bushido_man96

Cool. Thanks for elaborating.

Wouldn't the Simarillion actually be the prequel to The Hobbit, which is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings? Sorry, maybe I'm splitting hairs...and going off topic...

When you see anything coming out of Black Belt Magazine, you have to look at is half advertisiment, and half endorsement. That's the way I look at it. And it isn't bad, and I'm sure Thompson has done some things to effect the MA community. But, it will depend on the demographics of the area involved, and each one will have different people who affect them differently. In the end, the endorsements help make those decisions for publications like this.

Half lotus...have to try that. I have a problem of when I sit cross-legged, one of my feet will fall asleep.

Man, I feel guilty because I haven't run at all this week. Been lifting so much, time cuts in. 8-18-10 Push day, doing shoulders. Workout got cut short and didn't get to triceps. Bummer.

I would not be so quick to rule out sport Martial Arts. The training that they do will usually be high impact, with lots of fight training, and definitely some contact. You'll learn to actively defend against someone whose goal is to knock you down, as opposed to being a passive partner allowing you to accomplish a technique. Look into all options before shutting any down.

Sounds like your school was represented very well. Congrats!

In DT at the academy and in some PPCT classes, we've done an angle kick that can be pretty nasty. I've been knocked down by one, and that was holding a pad for the kick, too.

Its good to see you back, Baron! Its good to see you back to training, too. I have always thought that Boxing would be fun to do, although I would have a tough time with competing, I think learning the techniques would be great, and the conditioning as well.

Yes. South Korea is pretty much WTF, whereas North Korea is essentially ITF.

The main knock on Aikido is the training methods involved in some schools. They don't focus enough on applications outside what they work from their traditional attacks, and rely too much on the other person's energy at times. There are some really good things to learn from Aikido. Making sure to find more practical ways to train the applications can help immensely.

Nice thought, Shorikid.

Welcome to KF!

The sad fact of the matter is that the farther back you go, the harder it is to find records of who did what and when. Being able to trace down one person like that gets harder and harder, the more obscure they get.

There has to be something in the blood to make it clot; cholesterol levels high or something like that. I don't see a strike forcing blood to clot. If the people who claim this hit water, do they turn it to ice? No. Its all myth, and there is nothing out there that really substantiates it being able to happen.

I think that is a worst case scenario. Could it happen? Sure. But, I think you are taking a generalized outlook that many (wrongly) have of MMA in general, and apply it to all who do it, even kids. Kids Wrestling doesn't have that problem. I don't think kid Thai fighters have that problem, either.

I think when it comes to multiple opponent training, the question wouldn't be whether or not it is realistic to train for it, but whether or not the training you do for multiple opponents is realistic.

Well said. This is a very good explaination. I've been taught that it is slightly bent with your toes trying to grip the ground. I've tried this with even shoes on and I feel more stable. That is my two cents worth. Toes gripping the ground...YES!! Thanks, and kudos to Dobie for adding that good info, too. I don't grip the ground often with my feet, but its mainly because I don't think about it. I have experimented with it, and do think it is a good tidbit to use.

Thanks, Danielle.

I guess if I can't carry a tune in a bucket, then arguments is the way to for me....???? Joe, I like what you say, too. I do think that a formal debate or a "gentleman's disagreement" would be more like competition, and arguments with no set breaks or reprieves would be more like the fight.

And that tends to be the big beef with forms today. And to an extent, it is true. What they end up serving is as a curriculum filler for ranks, and then the applications are still used to justify their existence in the style. In my TKD school, we don't ever learn any applications; the forms are just curriculum fillers.

I would disagree. This kick is used in Muay Thai, MMA, and Olympic TKD. I've seen KOs in all of them. It's an extremely powerful kick. It's power is generated more from the momentum of the movement and pivoting of the entire body into the kick rather than from the snappy turn of the hips with the strike, however. The power generation of a more traditional round kick comes from the rotation of both the hips and leg as you turn it from the vertical to horizontal position. Both are very powerful kicks though. I really like to mix it up with both versions of the kick in order to keep an opponent off balance. If they start checking low line kicks, I'll switch up in order to rise over their knee. Additionally, I like to rotate the traditional kick to come in on a downward angle, striking the bridge of the nose, clavicle or outter thigh (using shin). All very good points. I guess the power generation is different, for sure.

Agreed. Bodhidharma has never been nailed down as the great originator of MAs in China as many believe he is to be. Its all myth and speculation.

I think it is an interesting analogy, and there are some parallels there. So, what happens if I can't sing worth a crap?