bushido_man96

Maybe the Steelers and Raiders of the late 70s early 80s.

Hey there, everyone. Our family bought a Wii this year, and I really enjoy playing Mario Kart, especially on-line (although I'm not that great at it). I was just curious as to whether or not anyone else here played, too, and how you've done on the game so far. I've done well on the 50cc, and got at least a one star rank in all cups there. I've done ok on 100cc, but haven't quite nailed them all in the A rank, yet. And I've only won 3 trophies in the 150cc circuit, so far. Anywho, if anyone is up for friend races, let me know. I have not done that yet, either.

Welcome to KF! It sounds like you're putting some good legwork into choosing a school. Good for you! Let us know what you settle on, and we look forward to hearing about the training.

Welcome back.

12-2-2010 Weights: push day: shoulder exercises before class. Back to class again this night, and I was excited, because we usually spar on Thursdays. But, I get there, and find out the instructor is not there, so I end up teaching. Bummer on the workout end, but it was nice to get back into the mix of teaching. 12-3-2010 Weights: Pull day: started off with hang clean, and did bicep curl exercises afterwards. 12-6-2010 Weights: Push day: flat, incline, decline bench, followed by 3 different triceps extension exercises. Arms are fried, and class tonight!

I talked to the girlfriend of our instructor today at the gym, and they were at the annual TTA seminar this last weekend. I guess the GM had them working on some different things, and I guess one of them was the old style 3-step sparring. This could change things up a bit in class, depending on how it is done, though. Also, there was talk about maybe bringing on a comitted sparring class, which we need very badly. A full class to work on drills, footwork, and sparring would help our school out so much, and help me, too. Its been talked about in the past, but never really has been done. I guess only time will tell.

Yes, and they spend a lot of time on footwork to get those kicks in. It turns into kind of a chess game. Too bad I've always sucked at chess. I need to learn to move my feet faster...

I didn't have a chance. I had my back turned, deescalating the first problem. What I should have done is stuffed my mouthy middle brother in a trunk and drove home.

Well, I saw the Yanks kept Jeter. I really can't see him being anything other than a Yankee, so good for them. Jayson Werth signed with the Nationals, for quite a sum, and 7 years. Crazy. Where did Dunn go? Where will Cliff Lee end up? The loser of the Cliff Lee sweepstakes may be the winner in the Zack Greinke sweepstakes, though, much to my chagrin. That organization is never going to be good again.

Badgers get TCU in the Rose Bowl, Richard. Predictions? The Chiefs came out on top again this week, despite their best efforts to do otherwise, it seemed. They need to start finishing again, and big time. But, a win is a win, and they don't mark the ugly ones with an asterics. Now, two road games, and then finishing out at home.

But, have you ever seen zombies with any skills? They just lumber around, mumbling "brains!" They don't kick, they don't punch, and they really don't do flips or sneaky stuff.

I think one of the main problems is that people want to be trained to take one attacker down, and then move on to eliminating the next attacker, and then the next, until all those guys who jumped you at once are down and you stand victorious. In reality, it usually isn't going to work that way. The important steps that need to be taught are how to make space and line the attackers up so they aren't all taking shots at you simultaneously, perhaps eliminating the initial attacker, and then using that opportunity to make the hasty retreat. Its all about setting the right goals, and then setting training objectives to meet those goals.

Yes, but he struck the bull in the spot on the front of the head where the skull is the weakest. Incedentally, that is the spot where butchers shoot the cows to put them down prior to butchering, and all that is used is a .22 round. More admirable a feat than killing the bull is just getting in front of it first. You only really get one chance to miss. I'm not saying I could do it, though, because I probably don't punch as hard as Oyama did. I know I can't do as many pushups as he did, either.

Yes, very true. I heard that once he started training with BJJers on a regular basis, within about 3 months (I think) of training, they were not able to make him tap anymore.

I actually deescalated a fight that my middle brother tried to start one time. I did a pretty good job of it, too, talking the other guy down and walking him back quite a ways from the situation, amid all the testosterone from football players high off a rival win that night. Oh, yeah, and copious amounts of alcohol contributed to the events. But, I convinced the guy it wasn't worth it, and he went away.... ...Then I turned around to see that all hell had broke lose. Someone else pushed my drunk middle brother from behind, sending him rolling to the ground (with no injuries, except maybe to his pride), but this had a profound effect on my little brother, who is not little, but more like 5'10" and 350 lbs. at the time. He had also consumed copious amounts of select alcoholic beverages, and when he saw my middle brother pushed to the ground, my "little" brother turned into the Incredible Hulk, walking through the large, offensive lineman types trying to hold him back from the little guy that pushed my other brother. Well now I see all my hard work to stop a fight had gone down the drain, and then plain-clothed cops were on scene, and they were able to deescalate things quite nicely after that. Man am I glad no one got in trouble that night. Well, that's about the most exciting one that I have.

Agreed. I don't think supplementing Call of Duty for actual firearms training is a good substitute, either.

I don't think I could have said this better myself. No, I'm know that I could not have said it better. Especially after re-reading it. So, one thing I do know is that I don't know everything. Sometimes, my wife would wonder if I do know anything...at all...

I think this is a great attitude to have towards approaching every day of training. I think it helps to keep the mind open to new ideas and information from any source. (Just need to be aware of the good sources and the bad...) Well, as I said, I think my very general (although somewhat objective, I'll admit) basis is kyu ranks=beginner, dan ranks=beyond beginner (maybe intermediate). But again, it's all semantics. I see what both of you are getting at here, and think both of you could present validations to your points very successfully, so I don't know that I can add much to it. I do like seeing both sides of this, though. What I will add, is that in a journey that most of us will agree should last a lifetime, and not knowing how long our life will be, then we never even know when we are halfway there.

Nice pics. Thanks for sharing them. I have never had the opportunity to really spar with someone out of a different style, but have had the opportunities to work with BJJ guys, Aikidokas, and other general DT practitioners. I would like to have the chance to spar with some guys like that to learn some different things, though. It would be a great experience.

My school would be one of those that DWx mentioned that "teach the ITF stuff." We do most of the ITF forms for our gradings, but only have one per belt at black belt levels, but having a few "recommended" levels of black belt at 1st and 2nd dan. However, our sparring is more along the WTF rules, and we wear the chest protectors. However, we stick to a more traditional form of kicking, with less emphasis on the fancy stuff. We learn the fancier stuff from time to time, but don't focus on it.

It would be interesting to see. I wouldn't take it too seriously, but it would be fun to try. I'd like to see something more involved with kicking, but I think there would be fewer moves than what something like Tekken can offer. The swordfighting on the Wii Sports Resort is very disappointing to me, especially the dueling. There isn't much precision involved, and just a lot of thwacking. I've also found troubles getting the Wii Sports Boxing to do what I want. But, its ok, for some fun.

12/1/2010 Pull day: back exercises for the most part.

Very informative. I love reading about Capeoria, and this article provides some good information. I'd love to read some more about the mechanics of how the moves work. Thanks for sharing this.

I don't think people are born that way. I think they make decisions to become that way, or things affect them early on that lead them into it.

11/29/2010 Made it back to TKD class last night, too. Did mainly basics and forms review, which was good, because I sorely needed it. My legs are really sore now. I forget how much regular training does for my body.