bushido_man96

I think that fire arms are MA weapons. Actually, I would classify all weapons as MA weapons.

Good luck!

I don't know; leaving may have been a worse ideal. The big guy may have followed him outside, where there may not have been as many witnesses, and no cameras, and things may have turned out worse.

Which 2 did you order? "Throws for strikers" makes reference to many taekwondo forms and where you can find the throwing techniques within them. But im sure you would have noticed that you can find many of the movements that are shown from karate forms within your own forms already. I ordered Throws for Strikers, and Karate's Grappling Methods. I also have Stuart Paul Anslow's book Ch'ang Hon Taekwon-do Hae Sul, which is essentially Bunkai-Jutsu for the first 7 ITF TKD forms. I plan on researching all of the material thouroghly, so that I can perhaps put some kind of forms/self-defense applications together. I also noticed another Abernethy title, called Arm Locks for all Styles. I plan on adding this one to my library soon, too.

We haven't discussed this a lot, but my wife is fairly independent, anyways, and is pretty good about keeping the kids safe (motherly instinct and all). I do think that this is something that I would like to address in class time, if I get the chance, as well.

Steal it, man! Glad I could offer something up for you. We didn't spend much time on the drill; not near as much as I would have liked to, but enough to get the students thinking. Most of the info I passed on has been stuff I picked up in reading and whatnot. However, I think it is important to spend time on this stuff; knowing when to punch and kick is just as important as know how to punch and kick. Hehehe......I have slaughtered many a workout with tactics like these. If I have a vice, it is food......

Just hop on YouTube and type in the name of the form. I would be surprised if at least 5 or 6 options didn't show up for it.

Yeah, they are good stuff, too. I have them myself.

Why would you want them to have to test again? If they have already completed the test once, and met the requirements, then why do it again? Just because they have gotten older?

http://www.aemma.org/longsword_600.html This is gives an overview of the Grappling skills used and discussed in the Flos Duellatorum, written by Fiore dei Liberi. Enjoy.

Truly, it is only a matter of time before Wi-Fi is really all there is. Telephone polls may be no more...

Cool.

^^ That should do it. You can also just type Abernethy in on Amazon and search books. His titles will pop up.

6-26-08 Little Lyons class: 5:15 - 5:45. Assisted with this class today. We focused on Balance for their stripe, and the kids worked pretty hard. TKD class: 6:00 - 7:00. Taught this class today. After basics, I worked with the students on the twist kick, and they were getting the hang of it pretty well. There was one blue belt kid, and the rest were black belts. The black belts got lots of forms work in, and then after one-steps, I worked on some self-defense drills with them. We started by doing some action/reaction drills by having them take their belts off and hang them on their shoulders. Then, they would switch back and forth trying to grab the other's belt. This showed them how hard it is to react to someone who takes action first. From there, I moved into some simple work with keeping distance, putting up the fence, and then noticing factors that could lead one to use a pre-emptive strike. It was a pretty good drill for them.

Hi Bushido, Given that his background knowledge in traditional Karate is Wado, it does not surprise me that he uses Wado Katas to explain his applications. Thanks.

Look into Iain Abernethy's books and websites...his sole focuse seems to revolve around bunkai and what he calls "Applied Karate." Very good stuff.

Will do, tallgeese. I have a few places I can look; I'll keep trying.

I do agree that a state of mind is important to combat applications. However, I feel that I can develop this state of mind practicing combat applications better than I can by performing calligraphy. I do think, as I mentioned earlier, that you can apply the same frame of mind to doing different things. I just don't think that practicing calligraphy or shodo is as beneficial to combat training as combat training itself is.

Ouch! I'll bet that was no picnic! How did that happen?

Well, the article stated that he would be teaching younger kids classes at this point. I don't have a problem with this; so long as he is supervised by an adult. As far as the rank thing goes, I usually don't put much thought into this. If it were my school, would I allow someone this age to achieve this rank? I don't know for sure. Maybe not, but at what age is it ok?

It sounds to me that you are more of taking a state of mind when it comes to doing something, as opposed to it having actual combat applications. And I am not saying that it has no benefit; we can find the benefit in many things. Basically, it comes down to the fact that any job worth doing is worth doing well. My dad had a saying along the same lines: there are two ways to do a job; right, or again. This is basically the same principle; strive to do the job right the first time. I would also point to the fact that you could probably find as many great warriors in history that were illiterate as were literate.

From the ARMA: http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/master-ott-wrestling.html Master Ott had an influence in several of the different fectbuchs that are in existence, relating to Medieval combat in Europe. Enjoy.

Wow. I can't even begin to imagine what its like to deal in that kind of money!

I have seen the majority of Abernethy's material and it has more in common with alot of RBSD stuff than most might think, its also what got me back into karate. Its very good stuff. I agree. I am really enjoying his book, so much so that I ordered two more of his works. He is very practical in his approaches to the concepts of kata, and I am going to be looking into incorporating some of it into my own forms training.

hehe, well played, tallgeese! 6-25-08 Treadmill: 15 minutes. It isn't the 5k, but its a start!