bushido_man96

This. If you truly feel the Sensei caused/contributed, the time to confront him was a year ago, not now. I would address the injury, but not add the recrimination part of it, and let him know that she may need to bow out of class occasionally. If he's not ok with that, it may be time to find a different studio. John Totally agree. Everyone has limitations and the sensei should allow students to bow out if they cannot continue. I agree as well. Its not wise to train while injured, and if the instructor will not let a student bow out during a class due to an injury, then the only recourse is to not show up for class. If the instructor can't understand this, then its time to find a different training venue.

9/19/2013 Range Training: 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Practiced shooting from different, odd-ball positions, like lying on our back, and on our sides. We had to draw, shoot, and reload from these positions. We also did some fun shooting with one hand, both strong and weak. We also had to do reloads and clear malfunctions with one hand, on both strong and weak sides. Doing the reloads and clearing malfunctions with one hand went pretty well one-handed, but my accuracy wasn't great. Nor was it while lying down. Something to work on. 9/24/2013 Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. This was the last class before testing, so we did a review, pre-test type of class. Basics, moved through at a good clip. Forms, everyone did well and looked sharp. One-steps, did them testing-style, and got plenty of reps in. Sparring, did testing-sparring, without pads, making sure to use control and good footwork. After sparring, I had the students work on side kicks for breaking. I had the students kick the kicking shields for power, and then we switched to using the target pads, so they could work more on focus and accuracy.

Welcome to KF! Its pretty cool that you have that link to Chuck Norris. What an opportunity!

I love Lone Wolf McQuade. One of my all-time favorites. I'd go with that one.

I experience this phenomenon all the time. Our school uses the ITF forms, but just about every form we do has some differences to how they were originally done. I have quite a few books on the ITF forms that I use for references, and the changes are usually pretty easy to spot (especially since we don't use sine wave; watching videos on youtube is so much different than how we peform in our classes and testings). For me, a change is good if it has solid reasoning. "Because I can kick higher, so I do," probably isn't the best reason. But then again, if we want to practice high kicks, and we want to use our forms as a primary method of practice, then doing the kicks in the forms higher makes sense, if that is your goal. Now, we don't do really any kind of forms applications, so any changes I've seen seem to be more stylistic in nature than anything else. I have also seen changes in techniques a few times since I've been with my current organization, and I don't have the slightest idea why they change. Sometimes, I think its forgetfulness...

I think you've made some valid points here. As an instructor, I try to keep an open mind when a student approaches me about something, and if I don't have the answer for them, I try to find the answer and get back to them. I love to talk Martial Arts with anyone, no matter what rank they hold, and you never know when a point might be made that makes you think.

That doesn't sound like discipline to me. It sounds to me like this instructor abused his authority. Accidents will happen in the dojo from time to time. That's the nature of a contact sport/activity. But to tell a child to basically assume a position in order to inflict pain on him, is over the top.

Enjoy your weapons training. That was one of the things I enjoyed about the Aikido training I did, working with bokken and jo. Have fun!

9/18/2013 I spent some extra time in class hitting on side kicks, specifically working on the technique at the point of chambering and pivoting. I don't want our student's side kicks to be confused with round kicks, and side kicks seem to be the kick that gets shortcut the most. So, I take every chance I can to work some extra side kicks in.

9/17/2013 Defensive Tactics: 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Wrist grab escapes, choke defense review, punch defenses on ground 1-4, Kimura from guard, passing to guard when under side control along with elevator sweep, shrimping defense. 9/18/2013 Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics, added some extra side kick work. I had the students stand in natural ready stance, and a 1/2 count of chambering, and then turning the hip and pivoting the base foot to get the leg into the thrusting position; then I changed the 1/2 count to chamber, then kick with the pivot and rotation; so it was balance and chamber 1st, then pivot/push the next. Got through forms and one-steps, then did some sparring, then had time to do a jump front kick drill that gets the blood pumping.

Ouch! Not cool!

The only one I've really done is the rear naked choke.

But this can change dependent upon the scenario, positioning, height and weight? A boxing instructor will tell you how to throw a perfect hook punch, but not everyone that gets KO'd via hook punch is hit with the perfect form. Often it will be the one that connects that makes execution proper, not following strict technique. Im not saying that we should not train for and strive for perfection in technique, but effectiveness to me encompasses adaptability. You are not wrong, yamesu. Being able to hit increases effectivness, and adjustments have to be made at times. However, training proper technique will help to assure that when you have to adjust, its an effective adjustment.

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Taking a class off to give your body time to heal is not a bad thing. It sucks missing training, but sometimes, its a necessity. If you keep going back, and you don't heal, you don't do yourself any favors. So train smart, and listen to your body. There is a difference between being sore, and being hurt. Rest yourself!

Sounds like an awesome opportunity. 9/16/2013 Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics, focused time with white belts. Forms, had white belts focus on footwork/stances, and hand chamber positions. Orange and blue belts I had focus on being strong, and showing more desire. One-steps, focused on orange belt kids, not lollygagging around and working through the one-steps more quickly. Extra, did kicking on the Powerline bags, focusing on side kicks and getting technical feedback from kicking the bags.

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9/12/2013 TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, worked on my foot speed in stances and knife hand speed. Forms: Chon Ji, Dan Gun, Joong Gun, Hwa Rang, Choong Moo, Yoo Sin. One-steps, white and lo-blue. Sparring, tough, felt tired and heavy, and took some shots to the body.

I would go with effectivness. One could say they go hand in hand, but I don't think that is always the case. A properly executed technique should be the most effective means of performing that technique.

I would confront the instructor, and there is also a good chance I would talk to a law enforcement officer about it. Where I live, we call that battery, and abuse of a child. Maybe this guy thinks he's an "old school" instructor from the "school of hard knocks," but that is just unacceptable behavior. I respect the fact that you acknowledge that your son was in the wrong to begin with. But, a different form of punishment would have been appropriate, like witholding him from sparring for a time, or some other means. But not physical punishment like that. If one of my instructors did that, I would probably get rid of him.

I'd call "heart" the desire that a practioner has to keep getting better, to stay motivated day in and day out for the life-long journey.

I don't know if "traditional" training would be good for all styles of Martial Arts. Take the makiwara training from your example. A Boxer won't benefit as much training there, becasue they are going to be more concerned with making their punches work with their footwork. They also strike with big gloves on. Knuckle conditioning isn't a big issue for them. I think you'd also be surprised at the amount of power they generate with a simple jab. Sure, on could train jabs on the makiwara, but for a Boxer, punching a bag gives more of the feedback they want. As far as accuracy goes, they train that with their focus mitts and speed bags, which have the added benefit of moving while striking.

9/10/2013 Defensive Tactics: 1:45 - 3:00 pm. Worked on the system that they teach for self-defense, including a review from the previous week, along with a rear choke defense involving a cross-hand trap/reach over grab the ear, step around to secure arm to shoulder/arm lock; a hair grab defense into a standing arm bar (I had some trouble getting this one lined up right), and a headlock defense from the ground that was a lot like one we did at the GRACIE course. 9/11/2013 Taught TKD: 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, and sparring. Had 3 new white belts in class, so I slowed a few things down to break things down for them here and there. Also got a good chunk of sparring in.