bushido_man96

Every time I hear non-contact I imagine a BJJ class run that way. Picture someone doing the BJJ wormy dog butt-scootin boogie and butterfly sweep while someone across the room practices holding base. What's next? No touch armbars through chi projection? By the Holiness of Gene Lebell's Pink Gi I hope to never see the day. Thats a good way to look at it. I think some contact is mandatory in sparring. We don't have to be taking knockout blows, but knowing how it feels to get hit is good for when it happens for real.

That's good news. Keep up the good work and keep us posted on your improvements.

The problem there is that you don't always have the choice in the matter of whether or not a fight goes to the ground. The fact of the matter is it may happen, and its best to be able to deal with it when it does. I had an incident at work about a month ago, and I had no plans to end up on the ground, but with multiple sets of hands on someone and struggling, combined with a Taser deployment mishap, I ended up on the ground. Not by choice. It can happen, even if you don't want it to. Best to be prepared when it does.Totally agree. Please re-read the last sentence of my post. I didn't take your post out of context, I don't think, anyway. What I was addressing for the most part came from your use of the word "cope." By coping, I would guess you are talking about being able to get back up to your feet after being taken off of them. I agree that this is a good strategy to have. But by knowing how to grapple, one can know better how to get back to his feet after being grappled. That is the point I was getting towards.

I think trapping has its place, just like many other things in Self-defense. We train trapping in our Combat Hapkido curriculum, as well as out DT curriculum. I do think it has some good uses, but its important to not get caught up in the idea of trapping just to trap. Its a great tool to use, but in the proper spot.

Thank you for the kind words, Bob and Danielle. All you guys and gals here are the reason I keep coming back!

I think I will when I get the chance. It looked pretty funny.

I agree that offering to be a training partner would be a great way to help out. You'll likely end up learning something yourself along the way. Think of it as bonus training! Best of luck to your friends. It sounds like a tall order.

The devil stalks about like a lion, seeking whom he may....Oh crap it's Chuck Norris!! Yep, that very one! Very awesome indeed. In fact, it was rated AC, for Awesome Chuck. Speaking of, when the devil went down to Georgia, he made sure to go after Chuck left....

Any of those "aha" moments rank right up there, too.

I wouldn't call it a baseball kata, but just teaching the basics of good body position and doing reps upon reps of fielding grounders, catching pop flys, and hitting practice are what will help all this come together. I would focus on good drills to help them learn these skills. You might also consider some kind of agility training using cones or the like to teach them how to move their feet properly to get into position.

Euphemism for CRAP HAS HIT THE FAN AND WE ARE COVERED IN IT. Yeah, but I ended up being the only one covered in crap on this escapade. It was quite a funny experience. It makes for a good story, but probably better told than typed, but if interested, I might PM it to you. Let me know. Me and the guys chuckled about it later on. I agree. Now, take a guy that may have been a state level Wrestler. We also have a division II NCAA school here in my town, with a good Wrestling program. One of the guys on the team actually was competing in amatuer MMA comps and was 5-0. The guy is an animal; weighs like 140 or 150 and benched 400 or something like that. He has now gone onto do some serious MMA training in California; one of the PD guys is good friends and trained with him in the DT club here at the college. I think he went to Silva's gym (or one of them), and is hoping to audition for The Ultimate Fighter. We've also got some other MMA guys roaming around here, too. So having that ground game up and running is a good idea. So I'm hoping to get to that soon.

Ah, I was just getting ready to ask about this one. Is it the One Hundred Push-ups program? I was doing it a while back, but fell off it. If that app is out there, I might be interested in it. Where did you find it?

5/11/2011 Evening Stretch: seated straddle stretch, moving left, right, and middle; butterfly, glute stretch, reverse hurdler stretch. 5/13/2011 SL 5x5A Squats: warmups 45x5x2, 70x3, 95x2, work weight 155x5x5 Bench press: warmups 45x5x2, 90x4, 105x2, work weight 135x5x5 Barbell rows: warmups 65x5, 65x2, work weight 75x5x5 In the spirit of using the Stronglifts program to its fullest, I decided to back the weight for bench press way down, and also fixed my technique. My goals with this program are to get my bench over 250 and to get my squat to 300 lbs. I've never squatted that much before, and am excited about getting there. Evening stretch: hip flexor stretches, seated straddle (left, right, middle), butterfly, glutes, reverse hurdler. 5/16/2011 TKD: 6:00 - 7:15. Basics, stretching, forms, one-steps, and one bad round of sparring. I did land a spin hook kick to a guys head, though. I've got to get my sparring up to par. I've can do a form indicative of my rank, but my sparring is just kind of blah.

What do you mean by block systems? I'm not familiar with that.

5 boards! That's impressive!

The problem there is that you don't always have the choice in the matter of whether or not a fight goes to the ground. The fact of the matter is it may happen, and its best to be able to deal with it when it does. I had an incident at work about a month ago, and I had no plans to end up on the ground, but with multiple sets of hands on someone and struggling, combined with a Taser deployment mishap, I ended up on the ground. Not by choice. It can happen, even if you don't want it to. Best to be prepared when it does.

Thanks you, Jeffrey, and thank you, Patrick. I have to give credit to all the other great contributors here at KF.com, because if it weren't for everyone else's great contributions, I wouldn't have been able to make any myself. Thanks for launching this great community, Patrick. You've done a terrific job of creating a great place for Martial Artists of all types to gather and discuss that which we are so passionate about.

There is a lot of time left, Bob. I'm interested to see if they change up the post season, and how it affects the teams that will get in. It should make it more fun to watch, for sure.

Welcome, Paul!

Welcome aboard!

I don't think they should have to teach. I do think its a valuable learning process that senior students should experience, though. If anything, it will make them appreciate the teachers more.

I can't really think of any one moment that stands out over all the others. I've had many small moments that have made all the time spent teaching worth every moment of it. These are the small rewards I keep looking forward to as I keep moving forward.

I haven't seen any of the training apps out there. I may have to do some checking around and see what's there.

I would be less concerned about your take on the language and culture of the styles you observe and more concerned with 1) what you will be learning as far as self-defense goes and 2) whether or not you are going to actually enjoy your time in it. The language and all that will come over time as you get more familiar with things. Its good that you've got some goals in mind, too. That will help you to focus on what you want out of a school. Now, make sure you go check out the schools in your area to see which fit your wants and needs. I say this because you may have some preconceived notions about what an Aikido school or a Kung Fu school will be like, but every instructor is different, and you might be surprised by what you see (pleasantly or otherwise). So that's my advise to you; go check them all out, and then make your decision. Good luck to you!

Yeah, I'm under ATA with Master Lee. I also do Wushu though. And Sorry about not putting up the video, I'm such a slacker like that. I'll try and get one up soon. Ok, which Lee? There are a few around the ATA, hehe. Soon Ho should be in Little Rock, and I'm not sure who would be out of Arizona.Master Thor used to be out of New Mexico, I think. Is he still around? He was a guest judge for our school once, and I had worked with him in a few seminars. Fun guy, and I could relate, being short like him.