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2/1/2012 Deffley B Dead lift: warmup: 135x5, 225x5, 315x3; work: 335x3, 340x5x3 Push press: warmup: 45x5, 95x5, 115x3, 135x2; work: 161.2x5x5 Rack pulls: 385x3x5 I bought some 2" washers to use for fractional plates, especially for the upper body lifts. Loved them tonight. Dead lift is coming along very well since the deload. I'm consistently locking out the weight, and I am beginning to feel more explosive in pulling, even in the later sets. The rack pulls are helping, too.

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1/27/2012 Deffley C Squats: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 245x2 Box squats: 45x5, 135x5, 185x5, 205x3x5 Overhead press: warmup: 45x5, 95x5, 115x3; work: 130x5,4,5 Incline bench press: warmup: 45x5, 95x5, 130x3x5 Front squats: 130x3x5 Seated good-mornings: 130x3x12 Glute-ham raises: 3x5 I switched to the box squats in an attempt to try to work out the good-morning issue I'm having with squatting heavier weight. I will work these for around 4 weeks and see where we are. 1/30/2012 Deffley A Squats: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 245x2; work: 275x3x2 Box squats: 210x3x5 Bench press: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x2; work: 245x5,5,4 Barbell rows: warmup: 115x5, 135x3, 155x2; work: 185x3x5 Glute-ham raises: 3x5 Hip thrusts: 3x10 Assisted chin-ups: 3x10 Stretch: standing quads, toe touches, chest/tris/bis

Good article. I can see where controlling this guy until police showed up would have likely saved him the knife injury. Here's a thought. In the narrative, Mezger mentioned the guy couldn't fight very well, and that he outweighed him considerably. Is it possible that he didn't take this threat as seriously as he should have? I can see where it would be eay not to; outweighing the opponent, knowing the experience he has had himself in the ring, along with all his training. Mezger also mentioned how as he held onto the attacker, he made futile attempts to hit him, until which he point he just became irriated and tossed the guy. So after scrape one, he knows the guy has no skills. At that point, is it possible he just didn't take the threat seriously enough, which resulted in him getting slashed? I'm not trying to bring this guy down, or call him out on ego or anything like that; far from it. We review these for reasons like this, so I just wanted to see other thoughts on it.

The trouble here is that not all LEOs are training MAs when they become LEOs. They get around 20 or 40 hours of training at the academy, and the rest is really up to the departments to keep up the training, or for the LEO to find the training on his/her own. The reality of it is that not every officer is going to have the time, money, or resources to devote to full-time MA training, either. We have guys who have done Wrestling in the past, and a few of us have TKD training, and one other I know of did some Karate of some type in the past. It can be tough for some to balance their work and daily lives, let alone trying to add in a Martial Arts class. I wish it were a perfect world, where we could all be in MA classes, but it just doesn't work out that way.

When I used to work wrist grab releases in my younger days, I'd show someone "wrist grab release defense #1," and then punch them in the face. Technique #2 was...punch them in the face. It was always fun when someone would grab my wrist and ask, "how would you get out of it," only to see a fist stop in front of their nose.

First off, accidents happen. Don't spend time beating yourself up over it. When you train in a contact sport, injuries are likely to happen. This unavoidable. You say you were going light, so I doubt this was your intent. As for the injury, I suppose anything is possible. She should go see a doctor and be evaluated. Hopefully it isn't anything serious.

1/25/2012 Deffley B Dead lift: warmup: 135x5, 225x5, 315x3; work: 335x5x3 Push press: warmup: 45x5, 85x5, 95x3, 115x2; work; 160x5x5 Rack pulls: 380x3x5 I love dead lift day.

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Start by kicking low and slow, working on technique. A bad low kick will be a bad high kick. Martial Walrus gave good technical advise. Hopefully, those will help.

But if it's just broken down kata, why not call it Kata. Even call it kihon. Why displace it from the rest of the art and create a new label? I don't like this component of the style I am in. If we have "self-defense" techniques, then what did we spend the whole class working on? Curriclum should have a function other than providing learning material for the next rank test, in my opinion. I like to pick some things out of forms that I could make work into applications, but I rarely get to experiment with them with partners. I think separating them out all the time takes away from what the style could really be.

This is true. Every situation is different, and each has to be evaluated "on the fly," as it were. I know of a guy who, in the past, got a nasty beating in a fight. The jist of the situation is he waited too long, didn't recognize the threats, and got nailed early, often, and he came out on the raw end of the deal.Now, just recently, this same guy had a situation pop up that was similar; this time, he didn't wait, as he precieved an imenent threat; he trounced the guy, suddenly, catching him unawares. He didn't get beat down this time; instead, he ended up being arrested and charged with a felony. I know there is a saying that goes, "its better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6." There is some truth to this, but I'm willing to bet that most of the guys who have claimed this, haven't been run through the judicial system yet.

Hmm, this is a touchy subject. I don't really want to pass judgement on this guy in reference to his moral character; I don't know him, and you really haven't elaborated much on the issues you have with hiim. Is it infedility? Does it have to do with debts? I don't really want to know, but each of these you have to decide for yourself. As for the background check that he seems to be performing on you, well, its up for you to decide how to react to it. One thing I know is I probably wouldn't share a whole lot with this guy outside of the student/teacher relationship. But I can't really blame a guy for checking out who his prospective students might be; after all, we as students like to know as much as possible about those who might teach us; turnabout is fair play. This is a tough deal. In the end, we can tell you to do this or that, but we don't know what your gut is telling you. If something feels funny to you, and something doesn't seem right, and you have that inkling that something is just off a bit, then I'd say forget the whole thing. It probably isn't worth it all that much.

For only $15, its hard to go wrong. Definitely going to check it out now.

I see your angle here, but it didn't sound like corrections to me. It sounded just like some friendly coaching. Really nothing to get worked up over, in my opinion. Especially by a friend.

We use "Mr." for everything, unless they are 4th dan and up, at which time they are titled "Jr. Master," and at 5th, titled "Master." When we answer up in school, we use "sir."

I don't compatmentalize TKD, but it really has already been done for me. Its taught in a compartmentalized way, with basics, then forms, then one-steps, and we will at times do "self-defense" techniques that are seperate from the other curriculum. We don't really break the forms down into applications, and the one-steps leave little to be desired in the form of being self-defense applicable. So, any kind of application ideas that I work from the forms and one-steps is purely my own. I think it is unfortunate, too, as the forms and one-steps provide good building blocks to work from; its just that the "next step" in the application process is never taken. Combat Hapkido, on the other hand, was not set up the same way. Everything was pretty much self-defense oriented. I very much enjoyed this constant "application aspect" of Combat Hapkido.

How come Western minds are weak? The rank systems were created and used in the East FIRST, so I don't see how it really has anything to do with "Western" minds. There are thousands of Western athletes that train in Martial Arts without any need or desire for rank; they are Boxers and Wrestlers.

I think this concept was touched on somewhat in a separate thread, as a side tangent, I think. I think you were the one who brought it up, tg. I think its a sound concept, and it makes sense to me. I wish I could expand more, but I don't think I can without sounding like I don't know what I'm talking about. I'll have to look into that book, perhaps.

She spoke to you in this way, and she is your friend? Kind of crazy. Rank is one thing, but I would never use it to remind someone if they are "speaking out of turn" or something like that. It sounds to me like she's had a bit of an ego-bruising. I'd say she's the one who is out of line. Just because someone is lower rank, doesn't mean they can't see where someone can improve. I've had lower ranks watch my forms and such before, and asked for suggestions on anything they've seen. Not a bad way to learn, in my eyes. A few words come to mind here, but I'll be polite and keep those to myself. I'll just say I think it sounds weird that she had to have someone else discuss this with you, while she stood behind nodding about it. As far as how you feel should you have to spar her, just play it by ear. If she brings it, then give it back to her as good as she brings. Its too bad she couldn't just enjoy the idea of an open dojo, where things like rank, school affiliation, and the like, are laid aside so all who participate can learn and share. Sounds like she really missed out.

I think that is a great idea. When learning is fun like that, it makes it more likely to retain information, and it makes students want to come back for more. I also want to add that I think there's a difference between having fun and "learning through play," and goofing off. Goofing off is counter-productive, and can be dangerous. Learning through play, however, would still be a constructive and focused process. Great thread, Master Pain.

Squats have helped my knees to feel better than they use to. There's a lot of misconception out there about squats and the knees.

I'm going to look into those Superfoot vidoes. Thanks, xo-karate. 1/19/2012 Forms: Chon Ji and Dan Gun 1/20/2012 Deffley C Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 245x2; work: 290x3x5 Overhead press: 45x5, 95x5, 100x3, 115x2; work: 125x3x5 Incline bench press: 45x5, 95x5, 105x3, 115x2; work: 125x3x5 Front squat: 125x3x5 Stretch: standing/kneeling quads, front/twist/side kick bar stretch, toe touches, chest/tris/bis. Since my squat weight is getting closer to 300 lbs, my form is starting to flush again. I've been working on getting the good mornings out of my squat, but it just won't go away. OHP form is coming along very nicely, though. Watching my technique on my phone is really good for evaluation. 1/23/2012 Deffley A Squats: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 245x2; work: 300x3x5 Bench press: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x2; work: 240x3x5 Barbell rows: warmup: 95x5, 115x3, 135x2; work: 180x3x5 Hip thrusts: 3x10 Glute-ham raises: 3x5 Seated good-mornings: 130x3x12 Stretch: standing/kneeling quads, front/twist/side kick bar stretch, toe touches, chest/tris/bis. More good mornings on the squats. Felt like I really broke through on bench, though. We'll see how next Monday goes.

What do you use your sandbags for? Do you strike them, or have large ones you lift like weights?

That is great! The problem with ranged weapons is that when the bad guys finally get close, you have to ditch your ranged weapon, or just retreat because you don't have one. This fixes that problem nicely. And the ejector was a nice touch. I found it kind of disturbing how he said "zombie skull" with such a straight face...