bushido_man96

I believe the red and white belt is an option for someone of the Renshi level to wear, is it not?

Thanks for link, Throwdown. I remembered the name Maeda from reading some of my BJJ books. Maeda actually referred to his style as Jujitsu because Kano didn't like the idea of his students fighting in challenge matches. So as not to offend Kano, he said that he did Jujitsu.

I could not agree with you more.

That is a nice design. Seeing that, what you might do is see if there is a high school student around that is in a shop class, and might be looking for a project to do. It might cost you the materials, but you could ask around.

If our forms are supposed to be full of applications, and the forms are full of techniques done in kihon (basics), then I don't think that it is far off to say that much of the basic technique performed may have applications in and of themselves. I see this in one of our white belt one-steps, where the defense resolves around a knife hand strike. This involves securing the attacking hand, pulling to hikite and striking the neck with the knifehand strike. The strike and the retracting hand are practiced in every class in the knifehand strike basic technique. As far as the meat of the article goes, I'm not sure that anyone espoused the fact that it is easy to seize someone's wrist in an altercation. But in an altercation, there are many things that don't come easy. However, it is important to practice such skills, so that one you do experience the crash that tends to happen, as tallgeese mentions, then you have something in your box to go after.

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I think that you would be better off spending more money now, and saving in replacing parts in the long run. Go with the quality. Also, kudos and congrats on doing the filming. Very cool.

Congrats on receiving the symbol from your instructor.

Man, that looks great! And I love the idea of a cooperative mode. Finally, Mario and Luigi can play together!

Cool. Man, I remember when it came out for the Nintendo...

Hehe, nice.

Congrats!

Good analogy, Joe. That's the way to look at it.

I think that is one of the sticklers in being associated with an organziation. It probably can be done. What they can't take is your knowledge and experience, though.

I would sit down and talk with him, like the others have mentioned. He should understand, and if things get back to normal, then you two would be able to continue together.

Are you teaching to watch where the kick goes, or to kick, and not watch (blind kick), JusticeZero? I couldn't really tell which way you were going, and thought I might have a suggestion.

Board holding is a whole other can of worms. I always end up holding boards at testing and demos, and I just hate doing it. I always get the ones that are testing, and are nervous. We hold the boards, then they get ready, then they take 13 freakin' practice runs before they finally go to hit the darn thing, and usually bounce the first time. Then, they are more nervous, so they take 13 freakin' more pracitces, and then they do 13 more for good measure, then attempt again, and BONK! By this time, my arms are dead tired from holding up boards, locking my arms out. And we still have 2 more people to break. These are reasons alone to practice more in a class setting, for both holders and breakers. Holders: proper hand position, board position, and stance. Breakers: set up, one or two practice runs to set proper distance and angle, and break.

I've heard of the baking boards tricks, too. At our school, the instructor tends to buy a bunch of boards up front, and if we don't break them all, then they set in the moist basement until the next testing to be used. So, they tend to gain moisture, and get tougher! It usually ends up being the black belts that he uses to clean up these boards, in demos.

That's cool that you got the opportunity to go train with that fellow, and that he extended the invitation in the first place. Very nice. In speaking of the gi/no-gi grappling, I have read that grappling with the gi tends to slow things down, and ups the technical aspect of the game quite a bit. Does fit with what you know from grappling? Would you recommend grappling with a gi before going to no-gi? 6-6-09 Knuckle push-ups: 3x10 I held the fists horizontal this time, and got an interesting sensation in my right shoulder. I'm not sure if I was sore from lifting or what, but I may give it another go later in the week. 6-8-09 Weights Bench press: 235x5, 6 fail Row: 200x7, 8 fail Military press: 125x6, 7 fail Lat pull-down: 170x7, 8 fail Leg extensions: 175x10 Leg curls: 205x12 Machine curls: 60x7, 8 fail Triceps push-down: 180x6, 7 fail Cable trunk twists: 80x10, 10 Decline crunches: 22lbs x 12, 10 Knee lifts: 12, 10 Cardio Bike: 5 min at 90 rpm, 5 @ 100 rpm x2 for 20 minutes. Stretch

Thanks for posting this up, DWx. I have downloaded the first issue, and plan to get into the others as well.

Thanks for sharing that article, WNM. Very insightful, and I enjoyed the history lesson.

I know that not every style is taught the same way, or has the same requirements. However, I think that some form of sparring tends to be a commonality amid most (again, most) Martial Styles. Be it step-sparring, or full-blown kumite, some form of sparring is going to be an essential part of drawing the "Martial" out of Martial Art. I tend to agree with sensei8 for the most part, that sparring is a very important part of studying the Martial Arts, and learning how to interact with a resisting opponent in front of you is tantamount to learning how to apply different skills in moving and reacting.

I'll read just about anything, but unfortunately, I have to be a touch selective when it comes to buying, due to my lack of sufficient funds. I really like to read on historical aspects of different styles and methods, and I also like applications-based stuff.

Thanks for sharing, Joe. I always find the various applications of the pulling hand interesting to read about, so I'll be sure to have a look at it.

I've seen that floating around here. Nice velocity.