bushido_man96

In the first clip on the other post, I thought your rechamber looked more like that of a side kick than a round kick. In these pics of the already extended kick, all I see is an extended round kick.

In the first video of your kick, your rechamber was in the wrong place. It looked like you threw a round kick, and then rechambered it like a side kick with the foot in the wrong position (this was because you were kicking with the top of your foot). Your speed was good, faster than I can kick. But if you can't control it, then you need to slow down and work on technique and muscle control until you get the kick right. If you kick like that and miss, it puts you in a bad position to try to recover from. The kick to the bag was definitely better. But the kick in the air I don't think I'd let slide as an instructor. I'd take the time to work on fixing that part of it.

Congrats, shortyafter!

It sounds like you're talking about what I've heard referred to as a half-moon step, Bob. I don't step that way, either. My foot might come in toward my center line a little bit, but not a lot, and not all the way to the center line. I know of some styles that like to sweep the stepping foot along the ground, too, and I don't like that either. It just tends to be a difference in styles.

I've used both. In self-defense, most of my kicking is going to be pretty low, so I'll favor the shin over the instep. But, that will also be determined on how much the target is moving. I may plan to kick with the shin, but if the target backs away, the instep has to do the job. If I have my boots on, the instep will be tough to get as well, so then its the toes of the boots doing the job.

5/29/2018 Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Since it was the week after testing, we loosened things up a bit, and had a kicking class. After doing an abbreviated session of basics to warm up, I rolled out the Wavemasters and the kicking paddles, and we did a bunch of kicking. Good class and a nice change of pace. 5/30/2018 Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. For the meat of this class, I had the kids doing a forms challenge, testing them on their lower ranked material. The did really well for the most part, but there were a few forms we spent some time reviewing with the class. We finished up with some more kicking on the paddles. 6/6/2018 Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. After basics, we spent a lot of time on forms, learning new forms after getting testing results in.

It simply has to do with adaptation. The body adapts to the stresses that it is subjected to over time. If you do Martial Arts two times a week, your body becomes adapted to this. If you start throwing in other stuff at random, then the body had trouble adapting to the extra work load, especially if it doesn't stay consistent. Case in point, the foot race you had. Now, if you take up a running program and work it into what you do alongside your MA training, your body will begin to adapt to that as well, and when you do have to run spontaneously, you'll perform better at it.

Congrats!

The movie has started. I came to work. I do have a nice new HD TV with a soon to be hooked up 5.1 surround sound system. I do also have an Amazon account where I can get the DVD. That sounds like a winner to me!

I tend to do that, too, Bob. I especially do that with cop movies nowadays. But, I still find time to try to enjoy myself, and I surprise myself at times.

I agree. I don't get why? I have fiberoptics in my area, I have high-speed internet, get Roku, Netflix, etc. I don't understand why YouTubeTV isn't available here.

Chuck Norris was a game changer. The sheer bulk of movies he put out were great exposure for the Martial Arts, especially in the U.S. I remember watching Chuck Norris movies with my dad growing up. Lone Wolf McQuade is still one of my all-time favorite movies.

I have a few items. I have a coat with our Sun Yi's Academy logo on the back and my name on one of the chests on the front. I have another coat, a hoodie, and several T-shirts that depict our university defensive tactics club, a few Krav shirts from my DT courses through them, and a shirt I got from my training course with Royce. In my community, wearing these around doesn't pose much of a problem for me. I don't frequent drinking establishments all that often, so I don't typically worry about the places I am when I'm wearing these things. Quite often I wear them for training or workouts.

I have days when sparring rolls around that I dread it. Although I'm higher ranked, the guys I typically spar with are younger, faster, and much more athletic than me. I tend to hold my own fairly well against them, as I try not to play their overly athletic game, and do my best to hold my ground, block and counter, and then get inside where they don't like to be. But, its always such hard work to get there, and there's the sense I get that these kids will eventually start to overcome with their superior athletic ability. That's what I tend to dread.

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5/16/2018 Strength Training Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 75x5, 95x3; work sets: 137.5x5, 137.5x5, 137.5x5, 137.5x3, 137.5x3. Lat Pull-downs: 135x12, 135x12, 135x12. TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, stretch, forms, one-steps, and sparring. I also did about 20 minutes of pre-class warm-ups with our Do-Kangs. 5/19/2018 Defensive Tactics: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Law enforcement DT training. It was a smaller session this time around, but we had a good crew that was willing to work hard. We covered some weapon retention standing and on the ground, some headlock and choke defenses (both standing, against a wall, and on the ground), and some ground work involving how to recover position from guard, how to get to guard from side mount. A good session. 5/21/2018 Taught TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, sparring. In basics, I had the students do some drills to get them to concentrate on keeping their chamber legs up high when rechambering kicks and prior to setting them down, that way they were controlling their legs and not letting them drop or get pulled down. 5/24/2018 TKD Testing: 6:15 - 8:00 pm. We had two skunk-belts test for first dan, and they both did well. We also had a first dan test for second dan, and several colored belt ranks.

Sounds good, Bob. Just keep maintaining, and I think you'll find things going your way.

If you are looking for gym work to build leg strength, then you can't beat the squat. I'd recommend squatting three days per week. Deadlift, power cleans, and power snatches are also great weight training exercises to work in, once you've established some strength with the squat. The plyometrics will also be good supplemental training.

We don't do Sunsu Hyung, so I can't comment on that. The others, though, I see stylistic differences, but otherwise I think they look pretty decent. I see you don't use sine wave, so you're not an ITF affiliate. We don't use sine wave either, so that's not a deal-breaker in my opinion. Thanks for sharing.

I couldn't agree more! Congrats on hitting this great milestone, Patrick! And here's to 17 more!

Crazy.

Looks like a good white belt test. I thought the tried some rather advanced things in his sparring, with a few of the jumping techniques, and doubling up some kicks that I don't think he really was sure about stringing together. But, that shows some willingness to try different things. Overall, not bad at all.

I can come at this from both sides. I'm the parent of two boys that both play youth sports. My oldest is a three sport athlete right now: football, wrestling, and baseball, and they run in that order. My youngest does wrestling and baseball, but should get to start football this summer. I tend to be a bit grindy as a parent, because I don't want my kids to slack off in practice or goof off. I want them to know the value of working hard to become the best they can be. I tell them often that if they want to pout around about a poor performance, then they can't spend all their free time playing video games and not working on getting better. Far and away I'd have to say that the wrestling season is the biggest grind on them. Its an intense sport, and made more so by the individualistic aspect of it. Of all the things that wrestling teaches them, the most important of them is accountability. I think what helps the most to prevent burnout is the seasonal aspect of lots of sports, especially n the US. The problem with TKD is that it doesn't tend to be seasonal (although the competition season might be, I don't know for sure how it works on the national level). I think the best way to prevent burnout is to get two to three classes per week out of kids. Its enough to drive improvement, but also give them time to do other things besides TKD and homework. It also might be necessary to lay down some ground rules with parents in regards to training. Training a home is great, but probably not more that 20 minutes in an off day. Otherwise, they just as well be coming to class, which can lead to burnout. Keep track of the classes kids attend, and if you see someone there 6 times a week, them it might be a good idea to approach them about cutting back a few classes. This may sound contrary to what instructors actually want out of their students, but we want long-term students, not short-term students. When they get older, and want to focus more on their MA journey, then so be it. But as little tikes, its just not that necessary.

I'm really hoping to get to see this soon. I don't have YouTube Red, and we were hoping to get YouTubeTV, but it isn't available in our area yet.

I just finished watching this series on Netflix. It wasn't too bad. Its not a bad story, although I think it might tend to appeal more to a younger audience. Which is ok, because my youngest watched a few episodes with me and he rather enjoyed it. I liked the choreography in it, as it wasn't too wild, and not to traditional either. I was wondering if anyone else had checked it out yet, and what they thought about it? I'll watch season two if they make one.