bushido_man96

Yes, Happy Veterans Day!

You could come visit Hays, KS, but I think it might be a bit out of your way, and not exactly a "travel destination."

They may have built off that study, but from reading DWx's post, it sounds like they maybe tried a little too hard...

This is it. I don't have nearly as much time to train as I would like, I'm not a natural athlete. If I needed to be the best to enjoy it, I never would have kept it up. I do martial arts because I love it and it makes me happy. If you can find joy in your art, what more can you ask for? Good words.

I think one of the main problems with weapons training is that for the most part, people just want to twirl and swing one around, and then claim that they are trained in the use of a weapon. People don't realize how brutal a weapons fight is. It takes the realism away.

I am looking for some target pad kicking drills I can use to spice up classes a little bit, that is more than just kicking a paddle with one kick. I'm looking for kick combinations or punch/kick combos that others might use in training for sparring. I'm looking for any suggestions. Thanks!

It looks like fun! Some of the contact looks like it can get a little rough, too.

Ah, ok. Thank you for that. We don't roll in gis, so will that change how the drill looks at all? Do you have any videos of know of any that would show these? The swimming through the arms I am familiar with, and we used that to set up an arm bar with Royce. But the hook and base, and the transition to that modified mount, I am unfamiliar with.

I like lots of sports, but if I had to pick one, its football, and I'm a big fan of the Kansas City Chiefs.

I'd be The Hulk. I admire his rage...

tallgeese makes very good points. Whenever I see a thread like this, I look at it from cop point of view first. Where I live, getting spit on is considered battery, and therefore, you would have a right to defend yourself. The fact that you did not follow up would also weight heavily in your favor. Had you continued to pound the individual, because of being furious at being spit on, then that would affect what actions I would have to take, as well.

If they really wanted some accurate readings and ratings of who looked vulnerable and who didn't, they should have cobbled together some true predatory criminals to rate them. Those guys know a potential victim when they see one.

I like. Thanks for sharing this with us, stonecrusher69.

Sounds like 5 hours of awesome, Alex! 11/7/2013 Defensive Tactics class: 10:30 - 11:30 pm. I watched the coaches show the Kimura from guard, then show a reversal from the Kimura being blocked. I didn't get to rep this one at this class. Then, we reviewed the arm bar, triangle, omo plata series, but took out the triangle. But, we did touch on the gogo plata here, after the missed arm bar. Also, worked on the transition to the omo, as I have some trouble getting to that position. Its a bit ackward. Defensive Tactics club: 1:00 - 2:00 pm. I repped the Kimura from guard, then the block/reversal. Not a lot of reps, but got some in to feel what it was like. Then we reviewed the arm bar/triangle/gogo/omo series, working a bit on 4 moves. At the end, I showed some of the GRACIE weapon retention moves, and was showed a couple standing choke defenses; one I liked, and one I didn't so much. 11/8/2013 Taught GRACIE Defensive Tactics for an area Police Department: 5:00 - 9:00 pm. The Chief of one of the PDs in my jurisdiction asked if I would be willing to put on a class for his officers, which I thought was a great opportunity. The Chief wanted the first hour to himself to talk about use-of-force and escalation/de-escalation with his officers, but the other 3 hours were turned over to me for instruction. I covered some basic escort position takedowns, then moved on to some punch defenses I'd done in the past. Then, I moved into the GRACIE material, doing punch defense (haymaker), and the stages from here to either disengage, or to get around for control, which leads to either another disengage, or a takedown unless they become compliant. I need to get some blue guns and tasers to work on moving to other force options from the disengagements. I finished with working on the UMPA escape when mounted, UMPA swim and trap, and the elbow escape, and then getting up from the reversal. I hope that the officers learned something, at least. The Chief there isn't crazy about ground fighting, but I told him you got to have a plan if you end up there.

What is your goal? Do you want to learn self-defense, or to compete, etc? You need to know, so that you can figure out what choice in your area is going to give you the most of what you want. That ground fighting is valuable, and you should have stuck with Wrestling...

Conrats to your son!

Wow. Not quite was I was expecting; but it was a very entertaining video for sure. Just out of curiosity, what were you expecting? I have heard of Dog Brothers a lot, and I think they would be fun to train with. I'd like to get a bit more weapons experience in before jumping into something like that, though.

Here is a reel of Tom Wynne, who has an interview in Issue 57 of Totally TKD Magazine: I've never heard of him before. Anyone familiar with him? Looks like he is rather fleet of foot.

Some of the better classes I've had are the ones I felt like I didn't have the steam to get there, let alone get through a class. In the end, I always feel better for going. Kudos to you for pushing through!

Good luck to you!

Thanks for the information, Alex and Rusty, and thanks for the videos. In the drill we did, we went from arm bar, to triangle, to omo. The other day we threw in gogo, before going to the omo, but I like what you've shown here, and I will ask about that 4th brother, too.

For me, I live with MA coming along with me. Try to do what's right, be a good person, raise my children up to be better than me. Try to continually make myself better, and use the Martial Arts to help me do that.

Thanks for sharing this with us, lowereastside. It sounds like you've been with some amazing instructors throughout your MA career!

Thanks for posting this up, Patrick. I'll be sure to archive it in my youtube channel. The Livestream went great, and was such a good time!

Thank you for all the kind words. KF has been a big part of my life for some time now. I can't imagine not ever being here. All of the great members here, and the sense of community Patrick has fostered, is why I keep coming back. Thank you all so much! Its so hard not to reply to each of your responses, so know that you all are special to me!