bushido_man96

Thanks! Its always good to follow up> Yes it is. It helps me to make sure I'm being honest with myself, and keeping myself in check.

Totally agree. without the technique being varified by a qualified instructor as Injuries can occur etc. body mechanics work in a different way than the best discription! Application of techniques HAVE to be able to be changed as you can't guarantee where your attacker will "land" I don't disagree with you guys here. But, if there is no other choice but to learn from media of different kinds, or don't learn at all, what would you do? Not learn at all? Not even try?

It is hard for us to know what the approaches of the styles around you are. There may be a very combative-oriented TKD school, or an Olympic-style sparring one. The Hapkido school may be right up your alley, or you may find it gets too fancy. MMA sparring may be what you are looking for in hand-to-hand interaction with other participants, but they may have competition goals you don't share. My point is this. If you want to try something different from your current style, go watch any classes that you can in your area to see if anyone is offering what you seek. We can all banter here and tell you what we do, or prefer, but we can't help you with what's in your area. Only you can go do the leg work to check them all out. If I were you, that's where I would start. Let us know how your search goes, and welcome to KF.

I believe balance refers mainly when a body is static. To retain balance in motion requires agility, I remember my basic sports performance pedagoy. Therefore, I feel that this can only be achieved by practicing techniques while opposing forces are messing with us. I think if we don't establish balance, then it is difficult to establish an effective defensive posture. Hard to block shots while you are falling down. I feel this again can be mainly affected through agility training. After all, a fight isn't like playing solitare. Lack of preparation in any juncture places the blame squarely on our own shoulders. By practicing against opposing forces and learning to maintain agility, we can help ourselves minimize the times when it is our fault, and help us learn how to recover.

If I got the supplies for my own home dojang, I'd be stoked.

The good news, Bob, is that the NFC East is so up in the air that they have as good a shot as the Giants at making it in.

When was the last time you tried to be "gentle" in a fight or confrontation? Did it work well?

Mirrors on a wall or two, some nice floor mats. That's it.

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Do you think Karate would be better without it? If so, I'd like to understand your reasoning why. Sojobo I do, because I think that there are more important positions to develop skills from than being on the knees. I also think that just because it was a popular way to sit in the days of feudal Japan, doesn't necessarily lend itself to being meaningful in our current day and age. I've real all you've said about it developing posture and what not, but in using some of tallgeese's examples of other styles that don't train it, I don't think it adds anything of value that can't be learned by observing proper posture in other combative stances and positions.

Another way to put it to practice is to have a partner practice the movements slowly with you, so you can get a better feel in reacting to someone else's stimuli.

I thought the force used was spot on. Unfortunately, the general public has a "freak out" affect when they see someone else messing with someone's neck/throat area. They don't understand, and are used to seeing the way violence is portrayed on TV and whatnot. I think this guy would have no trouble being able to justify his actions in court, with no repercussions. As for the comments posted afterwards, I'd render a guess that most of them are from people who have never tried to control and detain someone before, especially in an LE scenario. Cops never win in situations like this, because the general public is pretty much naive in regards to what we have to do when dealing with people, and how our hands are tied in actually dealing with them. By putting an actively resisting suspect to sleep, you neutralize that threat in its entirety, and the guy will likely have very little, if any, injury to show for it. And if he holds rank in BJJ, he can likely articulate how he knows when to release a choke. It also appeared that he knew something about how to revive someone, helping his case further, in my opinion. As for cuffing him from behind goes, that is exactly what I would do with someone, especially after they run. Even after they stood him up, he still showed that he was agitated, and showed signs of futher resistance. Cuffing behind takes away options he has. And it is much easier to cuff an unconscious subject than a resisting suspect, and by cuffing while unconscious, he probably did the suspect a favor by eliminating the chance for him to struggle while being cuffed, and thus injuring himself further. Kudos to this guy. This should be used as training footage for proper use of head and neck restraint techniques and tactics for LEOs.

If you have two days dedicated to recovery, that will help. I'm not sure I would do low-intensity anything on those days, except for some stretching. Just rest, especially if you are going to be doing that much dojo time on the other days. But, if you feel that you are overtraining, by all means back off a day, or even a session during one of your days. It would be a blast to be able to train that much.

Hehe..yeah, I probably would have give a little extra, too. Does that mean we are bad people? Or that we are just trying to re-check their ego? And soothing our own...

That might be the million dollar question with no obvious answer. I agree. I've heard people say they are "starting a new tradition" at my daughter's high school. So, I'd say that tradition isn't necessarily based on the "age" of an activity, or how long it has been around, but more likely has more to do with the frequency and consistency it has been observed, and its part in a culture, perhaps.

Since I love to help the world, and don't like to see good things go to waste, I shall take up that which you cast off. But just to help the world. 12/21/2011 Deffley B (Dead lift day) Dead lift: warmup: 135x5, 225x5, 315x3; work: 390x5x3 Push press: warmup: 45x5, 65x5, 85x3, 95x2; work: 140x5x5 I am stoked to see I am repping out only 10 lbs under what I set for my 1RM goal for dead lift for the year. Can't wait to hit my max out session! Back feels so sore all over from that session. I love it!

Yes and this is true. But part of that is that you want to get better every time. A video doesn't give feedback. Especially if you don't have a solid foundational knowledge to work from, you can be training to do the techniques wrong and never know it until your doctor tells you that you're going to be using crutches for the next few weeks and whatever it was you were doing stop it, and even then not know how to fix it. I agree that not having feedback is worriesome. I also agree that one can cause injury to oneself when not receiving correct instruction. Paying attention to what the body is telling you can help to reduce the amount of injury the body takes on. There is a difference between the type of muscle pain that sets on from soreness, and the pain that sets on in the joints from improper movement. Listening to the body can help this. I agree its not ideal, but I'm speaking in extreme cases when there is no other choice. If its "learn by internet or go without," do you just go without? I would also add that having a partner that you can discuss everything with, evaluate everything, and give honest feedback about, is one of the best training tools one could have. And again, I'm speaking an extreme case of no instruction available.

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How about them Chiefs! The game was well played defensively, and the offense actually got out there and moved the ball well enough in good drives to keep the defense fresh. Now, if they could only get in the red zone and score more touchdowns than field goals, it would make the games a lot less stressful.Interstingly enough, on the day which the only undefeated team fell, the only winless team in the league won.

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Cool. Will have to look into those...

My thing is that in the past, it wasn't a requirement to a master of empty hand to be a master of weapon. Troops learned to fight with weapons because that was the primary mode of attack on the field of battle; not empty hand. Therefore, although being important, empty hand was not necessarily a focus. Medieval European systems would teach both as well, but they could be learned at the exclusion of each other.

With adrenaline going, you'd be surprised. I've encountered guys who broke their hands assaulting somebody yet still kept using that same hand to continually pound their victim. You usually don't feel the pain until afterwards. Yep. That adrenaline does magical things at times. I've seen the same when people get pepper-sprayed. Personally, I will never carry the stuff.

I don't think evaluating skill level is the issue here. What is at issue, is if that level of skill can be displayed, as in winning fights with other black belts, are you deserving to be considered a black belt, and thus, wear one?