I had to get the workout done and get to work, though, so thought I'd try to get the volume in with sets of 5 instead of 3. That first set of 5 was rough. Numbers 4 and 5, I was spent, and tried to pull it anyway. Decided that wasn't a good idea for the next sets, so dropped to sets of 3 and finished up. Kendall was an animal, though, and ripped 3x5 no problem. Youth is truly wasted on the young...

I'm not sure you're going to find what you're looking for without having to pay for the setup of equipment and then a monthly service fee. It sounds to me like your best bet is the use of Excel that you are already doing. Our instructor just prints off a sheet for the month, and students check their name off on the dates they attend. Students are reminded to check in during class, and if they don't have the required number of classes per month, then they don't get to test.

Have you looked for any instructions online? I'd imagine some creative (and handy) instructor has come up with some plans on how to make some.