bushido_man96

I loved that game! Jackson was a stud on that game, too. That was a crazy run.

You could probably give her rank, but as mentioned, the credibility of the rank would be what is in question. I imagine that colored belts get certificates through the Kukkiwon, don't they? You would probably want some association to go through. Otherwise, I would just train and not worry about the rank. Just train for skill.

Congrats!

It depends on the situation. It depends on if he attacked you, what he attacked you with, and then what your actions were. If you knocked him down, and had a chance to get away, but instead decided to kick him around while he was down, then you could be looking at some charges. If you did just enough to get away, then you may not face any. What is important is that you notify law enforcement as soon as you can about the incident. Preferably, before the other guy does. Then, you need to make a statement. In that statement, you need to articulate the facts of what happened. If you felt that you WERE IN FEAR OF YOUR LIFE OR SERIOUS BODILY HARM, then you need to tell them that, and write it down, too. Articulate everything you can about how you felt at the time.

7-2-08 Treadmill: 20 minutes. Combat Hapkido: 7:00 - 8:00. Worked on red belt material.

I would have to look to see which of these forms is which. I have never done either, so I don't know them apart from each other. I think Ju-Che was originally done as a gesture towards South Korea, but I am not for sure. At any rate, with the talks of ITF/WTF merger, who knows what this means in the end. It may end up being insignificant.

Cool, G95Champ is like an active charter member!

Congrats, Z!

I agree with tallgeese. There aren't many people out there who can take on two guys successfully. Many Martial Artists get a little overconfident with their skills, and assume that dealing with two people is something that they can do with ease. There are just too many assumptions that you can't make in a self-defense situation; one of them is that one technique will drop an attacker. You have to hit the closest one, hit them hard, and hit them often, and be weary of where the others are in relation to your position, and do what you can to get away.

Yeah, its a bunk myth. Don't believe it.

Shorikid brings up a great point about the pre-emptive strike, and tallgeese brings up a great point about articulation. They go hand in hand, and you can't train one without teaching the other.

Okinawan and Japanese Karate have some influences from Chinese styles. The form Wanshu, I believe, is one of these. There is a style that has an influence of White Crane, but I don't recall which it is.

The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy were written by Robert Ludlum, but The Bourne Legacy was written by Eric Van Lustbauder, who was ghostwriting for Ludlum, I believe.

6-30-08 Chest/triceps Bench press: 165x10, 205x6, 215x4 Triceps push-down: 90x10, 105x8, 120x6 Seated incline triceps push-down: 105x15, 120x10, 10 Incline dumbell bench: 30x10 Incline dumbell flies: 30x10 Back/shoulders Hang clean & jerk: 115x5, 135x5 Abs Decline crunches: 3x15 Hanging leg raises: 2x5 Treadmill: 30 minute walk, then stretched. I find that my treadmill time makes good reading time, as well.

I think that most of the problem that is showing up in this scenario is dealing strictly with age. Many adults don't want to learn from a kid. The fact is, most adults spend their lives teaching their own kids from the very beginning; in a society where we learn to respect our elders, it is difficult for the elders sometimes to learn from the younger ones. I guess, perhaps there is a difference between "learning" and "being taught?" Hmmmm.....

This book discusses Iain Abernethy's approach to his Applied Karate. This book discusses the history and use of the katas used by the old masters as complete fighting systems, and also leads into how kata is practiced and looked at today, and why. This book basically gives a layout for the interested students to research into their katas to find the applications in them. He discusses the roles of striking, gripping, throwing, locking, choking and grappling, and how each of these are approached in the kata based applications of bunkai. He discusses training options for honing each of the skills he lists, and gives examples of what to look for in the forms. He also covers the roles that stances and 'blocks' play in the combat applications of the katas. Of significant importance in his book, he discusses the rules of bunkai, pertaining to the ideas needed in order to train the bunkai properly, as it relates to self-defense. From here, he leads into the nature of real fights. Between these two chaptes, you can see how closey practical kata practice relates to the nature of fighting. If you are wanting to look deeper into the katas that you practice, then I feel that this book can benefit you greatly, regardless of the style you practice. Abernethy takes a refreshing, no-nonsense approach to self-defense training, and shows you how to dig out what the masters saw and originally used from the katas. Highly recommended. This book details 11 different throws, many of which used to be common to the self-defense systems that are listed in the title, and which are still common in the throwing/grappling styles of today. He begins with theory and practice for these throws, and how they pertain to the various styles of striking arts, and how they can be incorporated into training. He then details the 11 throws, and afterwards, spends time on a section titled "When it all goes wrong," after a throw has caused you to go to the ground, or you are on the ground, looking up at your opponent. The book ends with an appendix that details where some of the throws show up in some of the katas. I enjoyed both of these titles, and learned a lot from them. Seeing Abernethy's approach toward kata training has opened my eyes to the value of it even more, along with how extensive it can become. Both are must reads on my list.

Now that is pretty frickin' cool! I have never gotten that creative with my Legos.

That is something else. Pretty soon, we won't have to interact with each other at all. Customer service will be a thing of the past. Isn't that kind of sad, though?

No picks, but the Jackson/Griffin fight should be a good one to watch.

Thanks, ps1. I could be one of those that fall into the category that you mention. I don't know much of the history of TKD, other than what I have read in books. However, the history of TKD is so confused and mussed up, anyways, it is difficult to seperate fact from fiction. I have read up on other arts, but to be able to recite the histories verbatim, I could not do.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, Heidi. I really enjoyed reading them.

Very interesting. Cool.

The story looks interesting, and since I am big into the superhero movies, I will probably rent this one.

Very cool.

Hey, it was worth a try, though!