bushido_man96

I agree. I also think one can differentiate between defining a technique, and in defining what technique is in general. I think there is lots of room for exploration there.

Congrats! That's awesome! Let the quest to learn the new material begin!

9/13/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 320x5, 320x5, 320x5. Press: 45x5, 85x5, 115x2, 135x1, 154x5, 154x5, 154x5. Squat sets were tough, but felt really good. I'm loving seeing those numbers climb up. Press continues to improve, as well, which I'm surprised to see. 9/14/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 180x1, 222.5x5, 222.5x5, 222.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 315x5. I really felt the work sets in my bad shoulder, and am noticing it more now as the weight gets heavier. I'll monitor my shoulder to see if the pain persists after the workout at all, and adjust accordingly. I think it's mainly the scar tissue that hurts. If I don't have any lingering pain after the workouts, I'll keep trying to work through it. My back continues to have soreness, and some days are better than others. I was able to pull the deadlifts without problems, but my back did complain about it a little.

Sorry to hear that, Danielle! That's terrible! How did it happen? Just know that as bad as things are now, "this, too, shall pass." Once you get recovered, start easing back into everything. Strength is the most persistent adaptation, so when you do finally get back to training, things will start coming back for you.

I agree on the thoughts about some striking pads of some sort. As a TKDer, I always enjoyed kicking on those clapper pads, too. Big, thick kicking shields are great if you can't have a heavy bag.

If I recall, Taek Kyon was considered a "kicking game." Perhaps it was performed in a manner similar to Capoeira.

9/11/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 170x1, 220x5, 220x5, 220x5. Power Clean & Push Press: 95x3, 105x3, 115x1, 120x1 (finished each rep with a push press). Power Clean & Jerk: 125x3, 125x3, 125x3, 125x3, 125x3 (finished each rep with a jerk).

I'll have you know that I insist that all street fights I'm in are barefoot. I stop the whole confrontation and have all participants take their shoes off.You've fought some very understanding opponents.

9/8/2021 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. T-Shirt Class. Did some work on the speed bag, followed by some forms work. I went through Gae Baek a couple of times, Se Jong a few times, Poe Eun once, and Choong Jang. I followed that up with some more of the spin crescent kick work from some of the one-steps. Sparred a few rounds with some kids, and also a good round with a 2nd degree. 9/9/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 317.5x5, 317.5x5, 317.5x5. Press: 45x5, 85x5, 115x3, 135x1, 152x5, 152x5, 152x5. Squats are getting heavy. But doing them 2 days a week is working well.

In a society where footwear is prevalent, I don't see how conditioning your toes for kicking is very relevant, other than being an anachronistic thing.

9/7/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 165x1, 217.5x5, 217.5x5, 217.5x5. Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 310x5. Assisted Chins: 90x6, 90x6, 90x6, 90x6.

Congrats!

In anything I've ever read about the old Kwan founders, most of them were claimed to have been trained in Taek Kyon at some point in there lives. However, nothing I've ever seen in the styles ever lends itself to that. They may claim that Taek Kyon is where the spinning kicks came from, but I'm not really inclined to believe that is the case, either. I feel that all the claims of roots in Taek Kyon are unfounded.

9/6/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 315x5, 315x5, 315x5. Press: 45x5, 85x5, 100x3, 120x2, 150x5, 150x5, 150x5. Labor Day workout! Great day on the squats, and the 150 might be a PR on the press. Especially at sets of 5.

You don't have to close the chapter on Shotokan. You can still train it and use it. Taking up another style might show you things you've never thought of, and show you different ways to apply things you've learned from Shotokan. Anywhere you can find some good training, it will be worth your while.

There is always the possibility that there are simply no active Shotokan practitioners in your area. If that turns out to be the case, I would encourage you to seek training in another art, even if it means "starting over," so to speak. This is good advise.

It sounds to me like you do hold rank in two styles.

Neither TKD nor TSD are 9000 year old Martial Arts. What may have passed as a Taek Kyon influence faded a long time ago, with the Japanese occupation. TKD and TSD are more directly related to Karate than one might think. Many of the early masters of the original Kwans were trained in various Japanese styles, and after the occupation, nationalism took over, and in an effort to throw off the yoke of all things Japanese, an "ancient Martial Tradition" was hatched up and became the norm when the Koreans described their Martial Art and its "roots." It's not a coincidence that you notice the striking similarities in Karate and TSD.

9/1/2021 TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. T-Shirt Class. I did some work on some one-steps that we have that have a lot of spinning movements in them, to get some work on that stuff. After that, we sparred. For not having sparred in a while, I did ok. I did get kicked in the head, though, which was not flattering of fun. 9/2/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 260x1, 312.5x5, 312.5x5, 312.5x5. Press: 45x5, 85x5, 100x2, 120x1, 148x5, 148x5, 148x5. Dropping the increases on squat to 2.5 lbs, to see if I can keep eking out some gains. 9/3/2021 Strength Training Power Cleans: 95x3, 105x3, 115x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3. Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 165x1, 215x5, 215x5, 215x5. I didn't do any overhead work with the cleans, because I didn't want to detract from the bench press. Bench press still continues to go well.

8/30/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 260x1, 310x5, 310x5, 310x5. Press: 45x5, 85x5, 100x2, 120x1, 146x5, 146x5, 146x5. With school starting, and football practices, homework, and a baseball session once a week for my youngest, I've decided to move to a four day schedule at the gym, cutting the time spent in the gym for each session. My press weight was supposed to be 148, but I just screwed it up. TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black Belt Class. Did a couple of Do-Kangs, then watched forms, and did Choong Jang twice. Then went right into Hoo Sin Sul, trying to do some free-flowing drills. I ended up being the uke more than anything. Really spent time on defending straight punches, crosses, and haymakers. 8/31/2021 Strength Training Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 165x1, 210x5, 210x6, 210x5. Power Cleans: 95x3 & Press x3, 105x3 & Press x3, 115x3 & Press x3, 120x3 & Press x3. Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 305x5. Accidentally got an extra rep on set of bench. Lots of work on the power clean, focusing on the catch. It was getting better. Last set of deadlift definitely felt like I could do more, but am really taking it gradually with my back recovering.

Welcome to KF!

8/27/2021 Strength Training Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 260x1, 305x5, 305x5, 305x5. Bench Press: 45x5, 115x5, 135x3, 160x1, 205x5, 205x5, 205x5. Power Cleans: 95x3 & Press x3, 115x3 & Press x3. Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 300x5.

Hello, and welcome to KF! Have you done an on-line search for schools in the area?

Congrats, Bob!

A great Christmas present!