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I agree here. We all have our "bread and butter" techniques. I think our body type and tendencies/habits tend to tailor these "bread and butter" techniques to us. From there, its important to learn how to apply the "bread and butter" to various scenarios. I like straight arm bars, so its important to be able to learn how to apply them from various angles and entries. From there, its important to know a good counter for them, and also a good "switch to" move, in case one thwarts the move on the way to locking it in, like a wrist throw/takedown. From the "bread and butter," its important to learn others so that you have other options to choose from. You never know when injury inflicted during a fight/combat might render a limb of less use, altering what it is you can or can't do. Screw drivers, wrenches, and hammers are good tools to have in the tool box; they get used a lot. But its nice to have a torque wrench on hand from time to time, too.

Well....thanks to the likes of La Salle and Wichita State, I have to pretty much set my bracket on fire and let it kindle the fireplace, because I'm pretty sure it isn't worth the paper its printed on, now. I had Gonzaga as a Final Four team, and Indiana, with the Hoosiers winning it. KU was working for me, though, until the last 3 minutes of that debacle against Michigan. What a mess this year!

Harkon, I feel sorry for you! I don't know what I'd watch if there was no NFL. More racing, I guess.

That is so cool!

Well done Alex! Its always great to read your posts, too. You always provide some insight!

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I would be interested to see studies on this. Squats, both bodyweight and barbell, tend to get a bad rap as being harmful to the knees and back that is undeserved. I can see issues if you are relaxing your knees on the squat and/or hyper-extending your legs on the kicks, but if you do the squats and kicks properly I wouldn't expect to have any issues. I've certainly never had issues with them, myself, and neither have any of the people I've trained with. Are we talking about a one-legged squat, with the other leg extended as a front kick, or a squat, stand and front kick exercise that alternates front kicks on each leg? Two different things.

3/25/2013 Solo work: Did all forms, from Chon Ji up through Yoo Sin, 3-steps 1-4, and some stretching. Taught TKD Class: 6-7 pm. Big class, with an even mix of kids and adults. Got through it all, and some fun sparring.

Super article!

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You could approach the instructor in regards to the differences you observed. Maybe there is rhyme to the reason.

Thanks for sharing this article, Danielle. I really enjoy reading up on the General's teaching points, and the overall history of the development of TKD, whether they are points I agree with or not. The more I read about sine wave at times, the more confused I become, as we don't really do it. But, there are some similarities I see in breathing and motion, even without the sine wave to separate the movements in our TKD. Sometimes, I feel like a kind of TKD outsider, because our organization doesn't use any kind of sine wave, and our forms also have some minor differences from what I see in books or on videos. Articles like yours really help to link it back to where it came from. Thanks again! Very well written.

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I was reading Stuart Anslow's Encyclopedia of Taekwon-do Patterns, Vol 2, and he also covers the GTF forms in the book. One of these is Jook Am, a hyung created by Grand Master Park, Jung Tae. This appears to be one of the longest and most difficult forms to perform to me. Lots of slow consecutive kicks, and then fast consecutive kicks, jumping kicks, especially the flying 3-directional kick. I didn't know if many of the Korean stylists here had seen or heard of it, and thought I'd throw it up here. Looks like it would be fun, but a bit out of my talent zone to perform well:

Cool vacation, Alex! Thanks for sharing the match, too. I also appreciate the bit on the rules. I'd like to see more of it, and how it would relate to Wrestling rules. Sounds like there is a lot more grey area to deal with than in Wrestling.

This helped a lot. I was placing my hands wrong; I was not going between my legs with the one hand, which made things funky. Now I see how that momentum gets built. Now maybe I can try it with more success.

Solid post!! Now you are assuming that 1 kyu will be taught different techniques than a dan? I have never been so lucky to be in a club that had exclusive lessons for black belts only. Lessons are the same - if you think very hard, you might differences in learning - maybe motivation, maybe goals, but it's digging deep. Our school has black belt classes (although I am not able to make them at this time... ). As far as a black belt class goes, there wouldn't necessarily be different techniques, but different approaches to teaching, different content, perhaps more advanced things, like in our case, jumping techniques, different self-defense material, etc. Also, working on instruction-based things.

Great advise so far. I would also speak with the center and ask if they have a call list, especially of those students that were previously practicing Karate there. You could take the time to make the calls to each person, and let them know they still have a training option available.

Did anyone fill out an NCAA bracket for an office pool, or just for fun? I do just about every year, and won once. This year, thanks to Wichita State University, La Salle, and Florida Gulf Coast, I can safely take my bracket and set it afire, as its really gone bad. I had all #1 seeds make the Final Four, and am missing one now. However, KU is still rollling, and I like to see them do well. And overall, the games have been very close, with #1 seed Indiana and #2 seed Ohio State having tough games, but still winning and advancing. So, who do you have? How's it going so far?

I have the same feeling with my karate career. After winning national championship I changed my club, but was not allowed to compete for one year, because old club did not sign my transfer papers. --- and I moved to a new city to study and got married, kid and now grandkids. Now I have time to catch up with my tournament carreer:-) Sounds like your career was infinitely better than mine.

A good move, I think. No one to draft at QB this year, at least not as a starter, as near as I can tell. Although I'm interested in Gino Smith, but not sold enough on him to risk 1st round pick. Draft Joekel, and then look to other needs. How about that Dumerville mishap? Ravens picked up a good one there, and they needed a good move like that. However, I won't count the Ravens out, as they always seem to make smart moves, even if they are unpopular. Letting Boldin get away was a bad move, though, I think. Good pick up for the 49ers. We'll see what the Welker signing shows us. Lots of New Englander's didn't like this one, but in the end, how many mistakes does Robert Kraft make? Listening to Colin Cowherd, I learned that Welker's best year before coming to NE was a 600+ yard season. I also understand that NE offered him better guaranteed money than Denver, but he still went to Denver. Seeing that play out should be interesting.

I'm sure Mo will have a great year. The rest of the team might have some work ahead of them, though. The Royals have really loaded up this year, and might make a run in the central division. Not necessarily win it, but they may play themselves into wild card contention. And its about time, too.

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I'd go with quarter staff. Or stick.