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I don't take a lot of time to check into many blogs. I do have some youtube channel subscriptions, like Kwonkicker, that I look at from time to time, and I did just subscribe to GingerNinja's channel, as well. I wish I had more time to put towards online research like that.

We all have character traits and flaws. Its part of what makes us human. I think its also important to understand what and why people believe what they do. In Bruce Lee's case, he wasn't saying what he did about forms just to say it. In his experience, he did not see forms as a useful training tool, and discovered what he thought were better, more productive ways of training. He just happened to have an opportunity to produce a book in which he expressed this. I still don't think its disrespectful, but just his opinion, based on his time studying Martial Arts. At the end of the day, I really don't think the discussion will resolve much. There are a few that are willing to see both sides of the argument, and are open-minded to what both sides have to say. There are also those that are set in their ways, and will not change what they do, regardless of what data may be out to back up various claims, for or against whatever side of the fence they are on. But, this is the nature of this topic, as well.

Hawkmoon: interesting circular motion on the knifehand double blocks on that first Pinan kata. Alex: knife sparring sounds like a good time! 2/10/2014 -- Kept this day pretty busy! Defensive Tactics club: 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Worked what we call the "jits roll," which is the armbar/triangle/omoplata transition from the guard. We would hit two armbars, one on each side, then move to the next in the transition, so we would get plenty of reps. After repping those three a while, we added a transition to the gogoplata from before the triangle, and after the triangle. Still getting comfortable with some of the movements and transitions, bet am getting better. We had some free roll at the end of the class, and I free rolled for the first time. I did earn a tap, but spent most of my time getting my neck cranked defending a guillotine choke. I eventually got away, was able to reverse, get on top, and pass an armbar or triangle attempt to get to side control. I ended up pulling his own arm around his neck, and he tapped due to shoulder injury that was a bit re-aggravated. I've been told there is an arm-triangle choke in there, and they showed me afterwards. It was fun, and I learned some things! Wrestling practice: 3:45 - 4:15 pm with Kendall. We each did two minutes of warmup on the rope pulling machine. I would do 30 seconds pulling down, and then 30 seconds pulling it up, rest, then another minute. What a workout! That, or I am really out of shape. Then I did some rep work with Kendall: Sit-outs x5 Stand-ups x5 Standing switches x5 Switches x5 Worked some duck-unders to single-leg takedowns (for those guys who keep trying to headlock him), and also arm-drag to single-leg takedown. Good work, and he enjoys going to the gym, but mostly to mess around, I think.... Taught TKD class: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics: Did all the usual, but tweaked a few of them. I get concerned with the back stance some of the students take, because they get too spread out with their feet, and then have to either shuffle step to get out of it, or have to slide a foot to execute a front leg kick. So, I had them do their double knifehand block, then a front leg front kick, then land and step forward into the next double knifehand block (which we do in a back stance). I also had them do one that began with a knifehand strike (back stance), front leg front kick, step forward to double knifehand block. Adding the kick helped them focus on the stance, and being able to be mobile from it. Forms: Chon Ji on up for review for all ranks. Eventually, I started peeling the lower and intermediate ranks off so they could start one-steps. One-steps: some review, and some high rank reps. Sparring: had some fun with sparring. Did a few rounds of regular rules sparring, but then did some limited sparring rounds. I did rounds where the students could only kick with their front legs, only left or right leg kicks (mainly made high ranks kick with their left for this one), must throw 2 punches after a kick before being allowed to throw another kick, and if they throw a round kick, then the next kick must be a spin side kick before they do any other kick. The students enjoyed this sparring, and it made them think of doing different things instead of the same thing they do every class. I really need more days of training like this one!

I was feeling this way, as well. Its really a choreagraphy as opposed to anything else. But, I do think it would be kind of fun for competition.

Congrats for getting back into it! As long as you had fun, that's the important part, right!

Aikido Ground Fighting, by Walther G. von Krenner, with Damon Apodaca and Ken Jeremiah; http://www.amazon.com/Aikido-Ground-Fighting-Submission-Techniques/dp/1583946063/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392322596&sr=1-1&keywords=aikido+ground+fighting I found this to be an interesting read into a different approach to Aikido training. The authors discuss how Ueshiba's training came about, and how he trained, and the effectiveness of his Aikido. In that vein, the authors are seeking to make their Aikido effective through principle based training involving resisting training partners in order to test the effectiveness of the techniques. There is also much discussion of the principles of what the authors refer to as the six pillars of Aikido, and how to train with those principles in mind, and then how to use those principles to adapt Aikido to fighting on the ground, whether it be kneeling, or prone with an attacker. There is also some history on Ueshiba, his training, and how he evolved over time, which I found interesting. One of the authors, von Krenner, actually spent years training with Ueshiba, and offers his insight throughout the book. I thought there was a lot of good infomation offered in this book, but did feel that it probably would benefit a more experienced practioner of Aikido, as opposed to one like myself with limited time in the style. However, it is an enjoyable read, and reading about the principle-based ideas to approach the style was interesting.

Imho, Bruce Lee disrespected ALL kata/forms, and lumped them into one big and fat disdain disapproval of it. Bruce's point of view, as I understand it to be, is that the "Swimming on dry land" can't possibly provide an adequate way for one to defend oneself while training in kata/forms and the like. I don't know, but I'm sure that Bruce thought the three K's was a joke, or at least, incomplete in some way or another. Bruce or no other MAist is ever going to convince me that kata is a waste of training time because I've seen the benefits of kata my entire MA journey. Many of these, I've spouted about here ever since that I've been a member here. No training tool, imho, is complete by itself. Bruce Lee never said forms practice or the three K's were a joke, so I think it would wrong to assume that he said such things. He also worked with many traditional stylists during his career; Bolo Yueng, Chuck Norris, Bob Wall, Jim Kelley, and many others. There are those that didn't care for him much, and I'm sure those he didn't care for. But, I don't think there was disprespect there for the styles the others worked at. Bruce had an opinion on the use of forms practice. The fact that his opinion goes against the principles of other stylists doesn't equate to disrespect, in my opinion.

Its just clothing. Really nothing more. I wash it after every practice, and rarely iron it. The belt is just put in the bag and toted along with everything else (when I use a bag). I don't tie it around my uniform, just because I don't; no real reason, and I'm not adverse to the practice. To me, it seems there could be so much more important things to focus one's energy on than how to take care of laundry.

I would disagree to an extent. Everything has an origin point. Sure, there are different origin points for different MAs, maybe one could trace their's back all the way to the beginning. However, at some point in history (although more likely prehistory) someone started the first Martial Art.I tend to agree with Zoodles here. I do think that there might have been someone that decided to start organizing things to defend themsleves or to train groups to defend a city or invade another, but I'd be willing to bet that others followed suit rather quickly out of necessity, and things evolved from there.I'd be willing to guess that those that stood out in combat from the others were culled from the group later, and made to be instructors of a sort, in order to make the others better. The "champions" so to speak probably ended up drilling, and things evolved from there.

Thanks for sharing this with us, wagnerk.

Congrats!

I try to get on at least 3 times a week. I used to get on a lot more, but time and work circumstances changed, so now, I do what I can, when I can.

What a romping that was! I never would have thought that the Denver offense would be held scoreless that long! I enjoyed the game immensely!

I think football can be very beneficial for you. You will practice against resisting partners every day, learning how to move with and against them. You will develop some level of footwork, and probably do quite a bit of running in short bursts. Football can also build some toughness, too, based on the physicality of the sport. Both of my brothers played football, one of them at a small college in the NAIA. He loved every minute of it. Do you have an idea of what position you would be playing? What's your height/weight?

And changes like this don't have to be the only ones. Adding or changing belt ranks is fine, as long as there is a point behind it. I'm not sure what your old instructor's goals were here, and I won't attempt to evaluate them. I think that they can be good changes and additions, if done right, and for the right reasons. I do think that at times, branching out on one's own is the proper course of action. In regards to these kinds of changes that some instructors or styles make, I do have to say that is one thing that the ATA has done well for itself on. I know there is a lot of disdain for the ATA out there, but they really did their students a favor with their different Pro-Tech systems they implemented for black belts, offering different branches of training, like weapons and ground fighting, and I think even PPCT was one of them offered. These systems provided differening interests that allowed the ATA members access to different things without having to leave the association to find them. I do believe they also have an XMA system in place now that the upper echelons worked extensively with Mike Chat on. The ATA is always looking at ways to get a little bit better. Its interesting, this scenario. Two different TMAs, and with different views on respect. So, it would seem that disrespect for TMAs is rife within TMAs themselves? In regards to the bold above, I do think there is truth to that! I'm not really sure that just because some don't feel that TMAs train in an effective manner equates to disrespect. I don't think Bruce Lee disrespected TMAs; after all, he started in one. For example, I practice many of the ITF forms, but not with sine wave. When I watch ITF practitioners do their forms on youtube, I find it difficult to watch the forms, with all the up and down movement and the seeming disconnect between the movements. But, just because I don't like the way they do their forms doesn't mean I don't respect their way of doing things or them as Martial Artists. Its just a different point of view, based on different experiences. Not disrespect, though.

Thanks Wastelander for your advice. I will try This is good advice. Also, you can look into some general leg strengthening excercises, like squats and lunges. Sets of those, along with the bag work (do them after the bag work) will be beneficial to your leg strength. After you've built up some leg strength, you could look into adding some plyometric exercises to help build your explosiveness.

2/7/2014 Wrestling: Practiced with Kendall, from 3:55 - 4:35 pm. We worked on stance work to start with, and an arm-drag takedown to cover, and switching with the momentum, wrapping in a headlock, and keeping chest to chest, and weight on the balls of the feet. We also worked on what the coaches called a "fat man roll," which was a kind of reversal where he hooks the elbow, rolls, then has to jump over and get into a pin position. I think it might be a good move for him. He also did some jump rope and some rope machine work for a small amount of conditioning. I also did Choong Jang twice, which I think I have down now, so I can really start cleaning it up. Also did some time on the rope machine, which is awesome, and some sets of pushups.

Thanks for sharing this with us, Candian77. I hope you find lots of helpful information here. Don't fret the sparring too much. I was pretty apprehensive about it when I first started doing it, but its one of those things that you get comfortable with more and more the more you do it.

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2/3/2014 Wrestling practice: 3:45 pm - 4:10 pm. We worked on his stand-up drills, and also worked on some movement drills for when he is on top of someone he has broken down. Taught TKD class: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Got through basics well, and then during the forms session of the class, there were a few too many kids snickering and jabbering along the side of the room, so I brought all the students up, and did forms review. Along with getting through some of the new forms for those who tested, the students did some review, and I also took some time to break down some sections of Do San and Yul Gok that tend to be tricky.

I think it could be a fun style of competition. But, as for the format, it looks like a one-step set-up, because the attacker only attacks once. From there, its a one-step by the defender. It does look like it poses some interesting attack options, though, including weapons and ground defense, which is great, I think.

I've not heard of it, and I'd be interested in what kind of "history" it has. But, it may be worth checking out, and if you aren't currently training, then what do you have to lose by checking it out? Let us know how it goes. Welcome to KF, as well.

I agree. I've always been fascinated with stick fighting, and hope that some day I can find an instructor around that can teach me some.Sounds like you had a fun time, and learned a lot! Keep at it!

I'm wondering where the concern for the respect issue is directed? Is it concern that MMA stylists, or RBSD stylists, don't respect "tradtional" Martial Arts? Or is it a concern that people who aren't even in the fold of the Martial Arts community don't respect traditional styles because of what they see in MMA? Then, the next point to consider is two-fold: first, do you care that these folks don't "repsect" what you do? If you don't, then you've taken care of the second aspect, which would be, what is it that they don't respect? What aspects, practices, etc, and will you change them in order to catch up with the times, and gain that respect you desire for the art you study?