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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.

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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?

Is there a copy of what this curriculum looks like floating around? Perhaps it would give some ideas for classes.

I think the main thing to consider behind a tradition is "why?" Why do we do it? Why do we keep it around? If the answer is "just because," then it probably should be under consideration as to whether it should be kept or not.

We may have discussed this, Bob, but I have forgotten if we did... What form do you teach at white belt? And is there a set amount of time you wait, to let them learn the moves of the form, before you start teaching bunkai?

Here's a video of some exercises like what Danielle is mentioning here: Don't worry about doing the exercises as high as this guy does. He is very good at them, and it takes time to build up to working at that level. Instead, do them a belt level if you can, or lower if need be. If you feel the muscles burning, then its working.

Here are a few more videos on the same idea. This one is an interesting take; tall vs short, from the tall guy's perspective: I like the tall guy's idea of not switching the feet, using his full reach to his advantage. In our TKD class, we tend to use a lot of switching feet to gain power, but to kick in close. I like the advice on stance, and kicking so they don't move their arms away to attack. I like the explanation on the tiip, too.Here's one on short vs tall, from short guy perspective: He talks about countering punches with kicks. I like the motions with the hands intercepting as he kicks, but I don't know if its the gloves that make that work or what. Its all very fluid, too, which I'm sure comes from practice time in the ring. Some of his angles seem very subtle, too.For a taller kicking, he gets into catching kicks. I like that, but we can't catch kicks in our TKD sparring. We can get away with hooking them and swinging them out of the way, though. Thoughts on these? Anything else to offer?

I think it would work better in a grappling setting, for sure. I've noticed this the more I work through BJJ techniques in our DT club. It seems like you can observe and pepper in wrinkles based off the student's performance as you go around checking things out. With TKD, its a bit tougher. We do basics every class, the same ones all the time. This isn't rotating, but it is all-inclusive, and the basics correspond to much of how the techniques are done in the forms, which kind of doubles the amount of work, and helps speed forms along. But for advanced kicking techniques, its tougher to rotate the curriculum, and the forms are pretty well rank-based. The forms part of the class slows things down the most for us.

Tournament #4 for this season. This was the first tournament that Kendall was able to do an 8 man, double elimination bracket. There were 7 wrestlers (one scratched), leaving one bye (which Kendall did not get, which is ok...I pay for matches, not byes!). There was one other kid from our club in this bracket, but Kendall and he were on opposite ends of the bracket, which made it nicer for them to not wrestle right away. Match 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjdX5vF6prY The dreaded headlock makes its return! But, he was controlled, and stayed in good position, and made a good takedown out of it. Have to work on the transition to the head scoop after getting them on their back. Match 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUstulLgmhE After his first match, I had Kendall stay down and watch the next one, to see who he would be wrestling next, and kind of scout them out. This kid is taller than Kendall, and appeared to be older, and he looked to really be in control in his first match. I have to admit, I was a bit worried about this kid. I thought he would give Kendall some fits, especially if he tried to tangle up with him standing. I preached takedown to him. But, he ended up getting into headlocks.. But, he had some very good headlock takedowns, really getting some good throws in. This kid was pretty strong, though. Kendall is doing a better job of controlling when on top in referee's position, grabbing the ankle and riding them down. His opponent was able to stand up pretty much at will, but Kendall did a good job of controlling him and pulling him back down from behind. Kendall ended up winning this match by technical fall, and didn't give up a point. I think I need to work on his swivelling a bit more, to get into better positions based off which way the opponent is leaning. Match 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_X2-oNgrxE Championship match, with his teammate! They both went through the bracket to this match, which was another great showing for our club. Kendall is on the right. They start out with more dancing, which they like to do for some reason. He didn't win so many of these headlock battles as he got lucky falling on top. That's why I don't care for the headlock so much. One of these times, its not going to work for him, and he'll end up on his back. But, learning the hard way is still learning.... He has gotten into the habit of hacking at an arm in an attempt to break down, and I feel he is doing it in the wrong spots, instead of focusing on controlling more with the hand. But, this was another great match between these two, and they are both improving. 1st and 2nd for our club in that bracket! Now, on to a big tourney in Salina for this weekend, where I think Kendall will get to see some great competition, and we should be able to really see how to guage Kendall for some state level competition.