bushido_man96

Sounds like you are having fun! Welcome to KF, and we look forward to conversing with you.

I miss the SCA fighting. Realistic, it may not be, but fun, it most certainly is! There is nothing quite like getting your bell rung with a helm on!

What is a snorkel circuit? 12-6-2010 Evening: TKD class. Good review of forms, which I needed, especially if I get coralled back into teaching more often. I did spend time before class focusing on a tough spot in my form, and may have found an anwer for it. 12-7-10 Weights: pull day: lat pull-downs, seated, upright, and bent-over rows, shoulder shrugs, one-arm dumbell rows, and some ab work.

Boy, I wouldn't like that at all. I can't jump very high. Spinning I can do, but something like that just doesn't fit well into my fight strategy.

He mentioned last night in class that there will be some 3-step stuff for the black belts. Why just the black belts, I'm not sure. It sounds like they are preplanned, too, so it may just suck. We'll see. I'm still hoping for a sparring class, but no word yet.

Man, if you are a rookie at TKD, I'd stick to getting the spin side kick/back kick down first. If you don't have that, you won't get a 540.

The changes that the UFC has gone through is what has allowed it stick around for as long as it has. Whether the clothing allowed has a huge deterence on other fighters, I don't know. Plenty of Karate stylists have fought in the UFC without their gi on, and I don't know that the lack thereof effected their performance. I'm not sure about Judoka, as they rely a lot on grabbing the gi. But, BJJ did too, but you see both gi and no-gi BJJ. Judo just needs to adjust. I don't think the UFC has shifted to allow certain training methods to prevail under the set rules. Quite the opposite. Fighters started to realize that they needed to cover certain aspects of the fight in order to compete. So, their training changed. Over the years, a pattern has emerged that has proven successful, and so it has been more or less clinged to by many of the camps. As mentioned earlier, its part of the evolution that we are seeing in which a new "style" may have emerged.

Its not that it can't be done this way. Its just harder to do it this way. But, I think it can be a real learning experience in the end. After learning this way, and then going in front of an instructor, let us know what kind of comments you get. They would be interesting to hear.

I think that all too often, many people will readily tie in "noble deeds and character" to the term "warrior." I think is a gross mistake. A warrior is someone who, quite simply, has made a career out of war, combat, battle, etc. And you have to remember, the bad guys are out there fighting for a cause they think is right, too. It would be tough to make a career as a warrior if those other warriors out there oposing them all of a sudden disappeared. And the key, I think, is the fact that a warrior knows that he/she may have to kill someone to do his/her job. A fighter, on the other hand, may not have to. I do think that fighters may be predisposed to being good warriors, though. You don't even have to be a good fighter to be a warrior, just like to fight.

Yes, all very good points. I think lots of people either forget or don't realize what he did prior to his WWE career.

I don't think that is something that one can assume every time. Not all people punch the same. Some are harder, and some softer. Some faster, some slower, and some will punch in different places. Harry Houdini thought he could take a punch, too. It just isn't worth the risk to "take a shot," when one can eliminate a threat forthright.

Absolutely. Too many bad things can happen in contrast to the positives (if any) that come out of awaiting an attack.

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... Thanks. The best way to get a visual on it is to make a pie graph and give a sliver of it to the things we know. Next give a slightly larger piece of the pie to what you know you don't know and then the rest of the pie goes to what you do not know, that you do not know. It just makes you aware of how little we know. Which in a sense makes us all beginners to the very end. I think I am just now getting a firm grasp on bjj after ten years. And there is a world of martial arts out there that I know I don't know. And I'm sure there's some I'm unaware of. It will take a very long time to master what I know, if ever. In the world of grappling there are at least four other grappling styles(that i'm aware of off the top of my head) that I could learn and probably will never have time to get to it all. The best I can ask for is to feel comfortable and confident. However I would love to master grappling as a whole. I'm just very passionate about it. Realistically I don't believe this is a practical goal. I will be spending as much time as I can learning the best information I can find and pass it on to the best of my ability. Thank you for your time and attention as this is kind of long for me. That is all. You are so very right about this. Your pie graph inference helps out with the saying you have. And if you are like me, who doesn't want to try to get the bigger piece of the pie?

My Wii Golf scores are much better than my actual golf scores. And the membership is cheaper, too.

That'd be cool. Let me know.

I'm not a fan of the long break, either. I'm not sure if they could do it much differently, with all the bowls they play now. But, they want those big bowls in prime time, so they wait for opportune time to air them. I can't fault the networks there.

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.