bushido_man96

Where did you find this one at?

I thought it mentioned above that it is three years post Cobra Kai. Do you mean you wanted it to follow right after? I'm interested in seeing how they tie the Jackie Chan story line in with the original story line, seeing as the Jackie Chan re-make appeared to be more of a reboot that they are now retconning.

6/2/2025 Finally cleared for doing things. TKD: 10:45 - 11:15 am. Solo workout, did Chon Ji, Dan Gun, Bo Chung hyungs, then Do-Gons 1 & 2 (these are all really nice for warmup because they don't have much kicking). Then I did my current form, Choi Yong, twice. I finished with some floor drills kicking. I did #1-5 front kicks, then side kicks, then round kicks, each up and down the length of the floor. I didn't worry about stances too much, but did sitting stance with the side kicks. I'm going to flesh it out some more, with stances and some strikes mixed in for an extended basics session I'll use in class eventually. Then I sat in The Rack and stretched up to about 140 degrees.

@Nidan Melbourne and @Revario, I'm glad that made sense! Thanks for the kind words!

Hehe, probably not quite. But I'm trying! Lately I'm trying to be more picky about what I pick up. Right now I'm working through some more TKD books: 2 volumes of Taekwondo Complete Taegeuk and Palgwe Forms & Readings and Complete Koryo-Ilyo Forms & Readings, both by Dr. Daeshik Kim. The form sections are ok. The articles seem to repeat in both books, at least the ones at the front of both volumes are the same. The history section is the same old misinformation of TKD's actual history, and after the Forms section of volume 1 is a pretty worthless article on weight training for the Martial Arts. But it is a decent forms reference, and it includes the Palgwe's, which I like. I think they are better Forms than the Taeguek's.

Maybe 6-7 hours. I'd like to get 8-9, but rarely do.

Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters, authored by Shoshin Nagamine and translated by Patrick McCarthy.

Congratulations @ryanryu!

Interesting observation.

I'm tired of the OT complaints in the NFL. Just play a whole fifth quarter. If it ends in a tie, so be it. In the postseason, go to the college model if it's still tied after OT.

Once the form is memorized, I like to get the students thinking about the rhythm of the different segments. I'll point out spots where 2 or 3 moves should be done in rapid succession as a combination, and areas of transition that might be more drawn out. Tension moves also have a rhythm of their own, a timing of their own, that plays a role in the form. I like to think of "beats," I guess. Like "pop....pop-pop........BANG," depending on the form, of course. Lower forms like Chon Ji are pretty straightforward, pop, pop, pop, not many combinations. But some higher forms get more involved, and I'll explain it with those beats.

Yeah, some of the higher ups stay busy with other things. But even they make it in sometimes.

Condolences to the Irsay family. As regards the tush push, I don't think it should be banned anyways. No injuries recorded from its use, and it doesn't appear to be an unfair play. The playoff seeding not changing does bother me. I don't care if an 9-8 team wins their division; that should not guarantee a home game. I like the onside kick rule adjustment, but I think I'd rather see the onside kick handled the way it is in the UFL.

Really though, it is a very good adaptation. Probably one of the best. I'm now reading Bunkai, Secrets of Karate Kata, volume 1: The Tekki Series, by Elmar T. Schmeisser, PH.D. It looks to be a pretty short read. I did some looking, though, and there doesn't appear to be a volume 2.

This is very true, and hardly any self-defense/Martial Arts instructors ever address this. It is very real and it is very important to get the help if needed.

5/20/2025 TKD: 9:00 - 9:45 am. Video review and visualization study. I watched all the ATA forms videos, and from In Wha 1 and up I watched each video twice. I said the techniques out loud as they were being performed, noted the moves the kihaps were on. Aikido: 9:45 - 10:15 am. Video review and visualization study. I watched all the 7th kyu material videos, mentioning key points to myself on the techniques as I went. 6th kyu shomenuchi iriminage: Motivating by cuing on the striking arm and just placing the hand on the back of the neck. Then need to feed into the crook of the elbow. Remember to Tenkan! After the feed, raise the elbow up and add spiral pressure to the hip/small of back while doing tenkan to break balance. 6th kyu katatetori shionage omote: After initial step back and securing wrist, cut through using front stance, then step to them to make contact, brining straight arm on top of shoulder and alongside head. A single big step around then to confirm balance is broken, then cut down and across shoulders and step across (or through) the shoulders.

I'm in favor of any kind of legitimate defensive tactics instruction being mandatory. It wouldn't have to be limited to BJJ. When I hold my defensive tactics sessions, they are pretty much mandatory for just about everyone in the department to attend. There are always a few exceptions though.

I don't think the Super Bowl will ever by pay-per-view. The NFL makes too much money selling the rights to the Super Bowl, and networks pay it because they can make it back in advertising.

If you wait and watch as the game gets closer, you might be able to find some tickets at reduced prices. Just keep an eye out.

When you are looking at matters like this, from a legal standpoint, then you have to consider what a reasonable person might do in this situation. Not necessarily consider what skills he has or doesn't have. What is a reasonable response to someone entering your space unwarranted? To push them away or strike them? If you felt fear for your safety, then yes. The key is CYA - Can You Articulate you actions after you take them. You are very focused on what actions one should or should not take in a scenario such as this, but what you should be more focused on is if you can articulate why you took the actions you took against this aggressor. I'm the same way, and it's what I teach in my Defensive Tactics sessions. Too many bad things can happen while backing up. For one, you probably aren't able to see where you are going and what you might be bumping into or tripping over while backing up. You might run yourself into a wall, limiting your movement; you might step off a curb and get hit by a car; you might trip on something and fall on your back, inviting a ground fight you may not want. These things in themselves are all dangerous, and add to it the variable of an unstable individual acting towards you in a threatening manner, and it adds up to not good all the way around. Agreed. This is the amount of stepping back I teach in DT. Drop step back into a good base, and from there, everything else should be forward or at angles.

I'm not sure how popular JJJ was in the US prior to the advent of BJJ anyway. I know Wally Jay had a following, but I don't know how many traditional Jui-jitsu schools there were in the US.

That's an awesome training experience, @aurik. You are right about doing the same things from someone else's perspective; it helps you to see the same things in a different light and brings on new thoughts and methods of doing things. Sometimes you don't need to learn something different, just the same thing differently, to open avenues of growth. It's really cool how he pulled Zach aside to work with him. Awesome for him.

My training times rotate based on my schedule rotation. When I am on day shift and night shift, my training usually happens in the evenings, between 5:30 and 8:00 pm. I usually feel pretty good after these sessions. When on day shift, depending on my days off, I can get to a morning session at the Aikido dojo that runs from about 9:00 - 10:00 am. These morning sessions are nice, but I definitely feel stiffer in the mornings. Otherwise, afterwards, I feel good throughout the day. When on afternoon shifts, I'm relegated to morning training, which is either the Aikido classes, or solo TKD training on my own. Other than morning sessions taking a little more warming up to get into, I don't mind training at either time. I do think training much past 8:30 pm would be a pain in the butt, and it might be tougher to get wound down before going to bed.

5/19/2025 Aikido: 10:30 - 11:00 am. Video review and visualization study. Started out reviewing all 6th kyu material, picking out little odds and ends on each one. 6th kyu shomenuchi kokyunage: I need to focus on the spacing on the entry; I think there is a little more spacing than when doing iriminage. Once I enter, I need to pull uke into that 'buddy drop' position and make sure my center is dropped when I do that. Hopefully my center is lowered the whole time, but as I step in, I find myself at times "stepping up" to uke, rising a little. From the buddy drop position (where their head is pulled to my chest and they are off-balance), I can do the drop-step to front stance and then turn my hips through to the front stance the other way to throw.

Awesome news, Bob!