bushido_man96

I didn't overeat....as much as I did last year. Still overate a bit, though. Can't help myself...I live for food!

My daughter and my wife like to snap pics here and there. For Christmas, I am getting my wife a higher speed digital camera, so she can take more pictures in motion. They like to snap pictures in nature at times, and my daughter wants to try to enter some in the fair.

I would like to have one. I thought I might have had my wife talked into one at one point. Not yet, though.

Sweet! I still have some of those yellow-suit space guys, without the visor on the helmets!

Perhaps you could look into trying to have a pre- or post-work Karate time, where those interested could show up an spend some time on kihon or the like. It might spark some interest.

That's the book I was mentioning. There is another set of books called the Best Karate series, and it has been pretty good, info wise as well. Several other old masters have put out books, as well, and if you google their names, then you should turn up some titles by them.

Yes, indeed!

Ok. That helps a little. I'll try to think of it that way when I spar next.

No, I haven't done randori yet. I have done something kind of like it, but more limited on attacks, and the responses that I was to use.

I don't have a lot of titles on Kung Fu, so I may have to broaden my horizons a bit, and look into some of these titles.

Thanks, ShoriKid. That's good advise. When you step off on your angles, do step with the front leg, or the back? For my sparring, I tend to step off with the back, cutting more foward than back (hopefully...). Its easy to do with round kicks, but side kicks give me the fits.

I think that this goes a long way for a lot of instructors. After all, testing usually ends up being a formality more than anything. Sure, they may work your butt of at testing, and push you physically and mentally, but the preparation happens in class, and he knows if you were ready or not. Just out of curiosity, are the awarding of the "tips" something that is going to show up on an official certificate?

I have been given the same advice from my instructors also and it is very good advice. And I think doing your best is all your instructors ask for. I agree. That's good advise.

Welcome to KF, Joel.

Welcome to the Forums!

You would lool over your left shoulder, but instead of turning like normal, you do a quick switch of the feet, and throw the kick. So its a spin back kick, but you switch both feet fast to get the spin. Its really good when in closer than normal.

We got some good deals on some movies, and some toys for our nieces. We didn't shop terribly extensively on black Friday, though.

That is something that is really freaky to think about, John. I wouldn't have really considered something like that before.

I don't think that too many people actually join an MA school thinking that they can learn things like flying and kicking 8 feet in the air. I think that most people have a pretty good grasp of what the human body is capable of, and if they see these movies, they join knowing what they can and can't do. Overall, I don't think MA movies are a problem. I think that they expose people to the arts, and that helps.

I agree with John and Tallgeese's approach. The skill set and level should determine what level one compete's in.

This is what I would prefer, but it isn't how my current school runs. I don't have a problem with tradition, but I like to see things from a modern standpoint, and dealing with applications in this way can work with applications from more traditional approaches. I think it can all work together.

They say that potassium helps with sore muscles. So, banannas and potatoes are a good source, and I'm sure you can get some pills that supplement it. On a side note, I have heard the arguement that lactic acid build up is more myth than reality. Can anyone add some research to that?

Hehe...like I stated, though, my brother is the crazy one. I'm much more sensitive than he. I do think that it is important for students to know that the possibility of getting hurt in a confrontation is high, and that they may have to work through it. Now, I don't think we should come up with inventive ways to hurt students when training so that they get this idea, but it is something that should be addressed at times.

Joe: have you tried doing a quick, switching foot reverse back/side kick? Its quite fun, and may fall into what you have been working on.

Yeah, see a doctor, and ice the thing, too. Remeber RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.