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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.

Welcome to KF!

Welcome, Robert!

I'd go with quarter staff. Or stick.

I'm not sure how I feel about either. If/when I pass my next testing, I'll be conferred both; rank of 4th dan, and title of Junior Master. I'm not really sure how I feel about that. I don't really want students to start calling me Jr Master Walker, but our instructor is big on etiquette, and it won't really be an option. I will also wonder to myself, "am I really a Jr. Master?" So, its a bit tough for me to think about right now.

Good luck to you! 6 hours of testing sounds like quite a trial!

Good luck!

If it truly is an issue of self-defense, then it must be dealt with regardless of the gender of the attacker. However, JusticeZero does put some very good points out there.

His legend wouldn't be what it is today.

3/19/2013 Inverted rows: 2x10 Bar stretch: front and side kick Tried to do some dips; my arms won't even let me start the motion. I've got a lot of rebuilding to do. Tried some jumping pull-ups and negatives; 3 of em. 3-step sparring: 1 and 2, 5 times each. Getting more comfortable with them, and moving quicker. 3/20/2013 10 minutes of Wrestling with Kendall: worked on switch and standing switch. Pre-class stretch. TKD class: 6 - 7. One-steps, low green and white belt, several times each. Forms were Do-Kang 1, Se Jong, and Yoo Sin. Then moved to kicking class. I was doing kicks on BOB, and decided to target the neck with as many kicks as I could. That was fun. Kicks we did were front leg side, back leg side, spin back, and switching away spin back kick. The spinning kicks were to the body. Then did front and back leg round kicks. 10 kicks on each leg. Good work out.

Nicely done! Congrats!

Congrats!

It's only cheating if I'm not winning sensei. ROFL I got cheated my entire TKD tournament career....

I'm a bit confused by what you mean here, Bob. Could you elaborate a bit more?

I think character is very important, not just to Martial Artists, but to everyone. Good people are built on strong character.

For me, it depends on the content. For grappling content, I'd want someone way ahead of me in skill and experience, so I could pick up more pointers on the way. For some joint manipulation or otherwise, someone right about my skill level.

You could give it a try. I think staying very basic for the time being would be most beneficial to you. Perhaps stay with a drill for a few weeks at a time before moving on. But in the end, its up to you. If you think you are tracking the concepts well enough, then you might decide otherwise. Then again, waiting until August is really that far off, so that wouldn't be a bad idea, either. Then, after you start learning in class, use the videos to supplement what you've done in class.