bushido_man96

You may have a bone spur or something like that. My instructor just had something like that removed from his elbow, and is rehabing it now. I'd go with the ortho doc, like tallgeese suggested.

Hey! Nice! Happy Birthday to him. How old is your son, Bushido Man? Shows what I know about Aidido . . . I didn't even think of a punch in association with this art. I always think of redirects and joint locks. Would the "downward strike" be a knife hand? Hey Joe. Thanks. My son turned 3. In Aikido, there is not a lot of formal training put into the strikes (at least I haven't seen it in this dojo yet). I am reading a book called Total Aikido, and it does a pretty good job of explaining the various strikes, and gives tips on maximizing them. Many of them are kind of a mimic of sword strikes, as the art has many similarities to movements in Japanese swordsmanship. Yes, the downward strike is a knife hand strike.

I think if you wanted to use the frontal headbutt, then you would want to make sure that you have some control over the opponent's head movement, just to be safe from him cramming his crown into yours.

Also, if you look into the RBSD realm, an additional transition would be that from standing or clinching to clearing away to upgrade to weapon deployment (I threw that in just for you, tallgeese ).

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There are mixed feelings on the callousing of body parts. Some approve, and some don't. You can have a strong fist without the callouses, but you have to train properly, like joesteph discusses. You could try doing knuckle push-ups as well to toughen your fists.

If you want to Judo, then do it. If you still want to train Karate, then stick with it, too. What you think you body is built for, and what you can actually perform well at, are two different things. In the end, the choice is yours. But going back was a good move.

Cardio is good for your endurance, so you should keep doing some of it. But, sprinting will help your short burst ability, which is what you will have when fighting and training; short bursts of combinations and maneuvering. So, I think if you add some sprint work in with the cardio, you will see improvements. As for being tense, that could be causing you to tire sooner. Let the technique have its power, as opposed to forcing it. Put speed and proper technique together, and the power will come. Don't be too loose, but visualize yourself as a coiled spring, ready at any moment. When its time to pounce, you pounce; the spring is sprung, and then it returns to its ready position, before being reloaded. I guess what I am trying to say is to be ready, but not overly taught so that you slow yourself down. I hope that helps some. I'm not sure if I am being very clear. Try to read my mind...

10-18-08 Aikido class: 10:00 - 11:00. I was only able to attend the first hour of the class today, because my folks were in town to celebrate my son's birthday. It was ok, because the first hour of class is usually working on the Aikitaisos, breakfalling, and a bit of pair work. So, it was good review for me. What little bit of technique work I did was with doing a 4-direction throw (shio nage) as a defense to an upset knife hand strike to the throat area (yokomen uchi). We also practiced the strike and blocking method prior to the technique. I will continue to practice the motions for the defense we did throughout the week. I also took home another Aikitaiso to work on. 10-18-08 Evening Aikitaisos Irimi: 20 each side Tenkan: 20 each side Shomen: 20 each side Irimi to step behind and "buddy drop": 10 each side. Irimi is "side entering." Basically, with a straigh punch or downward strike, we step off line of the attack, 45 degrees to the outside of the attack. Its a simple motion, and one that I think I'll spend a lot of time working on. Maybe I'll make it my thing.

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Truestar: "Hard" is used to define the kind of moves and lines that the style tends to follow. TKD and Karate or considered "hard" styles because of the straight line and straight forward and crispness, and snap and strength in technique. Tai Chi and Aikido, in contrast, would be considered "soft" or "gentle" styles. Hard isn't defining difficulty here. unknownstyle: I think you might be on target there.

Our one-step does this as well, leads into the continuous side kick. In my form, Yoo Sin hyung, there is a segment where these same moves are done. But, I don't think that they apply the same way.

This has floated around before, and I don't buy into it. What I don't understand is why it wouldn't work on athletes.

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So, what is the Hulkbuster?

So in the comics, how does the Hulk fair against the team? Does it have to with the fact that the General doesn't like him, and that gets the team after him? Because other than that, the Hulk isn't bad. He's still a superHERO, not a bad guy.

That's a good maxim, too.

10-16-08 Aikitaisos: Elbow Power I (Hiriki no yosei ichi): 10 each side. Irimi: at least 10 each side. In reading a few Aikido books, I have tried to work from the stance that they show, which is a bit ackward, as we have not done any formal stance training in the Aikido classes so far. I'll keep working on it, though. I'll also ask about the stance (kamae) when I go to class next. TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00. The instructor really dropped one on me tonight. During basics, we spent a little time on our side kicks. In basics, we take a sitting stance (or horse stance), cross the back leg in front of the front leg to advance, and then chamber and side kick. This is a tougher way to kick, but forces the students to focus on turning the hips over and getting the leg tight for the side kick. It almost gives it a back kick feel. Well, he told the class not to watch me, because I tend to cheat my chamber a bit. He said I do a good job of pivoting my base leg foot, which helps me get my hips turned over, so its still a side kick, but just a bit shorter. So, I hit him up about it after class. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't rude to me, but he was using me as an example, just not the one I would like to be. But, I can work on it. Its tough for me to really get turned over with the chamber though, because my legs are rather thick (not necessarily muscled, but thick). So, when I do the turn over, it ends up making my side kick a one-two motion, and not a smooth kicking motion, like I like it to be. I will work on it, but my body doesn't like it too much yet. Now for sparring. I decided to try something a bit different. Instead of squaring up as much, I decided to go with a bit of Bill Wallace strategy. I took a side on sitting stance, and worked front leg side kicks a lot. I'll also work on front leg hook and round kicks, too. I can also spin and counter more easily, too. Maybe I'll get to use my spin hook or heel kick more. I did get some good side kicks on one of the black belts, though. They pushed him back quite a ways.

I agree that training the transitions is one of the keys to successfully being a "Mixed Martial Artist." I've never really put a lot of thought into how I would classify myself, but I wouldn't say that I am a Mixed stylists, but a stylist that practices several styles.

TKD is still a hard style. At least the way I do it is. If you get into the sine wave of the ITF styles, it seems to be a bit less powerful to me, but our school doesn't use the sine wave. I do know that there are some differences between TKD and Karate styles, but I think there are more similarities than differences, as far as technique goes.

I find the inside-to-outside crescent kick (which I call outer crescent kick) to be more powerful. However, this kick also tends to telegraph more than the outside-to-inside (inner crescent) kick does. I like both, and have uses for both, and both can be done as an axe kick, too. I don't really use either in sparring, though. Sometimes I'll throw a spin crescent kick as a counter, but not often. As for using the inner crescent kick to block anything, I wouldn't attempt it, except for in our pre-arranged one-steps. Otherwise, I just think it is better to block with the arms.

I guess in the comics, the Hulk beat up Iron Man pretty good at one point, and Stark didn't really like him. I wouldn't mind seeing this, I guess. After hearing a friend of mine describe it, I kind of thought they might do something like that. I guess in the comics, the Hulk eventually joined The Avengers. I just hope the Hulk gets to win.

There is an old thread floating around here somewhere about that college in Bridgeport. They were to have majors in Karate, TKD, and Kung Fu, I believe, along with studies in the histories and cultures of the countries that the respective arts came from. I thought it looked cool, too, but I don't know how useable the degree would be for me. That, and I'd have to move now...

I think that lots of schools are under pressure to make sure their students hit assessment levels, so they work hard at achieving this. I wouldn't expect the load to lighten anytime soon. It doesn't help time management any, that's for sure.