bushido_man96

Personally, I don't view the MAs as a tool that should be used to unite much of anything. When we start talking about these aspects in the Martial Arts, they have more to do with the views and beliefs of the persons who study said style, as opposed to the style itself. Then, such people use their "style" to bring other people into their fold and to propogate their belief system onto others.

You should recommend that guy to a Dog Brother's event. Then see if he is interested in weapons "challenges" again.

Thanks for sharing. Life gets busy, and its tough to train at times. This is great motivation.

That sounds like it was an awesome experience, Alex. What a great opportunity to work with and get exposed to so many great stylists. Awesome, and I envy you! You mentioned the punch block sequence. I'd be interested to see it, and if its the same that we do at our DT club. I've learned lots of good stuff there so far, and had blast teaching it to my department. I keep looking for other options, too, and hope to get exposed to some more training, like yourself. Congrats on your milestone! Its great to be able to meet new people and experience new ways of training. Get those batteries recharged, and keep after it!

Thanks for the kind words, Bob. We keep working hard, trying to get better, and I think it is paying off. Here is the next tourney, at Norton. This one ran an 8 man bracket, like Salina did. Match 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjdX5vF6prY Unfortunately, he started this match with a headlock takedown. Fortunately, it worked for him. We have worked a lot at getting away from that move. He wasn't very clean in keeping the kid on his back, and we work on covering, too. But, he gets first round pin. Match 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUstulLgmhE This match was against a kid Kendall had not wrestled before, but has since seen at every meet we've been to. He's a taller kid, seemed a bit thicker, too. Kendall tried a shot, but stayed to high up (didn't hit his knee), and got tangled in a headlock. Kendall was able to work it to his favor, but this kid was hard to hold down. He kept the headlock, and had a nice toss with it really, but couldn't finish with a pin. He got some good back points, but needed to clean up the pinning. He starts period 2 on top, and has trouble because he doesn't stay behind the elbows and ride the waist. He wants to do cradles, but needs to break them down to set them up. He did have a nice belly to back takedown, though. In the 3rd, he started on bottom, and got up decently, but had trouble breaking the grip. But, he was able to turn into the other kid when falling, coming out on top. Kendall got lots of back points in this match, but this kid was tough to hold down. Kendall ended up winning by technical fall, and didn't allow the kid to score any points. Match 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_X2-oNgrxE This was against a fellow club member, which is always tough to do. This kid likes to go right for the head, and stands up straight. I try to get Kendall to duck under and hit the takedowns, and sometimes he does. And sometimes, he trys to stand up and dance, instead (like this time) . He did get him taken down, but this kid is hard to pin, too. He is really strong, and rolls around a lot. I have been working on Kendall with "popping" up and over to get into a better position to run a half or reverse half, depending on how the kid rolls. Here, he just kind of crawls over him. I think we've got that figured out, now. He starts 2nd period on top, and he still gets high, in front of the elbows, and he can't hold strong kids down like that. More of the same in the 3rd. But, he doesn't get reversed, and makes it through for the win, taking first place.

I wasn't aware that Bartitsu was still around. That would be fun to do.

I did hear about this. Its a tragic thing. I'd be interested in learning how well ran the African circuit that this MMA fight was conducted on is, as far as treatment of the fighters before and after, etc. With that said, I don't think there are many rule changes that need to happen in MMA. Unfortunate things like this will happen. It happens in lots of different sports; pitches hitting batters in the head in baseball, race car drivers dying in crashes, football players dying on the field, and the list goes on. For the nature of what MMA is, the death rate is really low when compared to the number of competitors. Like I said, it is tragic, and it deserves to be investigated, but I don't think it requires over-reaction and immediate legislation to totally re-write the rule books on MMA competition.

I guess whether it has a place or not is irrelevant; its apparently still around, and it will be up to each individual as to how they plan to deal with it. Now, when it comes to things like this, there are all the regular thoughts to keep in mind, like what Bob mentions, but you also have to consider the liability of injuries, especially in dualing with weapons. Its not worth any "honor" if someone is going to come back on you with a law suit. Too expensive.

Do this at least.I understand where everyone here is coming from, but there is the other side of it, as well. But unless he is offering you his services for free, then I don't see why you should feel like you should offer your services to him for free. You are his customer, and at this point, it sounds like he is your customer. If you don't want to charge him, then don't; its your choice, especially if its your business. Its a very nice gesture to offer him this for free, and hopefully it reciprocates for you in some way.

Ok, back on track here, I hope. Here are the clips from tourney 5, the Salina Tournament of Champions. Match 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDvh7l16ZF8 Kendall is on the right. He stuffs this kids shot pretty well, but has trouble cross-facing his way out. He doesn't cross-face a whole lot, and we need to address that. He was fending the kid off, but got whistled for an illegal hold. (Sorry for the tech difficulties here!) Next, he tried to shoot, but was too tenative, and didn't drop and drive hard like he needed to, and got stuffed on it. On the next time they were stood up, he got to a spot where he might have put an Iowa twist to use (I think that is what its called), but he hadn't really learned it yet. He knows it now, and is pretty good at it. At some point in the match, the coach said the other kid was awarded back points with Kendall on top of him! Not sure how that worked, but oh well. He tried to be aggressive, but just never really could gain control during the match. He lost this match. Match 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrVmml_tA0 Well, he started this one out be trying for a headlock. I think he called for an illegal headlock, because he didn't have an arm in. It also put him in a bad spot, too. Then, he got thrown in a headlock, and pinned. This was a tough tournament, and we knew it would be. There were a lot of studs at this one, and I think it was good for Kendall to see this kind of competition. He didn't think so at the time, but in the long run, I'm sure he'll come to understand.

3/3/2014 Defensive Tactics club: 1:30 - 2:30 pm. Taught headlock defenses, including disengagements and also cuffing variations from simple pain compliance to armbar variations. Did free standing variations and variations against the wall. Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics, Forms, One-steps, and kicking shield work. Continuing to review all forms as much as possible.

Rough deal, training with a broken toe, Alex! Hope it gets better soon for you. 2/26 and 2/27/2014 DT for Department: I taught two sessions for our deputies and jailers over two days. 6:00 - 9:00 pm on day one, and 7:00 - 10:00 pm on day two. I covered a lot of the GRACIE stuff, review standing punch blocks, disengaging, and getting into clinch and takedown from behind. Also worked 2 reversals with bad guy mounted (either choking/restraining or postured up and punching), and elbow escape. From there, we worked disengaging or getting to mount to restrain with an Americana. With the second class, I had a better group that really moved along, and we got to really cover a lot more stuff. We got into some guard work, praying out for Kimura, and the weapon retention version of Kimura from guard. I felt like we had some really good sessions, and the even better news is that the Sheriff would like for me to conduct monthly training sessions, so our guys and gals can stay somewhat fresh on the stuff. I know I'm missing something here that I went over, and if I think of it, I'll come back and edit.

Yes that's true ... thanks for the advice the only thing is I cant kick with my left leg as the impact come to my torn ligament exactly and it's really painful ... currently I am kicking in the air to get the technique right ! Kicking the air is ok. Its easy to control and you don't have to worry about impact. But, I do think kicking the air hard and fast can be a detriment to the health of one's knees. So be mindful when you do free kicking like that.

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.