bushido_man96

I used to get this often, but it was during my middle and high school days, although I did get it once when I was at junior college. I don't hear it anymore. I think as we get older, more mature individuals don't ask that question as much. Nope, not gender specific. Both genders get it. Although I imagine in mostly comes from males asking, not females. I could be wrong, but I've only ever heard it from males. My favorite response is, "Probably, its not that high off the ground."

Welcome to KF! Glad to have you here!

Strength and flexibility are both physical attributes that have some limitation based on genetics. Those who are "double jointed" have an advantage over the rest of us, just like those who are more explosive naturally have an advantage. It is true that both can be increased over time and training. What this means to me is that someone who is both strong and flexible will likely have even more advantage as they learn to become better technically.

Muay Thai is pretty much like that. Punching, kicking, elbows and knees in the clinch....

Yes, coffee is bueno.

In football, special teams used to use the wedge blocking scheme during kick returns. The other team had a wedge-breaker; his job was to run down like a crazed maniac, and break the wedge be flying into the top of the wedge and collapsing it. They don't run the wedge anymore. Doors have two options available to them: be open or be closed. Interestingly enough, this wedge of yours can be used to facilitate both: wedge the door open, or jam it closed. Another thing I noticed in your analogy is that the wedge does its best work by not moving. However, we as Martial Artists need to be able to move in order to do our best work. An interesting discussion, to say the least.

I've seen a similar tool posted before, and I think it would be an awesome bit of equipment to go along with other equipment, and of course, a good sparring partner.

Just because. Its something our GM wanted to do, so he did it. I don't get to be the one to approve such things, I just wear the uniform they give me. The uniform I wear right now doesn't have an instructor patch on it. One that I do have doesn't fit.

You are right, TJ. Strength and flexibility are just two physical attributes, and they tend to be noticed in those who have more of it naturally than those that don't. I agree that it does seem like the "strong" guys always get hated on more than others, as though strength isn't and shouldn't be a valued asset, when it truly is. For some reason, it always ends up getting touted as a hindrance to performance, when other attributes are not. My thoughts is that one should try to be as strong as one can. The body wants to be strong, so we should try to make it so, I feel. We all want to be as fast as possible, and as flexible as possible, but when we start talking about being strong, many MAists erroneously think that one shouldn't try to get too strong, as it will inhibit other attributes. That really isn't the case, either. One can be as strong and as fast as their genetic potential will allow them to be. One just as to push the body to that limit. Ok, off soapbox now. Good topic, TJ.

Mayweather won that fight before anyone ever got into the ring, because he was taking McGregor away from his strengths and bringing him to his. Its really as simple as that. If Mayweather would step into the MMA ring now, we'd see that the fight would go McGregor's way, probably fairly easily. Anyone who knew McGregor's fight career knew that he only went the distance, 25 minutes total, what, one or two times? Mayweather knew that he could box with McGregor for the first several rounds, until he got tired, and then he would be able to open up on him. And that's pretty much what happened. I didn't even see the fight, and I had it figured out beforehand. This really wasn't a mystery that was difficult to figure out, in my opinion. And now Mayweather will stay retired, 50-0, and McGregor will go back about his business. Or will McGregor step into Boxing full-time?

I think nature knows plenty of divisions. The carnivores and the herbivores, the sky, the land, and the ocean. The jungles and the deserts. And on and on. The animal kingdom just doesn't discuss it over coffee like we do. Sucks to be them, really, not being able to drink coffee....

I've never heard a principle called "the wedge principle." Perhaps that's just not a name we use for it, or perhaps its just part of what we do, and don't need a name for it. If it is what Bob describes, then yes, we practice using angles during our defenses. I think most styles do.

We have two fairly simple patches, one for each side of the chest. One is the Traditional Taekwondo Association patch, and the other is the Sun Yi's Academy patch. On the back is the Korean symbol for Do, with Sun Yi's Academy Taekwondo on the back, too. Some of the instructor's uniforms has an Instructor patch on it, and some of the Master Instructors have a patch that denotes that.

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Very nice!

Words of wisdom and encouragement are all well and good, but at some point the student needs to see the successful application take place. That is when confidence will be built.

Names. Labels. Its how we categorize things as humans. A concept is an idea. You can work on concepts in your style, and through that work develop the strategies and tactics that make it work. Strategies and tactics are the important part, what those who wish to train should really focus on.

No one said you need to. Knowing you can, though, if need be, is good to know. Knowledge is power.

The thing here is that once you pass some knowledge onto someone, you can't take it away from them. So sure, he can order schools closed or whatever, but he can't make someone not teach something he taught them to someone else. It just can't be done. So, he teaches people, then they teach people, and so on, and JKD lives on.

I disagree. I have had a rifle or pistol in my hand since I was very young and the premise that they are one in the same while practicing with them is not in my mind even close. The premise of this discussion is practicing with a resisting opponent with a knife. That means that the opponent is trying to score hits and so are you, attack and defend. If you were to liken this type of one on one practice to a fire arm you wouldn't call it practice because practice has the connotation that you are able to do the exercise again. This type of practice with a fire arm is final and can not be repeated. This would not even be called practice, it would be called battle. The person that looses dies. Not necessarily. Simunitions training is fantastic training.

How so? At one point I was training in TKD, Aikdio, and at out Defensive Tactics Club. I was not internally conflicted. I consider it one boat: Martial Arts. I've trained TKD from my middle school years until present. There is no grappling in TKD. None. There is some standing joint manipulation, but it is not grappling. So naturally, to fill this void, I have to cross-train in grappling. Now, does that mean I was not taught TKD adequately, because I have to seek out grappling training? True. Having a race car makes one a race car driver. Kids around here can start racing dirt track as early as 14. What it takes is time, money, equipment, and experience. Its not so much that "I will eat a few shots to get a takedown," but more "I know I can eat some shots if I have to when securing a takedown." There's a difference.

8/17/2017 Strength Training Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 75x5, 95x3; work sets: 127.5x5, 127.5x5, 127.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 120x10, 120x10, 120x10. TKD Class: I taught the trifecta tonight: 5:10 - 5:40 pm was Little Lions class; 6:00 - 7:00 pm was Traditional Class; 7:00 - 7:30 pm was an orientation. 8/18/2017 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 135x5, 185x5, 205x3, 225x2. Knees were not feeling good this day.

A very valid argument, TJ.

It wasn't that simple. Sure, its nice to read his words, see his ideas, and say that it is just that easy, as say, throwing out a hook kick because I can't do it. But it wasn't all as simple as that. One has to train and be exposed to different things in applications, and then decide through training and experience if something is worth keeping or not. He gathered a lot of concepts from other styles, especially Boxing and Fencing, and he also had Wing Chun training. It appears he experimented with varying concepts from other styles and melded it into what he had learned, and apparently decided to keep, from his JKD days. And, he felt inclined to pass this on to some students. I imagine his classes had some structure to them, and not just a bunch of people showing up and doing whatever they wanted, adding and discarding, adding and discarding, especially with so little knowledge to begin with. Yeah, well, he did kind of die rather early. He probably wasn't planning on that.

I don't think MMA fighters should be considered "timid." They are fighting in a setting where the goal is to knock the other person out of otherwise defeat them. Yes, it is a sport, but that doesn't mean that they can't defend themselves on the street. MMA fighters train the tool set they have at full resistance, and then put it to work the same way in the ring or octagon. The more "traditional" Martial Artists will spend more time training things at less than full speed and resistance. The bunkai from katas can be very helpful in self-defense training, but they won't cover all scenarios, and when someone is actually trying to hit you, it presents a whole different aspect. Both styles have great things about them. And both can be beneficial for self-defense training.