bushido_man96

Well, your muscles adapt to the amount of work they can do. So, you should be able to keep increasing, to an extent.

You could try to secure a mattress to a wall somehow, and use that.

Sounds like a good time, both ways. Out of curiosity, what was the name of your organization again, Joe? I have a book on Tang Soo Do, and in reviewing it, I see the same names fo the Pyong Ahn forms that you do. Just wondered if they were connected.

I'm trying it out by starting in a right stance, looking over my left shoulder, doing a fast hop of the right leg to about where the left was, and shooting the left straight back. I've also tried it in the left stance. I can see it's for closer quarters when you want to back kick but there isn't the room for a regular one. Yeah, I really like it, and it doesn't require much of a jump. I refer to it as a switching stance kick, or "switch kick." You can do it with a round kick, too; you just switch forward instead of back. Nice variations. 12-1-08 Chest/triceps Bench press: 155x10, 185x8, 205x4 Triceps push-downs: 90x10, 105x8, 8 Biceps Dumbell curls: 25x10, 30x8, 35x4 Legs Lunges: 2x10, alternating FL front kick chamber and hold: 2x10 each side Abs Cable crunches: 70x20, 105x15, 10 Combat Hapkido class: 10:00 - 11:00. We worked off the beaten path today. We did some kicks on the ground from the lying power position, and also did some trips from the position. We also did a bag kicking drill where we worked pretty hard to keep the bag holder from getting close to you while on the ground. We then worked on some scenario stuff a bit, back to the wall, from a fence position. It wasn't anything overly impressive, but it was a start. TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00. I taught class tonight, but I got some work in, too. Broke a little sweat, and reviewed some stuff. Changed up basics a bit, too. Toward the end of class, I worked with the students (mostly kids) on how the knife hand strike we do in basics can transition into its very own self-defense technique, complete with blocking, seizing (if there), and the strike itself. I thought it went well. If anything, maybe it'll give them a reason to see why its so important to practice the basics hard. 12-3-08 Side kicks on floor: 2x10 each side. I also have been working on breaking down the push-up portion of the burbee, as I don't bounce off my chest and explode up very well. Burpee push-ups: 6, followed by 6 regular push-ups. 2 sets.

I don't know about your program, but my wife has the Bisk program (I think). She plans on sitting for it within a year or two, I think. It sounds like you have set aside plenty of study time, so good luck!

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.