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Abernethy has spent time working on the bunkai of the katas he has learned and then moving into drills to apply this bunkai in self-defense based scenarios of all kinds. I believe he uses various steps in the process, starting with the form and typical bunkai work, and moving up a ladder to doing some more active resistance type of work in using the applications. In a nutshell.

Pretty cool stuff. Thanks for sharing these links. I like to read about the different types of folk grappling styles around the world. I watched some of the first match with the stalling, but didn't watch all of it. A very interesting read, though. Its sounds like the fans get a bit crazy.

Do you still train? How long did you practice for? K. Unfortunately, no. I trained for around a year, off and on, and was with it long enough to test for my first rank, and then was able to drop in from time to time. My work schedule makes it a bit tough to be consistent with more than TKD at this point, and I have much more invested in TKD than Aikido at this point.

Indeed, and as I have mentioned earlier in this thread, but the aquisition of self defence skills is not the primary goal. K. That is something that has always seemed odd to me, too. I think that if something is going to be termed a Martial Art, then it should transfer some modicum of self-defense in its training, regardless of its overall goals. But that is just my opinion, and its a reason that I think some stylists make the changes they do after studying something like this for a long period of time.

Calling points in sparring does tend to be more objective than scoring a form, most of the time. There will always be those "bad calls" or the ones a judge didn't see.

Hehe, I had Louisville making the championship game, but losing to Indiana. But, I think I still won my bracket challenge. What a tourney it was this year!

I have been playing a lot of Skylanders: Giants with my son. We have 14 of those things now, 2 of them maxed out, and working on more. Lots of fun, really.

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Its hard to tell, really. Some people are transcendent, others, not so much. Part of Lee's popularity stemmed from the way he shook up the Martial Arts world during his life. One could pose the argument of where we would be now if he had not done so?

4/14/2013 TKD with Kendall: did a half hour of work. Did single, double, and triple punching in a sitting stance, then moved into a front stance for down blocks, and stepping punches. After that, we did some focus mitt work: jab, cross, jab/cross, jab/cross/BL round kick. Then we had to take some time to try to fix his left leg round kick. Not so coordinated on that side. A good mix of basics and combinations work, I think.

My experience with it is that you start class with stretching, then rolling/breakfalling, then work into techniques, being both tori and uke. The test I took included more than just ukemi. I had to demonstrate 3 or 4 different techniques, along with the falling and rolling. I say give it a shot.

Good point.

I don't think it is this way as much as people say so now.I also think JusticeZero makes a good point. We tend to have revisionist history of what was awesome way back when, and there was nothing ever wrong with it. Things just weren't like that. Its like the idea that the "old school" was the better school. Not always the case. I also like the term "hipsterism." And I see it every day, and dislike it. High school is a place I see it sprout from, and these kids follow like blind beggars to struggle to be "hip." Such a waste of valuable time.

Sometimes I do think Bruce did like the sound of his own voice. He was a very strong personality, with strong opinions. This statement is that.

Many, but not all, MAs have developed a sporting aspect. People like to compete, so style/organizations look for ways to bring in the students they need and keep them interested. And that's ok. There will always be those who like to compete, and those who do not. It won't stop either person from pursuing their goals, though. And that is the great part. Not every person into MMA is doing it to get into the UFC. I'm sure that many are, but not all. I would do it just to train and learn. And not every TKD school teaches only to be good at Olympic sparring. My school is basics and forms first, and we very much focus on teaching for our testing requirements (which I don't care for so much, but it is what it is). I think those who choose to focus on sport get a bad rap all to often. Yes, they fight with rules. But that doesn't mean they can't defend themselves. Olympic TKDers are hard kickers, and fast. Those kicks can work on the street, if done right. Likewise, an MMA fighter can probably take care of themselves on the street, as well, being as well conditioned they are, and how much they work on knocking people out. It isn't a bad thing, like I mentioned above. Its just a thing. Its up to instructors to fill in the holes so that self-defense isn't neglected. Not every style has to have a forms system to be a good self-defense system, either. Neither does the presence of a forms system negate any self-defense, or sporting, skills, nor guarantee their presence. Some styles just skip the forms and teach self-defense. I think we can all agree that fighting outside of the ring is not good. I don't think many of us want to be there. There are those individuals out there who do like to fight, and will go looking for them. But that's an issue for that individual to deal with. I don't think competition-focused styles fosters this kind of behavior, though. My son Wrestles, but doesn't see the need to try to slam someone on the pavement at school. In the end, its just a different outlook on training.

I'm not sure you can measure Budo and Self Defence on the same weighing scale. As for whether our training meets a minimum standard? - Well that's kinda the point. Budo is all about getting better, so no, I guess we don't often hit the sweet spot - but it's all about the trying. There is only training! K Why not? Budo is "warrior way," correct? So a warrior's way would include some effective, efficient self-defense, right? Hard training, whether in self-defense or "budo" arts will forge many of the same traits through training; hard work ethic, respect, discipline, etc. They just tend to come about in different ways.

I still slip and call our "sitting stances" middle stances from time to time. My original organization didn't use the Korean terms, so I only have experience with the terms my current organization uses. Which is good, because I'd probably botch them badly, too.

Who has done that then? K. I think he is referring to the comments of those that practice "a little of this, and a little of that." However, there is nothing wrong in doing that; there is something wrong in marketing it improperly.

3/29/2013 Taught TKD: 6-7 pm. Small class of mostly kids, with a few teens thrown in. Got through most things, and got some sparring in. 4/2/2013 TKD class: 6-7 pm. Yoo Sin, and white and orange belt one-steps review. Then did kicking drills on the clapper/target pads. FL front kicks, 10 each. BL front kicks, 10 each. FL round kicks, 10 each. BL round kicks, 10 each. FL switch foot round kicks, 10 each. FL outside axe kick, 10 each. BL outside axe kick, 10 each. FL crossover axe kick, 10 each. I managed to pull both my hamstrings doing the axe kicks, so that was a great note to end the class on. But a few days of some rest and muscle rub helped them out a lot. 4/5/2013 Wrestling with Kendall: worked take-downs, stand-ups, and switches. Then we worked on round kicks together. 4/7/2013 Solo work, did 20 minutes of work on the Yoo Sin segment of inside crescent kick to hand/consecutive side kick, on both sides. If I keep that up, I might get good at it finally. 4/8/2013 Taught TKD: Class was a bit slower paced, as the students that got promoted were learning knew forms.

Good job!

Its nice to get things changed up from time to time. Our one-steps are pre-arranged, but we never do them backwards, although I think it would be very beneficial.

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I'd disagree with that. It has a lot of self defense use and skills in it; it is functional in the wild even if it was never designed to excel in the octagon - it's not LESS suited for use in the wild than MMA is in any case.I agree with JusticeZero here. I also tend to disagree with ps1 in that I think MMA, as in the sport-style that is used in various competitions, culminating in the octagon of the UFC, is really becoming its own Martial Arts style. In its early days, it truly was "Mixed" styles. Now, with how its evolved, MMA has an outline to follow, more or less. I think there is a lot of disagreement on my stance here, and that's ok. Change is always slow to take. But, I think it has grown to the point that it has earned its own title.

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