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Each situation is different. If someone is actively trying to strike me, I probably block and counter, and my goal is to eventually work to detain them. I don't want to have a "fair fight" with anyone, so in the process, the goal is to move to either of the flanks or to the back, so I can have more weapons and targets available than they can.

and the militaries that have people teaching with no combat experience tend to be trash at war when they finally get a taste of it….there’s a pretty good example of that going on right now…I’ve never seen a boxing coach who didn’t have at least a few fights/smokers on their record. How successful are those coaches? angelo dundee never fought, he was ali's coach terry edwards never fought, yet was an excellent coach cus demato, tysons coach, 0-2 record there are many others who either never fought or werent very good, but knew the mechanics of fighting at a higher level than most actual fighters. as far as the military is concerned, most of the leaders come from officer candidate school and other leadership courses/schools within the military. before the middle eastern conflicts the US military had reached a point where most leaders had not seen any combat, yet we were still one of the greatest militaries in the world. even now there are many, many, leaders within our own units who have not seen war. yet are fully capable of leading and teaching the units they command. How many other great fighters did they "produce?" When you get into the professional levels of competition, it's hard to tell which coaches are good, and which ones are made to look good by the talent of their athletes.

5/20/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 275x1, 320x5, 320x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x5, 205x3, 225x5. Lying Triceps Extensions: 57.5x10, 57.5x10, 57.5x10 Stretch: quads, glutes, hams. 5/23/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 250x3, 325x1, 367.5x1, 5, 325x5, 325x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x3, 140x2, 170.5x4, 170.5x5, 170.5x5, 170.5x5, 170.5x5, 170.5x5. Lat Pull-downs: 155x10, 155x10, 155x10. Stretch: hams, quads, glutes. This was a trying day in the gym. First work set of squats, I hit rep 1, then got forward on my toes in rep 2, couldn't recover it, and fell forward into the rack. My buddy helped me raise it back up, and after a few minutes rest, got back under it, and got a full set of 5. On press, I failed rep 5 on the first set, but tried to put it up twice. Other 4 sets went to 5, so I did one more set of 5 to round it out.

I honestly don't see much more Kung Fu influence in it than is in most other Karate styles. I also think there tends to be a desire to believe that there is more Kung Fu influence than there actually is. As far as the Taekkyon influence goes, I don't believe there is much Taekkyon influence to be found in TSD or TKD. Perhaps the inclination to do spinning and jumping kicks stem from Taekkyon, but not much more than that, and you don't see much of that in many of the traditional forms.

In my TKD school, we have our "basics" for warmups, in which we do the striking going forward and backward in stances, and of course the "blocking" going forward and backward in stances. It's all just done as technique work, with nothing ever really applied to it. I've had to dig for application work on my own. When I train for defensive tactics, I rarely, if ever, teach my students to go backwards. At most, maybe a drop step with one foot to get into a good defensive stance and perhaps blocking then, but otherwise, I am not a proponent of backing up, at all.

5/17/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 190x5, 265x3, 340x1, 380x5. Pin Press: 45x5x2, 95x5, 115x2, 142.5x3, 142.5x3, 142.5x3, 142.5x3, 142.5x3. This set of deadlifts felt better than the week before, which is encouraging as it keeps going up. Getting more reps of the pin press is helping. 5/19/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 250x3, 325x1, 365x5, 325x5, 325x5. Press: 45x5x2, 95x5, 135x1, 165x1, 180x1, 180x1, 181x1, 181x1, 182x1, 183x1, 184x1. Lat Pull-downs: 152.5x10, 152.5x10, 152.5x10. Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

Happy Birthday KF! So much has happened, and seeing this community grow has been a great pleasure. So many good people have come and gone, and still remain today. I don't know what I'd do without KF.

I've seen the ads for this, and I watched the cartoon as a kid. It's interesting, but I'm not so sure it will live up to expectations.

Congratulations!

Congratulations, Aurik! All that hard work is paying dividends!

don’t know what professors you’ve delt with, but all of mine have actually done the stuff they teach.Same with my gf… Criminal justice majors who have never done anything within the justice system, like law enforcement and such. But teach courses on such subjects as community policing. I think this can tend to happen in accounting as well, and business courses. They never do any actual accounting, or have ever actually run a business, but teach courses on it.

These are both good ideas!

Thank you, Bob! The encouragement is always helpful! 5/13/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 275x1, 315x5, 315x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x5, 205x2, 225x5. Lying Triceps Extensions: 55x10, 55x10, 55x10. 5/16/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 180x5, 250x3, 325x1, 362.5x5, 362x5x5, 362.5x5. Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 105x3, 140x1, 169x5, 169x4, 169x5, 169x5, 169x5, 169x3. Lat Pull-downs: 150x10, 150x10, 150x10. Stretch: hams, quads, glutes. Work set on squats felt good. Nice and smooth, and no shifting onto the toes. Second set of press was a horrible one. Got out of the slot on the first rep, and lost balance on 2 more of the reps. Really took a lot out of me. Rested, and got the remaining sets, and did another set of 3 reps to get them all in. Going to add weight to the next workout.

That's a nice explanation, scohen! Thanks for sharing that Ted Talk!

This, is awesome! A good thing to know going into testing!

Highest congratulations, Danielle! You've been such a stalwart member of KF! A bulwark! Your contributions to the community cannot be marginalized! Your posts are always well thought-out and meaningful, and always helpful to other community members, and your contributions as a staff member are innumerable, as well. Here's to another 15 years!

I haven't watched the Boba Fett series yet. I think Kenobi should be a fun one, depending on what it is they are attempting to do with him.

I do enjoy the show, and enjoyed the original movies as kid. But, I have to admit, that I find the show's plot elements a bit laborious at times. There are some things in the rivalries that feel forced to me, but overall, I have enjoyed, and I enjoy how they keep going back to the old movies to dig up new stuff. It is worth a watch.

Most college professors....

Congrats!

5/12/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 180x5, 250x3, 325x1, 360x5, 325x5, 325x5. Press: 45x5x2, 95x5, 135x3, 165x1, 179x1, 179x1, 179x1, 180x1, 181x1, 182x1, 183x1. Lat Pull-downs: 147.5x10, 147.5x10, 147.5x10. Range: 2 hours of long gun work. Sited in rifles, then did some malfunction/transition drills, from long gun to hand gun.

Sorry to hear that, Bob, but glad it's not more serious. Tailbone injuries are horrible things.

Woof, that's rough, Bob. I hope you are ok!

5/10/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 255x3, 330x1, 375x5. Pin Press: 45x5x2, 95x5, 115x3, 135x3, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3. PR on deadlift. I took video of the set, and reps 1 and 2 were nice. After that, it all slowed down and started to grind. Moving some things around and giving pin press another go. After seeking some programming advice, moving bench press to Friday and doing pin press on Tuesdays. Right now, just practicing the movement to get it better.

Good news!