bushido_man96

Great points. Thanks. Wish I would have thought of doing that 24 years ago.

I've punched bags quite a bit, bare-knuckled mostly, and haven't had too many problems with callouses. A good practice in keeping from scraping up the knuckles is in making sure when you strike the bag, you aren't pushing or dragging the knuckles along the bag, if that makes sense. What will happen is in the desire to strike the bag and really make it move, one tends to keep trying to push into the bag, and a straight punch ends up becoming a punch that you try to push out there a little more, and this pushing the bag causes the knuckles to rub, and doing this repeatedly will scrape up the skin. You can really see this happen on hook punches or uppercuts type punches, where the tendency is to hit and keep driving through, instead of hitting and getting that penetration, and then withdrawing the punching hand. Keep an eye on this as you punch the bag.

The word "kime" comes from "kimeru," which is "to decide" or "to succeed," which is more of a mental concept than a physical one. In martial arts, though, it tends to be used to refer to the lock-down of the body at the end of a strike. From my perspective, this is a matter of stopping the strike in the air, when it doesn't have a target to absorb the impact. Doing it when you actually hit things tends to reduce your power, because it is done to rapidly decelerate and stop the strike. Chinkuchi is more about the structure and alignment than stopping the technique, although a locking down of muscles is sometimes done to check chinkuchi. Ok, that helps out some. Thanks for the explanation.

Do you have a TrackWrestling account? You can get some access to great wrestling there. My folks have been able to watch my son's state matches the last few years with that site. Its a really good one. RW, you might look into some of the different streaming channel services that are out there, like Pluto. I've only glanced at it, but it has some streaming fights, I think, and some channel like that may give you access to some Muay Thai competitions, which might be what you are looking for. I’ve never heard of TrackWrestling. Does it have NCAA wrestling and/or Olympic qualifying-type level stuff? It does. I had a buddy wrestle in the NCAA Division II Nationals, and those matches could be seen there. I think they also carry other national and international competitions, anyone who is using their tech to keep scores. It just depends on if they have the video feed options or not, and most collegiate and amateur competitions do. Now, whether you can watch them live or not is a matter of how much you pay for the service, I think. They have a gold level membership, I think, that is probably a yearly subscription. No idea how much.

11/27/2017 DT Club: 1:30 - 2:30 pm. Did some bag work, and tried to work on some 360 round kicks, but they hurt a lot. I did get introduce to some aspects of the SPEAR system, and it was interesting. I noticed a lot of crossover in other things that I already do, which is nice. Strength Training Incline Bench Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5; work sets: 110x5, 110x5, 110x5. Lat Pull-downs: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10.

Don't worry about taking detailed notes so much. Its likely you will hear your instructor repeat these things over and over again, perhaps from a different perspective, but probably mostly the same. If you hear something that particularly strikes you, right that down, and then let it set for a few days, then come back to it, and then write what you feel out of it. But when you do this, write in on a separate sheet of paper, date it, and mark what your rank was at the time. Then put it in a separate section and wait. Wait a few months, or until you get a new rank, and then go back and read that remark you wrote down again, meditate on it again, and write what you feel or have learned again. Then, file it where you filed the previous one, and read it over again. I think you'll be surprised by how you interpret it now as compared to then, and you'll see how much you've grown.

Great tips! Solid post! I concur, solid advice.I try to "pop" the bag when I hit it. I don't think about how much I can make it swing when I hit it. Think of it that way, and it might help you loosen up a bit.

Still eating leftovers!!!....

Remember, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!

Yeah, they don't sit still, that's for sure. The competition poomsae seem to be guided towards the already talented competitors, which to me ends up being exclusionary. Perhaps these new forms are being put in place for those who aren't going to be using the new competition forms, but I wonder to what end, really? I guess time will tell. This, I wonder about, too. Our school uses ITF forms, but isn't affiliated with the ITF, nor the WTF, and about the only reason anyone in our school would become affiliated with the WTF would be to compete nationally in their tournaments. But, there aren't many around here, maybe one a year, and we don't really focus our classes to the sparring aspect of training, either. I'm not inclined to believe that this is being done solely for the money, but I wouldn't deny that they haven't considered it, either.

Nice. It appears simple, but I like it. Simple is often the best, too.

Do you have a TrackWrestling account? You can get some access to great wrestling there. My folks have been able to watch my son's state matches the last few years with that site. Its a really good one. RW, you might look into some of the different streaming channel services that are out there, like Pluto. I've only glanced at it, but it has some streaming fights, I think, and some channel like that may give you access to some Muay Thai competitions, which might be what you are looking for.

The beginning of your thread here is a most unfortunate story, Bob, and I'm glad things eventually turned around for your mother. What you talk about here shows how easy it can be to begin to become de-sensitized to something if one is exposed to it often and repeatedly. At some point, no matter what it is, it becomes like the boy who cried wolf, it seems.

And much wiser!! Once you get back on the horse, slowly but surely, you'll hit the ground with your feet running, almost as though you never slowed down. Boy, I hope your right, Bob. One things for sure, though; I won't be running nearly as fast as I used to. And that wasn't fast to begin with....

GK Lee with the ATA. This 17 minutes is not all of the test. I think aspects of it take place over the course of a week or maybe more, and I believe he had to fast for some time as part of it leading up to these physical aspects of it, which is not an easy feat. The form didn't look physically challenging, but I think there is something to be said for simplicity, and he is not a young man, either. I've seen several of the Lee brothers when I was in the ATA, and they were all quite skilled and proficient Martial Artists.

This is the first I've heard of it. I'd be interested to see what these look like, and how they differentiate from the poomsae they do now. I will keep an eye out for a video, for sure. What are your thoughts on this, Danielle? I'm not sure what to think. On one hand, I'd like to think that what they have should be sufficient to meet the needs of training their students, but on the other hand, change can be good; it just needs to be with purpose. If they truly do help in training the types of movement patterns that they state in that description, then that's great. But what were the older forms lacking? Will these be required for testings along with the Tae Guek poomsae for adults? One would hope they wouldn't be saturating with too much material for a testing, but maybe it isn't. This is not the first time the WTF has done this, though. They had the Pal Gwe poomsae first, then abandoned them for the Tae Guek, and now they have this new set. Its interesting, and worth a discussion, for sure. What would you think if the ITF rolled out whole new set of Tul?

I know it can be tough when you hear the negative all the time. But its perhaps your instructor's way of telling you to never settle, to never be satisfied, to always strive for even just a little bit of improvement. The key for an instructor, in my opinion, is the delivery, though. I think its important that the students here the positive along with the negative, but some instructors don't do it that way. Its just the way some are. Its important to just keep driving yourself from within. Keep your head up. Some time when you are at a tournament or some other event performing, you'll probably hear some compliments from some other instructor, someone who doesn't see you everyday. That'll feel really good.

Ah yes, the dual of honor. To some extent, its still around, but not nearly as publicly acceptable as it used to be.

If one is looking for a combination of styles to be more well-rounded, then I'd say its a great opportunity. And if one would then choose to delve deeper into one of the singular arts at its core, then it gives a nice foundation to start with.

Its hard to beat that 1-to-1 teacher/student ratio. Hold on to it for as long as you can!

Not a branch I've heard of, but check it out, watch a few classes, and let us know what you learn. It may be unique to your area. And welcome to KF!

All true, MastuShinsii. I had quite a bit of time invested when I was younger, so I take solace in that, and hope to hold on to what I have for as long as I can. Eventually, more time will free up, but then I'll be older...

Mine are pretty easy to see, at least the outside ones. Short, slow, not naturally talented. Getting older, not as flexible as I used to be. I know I'm not going to win with athleticism, so I try to be smarter and conserve my energy against the younger crew.

This is a cool explanation of a concept I had not heard of. What do you consider Kime to be, then? Is that merely focus?

I wholeheartedly concur!! And third. It great to hear things are coming along for you.