bushido_man96

If you are talking about kicking or punching fast, you are talking about time, not timing. Its like running a race, and then checking how fast you did it. Its not the same thing as timing your techniques with the interaction of another's techniques. And as far as distancing goes, unless you're pretty good at jamming your own techniques, then the only thing you are really doing with distancing in forms practice is looking at how long your arms and legs are. The repetitive nature of "looking at how long your arms and legs are" while doing kata builds spatial awareness that allows the mind to calculate distances in relation to persons or objects in the environment. Given enough time it becomes automatic and thus enhances timing and accuracy. This same effect can also be accomplished by practicing "step sparring" with attackers of various heights and proportions. I don't disagree with you. But after 15 years of forms and basics, I think I've derived all the spatial awareness that I can without having a partner.

Cool, thanks, all of you guys. I would love to just be able to train BJJ. The DT club here at the college is starting back up, and they do some rolling at times, so I am looking forward to getting into some of it. Tallgeese, the guy that runs the DT club has shown some things where he gets to the gun when in bad situations on the ground, and how to shoot so you minimize the danger to others around. Very valuable knowledge when rolling in a ditch and thinking about getting home to the family.

I think ps1's reply might ring home a bit. Like some of the others have mentioned, I can understand where her discomfort comes from. Its a natural thing, and parents will be protective of their kids. My daughter has joked about going out for Wrestling. I told her to go for it. Just be ready to work.

I agree. I also agree with DWx...those elbows have a tendecy to get in the way at times. It is a pretty natural reaction to body shots, and is very reliable. I can't think of any style that has specific rules against it in sparring.

I started around 15 years ago, when I was in the 8th grade. My dad was into Martial Arts when I was younger, and so I had been exposed to it. I liked it, and when it came time that a friend brought me along to the TKD school, I was hooked on for good. Now, I'm in a different TKD organization, and have also had exposure to Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and various self-defense systems. I don't imagine ever not doing it.

Me too, Patrick. It sounds like neither of our QBs are being allowed to open up the playbook much. I look for more in week 3.

Awesome!

I don't care for the way school's deal with bullying anymore, so I have told my oldest daughter, and I'll tell my sons, too, that if you fight in school, and get in trouble there, not to worry about the trouble the school puts you in (punishments, etc). I make sure to stay informed, and to ask and find out what and why something started. If I feel they are being picked on or bullyied, I tell them to take care of it, kick the crap out of them, take it to them, or whatever. I don't care what the school says, I'll go to the school and discuss it with those in charge. I'll also let them know what I told my kids to do, and take care of things on that end. At any rate, if they are in the right, they won't be in trouble with me.

That's really putting it into perspective, JJN.

9-22-10 Weights: pull day: assisted pull-ups, lat pull-downs, and rows. bicep curls with barbell and dumbell.

Bruce Lee used to kick the heavy bags, and I don't recall him claiming that. Bruce Lee was a big time weight lifter, too, so he wasn't afraid of building muscle. Building power and speed through plyometrics will help. Running sprints in sets will help with speed. You can do these twice a week, but I think I would do the plyos one week and the sprints another.

I can't wait to see that article, too! I was talking with a training friend of mine yesterday, who served in Korea for a time at the DMZ, way back when. He said that his platoon, when they got there, I think the first 3 months, they trained TKD. One of the main reasons they did this was because of the North Korean's training in it, and they wanted the troops to be familiar with it (as well as the ROK Marines they were stationed with did it, too). After the 3 months, they got the option to either do TKD, or to do PT. He said a lot opted to do TKD, and he said he would've gone into hand-to-hand combat with the platoon any day, because they all knew how to fight. They did it twice a day, and then did their normal running, etc.

If you are talking about kicking or punching fast, you are talking about time, not timing. Its like running a race, and then checking how fast you did it. Its not the same thing as timing your techniques with the interaction of another's techniques. And as far as distancing goes, unless you're pretty good at jamming your own techniques, then the only thing you are really doing with distancing in forms practice is looking at how long your arms and legs are.

It looks like sprawl is unanymous. JJN and tallgeese, when you guys instruct LEOs, what kinds of things do you tend to focus on for that purpose? Does it tend to change a bit, or is it more or less the same? Do you have a specially tailored package that you like to get to the LEOs?

Tony pretty well summed up my thoughts. If spar at 40% all the time, you don't do yourself or your partners any favors. You can spar with power and speed, and still not hurt anyone. That's where the control comes in. Control doesn't refer to throwing all your techniques at 40%. Control refers to being able to throw your techniques hard and fast, yet being able to not hurt somebody by using distance, timing, etc. Perhaps you won't be giving it all you've got, and trying to bury a technique into someone's spine, but there should be an urgency felt by the defender that defense is a good thing.

Congrats!

Well, that's a start. Can you elaborate? There are plenty of adults out there that don't have a very high maturity level, too.

9-21-10 Weights, finally: push day: bench press, incline bench, triceps push-downs and triceps press. Also got to do some Combat Hapkido!

I don't think this is true, because not every style has forms as part of the training. Nor do I think that just because forms are part of some MA training, that it isn't necessarily the most important part. You can't train reaction, timing, or distance with forms training. These are all important attributes when it comes to self-defense.

I thought you might like that.

All good points, JiuJitsuNation. If you don't ever push yourself there, you won't know what it will be like.

Thanks, Alex. It sounded like you were getting close to 2 hours in per session, but wanted to check. The Aikido classes go two hours, when I can get there, and depending on the day, TKD goes 1 to 1.5 hours. Unfortunately, basics and forms take up most of the time there. 9-20-10 15 side kicks each leg. Also practiced the inner crescent kick/slap hand into side kick section of my form. I really hate this part of the form, so I am focusing on it now.

I was thinking about using some of the ideas of focus mitts with Combat Hapkido, and using just one mitt to strike, and having the other hand used to attack and allow for wrist manipulation. It will definitely be good for the distraction techniques.

Chiefs win, and start 2-0 for the first time since 2005. Cassel started to look better in the 2nd half, too. If the offense doesn't come around, then it will be a long season. The defense held awesomely again, but this game was won without an offensive touchdown. That concerns me.

I say go for it, Bob. Who knows? It may lead to a second career...