bushido_man96

11/13/2012 Night shoot at the range, pistol, rifle, shotgun. Shot really well with the pistol, and acceptably with the rifle and shotgun.

A 6 board punch! That's quite a challenge there! Brave to even try!

My training is sporadic at best right now. I've been doing treadmill/rowing machine cardio for about 16 minutes, then I stretch and work forms from my TTA and ATA styles, then get in another stretch. I've been getting this done about 3 days per week right now. Ideally, I'll be getting back into Combat Hapkido and Defensive Tactics soon, and will be back to teaching TKD classes in December.

I can't figure out why they had Simon Rhee (who I thought was a TKD stylist) was the only one doing a front kick. I think they all should have been doing round kicks, to keep the data consistent. I also noticed that shirts must have been optional.... I also have to admit that my understanding of the field of physics is not that strong.

Cutting angles has been a part of what I've been trying to do, as well. I can cut angles around a bag just find, but when I start sparring, it seems like something changes, and I find cutting the angles a bit harder. I'm also toying with a stepping sequence that will put me in various places for different setups. We'll see how that goes.

Yeah, I don't know. Now I'm at the point of not sure what would be best. I'll never cheer to lose, but its obvious KC has some QB issues, along several others, that need to be resolved. I would like to see them take a chance on Matt Barkley or Landry Jones. That Monday Night game with the Steelers....what a heartbreaker.

Best of luck to you and your family. You showed great maturity in realizing you weren't prepared the first time around, and waited. I'm sure you and your family will do a great job!

Thanks, Danielle. Those aren't really kicks at the end, just more of a leg raising to build momentum for the mountain blocks, kind of like in the last link you have posted. We stomp down to really power the block home. I agree.

I do sensei8's version of Naifanchi from Shindokan. I don't think we did the first crossover step, though.

I tell my students breaking boards is about technique, not boards. Technique needs to be good to get through.

Good luck to you! What style are you testing in?

I disagree. There can be MAists that are goons out there.

That sounds like fun. Keep us posted as to how it goes for you.

I try to kick outside the box, but unfortunately our rule set doesn't allow much flexibility, as all kicks have to be above the belt. I've tried to throw in some unorthodox kicks to make up for this, like a reverse turning round kick, twist kicks, and even front kicks. No one really throws a lot of front kicks, because many of us fight side on from a back stance. From their, doubling up kicks can help set the rhythm off.

I finished reading Special Forces Unarmed Combat Guide. I picked this book up at a Barnes and Noble, on the discount rack, and I think I paid under $5 for it. Its written by Martin J. Dougherty, who is not someone I know anything about. But, the book is pretty well put together, its direct, concise, and pretty well illustrated, and talks about the legality of situations, de-escalation, along with self-defense techniques and concepts. Not a bad little book at all.

I look around for forms on youtube all the time for reference, but none I've found are quite like the way we do them. Here is a typical ITF version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3BvnSCtJg8 Lots of sine wave, and moves are individualized. Here is a different version I found today: A bit less sine wave, but still pretty individualized techniques. Here is how we do it at my school (be gentle..): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqrnrhio69U&feature=plcp We try to combo moves more, and don't really use sine wave. You'll also notice some moves are changed a bit, too. I await opinions and comments, and notes on how you do your version of the form.

No, I haven't done this.

11/12/2012 Cardio Treadmill: 10 minute jog, .88 miles. Row: 6 min. Stretch Forms Poe Eun x5 Gae Baek x5 Jung Yul form segment, moves 1 - 27 x5 X-step footwork around BOB Stretch

So what are your options to call? In the ATA, we could call point, block, or no see.

Define "omote."

Sounds like fun. What did you learn in regards to breaking boards?

I agree with tallgeese. Also, just make different notes on classes, how you feel from day to day, and things like that. Some idea will pop in, and you'll expound on it, and get some reflections there.

I used to do a hook kick a lot in my ATA days. Now, in the TTA, we do more spin heel kicks, but I am resurrecting my hook kick. In regards to the side kicks, here is a short vid I shot today to try to clear up any confusion between the styles and how I am talking about them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLHyCKGMGQ&feature=plcp Same setup for each of the ways to kick. Hope this helps clarify. The sound may not be great.

What I like about systems like Krav and Combat Hapkido is that you can take what you learn from them, and adapt them to the style you already do. I've taken lots of the Combat Hapkido concepts and found ways to work them into what I do with TKD techniques in forms, one-steps, etc.

Pretty acrobatic, but pretty uneventful, too.