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bushido_man96

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  1. I collected football cards as a kid, but not much as an adult. I collect Magic, the Gathering cards, but haven't gotten much new lately. I've recently gotten back into retro video games, and have been collecting some there.
  2. I'm betting Tyson still has heavy hands, and I reckon that when he hits Paul, Paul will realize he's never been hit that hard before. I'm taking Tyson. He may have no footwork, but he'll still hit hard.
  3. 3/16/2024 Firearms Training: I did 10 solid minutes of dryfire work. Drawing, acquiring red dot, and transitioning between two targets. 3/17/2024 Firearms Training: 10 minutes of dryfire training. I focused on drawing and acquiring the dot. One of our rangemasters gave me a tip of indexing the off hand at the chest on the draw, bringing the gun hand up to the indexed hand on the chest and then punching out. That helped with acquiring the dot more consistently. A lot of draw, fire, re-holster, repeat.
  4. Boy, that's too bad DP. Hopefully it doesn't flare up when the next grading rolls around!
  5. Nice! I thought it sounded familiar....I started one of those threads!
  6. What you are describing here is not what I would say rises to the level of being an abusive instructor. There are times when hard teaching is required, and that sounds like what your instructor does. He's trying to retain a certain quality in the students he puts forward as black belts, as all schools should. This is appropriate and necessary in the Martial Arts, and is not what I would consider falling to the level of embarrassing or belittling students.
  7. 3/11/2024 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black Belt Class. Three of us in class tonight, and we worked on forms. We did white and our two orange belt forms to start as a warmup, and then from there we each went up and did the next form one at a time, evaluating each other and giving each other pointers and things to work on. There were a few spots where I lost my balance, and had a few other mix-ups in some spots, but by and large ok. We made it all the way to our 1st degree form, Kwang Gae. As we talked about this after class, we talked about how the exercise would be helpful for our younger students. One of he guys mentioned how he liked it, but by the end of the night so many things get mentioned that it's hard to remember it all. I suggested that everyone bring a notebook to class and then jot down a few notes on each form after the critique. The guys thought it was a good idea, and will be implementing it next week. I think I'll use mine to jot down after every class, and even when I read MA material and something strikes me as intriguing. I think when we do this exercise in the future we should also pick out something positive in each form done. I've suggested to students in the past to keep a journal of their MA journey, starting at white belt. I think if I ever run a school again, I'll provide a notebook to each new student and tell them to just start tracking things, writing down key points they remember from their classes. It would be fun to look back and see how they progress in their own eyes. 3/13/2024 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. T-Shirt Class. I worked the bag early, mostly kicking. I worked on cutting the angles and kicking from a more traditional sparring stance, and also worked on some kicking from a side-on stance (think Bill Wallace style). For the last 15 or so minutes of class, the CI and I sparred, just open, free sparring with no time set and no one calling points, just on our honor, and stopping when we got tried, and then we'd discuss what we'd been doing or trying to do, or what we saw the other doing. It was really fantastic, I got dinged up a few times, and had a lot of fun. I even worked on the side-on sparring style with some success.
  8. I agree with you 100%. There is no room for that kind of treatment of anyone. I had an instructor who was known for that kind of thing at times, and I always felt that same way about it. If there is an issue that becomes a teaching moment for a whole class, that is one thing. But outright berating someone is not tolerable. I would think this would end up driving students away, and the only ones staying are the ones willing to put up with it. In the end, the students need to do their talking with their wallets, but closing them up and refusing to attend such a school. Those who choose to stay, I wonder why they do so? Intimidated to the point that they believe they'd be openly ridiculed for quitting? That kind of action is absurd. I don't think this is really debatable. If we look at the history of what most katas where put together for, as methods for basically storing information for later extrapolation, it is as if it was intentionally done to make it harder to access (if you read up on the traditions, this was probably so). Instructors would reveal much more to the students they trusted more. The real benefit comes from partner drills of the applications. At that point, why not just learn the applications? With all that said, it's important to understand what most the "traditional" styles are doing. They are presenting the self-defense system in the same way that it was preserved over time in order to preserve the system in perpetuity. If this is understood by all parties involved, then everyone knows what they are signing up for, and are taking in all aspects of the training. After all, not everyone signs up for classes to learn how to fight.
  9. Welcome to KF, Dennis! I am currently and LEO, and I agree that practicing some MA is definitely a boon!
  10. Nicely done. That's awesome! Thank you so much!
  11. Steelers did sign Wilson. Not a bad play for them, as they are paying him the veteran minimum while Denver is actually footing the rest of the bill for Wilson to play for another team. Interesting. Lots of other FA activity going down this week, but the best news for me was KC re-signing Chris Jones to a five year deal making him the highest paid DT in the league. KC also signed Drew Tranquil to a 3 year deal, a great move in my opinion.
  12. 3/4/2024 Aikido Class: 8:30 - 9:30 am. We did weapons today, lucky for me. Jo kata 1, and I got stuck a few times in the middle. From there, we did jo kiji, which were some partner drills with different attacks and finishes. A fun class. I also got in 10 minutes of dryfire training today.
  13. I've never had an issue with children studying the Martial Arts. We would be proud of the prodigy that excels from a young age, but are we to throw away the opportunity for the rest of them to try, even if they are not as good? I don't know that the advent of kid-focused classes was necessarily the downfall of adult classes. I think society has changed and adults have less time on their hands for hobby pursuits that may require 3-6 hours of their time a week, not including possible commute times. Adults are just busy. I think this has more to do with it than kids classes. If anything, I've seen parents decide to join because their kids were doing it. I just think there is another answer.
  14. I would think with as litigious as society has become that these kind of schools would be weeded out by now. Somewhere like that is a lawsuit waiting to happen. An instructor being abusive like that is probably some kind of sociopath, and they should be watched out for. Tough training is one thing, but convincing your students to demean one another is not the Martial Spirit.
  15. Years ago, I remember talk about a university that offered the chance to "major" in Karate, TKD, or Kung Fu. I can't remember if it was that Bridgeport University or not, but I think we had a discussion here about it.
  16. This is a great way to look at it, and just thinking of it that way can really have an impact on how one trains. Great thoughts for sure!
  17. DP, freshman here tend to range between 15 and up to 16, unless they've been held out another year or have been through kinder-prep or something like that. We drove out to the state tournament this past weekend, and we came home with a mixed bag. Those that follow me on Facebook probably saw my updates, but I'll rehash here for those that don't. Kenneth went out and won his opening round match with a pin in the second period. He got a takedown in the first period and started working on a pin, but ran out of time. He worked on trying to do a duck-under instead of a headlock but he just couldn't get to it. He did a headlock takedown in the second, and went to the pin from there. I'm not sure how old this kid was, but he was larger than Kenneth. Second match was against the kid who go on to place 2nd overall. Kenneth got pinned by the kid in the first period. Kid was really sound and very aggressive. Ended up 2nd place, so really good in a tough class of wrestlers. That ended day one of the tournament for Kenneth, with a positive; his first win in a state tournament. I felt really good about how the bracket set up for the next day. We stuck around and watched some more matches in his bracket to see who he'd be wrestling on day two. Day two came around, and his match got started. The kid he lined up against was a very big kid, and his legs were huge. My kid's no slouch, but this kid was definitely a bit more mature, and I'm guessing he was a freshman. The match started with Kenneth trying to work standing position, but he got caught in a slide-by and got hoisted off of his feet and elevated quite high in the air. I was like, "oh, crap," and then the slam. I could see him get dejected after that, but he kept fighting, and fight he did. He was the epitome of "knocked down three times, get up four," as he was slammed to the mat twice more in the same fashion, but he did not get turned and pinned. He went all three periods and in the third period got an escape and earned his only point of the match. But he hung in there the whole way, and get thrown as he might, he did not give up, and I was so proud of him for that. So he finished up 1-2 in the state meet, not placing, but I took away some positives. Next year will be his chance to be a freshman in that 14U classification. Next up is the Heartland Duals at the end of the month in Iowa.
  18. Thanks so much, KarateKen. That means a lot.
  19. It looks like KC is planning on tagging L'jarius Sneed, which means they must have something figured out for signing Jones. However, if they can't come to terms with Sneed, they are likely to trade him.
  20. If you like a nice story line and the fact that every episode is a part of a continuing storyline, you should give it a go. Third season wasn't as good, but seasons 1 and 2 are really great.
  21. I never watched it much either. My wife had me sit through some episodes, and they weren't bad, but I wasn't overly impressed, either.
  22. I might get into this. I haven't seen any other version of the story, so it will be my first exposure to it.
  23. I'm like this in most of the classes I've taught. I'd like to be able to do class with the students, but in order to better watch what they are doing and give them direction on fixing things, it's easier if I walk around the room and watch and to try to see what everyone is doing while I'm doing the same thing. I don't bark orders so much as I give cues to the students to fix this or that while they're going up and down the floor.
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