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But Bruce still linked "no way" with as being "a way." Being philosophical at times can be funny, can't it? Bruce's style was still a style. He still had to train, so he had to have "a way" to train. And a reason, even if that reason is just as simple as "to train."

It can be frustrating, but I think its good that these things actually cause people to come looking.

So when you consider failing someone, if you fear they may quit if failed, does that alter your decision?

Nice idea here, Justice. 4/15/2013 Taught TKD to my 7 year old son, Kendall. We worked on some basics, and some focus mitt work. If we were in class, it would be a lot of basics, forms, and one-steps. With him, I want to take a different approach for the time being. For basics, we did a sitting stance and straight punches from that stance, and a front stance with a down block. Then we moved on to advancing in the front stance and punching. After the basics, we moved onto focus mitt work. I've been working jab, cross, jab/cross, jab/cross/BL round kick, and then a BL front kick/BL round kick combo. He enjoys it, and I enjoy teaching it that way, too. Taught mixed TKD class that night, too. Basics, forms, one-steps, and did 1, 2, and 3 technique combos at the end of class.

Not so sure about that site. In my time squatting, I haven't really noticed a decrease in my height. There are lots of heavy squatters out there, too, and I don't think the power lifting world has seen an abundance of height decline in their athletes.

I really don't think kata developed out of tradition. It developed out of necessity. I'm not saying it still isn't viable, but I don't think it is as necessary as it once was.

I agree there. Oh, what I would do with a two hour time slot.

Well done, both of you!

Right now, my biggest headache is not having more leeway in what I can teach. We worry too much about the next testing, and don't do as much sparring and self-defense stuff as I think we should. We do have a day during the week that we do forms review and then some kicking drills, which is a nice shake-up.

You could run for distance, which will be great for endurance, but what might be better is doing some sprint work or "ladders." You'll be training for short bursts of anaerobic activity, which is what the sparring will be like. Hill sprints would probably be another good option.

4/15/2013 TKD with Kendall Basics: sitting stance, single, double, triple punches. front stance and down blocks, then walking in front stance and lunge punching. Trying to get him not to over reach here. Focus mitts: jab, cross (put him against a wall to do the cross, and keep him from flaring his elbow out), jab/cross, jab/cross/BL round kick, BL front kick/BL round kick (alternate legs, advancing). Taught TKD: 6-7 pm. Got through all the new forms, and most of the one-steps. Didn't spar, but did 1-technique, 2-technique, and 3-technique drills back and forth, kicks only.

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.

Welcome to KF! You came to the right place!

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.