bushido_man96

Get to it, man! You can do it!

I know some of the testing fees in our school get kind of high. Its also no secret that if one charges for testings, and has more testings than fewer, then you are likley making some money on the testings. No lie there. But, that is up to the organization/instructor. Would instructors just charge more for the fewer testings?

I've never been scared of anything. Now, if I were being asked to do flips and such, then I would be, because my athletic ability does not stretch that far. As for rolls and falls, though, I've taken some pretty hard ones. The more you do it, the more you get used to it, and that fear will leave you. You just need to practice rolling and falling more.

I'm that way at times, too. My problem is I get to reading too many books at a time, and loose track. But, its still great info. I'm better about keeping focused on the task at hand now than I was a long time ago, but that comes with time.

Although not a grappler, I'd say one does the same as other styles; line up the bad guys, create space, and try to get away. Barring that, if I was a grappler, and I had to latch on to someone, then I'd go into "snap it off" mode as opposed to "tap them out" mode. But that's just me.

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.