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I'm glad you enjoyed it, Bob. I thought it had a nice message to it.

That...well...sucks; sorry to hear that, Brian!! Give Vicky and the kids our love!! I will, thank you, Bob!

Congrats!

That is an awesome accomplishment! Congrats!

Congrats, man! What a Christmas present, eh?

Good points, JR 137. Our DT club offers several personal defense seminars a year to women mostly, and they focus a lot on what you mentioned; choking attack, sexual assault situations, and the like. They need the tools to get away, and get help. It sounds like your course went well, Luther. Hopefully, you get to do some more of them, and get repeat customers. One of the most important things to impart on them at the end of the course is to seriously consider taking up some form of training or other on a regular basis. Its the best way to keep your body fresh in self-defense techniques.

Those are very good points.

Yep, exactly what I was thinking!

I think if you made contact with the electric company, they should be able to present some kind of average for you, based on hours used and amount used. You should be able to come up with a ballpark estimate. Another thought, and this is something the electric company does where I'm from, is you could ask if they have some kind of program they set you up on where you pay a set amount per month. I think at the end of the year, they refigure your average usage, and then refigure your monthly amounts based off that. Its a thought, and it could definitely help on a budget.

This video went through my Facebook feed the other day, and I thought it was an interesting commentary from Iain Abernethy in regards to the difference in Karate and Judo throwing, specifically, the difference in throwing for competition or self-defense. What do you think? I know not everyone gets on board with Abernethy's approach to bunkai, but I think this discussion is less about deriving applications from kata, and more about the environment these throws are applied in.

Here is a link to a story about a junior high wrestler in McCook, Nebraska, about his first loss of the season. Its a pretty heartwarming story, I think: http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/2259069.html

12/14/2015 Strength Training Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 165x5, 195x5; work sets: 228x5, 258.5x3, 289x5. These sets were tough today. 12/15/2015 Strength Training Front squats: warm-ups: 45x5, 95x5, 115x5; work sets: 140x5, 140x5, 140x5. Power cleans: warm-ups: 95x3, 115x3; work sets: 132x3, 132x3, 132x3, 132x3, 132x3.

Welcome to KF!

Welcome to KF!

My line of thinking here is that there is more than one way to teach TKD. A purely sport approach might not be very effective for someone that isn't naturally gifted as an athlete. So, that training might not be effective for everyone.

I've done forms in TKD for a lot of years that didn't have any applications for them. The ATA forms weren't designed with applications in mind like those seen from Karate kata. I've seen some application ideas for the ITF forms I do now, and have seen ideas for the Tae Guek and Pal Gwe forms. But these are rather recent innovations. My concern with the whole thing is, why should I have to learn a form, then learn its applications, to learn self-defense? I'm a big proponent of getting into applications work as early as possible in training.

The point of training in the Martial Arts it learning to apply techniques. You can't do that without having some equal rules when it comes to partner training. It sounds to me like these "rules of etiquette" are being used to cover the inadequacies of their instructors. I think this is also brought on by how they use their instructor program. If I was training there, and heard those excuses, I wouldn't train there anymore.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! I get to work both of those holidays.

Its well deserved, Patrick. Well deserved.

I've never heard this told to me. Maybe I'm just lucky that way, but its not anything I've heard.

Man, that sounds really grueling. When do you find out results?

12/9/2015 Defensive Tactics Club: 1:30 - 3:00 pm. We had some new members in today, so I worked with them on some basic striking technique, we worked with them on some of our basic grappling drills from guard (Kimura, armbar), and I got to work on some stand-up sparring, and some drilling with one of the guys who wanted to work on checking leg kicks. 12/10/2015 Strength Training Press: warm-ups: 45x5x3, 65x5, 80x5; work sets: 94.5x3, 108x3, 121.5x5. Assisted chin-ups: 135x10x3 (supersetted with press). Lying triceps ext: 54x10x3. 12/11/2015 Strength Training Deadlifts: warm-ups: 135x5, 165x5, 195x5; work sets: 217x3, 248x3, 279x7. Power snatches: 102x2, 102x2, 102x2, 102x2, 102x2.

I am not a head instructor currently, so I don't get to make any decisions on how the classes are really run, or what the curriculum is. But, if I did have a choice in it right now, I would really try to focus more on digging into self-defense applications, either from the forms themselves, or just through technique application and principles in general. Aside from that, I like to really work on the technical aspects of TKD, making techniques better, breaking them down to teach them, and then advancing them through the basics behind each of them. I always appreciated the technical and physical challenge behind TKD.

I can't believe I missed seeing this! I saw the FB post, but missed it here. Congrats, Patrick, on being a great administrator, and providing us a great medium to meet and converse with so many great people. The longevity this site has experienced is a testament to the quality and upkeep you strive for here. I've seen and experienced other sites, and I mean this: you've set the standard, Patrick. Congratulations!

I think this is pretty typical for how the UFC has been doing things. People may complain that its just a money grab for the UFC, but that's what they do, they entertain people and make money off it. Rousey is a huge draw, whether you love her or hate her, and with Holm's success, the rematch just seems the logical way to go. I believe the fight is scheduled for July. I know Holm stated she wanted to fight Tate, but I'm not sure if that would be a good fight to do before the rematch. The rematch should be a title defense, and I really think Rousey would rather have a rematch against a reigning champion Holm, and not a Holm who might have lost to Tate somewhere in between.