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I agree, tallgeese. If you can, let me know how you work that out. It would be great to see some kind of framework on it. Everything we did in academy was one-on-one, as well. I've heard several stories from incidents where one LEO is pulling or twisting on one limb an another is pulling or twisting on the other, and afterwards find out why what they were doing didn't work because they talk about what each was trying to do. We had an incident about a month back now, 3 trying to arrest one, and in the struggle, I got a taste of a Taser...and it was an interdepartment deal, too, so I think its a good idea to include all the law enforcement entities in the area in training like this, if they will be interacting in the same jurisdiction (city and county guys, even state patrol, etc).

I'd have to echo Montana here. It may not be a rip-off, but like he says, I'm not sure what you gain by doing it. Unless you get some classes in things like kineseology, anatomy, and some other physical education related stuff, which you can fill in as an undergrad at most colleges anyways. There does appear to be an abundance of TKD looking fellows in there, too. There could be some with experience in other styles, but I don't know. There wasn't a lot of info to find exactly what or how they do what they claim to do. It would be interesting to go sit down and interview them to find out what exactly they do there.

Thanks for all that early work you did, Tammy (and Pat, Doug, and Patrick), laying down the groundwork for what we do today. I'm sure its much easier for us now than it was then, with how everything is lined out from your past experiences.

I echo your sentiments, Jeffrey. It would be great to meet some of the members here some day. I can only imagine by the amount I've learned here reading, what I could learn in person. Great comments.

I was trying to find an MA chat room, and KF kept popping up in the searches. Once I checked it out, and began reading some posts, I had a moment like Danielle, and had to put my .02 cents in on the matter. I haven't stopped since.

Thanks for sharing this, Patrick. Its cool to see it all layed out like that. Thanks for the kind words, as well.

Hello, James. Thanks for sharing this with us. I enjoy reading about how it all got started.

This is often the exception rather than the rule. I've seen several fatality accidents where drivers or passengers have been ejected and killed because the vehicle rolled on top of them. Not pretty. Like JusticeZero says, they save far more lives than they are responsible for losing.

I'd say go with the airsoft guns. No, the weight won't be there most likely, but they will shoot those little projectiles, and that will give you the best feedback you can ask for in gun disarm training. I would also maybe find a good piece of headgear for your partner to wear for when you strike him. I say this because strikes should be a part of your disarm. My DT parnter and I used to do this with rubber band guns. Not even close to a real bullett, but if you are getting tagged by rubber bands, then you ain't dodging no bulletts any time soon.

Yep, all very true. Things just tend to change over time. It happens with just about everything.

We are often our own worse critic. But, its what drives us to work harder and get better.

20 years old seems a bit old to be getting grounded still, but if your parents pay your dues, and you still live under their roof, then its their rules to live by. I can tell you this, I don't appreciate being lied to by my kids, and being grounded from some physical activity would be the least of their worries. I teach my kids that integrity is something you work hard to maintain, and it only takes one time to lose it, and once its gone, well then good luck getting it back. You might be mad at your mom now, but, this is a good opportunity for you to learn accountability. Take ownership for your mistake, admit you were wrong, apologize without making excuses, and learn from it. This is part of character building.

Style: TKD Rank: 3rd Dan Days per week: 2 on a good week. The work schedule and the family schedule come first, so it just depends.

Well, I don't think I do, but I've never really thought about it. I tend to be rather bullheaded and stubborn at times (ok, most of the time), and at times I get this way in my sparring, like by not retreating, taking a beating to give one, etc, but I'm not always like that. Nor is that the way everyone spars in TKD; there are counterfighters out there, for instance. So, I'm not sure. Never really thought about it.

Another issue to consider is training with multiple people on your side. I don't know if you would want to call this "team fighting" or not, but I have seen where in the example of law enforcement scenarios it would be beneficial to know what one should do to help another out and not be counterproductive in the scenario.

Have you checked Google or the phone book? Try their first.

Nice. I haven't pushed that up in a long time, and I weigh ten pounds more. Hoping this new regimen will get me beyond that point. 5/25/2011 SL 5x5B Squats: warmup: 45x5x2, 95x3, 120x2; work: 175x5x5 Overhead press: warmup: 45x5x2; work: 65x5x5 Dead lift: warmup: 65x5, 85x3,2; work: 140x5 Stretch: standing quad stretches, side/front kick bar stretches, bent over toe reaches (and finally touched them on the third try).

Go Kan Ryu may be from a combination of "Go" from Goju, and "Kan" from Shotokan, and then Ryu was tossed in for the Japanese meaning of school or whatever, and that's how they formed the name. Its likely the inention wasn't to use the word "rape" in the name. They didn't realize how it would translate, but wanted components of the names of the styles they incorporated, so this is what they came up with.

Trying to set up counter striking in that manner in relation to competition is one thing, but to do so in self-defense is just asking for bad news. I'm sure there are some out there that may be fast enough to preceive the movement and counter, but thats the exception rather than the rule. Try this towel trick. Get a parnter, and stand within striking distance of each other-not quite outstretched arms length away. Hang a towel on your shoulder, and put your arms down at your sides. Tell your partner to grab the towel at any time. Try to stop them from grabbing the towel by grabbing it yourself. Hard to do. Now, change it up by starting with your hands in a fence position; it gets easier, but is still tough when you let them make the first move. The point is, action is faster than reaction, just from the nature of having to wait to react to a stimulus. Its just not a good idea in self-defense.

No, I understood what you were saying, still kicking, and I thought it made sense. My response was in regards to many opinions on how forms are taught and kept in terms of traditional means.

I would suggest from a purely self defence pespective less is more. Mastering and understanding the five Heian kata should give you more than enough from kata. Certainly learning higher kata from a book or CD will only give you the asthetic moves. I agree with the less is more ideology. If you overload your brain with 100s of techniques to choose from, it causes problems when its time to react. What you want to do instead is learn tactics that you can apply various techniques to in given situations. Thinking in the terms of tactics will be less binding than thinking in terms of techniques.

RIP, Macho Man. I remember seeing him in a few Walker episodes, and he even fought Peter Parker in the first Spider Man movie.

Welcome to KF!

All of these organizations have come along and taken things that were changed in the past into something that has become set in stone and given a label: "curriculum." Now we have the curriculum, and it cannot be changed, because this is how the great master X did it, and he was the great master, so you can't change it, because who the heck are you? (the answer is you are NOT the great master X!!!) I hope everyone can see through the satire there, but it really is what has happened. Funakoshi ended up doing some things differently than Itosu, and Itosu probably had to modify some things he learned as he got older. I do things differently than my instructor. Its the nature of the beast. But when these curriculums became more set as a syllabus, it really clamed a lot of practitioners up, because they don't want to rock the boat, when it was a lot more likely that things changed more often in the past. What I would say is this; know how it was done when you were young-know the original way of doing it, and teach it that way. And make sure your students do it that way while they can, or at least can teach that way to others. Then if changes have to happen for reasons of getting older, then make sure you the teacher let others know the reason you do x is because you are y years old now, so young pups do it the original way, if they can.

I can see what you are saying here, and I don't disagree. But many people are goal oriented, and when there are visible, set goals they can see, and know what they need to do to achieve it (objectives), it helps with motivation. I would just mention that this is the other side of the belt systems.