bushido_man96

I don't disagree with you, but van you be more specific as to which basics? Do you mean a punch and a shell defense, or the standard basics of a traditional style?

You will find that many weapons styles have some crossover, even across cultural boundaries. With that said, I would go with the kali class, and after gaining experience there, use that experience to experiment with the Irish stick art. I think you will find this works better for you.

But in the original, they were teenagers.

My wife and I are pretty much that way. We try to know what all is going on, and get involved.

Ok, I'll go with that.

Since we are talking about trying to nullify a size/strength advantage, do you guys think that taking a bigger person to the ground helps to take away a size/strength advantage better than a knowledge of stand-up skills levels out size/strength advantages? If this is confusing, let me know and I'll try to explain better.

I don't think that could have been said much better.

I can see what you are getting at here, but I'd have to disagree at keeping them apart that much. When it comes down to having to defend yourself, you don't get to choose who you are going to fight with. Therefore, its important for the practitioners to expose themselves to as many different body types as possible, and that includes crossing genders. In the end, it is important for the instructors to keep a close eye on what is going on when the opposite sexes are rolling together, so that the training stays focused, and doesn't become a session of snickers and whatnot because they have no self-control.

Cool. At least that way, all those anniversaries will be easy to remember.

I do think MMA is about as close you can get to real fighting without having a real fight, with friends to jump in and all that. BJJ used to be done with the gi on, but it has adapted to use without a gi. Perhaps Judokas who are serious about taking on MMA competition should look for ways to do the same.

Well, your style likely has a curriculum, so go with that for your class formats, and work in some sparring classes for competition and the like. Check with other area schools to see if they host tournaments and things like that.

Nice signing for the Phills.

Left handed and right handed should use the same concepts. Lefties will see things differently, and have different targets open to them against righties.

Good luck!

Good job!

I disagree. This is a good way to get hurt really bad. Waiting to counter is a bad idea, as you are basing your defense off their action. Action is faster than reaction. There are some people out there that seem like they can always anticipate what someone is going to do, but they are the exception rather than the rule, and probably have many, many more years of training than the average Martial Artist out there. Telling someone they have to wait for an attack before defending is a good way to get a lot of students hurt. Giving someone the opportunity to attack first is like letting them hit first. You may not always be fast enough to counter that first blow, and then you spend the rest of the fight trying to play catch-up, that is, if you haven't fallen down and fallen asleep.

It sounds like with the changing situations, that it will be necessary for changes to come to your by-laws. Its easy to understand why there has only ever been one Hombu, with only schools in the US. But in moving to Okinawa, it appears now necessary to ensure streamline business practices to make ammendments to establish some form of control and representation in the US as well as the Hombu being in Okinawa. Hopefully, those on the board see this.

Seeing as this thread is taking on an all-encompassing nature of instructor introduction, I have decided to move it to Instructor Central. Thanks.

This may be the case. But do we really want to see? A street fight, or a competition where these guys can come away and compete again in 3 to 6 months? For real. We could take away the Dog Brothers' headgear and kempo gloves and replace their sissy shock knives with butcher knives, too. Everyone involved dies, but it's real. Yep, good points. I was also thinking that Judo competitors don't compete on concrete, so why would MMAers need to compete on concrete to make Judo more viable in the UFC?

12-13-2010 Afternoon DT club: 2:00 - 3:30pm. Reviewed some Academy cuffing techniques, and also played around with some rigid cuffs and quick cuffing techniques for them. Very nice, and I need to talk to the Sheriff about using some of them. We also did some grappling for just a short while, reviewing getting into a Kimura, I believe, from the bottom. Some of the newer police officers in one of the smaller towns in our county also showed up, and demonstrated a bit of what they called Koga (??). It was, different, I guess, and wasn't too sure what to think of it. Some of the guys pointed out, and I noticed as well, that if you are going to be searching someone like that, then its probably just as well to have them in cuffs first, and forget the chances you'd have to take doing it the way they showed. Any other LEO's have experience with Koga? Evening TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00pm. Good class, basics still kicking my butt. Got to do some forms review, which is what Monday's are slated for, and its helping me out quite a bit. Its also building my leg strength back up. I need to start doing some bag drills, too. 12-14-2010 Weights: pull day: Lat pull-down: 130x10, 140x8, 150x6 Seated row: 120x10, 130x8, 140x7 Iso pull-down: 45x8, 55x10, 65x10 Lat pull-over: 70x10, 80x10, 90x8 Bent-over rows: 45x10, 70x10, 80x8 Upright rows: 70x10, 75x8, 80x6 One-arm dumbell rows: 45x10, 50x8, 55x6 Abs Dumbell side bends: 30x10, 35x10, 40x10 Ab coaster: 20x10, 10, 10[/b]

I agree. Check the rules of the tournaments and see if they have certain gear requirements. Check the tournament list if you can, and buy gear that will get you into the most tournaments.

huh? Woops sorry. Someone else posted a video to some karate movie and I was commenting on the previews. This should teach you a fine lessson. Do not break boards with your head when you're young because it'll eventually catch up to you! Sorry. That one made me laugh out loud!

Demonstrations in your quad or student union might help give you a boost. You might also consider finding out what it takes for your club to offer course credits for PE or health or something like that. Our TKD school has done this in the past, and the Aikido club has just begun offering credit hours as a class.

Steven Lopez has been a great WTF fighter for the last several years. I don't think he fared as well in the last Olympics, but he's still been on top for quite some time.

This may be the case. But do we really want to see? A street fight, or a competition where these guys can come away and compete again in 3 to 6 months?