bushido_man96

Congrats, jaypo!

Welcome to KF! I like the looks of your roped nuchaku.

Welcome to KarateForums! I hope you find many great discussions here!

The main thing for me is to make sure I've prepared myself properly. As long as I know my stuff, I should be ready to go, no matter who is in front of my judging.

From what I've seen of Kukki poomsae, I'd agree with your assessment there.

You could probably calculate something out, but I don't know how necessary it would be. It would vary per person, I think, and the way the vest distributes the weight might make a difference, too. What you could do is a controlled experiment with yourself to find out. Take a day to max out your pushups, then take a week off. The next week, add some weight to the vest, max out your reps, compare the totals, and figure some equation to see what you get. I'm not mathematician, so I can't make the equation for you, but I know there are some smart people here that might be able to. See how that works for you.

I am really waiting for bag work .... hopefully will happen one day Kicking the bag isn't just about the kicking leg, either. You learn how to use the strength in the base leg to maintain balance and control while kicking hard, which is also a valuable point you don't really pick up when you kick the air in basics.

2/24/2014 Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics, did some extra front leg front kick work from back stances, working on proper positioning and getting the kick off without shifting much or shuffling the feet out of the stance. Forms, more review, working on all colored belt forms except Hwa Rang. Broke them off gradually by rank for one-steps. Instead of sparring, we did some bag work on the kicking shields, front leg front kicks from back stances. Focused on good balance of the stance, not shifting the back or front foot when lifting to kick. The focus was more on the stance than the kick, but the shields helped to realize where the stance needed to be. 2/25/2014 Wrestling with Kendall: 3:45 - 4:10 pm. Worked with Kendall on stand-ups and switches mainly. We have our big club tourney this weekend, and then we are going to gear up for state.

Boy, Bob, when it rains, it poors, doesn't it! I hope you get to feeling better soon. That sounds like no fun at all. Back pain can be one of the worst things to try to get over. Make sure you are squatting to pick things up, and not bending over. That will likely send you back to square one.

The second one, I noticed, had some consecutive kicking aspects; front kick to target in front, and then consecutive side kick to the rear to another opponent. Different kicking aspects rather than jump kicking combinations. I do like to see the use of kicks in the forms like this. After all, TKD likes to emphasize the kicking aspect of the style, and I like to see some forms that do that. Even though these forms look a bit tougher, I do think they would be managable techniques for many practitioners to perform.

You are most welcome!

At one time, the Heian series were considered a complete self-defense system in and of themselves. So, what more does one need? The idea of learning a new form for each rank level attained is fairly recent, over the last 100 years.

Thank you Bob! It means a lot. We do still have the videos, we just have to upload them. Will have them up as soon as I can, along with the rest of them.

Or, cross train in Wrestling, BJJ, or some other grappling style to shore up said deficiency...

I don't think you are a "traditional prisoner." Not at all. I do think your thougths on Bruce Lee are set, though... See, this proves that. You are willing to check out other things, seek things out, etc. This is a good thing. I think many traditional stylists fail to change because they don't want to modify their training methodologies.

Its important to be challenging as an instructor, but not necessarily a drill sergeant. Each student is different, and each will react differently to different types of instruction. Also, each classroom situation can be different, too. If you have a student sandbagging a lot, then it might be a time to change the instructional approach to them. Maybe a little bit of drill sergeant would be good for them. Or, it may shut them down completely. So in that case, you have to decide if you want them in the class or not, and decide if you are willing to take an approach that might be the straw that breaks the camel's back, losing them as a student. An instructor should be pushing each of his students to get better. He/she just has to figure out which is the best way to do that for each student, and act accordingly.

Welcome to KF!

I was reading a new book, Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Poomsae, Origninal Koryo and Koryo, but Richard Chun and Doug Cook, and I saw mention of two "new" Kukkiwon forms being proposed for Poomsae tournament competition. I'm not really up to date in the WTF world, but did some looking to see what these forms were like. Bikkak and Hanryu: I believe the first is Bikkak, and the second is Hanryu. Lots of kicking techniques, and kicking combinations. Advanced combinations, too, like the jumping round kicks and 360 round kicks, and the combo with the 360 jump side kick. There are also some interesting hand techniques and combinations. These probably aren't as new as I thought, seeing as the upload was in 2007. Can anyone with WTF shed some light on these forms? Are they rank specific, or "competition specific" forms? Any thoughts on these?

2/12/2014 Defensive Tactics Club: 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Reviewed standup self-defense curriculum; wrist grabs and choke defenses from front, side, rear, and on the ground. Worked reversals from mount, doing variations from being choked, from postured up to strike, and a hair grab variation. Worked punch block defenses 1-4, and worked a bit on defense #4, getting the knee across the body and working to an elevator sweep; also worked from side control to getting back guard. 2/17/2014 Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics, with no extras really, as we had a fresh white belt. Forms, I worked with the white belt on Chon Ji, and then after he went through a few times at my count, I brought all the students up for forms. Did Chon Ji, Dan Gun, Bo Chung, Do San, Won Hyo. The white belt kept doing Chon Ji a lot, and got several run throughs, which was good. Broke off the green belts and below to start one-steps, and then did Yul Gok, broke off the blue belt, Toi Gye, broke off the brown belt, and the black belts did Poe Eun, and the sole survivor did Gae Baek. Then on to one-steps for the high ranks as well, and then some sparring. I was getting good feedback on the forms review, so I think I will keep it a part of my classes, as long as I have the extra half hour to work with the students.

Life is full of descisions. We have to look into what is most important for us first (usually family, if one has one), and then things have to filter in from there. Practicing solo can be a trial at times, but it can be done, but it is never the same as a session at the dojo. Personally, if you've got an option that isn't going to cost you anything, then you should go for it, even if it isn't what you really want to do. It would be better than nothing, keeping you in shape and your technique up, and you can work to better your financial position while saving that $65 a month. If better opportunities present themselves, then you can change. Order your family life first, and then let the rest fall into place. Best of luck to you, and I hope everything works out for you. Stat positive!

You bring up some good points in regards to the differences in sparring styles, but keep in mind that self-protection and sparring are different animals. I do think that sparring can be beneficial to self-defense; learning to deal with a resisting opponent, using footwork to gain advantages, etc, are some good things that translate from sparring to self-defense. However, a point sparring environment doesn't produce the same emotions that an adrenaline dumping self-defense situation does. Its likely that if you have to defend yourself, it might be from a lot closer quarters than a sparring distance, changing the dynamic a bit. There is also the likeyhood that there will be more grabbing, shoving, and grappling involved, changing the dynamic further. Self-defense can get pretty chaotic. With that said, if a style tends to make one fight from a distance or in close, its important that the stylists train in such a way that they can learn to get to the distance they feel comfortable with when it comes time to defend oneself.

It depends on the style, really. Some styles don't do any sparring, and some do a lot of it. Check with the instructor, but I imagine being in a Karate style, you will likely need to do some. Its important for the instructor to see how you use your technique in reaction to others. This is an important part of testing, especially at higher ranks.

yes, you got a clear picture of my situation and that's good to find someone who has similar problem and can handle it, getting more optimistic about my situation now You will just have to find ways to adjust to do what you can. It may take a lot of work, and you will really have to specialize in some things, but you can make it work.

I was going to post the videos from the Salina Tournament of Champions, but I think there was a mishap, and I can't find them! Unfortunately, Kendall lost both matches at Salina, to some very good wrestlers. I expected it to be a tough tournament for him, but I hoped he would be able to compete, but these kids seemed just head and shoulders above where Kendall was at. I've been told that some of the kids that far east have already specialized in Wrestling, and do that for a bulk of the year. Its hard to compete with opportunities like that, but we will keep working to get better. I will see if I can come up with the videos somewhere.

One that I can think of is that it really doesn't have a dedicated ground fighting aspect. It has its roots in Japanese Jujitsu.