bushido_man96

Congrats!

I tend to get into slugfests a lot when I spar. The key is being able to slug harder, longer, and faster than the other guy.

I was browsing the channels late the other night, and came across this on ESPN2 at around 2 or 3 am. Of course it caught my eye, being MA, but, I found that it was just hard to keep interested. I can do without all the yelling and screaming in the forms competitions. And they were the open forms...no traditional forms. And the girls seemed to want to yell more than the guys did. And it seemed that the same winners kept repeating from the previous year, as well. The weapons displays were quite athletic, but other than that, not enjoyable to watch. There was one practitioner that was a soft stylist of some kind....Kung Fu in some way or another. Watching his weapons and open form was kind of refreshing compared to the others on, as he did no yelling or screaming at all, the Wushu style of movement was very good. I think that because he was a soft stylist, he got slighted a bit on his scores, which was bunk, because he did some very tough stuff with his weapon and open form. He even added in some Drunken-type elements, which were cool. Other than that, I guess it was what I thought it would be. Not very enjoyable.

I think writing a book would be an excellent idea for you, Bob. I have never seen a book on Shindokan, so being able to learn more about it would be great.

9-2-10 Weights: push day: shoulder press, rear delt flies, dumbell shoulder presses, and did some leg extensions and curls. Legs are sore today! I love it!

I'll post it eventually. I have an "I don't care what others think" attitude when it comes to that stuff. I'll do what I want with this stuff.I checked my encyclopedia, and it does say to perform the pressing blocks in a slow motion.

You might try a site called Alibris.com as well.

I think that many of the higher kicks began to develop out of the basic, lower level kicks learned in Karate, and then they just started being done higher. As for the spinning kicks and jumping kicks, I'm not sure I would jump on the Taekkyon bandwagon. The main issue I have is that Korea has done such a job in fabricating the history of TKD, and the newly revived Taekkyon, that I take any Korean MA history with a grain of salt.

I'd have to agree with Tony on the applications. Most of them from the encylcopedia are simply bunk. I think that's why some people have dug into the moves to find applications that make more sense.

I've looked, and haven't found anything from any of my people, or that do it like we do. But, to describe it in words, I'd say our TKD has more of a Karate feel to it. Or perhaps, ITF forms done the WTF way, because I think our GM was a WTF practitioner first. When I do post a vid of my form, I think it'll be the first of our org to do it, and if word gets around about it, I may get in trouble... ...oh well, what the hell!

Last week's game was a better one. Against the Eagles in the first half they started putting some things together, and looked better. McCluster looks really promising, and it may leave a decision for next year as to what to do with the 3 running backs they have. Bowe caught some passes for a change, which was good, and Eric Berry looks great. Sheffield went down with that concussion, but was released from the hospital earlier in the week, and is doing ok. Thank heavens.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to KF, Tom. Although I would not call myself an ITF stylist, I do currently use forms from the ITF form set (I mean my organization does). Look forward to seeing you on the forums.

Welcome aboard, Frank!

Swimming would be good, as it is lower impact but high resistance. But, check with your doctor to see if you should start doing anything yet.

I think part of the problem is the near elimination of physical education in the school systems. If it is there, it is a class for underclassmen, or it is relegated to one semester per year. Physical activity is shyed away from, and there are those who just flat don't want to do it. I think another problem is that teachers are shying away with putting kids in positions to challenge each other in physical skills. They want to eliminate the concepts of winning and losing for fear of making someone feel bad. This needs to be embraced in a way that even though the loser loses, they can still be analyzed and talked to in ways that they have improved, and what they can do to improve further. Everyone also needs to understand on their own and accept the fact that not everyone will be a professional level elite athlete. But, everyone can be athletic to a point, and can get into basic decent shape.

8-30-10 Weights: push day: bench, decline bench, and incline dumbell bench. 9-1-10 Weights: pull day: pull-downs, seated rows, leg press.

The only thing I would be worried about as a father/son student/teacher pair is that kids tend to get burned out by their parents more quickly than they would with a seperate instructor. Parents can tend to want to push their kids harder than others would, perhaps expect more, and perhaps make them practice/participate more than the regular class would. That is something to keep in mind when teaching your own. You don't want to drive them to the point that they no longer enjoy what they are doing. That is when they will shut down.

I will have to try to do it, and then record it and post in on FB or something. I'll see if I can arrange that. I'll warn you, though...I think I look terrible.

I agree. There is no proof that leads an MA to being more effective because of how old it is. BJJ is another example...its younger than TKD, with roots in JJJ and Judo. And aruging with the effectiveness of BJJ is tough as well. Older does not guarantee better. It just guarantees its older.

I need to check my set, but I have always done it as a slow motion. Maybe it is just an oversight in your edition?

I'm not denying that. I just thought the OP should be aware of the issue. There can be very strong reactions to this topic and that it can easily lead to flame wars should he ask on another forum. sorry if i have caused any offence by asking this question No offense is taken here. We are pretty good about keeping away the flame wars.

I second this notion. Also, the books I have read of the "Best Karate" series have been quite good. I hear Kyohan is quite a good book, too. Funakoshi also produced a book second to Kyohan, called "Karate-do Nuyman." It might be worth checking out as well.

Tony: one way that I have taught and practiced the elbow strike, especially when teaching it for breaking, is to start in a back stance, and shift into a front stance as the elbow strikes the bag/board. This is great for teaching the hip rotation and getting that power.

Thanks for linking to my article, ps1. I agree with you here. More time in partner drills will lead to increases in sparring ability and with self-defense skills, if these drills are focused in these areas.