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Hi, I'm embarrassed to say that I don't know the exact answer to this. I chose the school because I really really like the instructor, he's great teaching me and my kids, and we have a blast each and very class. The bottom of my last certificate says World Tae Kwon Do Federation...does that answer the question? This is obviously something that I need to get smart on. Sounds like WTF to me. That is a good question, Danielle. I'd love to know, but I've never asked him about it. From what I can gather, and this is just from what I've picked up on, he must have done WTF at one time (whether it was before the current pattern set, or the pal gwe set, I don't know), and when he left Korea, he changed to the ITF set, but I'm not sure when/how he learned them. As for examples, I can give a few real quick, and more when I have time. In Yoo Sin, when you do the U-shaped punches, we do a knee level side kick prior to each one. In Choong Jang, instead of the middle block/down blocks at the beginning, followed by the circle punch, we do nine blocks, and then slowly come into the fist over fist ready position. Like I say, wish I knew why. My instructor has said that our GM claims that "Choi didn't necessarily make those forms..." and doesn't say anymore. I know that Choi had input from other instructors in the creation of his tuls, but I don't know what my GM is really getting at.

Thanks for sharing this, Danielle. We have a kid in our school that wants to seriously look into Olympic-style competition. I will likely be directing him to this site, too.

This looks like it would be a fun read: http://www.amazon.com/When-We-Were-Bouncers-Athletes-ebook/dp/B00KVPUN6A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402417044&sr=8-1&keywords=When+We+Were+Bouncers When We Were Bouncers, by Paul Lazenby. I think this book would be chock full of entertaining stories from all kinds of great Martial Artists.

The title of the movie escapes me, but it starred Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Torro, and they were special forces, and they did knife combat. From what little I know of Filipino knife fighting, I felt that they did a good job of showing the brutality of a knife fight.

I don't think all conditioning leads to arthritis. I just have reservations about using the little joints of my toes to impact an object. Granted, I have not attempted to toughen my toes for this, either, and we don't really use the toes as a tool to kick with in TKD. My question on the matter is if it is really necessary? Does the toe offer a better striking tool than, say, the ball of the foot? It is a more compact striking surface, for sure, but does it offer that much more pain in the strike to make it worth while? I guess for me, it would be a weight of risk vs. reward for using that attacking tool, or for training it altogether.

Here was an interesting article on the how BJJ submissions via locks has declined over the years, and the main route to victory with BJJ in MMA has become chokes: http://msn.foxsports.com/ufc/story/the-art-of-submissions-061214 I thought it interesting, and wondered, what is it that is causing locks to become less successful? Is it a matter of fighters being able to tough it out? Or has everyone's knowledge of BJJ improved so much that they can foil each other's efforts to lock in a submission hold? The article even noted that Rousey's latest win came via TKO. Only 15.2% of fights so far in 2014 have ended in submissions. I look forward to seeing thoughts on this trend.

Admittedly I struggle after a while. That makes me feel a little better. I did the 300 today at Aikido, and it takes me about an hour to get through it. I've been told at the Hombu, they aim to do it in 15 minutes, as a warm-up. So, I need a lot of work.its the burpees at the end that are the killer after all the others. Those would just make me puke. Not fun, burpees.

6/10/2014 Aikido: 8:45 - 9:45 am. Did their "300" workout: Shikko: 10 laps of their hombu = 31 laps of the floor at the local dojo. Push-ups: 25 total, sets of 10, 10, 5. Sit-ups: 50 total, sets of 10. Jo strikes: downwards with squat, 50. Forward rolls: 50 Backward rolls: 50 Breakfalls: 50 Finished with a good stretch. TKD class: 6:00 - 7:10 pm. Taught again. Added in some extra basics; I had the class doing step behind, front leg hook kicks (similar to the way we do side kicks in basics), added a front stance, reverse punch, back leg side kick combo, and a combo doing punch, BL front kick, reverse punch, BL side kick. I had black belts to assist with forms, so we got through all new forms with the students, and then all new one-steps.

Welcome to KF! There are plenty of stretching routines out there that would probably help you out. Sang H. Kim has a book on stretching, as does Thomas Kurz. If you google them or search them on Amazon, you'll find the info. Your instructor may also have a stretching routine to help you out. Look into dynamic stretching, as well, for some good ideas. In general, work on some side splits and front split stretches anytime you are warm from a workout; after class is over is a great time to stretch. Hope this helps out. Welcome aboard!

Very interesting video. I can really see how sensitivity comes into play there, and your analogy of creeping up the bridge is a very good one. Your explanations really help to see the concepts at work in chi sao. Thanks for sharing this!

I think you are spot on. I have a bit of a different experience with my Combat Hapkido training. When we did it in our school, we did it after our TKD classes, for about 30 minutes, and we would change out of our doboks and take our belts off, and just wear our dobok pants and a black ICHF t-shirt. I have a uniform for the style, but I have never received a belt for a promotion, just a certificate. But, we never really trained it outside of our school, and we all just treated each other in regards to what our TKD rank was. But, should I decide to practice some of those techniques in our TKD class, or work on some of the GRACIE techniques I've learned, I wouldn't take off my belt in class to teach it. I would, however, disclose that I don't hold any rank in BJJ of any kind, and that what my knowledge consists of is a skill set primarily limited to defensive tactics. If I was going to dedicate a class hour to each of these things, for Combat Hapkido, I'd probably get a belt signifying my rank and wear it. For DT related stuff, I'd probably just wear either my normal uniform, or go shorts/t-shirt workout attire. As for going to work out in another gym, I'm with you on the wearing a white belt rank, unless the instructor informed me to do otherwise. I'd speak with the instructor prior to going to workout there, and provide full disclosure. Let him know I am ranked in other styles, and fill him in further if he wants to know. But, I'd tell him my plan for his school is to show up and learn, and not pitch in my .02 cents as to how I would do things. Then, I'd tell him that I would just wear whatever their attire is, and a white belt, unless he tells me to do otherwise.

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It sounds like he isn't just your student, if he is seeking classes elsewhere, as well. You could go speak with him. I wouldn't worry about the fact that he outranks you. You could go ask him about the incident, if he meant to kick him that hard, or what his intentions were. But I'm not sure what it will gain you, unless it will just make you feel a bit better. What do you know about this instructor? Is he a good one, bad one, or have a dubious reputation? Is this an out-of-character action for him? If this is his standard way of teaching, it might not take long to filter students out of his school.

Here is the article: http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/444886/Sexual-harassment-case-stopping-MMA-in-NY Amateur MMA is pretty popular in NY. Why can't pro MMA catch a break? Is it really as insignificant as party politics? If this is the case, it is very sad, and NY is really missing out.

Admittedly I struggle after a while. That makes me feel a little better. I did the 300 today at Aikido, and it takes me about an hour to get through it. I've been told at the Hombu, they aim to do it in 15 minutes, as a warm-up. So, I need a lot of work.

I don't like running. Never have. So, I don't really do it much. In the past, I have run stairs, and found that I would rather do that than just run otherwise. I hate running, yet I have a daughter who runs half marathons. She doesn't get it from me...

As suggested, look up hip flexor stretches, and there should be plenty that come up. The "warrior lunge" stretch is a good one. You can also stand and hold your ankle with your hand from behind, and stretch it that way. With that said, the hip flexor was never the issue for me and kicking higher. I did more split stretching than anything else, and that helped get my kicks higher. Look up a book called Stretching Scientifically, by Thomas Kurz. I've heard lots of good things about it, and might be helpful to you.

6/9/2014 (evening) TKD class: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Taught class, and we had promotions come in, so new belts and certificates were handed out. Did basics, adding a few combinations at the end of it, and then taught new forms and new one-steps.

I have trained while sick in the past. I always found a good sweat really helped cleanse out a cold. But, I've gotten to where I am more likely to skip out of training at the gym, so I don't make others sick.

It was a very brief article. I was looking for the rest of it upon finishing it.... But, I think the author makes some valid points on making the form your own, but not altering it so much that it becomes something else. This is another point of interest in my style of TKD. We do ITF forms, but some of them have different moves swapped out for others. The form stays pretty much the same, but some of them have noticeable differences from the ITF standard, aside from the lack of sine wave. But, I stay true to the way I have been taught.

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I've heard of use do the big toe like that, but I have never wanted to try it. I don't want to have an arthritic toe when I get older. Besides, they make steel-toed boots now.

I tend to agree with you. We don't ever hear it, being in a TKD school. I see it at the end of posts all the time, and it kind has the same, overbearing affect.