bushido_man96

Eh, that is rough. I'm sorry the outcome of the game you got to see couldn't have been better. It was close, though.

I'm with you on this one. If it is as you say, nothing illegal, that covers most everything that I would consider leaving over. an instructor is only human. However, if it is something very much against your values and you just can't get past it, then you need to make a choice. If you're just concerned with public opinion over an embarrassment, these things all eventually blow over. Someone will wear a dumb dress to the Oscars and everyone will be talking about that instead. I agree with both posters here as well. Without any further information, its really hard for us to gauge what you have going on. Take all these things into consideration, and then make your choice. Hopefully things work out well for you in the end.

11/15/2012 Cardio Treadmill: 2 min walk warmup, 20 min jog, .84 miles total distance. Rowing: 5 minutes. Stretch. Forms Se Jong x5 Bag Work X-stepping around BOB, no techniques for a few minutes: x2 1st part of X to shuffle side kick: 10 each side, x2 1st part of X to shuffle hook kick: 10 each side, x2 1st part of X to reverse side kick: 10 each side, x2 Stretch Cardio was a killer today. I just didn't feel like I had any energy.

One could argue that this approach teaches a bad habit of pulling punches, which could also get your face wrecked on the street. Its a toss up between pulling techniques and not pulling techniques and limiting targets for safety reasons. We could argue the drawbacks of either. I will say this, though...there are a bunch of Kyokushin fighters who have gone on to do very well in Kickboxing events like K1, where head punching is legal.

Yes, ours is more of a scooping motion. I guess coming up under an attack to defend. Then it can be twisted and/or raised up, and the twist kick could follow up. Why we do it slow, I couldn't tell you. I'm honestly not sure why so many of the things we do are different, because it is never shared with us. I understand how sine wave is helpful on this technique, and on the circular blocks done in forms like Yoo Sin and Won Hyo. I do notice this difference a lot when I watch videos. That, and the pacing of the forms in the ITF styles. I can only assume as to why we have these changes, and I think it is because our instructor perhaps wanted the ITF forms to flow more like the WTF or Pal Gwe forms did, and he likes power and combination techniques. What I've really noticed is that the removal of some of these extra stepping motions causes our forms to rarely end where they started. But that isn't a big bother to me, really. I'd love to see your version. I'm also going to do a thread on Se Jong, because ours is waaaay messed up...

I'd say go ahead and practice on your own. If you end up fouling something up, then watch some videos or get to a class, figure out what went wrong, and then fix it. It really isn't that big of a deal.

Head kicks are attacks to the head. I'd say if someone is wanting to learn to defend against "head attacks," i.e., punching to the head, Boxing, Thai Boxing, or MMA would probably cover it the best.

I had a student in his late '60s early '70s, who got up to yellow belt in TKD. But, he was a professional Boxer in the '40s and '50s, if I remember right. He was working his way up to fight Sugar Ray Robinson, but he had to go home and give it up. I've still not met anyone who could punch like him.

Welcome to KarateForums, and welcome back to training!

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.