bushido_man96

Thanks for the confirmation, tg. I thought Blair was the name, too, but wasn't as sure on that one.

Some kids are shy, so it just takes time for them to come out of their shell. We spend most of our adult lives trying to get our kids to keep quiet whenever we are inside, to use the "inside voice," and then we take them to Karate class, and try to convince them that it is ok to yell inside. So, it can be a chore convincing some of the shyer ones.

I think the SPEAR system works off of developing this kind of flinch response, and using it in defense. Can anyone clarify this for me?

You're welcome. Besides, your only as young as you feel, right?

Thanks for mentioning it. I'll be hitting a Barnes & Noble this weekend, so I'll look for it.

No problem, Patrick. I think that any time Bruce Lee becomes a topic of discussion, "the best" is something that tends to come to mind, too. I just thought I would try a different tack.

Man, that could not have felt good. Good job on the 2nd degree to use his surroundings to his advantage, though. A good lesson for the future, perhaps?

Has he actually witnessed this happen with belts, or only heard about it? Other than that, most of what you have posted seem to be more opinions or preferences, as opposed to being hard and fast rules of conduct. That is how I interpret it, anyways.

A fine statement, isshinryu5toforever.

...sorry, I had to cut myself off before finishing all that I wanted to say above. I do think that there are still many practitioners out there that are listening to what the old masters taught, and are striving to carry on their teachings. I will also state that now MMA has been around for a short while, we have seen some of the big names of from competition retiring, yet still carrying on a legacy of their own, and I don't feel that they reach out soley to the competitors. Also, there are several competitors out there that do have a traditional background, and I don't think that they have completely abandoned the knowledge that they have acquired from their years of study.

I just read this one for the first time, and I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it with us. However, I don't share the feelings towards the MMA. I don't think that it has hurt the traditional styles all that much.

That's a good point. Perhaps De La Hoya should fight a few more times...

Thanks for posting it up here, Patrick. They should get a commission off of you.

Cool. I never got to play any of the Prime installments, although I was a fan of the original Metroid.

I can see where a pre-test could have merit. It just depends on what you like to do as a teacher and instructor. A pre-test could be looked at as just a segment of the test that is to come, and if you don't do well during the pre-test, then you can work harder, and show up for the next one. Either way, I think its good, either way you do it.

Joe posted this article in a different thread, but the thread discusses side-stepping as done by C.S. Kim of Tang Soo Do. I felt it pertinent to the coversation going on here. Enjoy, and thanks again, Joe!

Congrats to Machida.

5-26-09 Weights Bench press: 235x5, 6 fail Row: 200x6, 7 fail Military press: 125x6, 7 fail Lat pull-down: 170x7, 8 fail Machine curls: 60x5, 6 fail Triceps push-down: 180x5, 6 fail Cable trunk twists: 80x10, 10 Knee lifts: 20, 15 Martial Arts Workout TKD class: 6:00 - 7:30. Mixed up basics and combinations today, and it was kind of fun. We did all of our upper body basics without breaking, so my legs were sore and aching by the time we were done with them. It made the kicking basics all the more enjoyable... For sparring, we did station work, and on one of them, we were doing kicks to a shield holder, and the holder would cram us, and we would have to make space to kick. It really killed my legs, too. Good class. 5-27-09 100 Push-ups Week 5, Day 1: 28, 30 (needed 35), 20 (25), 22, 20 (30) = 120 I wish I could complete this workout, but I trudged through it the best I could, anyways.

Those are good analogies. I also think about the physical differences between some like Kanazawa and Demura. But each were able to make Karate work for them.

Cool; I wasn't aware that he had written a book. It may be worth looking into.

I agree. However, I don't think that there is an arguement towards Lee being considered "the best." Rather, I think the discussion that sensei8 was trying to generate was in consideration to how much Bruce Lee was able to accomplish in what many would consider to be a very short period of time in the Martial Arts.

This is where learning how to teach comes into play. I think that it is important for instructors to have an instructor's class, where they can get together and discuss and review how they teach the forms, moves, etc, of the system, and more importantly, why they teach them that way. I think this kind of class can decrease the number of incidents like Tiger here has discussed.

Well, I don't think that they are meaningless; they mean something. We could argue (and I believe we are) the matter of legitimacy, but not meaningness.

5-22-09 Push-ups: 2x20 5-23-09 Morning DT Training: 9:50 - 12:00. More groundwork, mostly from the bottom doing Kimuras, Americanas, and straight arm bars. I got some good reps in on the straight arm bars, and I feel like I am picking up more and more each time I go. I really like the training, and boy, I get good ab work and inner thigh work when I do it! One guy also put on the Red Man suit, and we got to do some fun stand-up work with that. Evening Some partial and full dips.

Yeah, I get the 2nd day thing, too. Its funny, because I used to feel it when I woke up in the mornings. Now that I work nights, I'll go all night and feel fine, and then when I get home, and settle down a bit, its like the soreness just sets in all at once. Kind of a cool feeling, really. One thing to keep in mind is to stretch a bit after the workout, especially when you work something that much. A bit of stretching can help with that soreness.