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I think its popular to throw out that 90% number, but I'm not sure how accurate that is, because being in good physical shape is important, as well. But, I do think that the larger portion of the fight is mental, as there are so many mental hurdles to get over in order to actually engage another human in combat.

I wonder if it has to do with the majority of the population in human history being right handed. If you step to your left to start the form, that puts the right hand side, which for most of us, is our power side, back, which is the usual position for generating power with an attack or defense from the right side of the body. Subsequently, it could be that the initial attack from a threat is with their own right hand, perhaps grabbing our left wrist, or left shoulder, or otherwise attacking with their right hand, thus forcing us to defend with the closest tool, out left side.

I have both of these books, and quite enjoyed both of them. I have quite a few of Kim's books, and have found them all to be quite useful. I recently finished reading Ch'ang Hon Taekwon-do Hosinsul: Self Defence Techniques From Ch'ang Hon (ITF) Taekwon-do, by Stuart Anslow. This book is the next in line of the Anlsow series, and he has, in my opinion, become quite the ambassador for ITF style TKD. This book is well organized, and formatted like Anslow's other books, which I like. There are some grammatical issues I've noticed here and there, but those aside, I think anyone looking for some Hosinsul ideas that tie in with the ITF forms for their classes will find some useful ideas here. Aside from laying out various techniques and applications (and referencing movements in the patterns when applicable), he lays out approaches to safely and effectively train hosinsul, from the initial learning and practicing of the techniques to applying them with some resistance. As with any self-defense techniques, some of them make me wonder, "will that work?" But, I'll leave all doubt aside until I've actually worked with the techniques as he's described them. A last note I would make concerns his approach to grappling. Anslow if very clear in this book that TKD lacks grappling, and that this is a concern for the style, and he recommends seeking out some instruction from a grappling instructor to help fill in these holes in TKD's curriculum. I commend Anslow for this. With that stated, he does go forward and provide a few basic grappling techniques for an opponent mounted and choking, or striking, or pinning. These are pretty basic, but are a good starting point for an instructor not versed in grappling. Overall, I feel that the book is a good resource for anyone looking to either add regular hosinsul to their training, or looking to find ways to augment and improve their hosinsul training. I've enjoyed Anslow's other books, and this fits in with the rest of them, and is worth adding to your TKD library.

It sounds like Funakoshi was familiar with the benefits of following the stress-recovery-adaptation cycle. Wise man indeed.

I agree here. Rest can help out a lot, giving your body time to recover. I also agree with changing up the routine. This is easy if you are the instructor in charge of the classes, but a little more difficult if you are the student with no input into class activities. I find that taking some time to do some reading and research really help my motivation.

I try to explain as much as possible in as brief an explanation as possible. Too much talking and not enough doing doesn't help improve technique, nor practice application. Brief explanation, then do and do and do. Explain a little bit more to correct something here and there, and then do and do and do some more. Shade in a little more correction and keep on doing. That's my philosophy.

I'm a member of the WTSDA so the late GM JC Shin, who was a student of GM Hwang Kee. Very nice.

I'd disagree that Krav Maga is not self-defense, because I've trained and used aspects of Krav Maga for self-defense and for defensive tactics. I can kind of see how what you mean when you reference "styles," but I don't really agree with it.

Those are rather advanced kicks, so it sounds like some good work to me. I'd love to get that kind of bag work in every class.

I saw your other post. But it sounds like its starting to feel better, which is great news! 2/23/2018 Strength Training Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 105x5, 105x5, 105x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10. Barbell Curls: 47x10, 47x10, 47x10. Lying Triceps Extensions (LTEs): 40x10, 40x10, 40x10. 2/26/2018 Strength Training Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 110x5, 110x5, 110x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10. Barbell Curls: 50x10, 50x10, 50x10. LTEs: 45x10, 45x10, 45x10.

Excellent!

From what I've read and learned, Aikido and Hapkido are two separate branches from the art of Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu. Whereas Ueshiba delved into a very spiritual aspect, the founders of Hapkido (and a name slips my mind, I'd have to check on that) did not go that same route. That's why you see Hapkido be a lot less circular and spherical than Aikido.

Your Tang Soo Do is likely practicing what is closer to Hapkido joint locking techniques than Aikido. If you are looking to really focus on striking and kicking techniques, then the Shotokan class will probably offer plenty of what you want, along with some different perspectives on the same forms, which could make for some interesting comparisons. It would be a great study, for sure, comparing the two. What lineage does your Tang Soo Do follow from?

Because it's not formalised as one. It's quite literally close combat. There is no lineage of former masters that dictated what it means. It's literally just the Israeli army close combat. Every army has its way of training for the eventuality that a soldier mat fund himself unable to fire a gun to neutralise an enemy. They all call that part of training various things like unarmed combat, combatives, hand to hand combat etc. The Israelis call there's krav maga, which just means something like close combat in their language. I agree with your definition of the words Krav Maga, but it is very much still a style. It may not follow with the same kinds of traditions and lineages of Eastern styles, but it is definitely a style.

This, this, this. I have toiled with this for so long. To answer Bob's question, its the will to keep working through things, to persevere. Those bumps in the road pop up a lot. But its still a road, so keep travelling it!

It takes careful planning and practice to come up with techniques that you will feel confident that they will work. I think that's the key, feeling confident enough to execute them. Let's take a very basic technique. The punch. We all know the punch can work. But the key is, to what extent? A well placed/lucky punch could result in a knockout (a glass jaw on the other end can help, too). But should we consider this the norm? No, absolutely not. Same with any other technique we attempt to apply. I can kick to someone's knee in the hopes of breaking it, but at the least be confident that a solid landing kick there will at least break their balance, buying some time for a follow-up or an attempt to flee. Another important point to keep in mind is that when developing self-defense curriculum, its important to build around solid principles, and make sure to fit the techniques to the principles. If someone tries to choke you, then you need to think escape, and any technique you do from the start should have the sole focus of affecting that escape. Anything that doesn't lead to that end is going to be faulty in that situation. Following this, its practice, practice, practice. Its important to develop a practice method that allows resistance to the technique, in order for the student to learn to adjust to that resistance and work through it. This is also where the principles come into play. Keep the principles in mind, as opposed to certain techniques, and use techniques to work through the principles. So, to answer the initial question in this thread, the answer should be, "I am confident that this technique can be effective in self-defense."

This is such a good book. I can't recommend it enough, to all TKD practitioners. I recently picked up the revised edition, and look forward to checking out the differences.

That's bad luck there, hopefully it feels better in a day or two. 2/22/2018 Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:15 pm. I had 15 students in class tonight, which was really great. It made things a little tighter for basics and sparring, but having a big class is really enjoyable. Basics, forms, one-steps, and then sparring. I split the sparring up and let the kids go first, so they had some more room to move, then brought the adults back out and kept all of them on the floor for a few rounds. This made them have to try to be creative with their footwork, moving in tighter quarters. I split the kids off and gave the adults some room for a few rounds after that, and then I brought everyone back onto the floor to work some footwork sparring drills. A really good class overall, I thought.

My goal is to keep it up despite being in bad shape. I'm hoping my body will come back around eventually.

So they don't even do knee spring? They teach classical hip twerk as originally taught in ITF? That's how we do it. More Karate-like in my dojang.

It sounds like your instructor likes to do stance work. But, 30 minutes of kicking the pads should prove productive. What kicks did you do?

Happy belated Birthday, Devin!

1/24/2018 Strength Training Incline Bench Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 95x5; work sets: 115x5, 115x5, 115x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10. 2/14/2018 Strength Training Press: 45x5x2, 65x5x2, 85x5x2, 115x3. TKD Class: 6:00 - 6:20. I made the first 20 minutes of class, pretty much getting through basics, and then left early for church. 2/21/2018 Strength Training Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 85x5; work sets: 100x5, 100x5, 100x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10. Barbell Curls: 45x10, 45x10, 45x10. Lying Triceps Extensions: 35x10, 35x10, 35x10. Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:10 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, sparring. I took some extra time with basics, because we have a few new students working into the class, and wanted to focus on a few things with them. For sparring, after a few rounds of standard sparring, I did some situational sparring, once allowing only front leg kicks, and a few rounds allowing only back leg kicks. It broke the students out of their habits a little bit, and made them think differently and more creatively.

Welcome to KF!

I think lifelong training is a great goal to aspire towards. Its a great example to the younger students that come along.