bushido_man96

Learning how to control what people know about you on the internet is a good way to start. Turning off the GPS on your phone, avoiding "checking in" when you go to places on Facebook or whatnot can help. I think there are some companies out there that can help you limit your internet presence, as well. If you start to get the inkling that someone is stalking you, start documenting it. Dates, times, and activities, however miniscule they may seem. Then take the documentation to the court house, and apply for a protection order against the person. They will review the events you have documented, and decide accordingly. They may think you don't have enough to consider stalking at that time, but just keep documenting things. Also, make a report to law enforcement if you think something funny is going on. They should document the incident, and if they do, and several incidents get documented by them, then those can help in getting the order through, as well. The order is the first step. The next step is acting on the order once its through. The order is just a piece of paper; it won't physically stop any other action from taking place. But, once the order is in place, report any thing you think is a violation of that order to law enforcement, and then they can take action on the violation. Unfortunately, one of the main ways to combat these pencil pushers is through pencil pushing of your own.

Most likely not, unless he can some how articulate that he thought the guy was a threat to someone else. In this case, I'm not sure he could do that. Sure, the tweets could be used against him. At this point, though, have there been any charges filed? I would also like to point out that I did not site any facts to state they were muggers. In the reading, they were referred to as muggers, so that's where I get my labels for the thread. As far as I'm concerned, there aren't any discernible facts in the article, nor can we really infer any.

We don't even get a whole lot of bruising going on. I'd love to spar without the damn pads on; they mess with the way I move so badly.

I agree the sooner the better, and I'm glad to see your son has gained confidence. That's a good start.

I don't think we should confuse "facts" and "tweets." No crime was "reported" here. That doesn't mean there were no crimes, nor do we know the intent. Gracie felt there was intent on the other part of the others to mug him, so he proactively defended himself. I would rather be proactive if I saw all the signs there, than be reactive, and end up in an obituary or a hospital bed.

10/22/2012 Treadmill: walk/jog for 1.3 miles, 20 min. Had some pain in my chest that really kept me from running more. It subsided after a while, and did more running toward the end. Bike: 1 mile cool down, just over 5 minutes. Stretch. Forms Dan Gun x5 Songham 2 x5 Ge Baek x5 Bag work: 2 rounds of only kicks. Roughly 1 minute per round. Stretch Movement pattern for Dan Gun is pretty much an I pattern, with forward facing stances when moving forward on the l part of the pattern, and on the tops and bottoms of the I, more half facing in back stances, and then forward facing in the front stances. The forms starts and stops at the top of the I. Anslow calls Dan Gun the "throat striking pattern," with the punch and the knife hand strikes in the form in the neck area. I personally think its a bit tough to punch someone in the throat, unless you can get that chin to move up through some other application... Dan Gun differs from Chon Ji in the target area of the strikes; all are head level, whereas the strikes in Chon Ji are to the body (at least in my style of TKD). Movement pattern for Songham 2 is basically a rectangle sitting on its short side. You start in the middle of the long side, move up to the top, then to the left along the short side, back down the entire length of the other long side, where the form starts to repeat at the middle of this side, on down to the other short side, and to the right, then back up on the bottom of the left long side, and finishing at the start point. Oddly enough, or perhaps coincidentally enough, ATA's 2nd colored belt form also gears strikes to the head. In Songham 1, there are only two head strikes, lunge punches to the head. Songham 2 also moves off the one straight line to bring turns and direction changes into the form. And if I remember right, its the only colored belt form in the ATA that begins with a step back. The movement patter for Ge Baek, as shown in General Choi's Encyclopedia, is a straight line l with an x in the middle. I can see this, to a point, but I really feel this form, at least the way we do it, runs on a couple of parallel lines, going up and down the line, and you get into the parallels when stepping from front stances to back stances and then over to front stances. Also, Choi shows a flying side kick in this form, but we do a hopping side kick instead. This form also begins with a step back and block, like Songham 2 does.

Some do. Also, seeing some of the applications he worked on in the first book, I started to see some possibilities in the later forms, as well. Some agree, and some disagree with his thoughts on the forms, and how to interpret them. What I like the most about it is that it gets me to thinking. He shows a different way to look at the forms, and that sets the wheels in motion for me to think of different ways to see things when I'm doing the forms, and gives me ideas on how to line up some of my Hapkido training with it. It isn't for everyone. He's kind of like Iain Abernethy; you either like his works or you don't. Abernethy actually wrote the forward for his first volume, and I've read and enjoyed some of Abernethy's books as well. I say read it, enjoy it, and take out of it what you want. That's all you can do with any work, really.

I think there are many of those who strictly cling to the idea of preserving all the forms feel this way. But before Funakoshi's standardization of the katas, it wasn't always this way. Its one of the notions Redmond points out in his book, too. I don't really think having a favorite will imbalance the art, either. I think by determining that one should not pick a favorite is in a way limiting free thinking. I disagree here. Like I mentioned earlier, Yoo Sin is my current form, and probably my worst black belt form, for sure. I do it the best I can, but if I have a choice, I won't do this form for any kind of demonstration. It does need more attention at this point in time, but that doesn't mean it should be my favorite. I'm not aware of this rule. Could you elaborate on it for us?

I've been waiting to see if this was coming out, because I did enjoy reading volume 1 so much, and found it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Chang-Hon-Taekwon-do-Hae-Sul/dp/1906628475/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1350874677&sr=1-1&keywords=Taekwondo+Hae+Sul Can't wait to get it! I will be getting a copy in December, for sure.

I love watching my kids compete in sport. I'm always talking and hollering, and get some goofy looks from my wife from time to time. Its a great thing, I think.

Another TKD stylist I stumbled on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZfzqCmt5W8&list=PLon1GNgZPzV4y3jAy9Z95lJaW1rz8vn3T&index=6&feature=plpp_video This guy's spinning hammer fist and spinning hook kicks make for a nasty duo. And when he spins, you don't know which is coming. Very impressed by this guy. Nice hands, too.

Just watch this fight with Paul Grima. Side kicks, front kicks, spin hook and jumping side kicks; so much fun to watch. He can take a hit, as well.

I think he did start with TKD, and then moved over. But if you look at the clips where he is TKD fighting with vests on, its pretty clear he wasn't afraid to make contact then, either. I think there are some differences between how he fought then and when he move to Kickboxing, but he definitely fights with a TKD flair.

But a 20 year old brown belt could open a school, because he is old enough to open a business of his own. But could this brown belt grade his own students? So now we aren't even talking about the belt, just age. Aside from that, I know some styles don't grant instructor status until 2nd or 3rd dan are reached. My style doesn't grant instructor status until 3rd dan, at age 18. And as sensei8 and others have said, not all black belts can teach. So are you saying its only us Korean stylists that are advocating this? I guess it could be. I'm not ashamed of that, though. I know my school does a good job of producing good Martial Artists, and I know that the kids we promote to black belt are very comparable to other kids of that age and skill level; we just aren't afraid to say that they have black belt skills as kids. This is the most common interpretation I hear of the black belt rank. Its "just the beginning." If that's the case, then why not let a kid who has demonstrated their ability to understand the curriculum make it to this phase? Here's another point of view I have. You only see this in the Eastern styles. My boy Wrestles, and by the time he's 16, he'll probably have a pretty good grasp of most of the system, given he sticks with it and works hard. I know this will likely bring on a "sport vs art" argument, but at the same rate, kids who Wrestle won't have to worry nearly as much about something such as this.

Really? Its not great but I don't mind it that much. Any bit of the 2nd half in particular? I can never get the U-shape punches through to the waving kicks to look any good. Yeah, starting with the U-shape punches, our style actually has a knee level side kick thrown in after each U-shape punch. From there to the waving kicks and blocks, and into those dastardly crescent kick-hand slap to side kick rot. It never has flowed well, and I don't know if I will ever get it to flow well. Its like I'm cranking along, popping and snapping techniques, and then, I go into clunky slo-mo once I hit that section of form.

He did know what he was talking about, the history with in his writings is still valid, but will anyone buy them now ? That's my point. Because his evil behavior totally invalidates his writings on the philosophy of Karate. But that's enough on him. If his books are cheaper now, then I would buy them. This one cost me around $150, and I wanted a copy of his book on the Karate Masters as well.

I love his spin hook kick, and the way he used repeat kicks, too. That last bit where he was punching that guy behind over his head/shoulder gave me a chuckle, too.

I stumbled upon a few videos of this guy, Steven Vick, who is very impressive to me. Love his style and kicking ability, and he looked descent with his hands, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNjGw8j7EgE&list=PLon1GNgZPzV4y3jAy9Z95lJaW1rz8vn3T&index=4&feature=plpp_video

Welcome to KF! Glad to have you here!

Brains are overrated. Unless you're a zombie. Now that's deep....

Bushido_man, please don't let me think You're putting disabled people in the same bracket as children. They may be disabled but they are far from being "child-like". Question, You're in a group of people, mixed ages and abilities, everyone needs to get out of the situation for survival as it dangerous for everyone. So You're telling me everyone in the group is going to stand to attention etc and listen to the 10 year old boy? Or listen to the amputee who's an ex-marine etc. I don't think Brian is saying that the disabled or handicapped are like children, more along the lines of any reason that's been given for children not to have a blackbelt can be considered a reason for those people not to have one too if we wanted to discriminate that way. Reasons like children aren't physically strong enough, children aren't able to examine a situation and act like a mature adult would, could be applied to some people. And even if you don't want to think about it like this, again, what do you say to particularly small adult females or immature adults? Thank you, DWx. This was exactly the point I was making.

Bushido_man, please don't let me think You're putting disabled people in the same bracket as children. They may be disabled but they are far from being "child-like". I'm not bracketing anybody. I'm just pointing out what I think are inconsistencies in how some award black belts. I didn't say anything of the sort. Are you saying all of your black belts could stand up and take control of this very vague situation you have just laid out? Have all of your black belts had survival training? If so, what does this entail, and how does it work into the curriculum for testings? Are all ex-military automatically eligible for black belt status when they sign up for a class, but the 12 year old girl in this article doesn't even get considered?

I think there is some truth to this. Grossman has some thoughts on this phenomenon in his books in regards to how warfare has changed, as well as the warriors, over the years.

I agree with you here to an extent, but I also believe that one can train their mindset to get past this kind of thing, and learn how to deal with that fear when it comes on.

Wow, never knew that about dolphins. You never hear anything bad about that animal. I've learned something today. And that animal is considered one of the most intelligent on the planet.