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bushido_man96

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  1. Welcome, Needle Mouse!
  2. Ok, here we go. 6 and Under State Championships, Salina, KS, 2/24/2013. Kendall is in the maroon/yellowish and white side down the singlet. Probably should have cleared that up earlier.... Match 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU_IfBzRM2w This was a tough draw. I watched this kid Wrestle his first match, and he looked stout. Crisp, clean, strong, fast...he looked like a 6 year old with 8 year old experience. He was just an animal. Kendall was fighting from the bottom the whole way here, and although he held off getting pinned until the tail end of the 3rd period, I really thought he held on well. This kid ended up winning the bracket, taking first. Kendall was really discouraged after this match, and was crying a bit. Still working on that. I told him not to let it bother him, and that he fought a tough Wrestler really hard. Match 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K85bSrzLcz8 Kendall is on the 2nd mat from the front. Kendall won this match, 12-5. Still getting to concerned with tying up in a headlock, instead of keeping a low center and shooting. Did lots better with positioning, though, and stayed aggressive. Match 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BguJiYFyG7g Kendall is the on the 2nd mat again, the far side Wrestler. Kendall won this one, 4-0. Tough, tight match, with a buddy of his from our club. Kendall knows this kid sprawls well, so he gets reluctant to shoot on him. But when he gets on top, he can control him pretty well. He started 2nd and 3rd periods on bottom, and it was tough for him to get an escape or reversal. Match 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG2JxVbs7Fc Kendall took a loss in this match, getting pinned in the 3rd period. He was doing pretty well against this kid, and was leading in points, and doing a good job of controlling him. But in the third period, he got tangled up high again, got put in a headlock, got flipped over, and got pinned. This kid did the same thing to the kid he Wrestled the match before; was down in points, but got the kid into a headlock, and got him pinned. This kid also did what they used to call fleeing the mat. Every time he was on bottom, he made a mad crawling dash to the boundary, but the refs never called it. He did the same to Kendall. Also, for the first time ever, Kendall was really hacked off about a ref. He was pretty convinced he had the kid pinned in the 2nd period, but the ref didn't call it, and the period ended. After the match, Kendall came to me crying and mad as all get out, saying the ref missed it, amongst other things. I got him calmed down, and told him he still did a good job, and that sometimes, these things will happen. What's important is to handle the things you can control, like trying to maintain good positions and what not to put yourself in a good position to win. After he calmed down, we talked some more, and I think I got some good points across to him. After all that, he took 4th place, which I thought was a good showing for him. Maybe could have taken 3rd, but 4th was great, and he got to stand on the medal stand to get his medal. The other kid from our club got 5th, too. All in all, this tournament was what I wanted it to be for Kendall; a test against different Wrestlers, and against some good talent. I think he did well.
  3. Ok everyone, all the links should be fixed so they can be viewed now. I'll have more coming soon!
  4. It just depends. Right now, I'll do some easy walk-throughs at times while at home. At class, I'll do some prior to starting for warmups. Sometimes, if I work the afternoon shifts, I'll spend an hour a day or every other day working hard on forms.
  5. That's putting things into perspective and context quite nicely, Bob. Well said.
  6. Competitions aren't supposed to mimic self-defense scenarios. They are competition, and the goal is for there to be a clear winner. Self-defense is different. Self-defense can include running away. So, where in SD, a 110 lb woman can defend and then run from a 160 lb man, that option isn't available in the ring. If a 110 lb man ad 110 lb woman fight it out in the ring, it would be probably be very unpleasant to watch.
  7. Our school tries to really hone in on being technically sound students. We take a lot of pride in that, and really try to hammer it home with the way we focus on basics and forms.
  8. Most of mine are in clear page sleeves in a three-ring binder. A copy of my current black belt rank certificate is hanging up in my current school, and my mom has my ATA 2nd dan certificate framed at home.
  9. Yeah, its hard for me to land an MA related item for under $20. There might be a book or two out there I could get. Perhaps a magazine subscription?
  10. Looks promising. I've added it to my wish list.
  11. I don't carry one. I think it would be fun to attend that seminar and learn what can be done with them.
  12. Just to double check you here, you plan on opening a school and having 10 different styles available to gain rank in? When will you schedule all these time slots for these students, just out of curiosity?
  13. The words "quick" and "recovery" rarely go together, in my experience. Don't rush it. Take your time and let it heal up properly. Look into some physical therapy, as well.
  14. I thought that's what it was. Its a decent program, to be sure, and I enjoyed it. If I ever get back to lifting, I'm going to go with the Starting Strength program put out by Mark Rippetoe. Its more 3x5 than 5x5, includes the power clean/snatch, but leaves barbell rows as an assistance exercise. It also includes chin-up work, and calf/glute/ham raises if you have access to something like that. Incidentally, what did you have done to your shoulder? I had an impingement operation done on my right, and its still sore, and the other day when I pulled my son off my shoulders, it popped quite a bit. It is also pretty sore after a class, too. Not sure what to do with it. 3/6/2013 TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00. A forms review class, which I liked, but there were lots of lower ranks that weren't up on their material, so it made class a bit slow going at times. One-steps, as well, white belt only. This class is supposed to turn into a bit of a kicking class, too, if everyone can get up to snuff on their material.
  15. Aikidoka will use "body shifting" (can't think of the Japanese) along with their intercepting techniques. Aikido is mostly stand-up grappling, with nothing near any kind of ground fighting. The closest to any kind of ground fighting are the pinning techniques. I think Japanese Jiujitsu would be more strike oriented, with some circular movements, but not near as much as Aikido. Aikido is concerned a lot with energy direction, and I don't think JJ is as much.
  16. When starting a new business, its typically a good practice to have enough funds on hand to be able to run the business for 3 months, not relying on anything the school may take in. Another important factor is to have a focus and a goal. It sounds like you're experienced in lots of MAs. So what's your plan? Are you teaching a mixed curriuclum? Teaching one main style with some extras from the others thrown in? Will students attain rank in your school, and if so, in what style(s)? Do you have a curriculum? Those need to be answered before you open, as well. Good luck in your venture.
  17. How is Karate "quicker" to learn than any of the others mentioned?
  18. I think everyone has a different way of focusing. Some focus well with music, some don't, and some don't care either way.
  19. Are you saying that people who skip belts will not learn the skills they need for the belt that they are skipping? I can see that if each belt has specific skills that you have to show for each level. Have you seen any examples of that? I know that not all schools divide belts by specific skills.For someone just beginning training, I do believe the belt system can be a motivational aspect of training. It was for me when I was young. However, if someone has 20 years of experience in a style and then goes to train in another, it could be that the belt isn't the motivator, and the knowledge is. I also view the idea of skipping rank to how it relates to the rest of the student body. If you have a 2nd dan black belt of a TKD style come into another style of TKD school, and has great technique, picks up all the forms fast and does really well, is it right that they should move up through all the ranks one at a time when they are clearly head and shoulders above their peers? Now, if you really crossing up your styles, like TKD black belt moving to Judo, then you will see the noticeable difference between knowledge base. The kicking and punching won't translate as well to throwing. No need to bump ranks there. Now, lets look at if from a different aspect; competition. If your TKD guy transferred from another TKD school, holds a 2nd dan, and you keep him at white belt, and he wants to go compete in your style, is it fair to allow him to compete with other lower ranked students? So, when it comes to the skipping rank issue, I think its important to evaluate the totality of the circumstances involved with the transfer of these students, and the instructor should make an informed decision.
  20. Patrick, thanks for the heads up. I thought I had all those changes made. I will get to them, for sure. He is kind of sad the season is ending. He wanted to work to go to sub-districts, districts, and state, but he would be competing against 8 year olds, as they don't have a 6 and under age group. That's why we made the effort to get to the 6 and under state for him, so he wouldn't have to go in against guys with 2 more years of experience and growth on him right now. Next year, though, we will give it a shot. He understood that, and is looking forward to practice in the off season. Bob, our local tourney went really well. Kendall lost one match on the front end, then worked all the way through the back end to take 3rd, which was really great. I'll have those matches up and running soon, I hope. The kid he lost to was the same kid that won the 6 and under state title. Kendall got to talking with the kid, and he was a really nice kid, too. Full updates and videos of the last two meets of the year coming soon!
  21. I don't think the perfect MA can be reached. There is always something to tweak or adjust, and there are always different scenarios that create different conditions for what we have to apply. Combat is chaos; hence, I don't think combat perfectness can be achieved. We search for combat effectiveness.
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