bushido_man96

A nice follow-up. How soon do you start training these applications typically?

Woohoo! Its that time of year again! I just took both my boys to the Wrestling Club meeting tonight. I've got them both signed up this year, so it'll be busy for me on Monday and Thursday nights. I'm all excited and ready for the season!

Awesome! Best of luck to him!

I'd go with "What are the risks if you do it that way?" Of the four you have listed. I do agree that how we say things is very important. One jumped out at me a few weeks back when we were having our DT students do "teaching" exercises. One of the students explained a technique and finished with "...and that's what should happen." It caught my ear right off, and I told him that he did a good job of explaining the technique and all that, and also told him to make sure he was careful with wording, and talk about what can happen along the way, instead of putting something in the mind about how it should happen, because then what if it goes differently? So, I tried to use it as a teaching moment to help them in that aspect. One of the ATA's 10 Class Management Skills is to Give Positive Correction Rather than Criticism. I try to adhere to this skill as often as I can. I think it helps a student realize that even if he is doing a technique or an application incorrectly in the end, there are some aspects he/she is getting right, and its important that what they are getting right is reinforced so they keep doing that part the right way. Then, they can work on the other corrections. I think that really goes a long way in helping a student see the positives that come out of the class.

Very good points, and I agree with you. Our school doesn't have our young Little Lions doing any kind of sparring, but they are 4-7 years old. When students get to our regular class, one-steps, combinations, and sparring all start up.

You are welcome, yamesu. I hope that made sense.

I think this is the main reason. And I'm sure it does happen. Most of us have a limited budget and a limited amount of time to offer up to extracurricular activities. The time value of money comes into play here, and if we as humans find a better deal, we tend to gravitate towards saving money.

is it right?I'm not sure if its "right." If it works, though, is it wrong?

I think once one is getting close to hitting the high colored belt and black belt tests, you are no longer a beginner. It may be early in your journey yet, but I think not a beginner anymore.

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This is a great topic. I think this really comes down to the preference or experiences of the instructors that do the teaching. I am a fan of this kind of workout regimen. Especially the powerlifting style involving full body lifts like squats, deadlifts, bench press, overhead press, and power cleans. If a program is built right, you only have to do these 3 days a week. That is, if you want to build the kind of strength that will benefit you in class. The problem is, in order to get some good out of it, you have to dedicate the time to it. And that's too much time to include in a Martial Arts class. Sure, you can supplement body weight exercises instead, like squats, push-ups, burpees, etc, but you only build so much strength when you don't progressively add weight. But, you still benefit. But, the biggest problem is the time they take. Especially cardio, if you want benefit from it. When I sign up for a Martial Arts class, I want to learn Martial Arts. I don't want an exercise program. If I can make time, I would do that myself. I'm terrible at push-ups and crunches, and would rather spend time learning self-defense techniques and drilling. These are the kinds of drills that I would rather spend time doing. At our Defensive Tactics club, we do pummeling drills as warm-ups, both standing and on the ground. I also try to do some drills with them that get them moving, but have them working on blocking and evading along with them. I also have them do shrimping along the floor for warm-up. I like the idea of using mitts or in TKD doing hogu drills to get moving and work technique that way. I like doing technique-focused stuff, especially with a partner if at all possible. We don't do any kind of the general conditioning exercises in our TKD classes. We start with basics, and that will generally take about 15 minutes of the class. We usually move at a pretty good clip, and I always get tired and winded doing basics. So, that provides a nice warm-up, a bit of cardio, and its all TKD technique, to boot. None of it is partner, but it beats running for 15 minutes. If I'm going to do some kind of general conditioning, I'd prefer to do it on the side, on my own. If some instructor wants me to rip off 50 push-ups, I can't do it. I'd rather not spend time in class watching others do what I can't and feeling silly for not being in the same kind of shape that others are. I'd much rather being doing skill building drills that give me a workout in the process.

I can relate!!! I can third that, as well. I've never been able to do split, but I've lost flexibility as I've gotten older. Amen to that. Without my family, I've got nothing.

Hi Bushido, sorry to be a pain, but could you explain this to me? I am interested in the setup of stations, rotations and also what is BL/FL? (I assume back leg and front leg, but just wanted to check ) Hi, yamesu. I'll elaborate. You are correct on FL/BL; front leg and back leg. The "station" is what you use for the techniques, like a Powerline bag, or someone holding a kicking shield, or a target pad. Some are interchangeable. But you don't necessarily rotate to a different bag. Also, as you probably noticed in the descriptions, the "stations" are kind of themed, like the one highlighted above, side kicks and spin back kicks. So, if you have a big class, you can pair two kickers to a Powerline and do one station, and have some others on target pads doing those stations, and then switch them up so everyone get to do them all. Hope that helps. I'm considering putting together some different classes, perhaps more target pad themed to switch things up. 11/12/2014 DT Club: 2:00 - 3:00 pm. We worked on some headlock defenses, one of which was similar to one I've done with the GRACIE system. The Wrestler I was working with showed me a nice variation, too, where it was more of a drop than step around and sitting to a roll. We would secure the arm, step around in front, and then sit and roll the bad guy over. The other variation was with the bad guy in a wider base, doing more of a sit back and roll them over. The focus was getting rolled over and ending in the top position, for LE focus. Then I did a free roll, getting pretty well smoked by the Wrestler. I don't feel quite as bad about that, now that I see his name up as last year's conference champion. PT w/Kendall: Push-ups 3x6 for both of us. I helped Kendall with assisted bridges x10. We both did wall walk bridges x10, and bridge push-ups x5. Kendall did a handstand for 1 minute on the wall, and then he did front and back neck bridging to build strength. TKD Kicking Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. All Powerline stations today. Station 1 FL side kick x10 each leg BL side kick x10 each leg BL spin back kick x10 each leg BL spin back, switch away, x10 each leg. 80 kicks total Station 2 FL round kick x10 each leg BL round kick x10 each leg FL hop round kick x10 each leg BL jump round kick x10 each leg. 80 kicks total Station 3 FL push kick x10 each leg BL push kick x10 each leg FL hop side kick x10 each leg FL crossover side kick x10 each leg. 80 kicks total Station 4 FL repeat round kicks x10 each leg; first 5 sets mid/hi, second 5 sets hi/mid (20 kicks each leg) BL repeat round kicks x10 each leg; first 5 sets mid/hi, second 5 sets hi/mid (20 kicks each leg) FL side kick to repeat round kick x10 each leg (20 kicks each leg) BL side step to BL round kick x10 each leg. 140 kicks total Station 6 BL jump spin back kick x10 each leg BL spin back kick to spin back kick, I call these "repeaters." x20 total BL spin back check kick to repeat round kick x10 (20 kicks each leg) BL side check kick to spin back kick x10 each leg (20 kicks each leg). 140 total kicks 520 total kicks for the session. Then stretch.

I'd say you'd want to start the punch from higher, and arc it down. I don't think your hips should try to rotate down, just rotate them like you would with a hook punch.

That's a pretty tall order, pardon the pun. Hopefully, you are a bit faster, and can use your speed to move in, strike, and move out. Really work the legs, try to bring him down that way. Best of luck, and please keep us posted!

Nike recently dropped Adrian Peterson, as well. I agree with their choice to do so. I don't like to these kind of pre-fight actions, either, and wouldn't want my sons to see them as an example of how a person should act. In the end, though, since he was representing Nike, its up to Nike to decide whether or not that is how they want to be represented. So, I'm good for it.

Couldn't agree more. We do one-steps in our TKD training, and they are referred to as our "self-defense techniques." They could be, if they evolved from the simple format that we use to do them. One-steps can be a great training tool, but they have to be done right, and they have grow, I believe, and eventually, become more interactive than a down block, step forward and punch, let the defender to the defense, and that's it.

Sounds odd. Its not some kind of carpel-tunnel syndrome, is it?

11/6/2014 PT w/Kendall: Kendall did handstands, candlesticks, and some wall-walk bridges. 11/10/2014 PT/Wrestling w/Kendall: 3x5 push-ups (I did these, too). Then we worked on sprawling to the Iowa twist x5. Then I had Kendall do sprawls, repeatedly, working on the bounce back up, and making sure to drop his chest to the ground and be heavy. TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Taught class, hitting basics, forms, one-steps, and sparring.

If a school has a testing format, then I don't like to see auto-grading. If there is a test, make it a test. Otherwise, its not a test. Now, some schools/styles don't do testings, but promote based on what they see in the classroom when they see fit. I don't have a problem with this method, either. But, do one or the other.

Fear not, I'm sure I'll have lots of questions coming.

Hehe, I don't have a problem with getting subbed. That happens a lot. Happened today, too. I really got switch partners. The guy I roll with is the conference Wrestling champ at school.

There are lots of things that can create falsehoods in the MAs. One-steps can do it, if they are not taught properly. Basic can develop falsehoods, if you never learn to strike a bag or break a board. The list goes on. An instructor has to bring it all together for the students. I think competition gets picked on a lot more than the other aspects of training because not everyone is good at competition, and its how some of those that don't do well in competitions justify it. I think many times, it becomes a pride/ego thing. Not always, but sometimes it is the case.

These things do make training at home difficult. When so many others require your time, its tough to do anything but rest when you have your own time.

Thanks for the thoughts, Alex. I will try to put them to work over the next few weeks.