bushido_man96

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?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. If he sticks with it, and his interest holds, in a few more years I'd like to get him more seriously interested in TKD as well. The combination of the two would give him something I never had; balance. I think I've also got him convinced to power lift with me, as well. That would be fun, to finally have a workout partner. Before the tournament began on Saturday, he got out on the mat to warmup a bit. He got with this kid that just worked him over and over. Another kid told me that one had been Wrestling for 3 years. But Kendall would work with him, get rolled around and trounced, and then go right back to it! I was glad he kept at it.

Its when times like this arise that it can be tough to not "put them back in their place." Kudos to you for holding back on that feeling.

Yes, as a supplement, videos and internet serve their purposes much better. But as far as going by The Karate Kid movie....I'll just leave that one alone.

I agree with you, but in the time I have watched MMA fights, I haven't seen that many takedowns while guys were standing on one leg from kicking. I haven't watched in a while, though.

Systems like Tae Bo are not known for their technical instruction; Tae Bo teaches the minimum of the movements so you can start sweating. Other instructional videos, like those focused on learning techniques, will likely focus more on proper pivoting of the base foot for kicking, how the technique should look when starting, during, and upon finishing the technique. Can any kind of video or youtube channel replace a qualified instructor? No. But, as you mention, JusticeZero, anything worth doing is worth doing badly. If the only exposure one can get to MAs is through videos of some kind, then it might be worth it.

I disagree. Weapons and their techniques, at least in my system, are an extension of the empty hand techniques. Competency is needed in the karate aspect prior to learned the kobudo aspects. I've seen other systems where kobudo and the empty-hand are separate entities. I don't think bo techniques would be terribly reliant on the empty hand techniques of any style, and could therefore be learned alongside without any major setbacks.

Way to go! Congrats!

That's good advise from tallgeese. Can't beat that. My advise would to be not to get too nervous in dealing with people, and in the training in general. I got myself way too worked up over some things I didn't really need to. When it comes to the job, you'll be learning as you go. Although academy can prepare you for the basics, when you get done with that, the department will train you up on all their protocol, policies, and procedures. These will be your bread and butter for when it comes to dealing with matters on a daily basis. They will be the cover your butt things to keep in mind. Above all, use common sense, and things will be all good for you. One other thing I would offer is don't get complacent.

Something an LEO and former Marine was telling me he learned a time ago was not only breaking that finger, but also maintaining a hold of said broken finger. That would be very nasty, I think. And I never thought of breaking a finger, and then keeping a hold of it. I just always thought, "break and let go." Holding on to it just makes so much more sense to me now!

I'd like to have a few kicking shields, some hand targets, a Wavemaster freestanding bag, and just floor space. Mats and what not can come later, as time goes by, and money increases.

12/16/2011 Deffley 3x5C Squats: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 245x2; work: 275x5, 285x5, 295x3, 315x1 Overhead press: warmup: 45x5, 75x5, 95x3, 115x2; work: 145x3x5 Glute-ham raises: 2x5 12/19/2011 Deffley 3x5A Squats: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 245x2; work: 305x3x5 Bench press: warmup: 45x5, 135x5, 155x3, 185x2; work: 225x3x5 Barbell rows: warmup: 75x5, 95x5, 115x3, 135x2; work: 160x3x5 Seated good-mornings: 115x3x12 Hip thrusts: 3x10 My hip flexors are screaming at me right now. They don't like me very much. But I just tell them to get over it.

Squats and glute-ham raises are killers on the ole legs. Love them heavy squats!

The technique comes with time, just like anything else. Really, its about swallowing ego, working with lighter weights until you get the technique is down, then adding heavier weights. Its got to be done progressively, just like any Martial Arts techniques are.

My year old 6 son started Wrestling in November, and we took him to his first novice tournament over this last weekend, on Dec. 17. He had a good time! He won his first match, via pin, and lost his second match, via points. The second kid was working him pretty good, but he hung in there, and when the other kid was trying to pin him, he worked through it, and was able to hand with him. I was proud of how well he took the whole thing, and he was happy. They did a round robin setup, and he got 2nd place. He seems to have really taken to the practices pretty well, and seems to be enjoying himself. The practices have a good amount of coaches there to split amongst the kids, and they get worked pretty good. I'm hoping it holds his interest for some time.

This is a very good question, i suggest that if you want to take things down a notch, just remind them every once in a while, don't be to proud to speak up. We have the same problem at our school, as tallgeese can attest to. It starts of friendly working slow and technical until someone lands a good one, then all bets are off. I've seen that happen before, and have been part of it before. That's when the instructor needs to step in, call "break!" and stop things for a bit. Discuss something about the matches. Another good way to slow things down is to make sparring with limitations, especially those things particular people are good at. This forces them to think of using other options, and controlling the pace of the match in a natural way.

Didn't Nolan Ryan also do things like stick his hand into a bucket of sand as far as he could, and other things like that? The guy was an animal!

Don't worry about your height/weight too much, they've got that all figured out for you already; their called weight classes. If you think you are too short for a particular weight class, after spending some time training, you can look into doing different things to make your weight. But to start out, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Nothing wrong with being serious about it. In TKD class, we have to sometimes get on to the kids when they spar, because they get to laughing and giggling, then that leads to goofing, and then someone can get hurt. We tell them its ok to have fun, but not to be laughing while sparring.

I've done shikko in Aikido class. I'm pretty decent at that. I can do without seiza, though.

What I do think our jobs as MAists is to make sure we aren't advertising something we aren't selling. Not every school is selling self-defense, although it does appear in most school's itinerary. Teaching forms is not necessarily teaching self-defense. Its important that we as instructors are honest and upfront about what we actually cover in our classes, and what is not.

The nice thing about the jigsaw mats is you can order them one or two at a time, to spread the cost out over time. But I've been on jigsaw mats; would they offer enough cushion for judo throwing?

So it sounds like what you've done is ran a broomstick through the ring at the top of the bag where the chain is, and through the natural swinging of striking the bag, the stick moves around, forcing you to avoid it periodically. It sounds like a nice way to change up a heavy bag session, working in ducking and blocking, bobbing and weaving, etc.

Its also a good way to get yourself knocked out. And then its even harder to defend yourself.