bushido_man96

Apparently, the Lopez family likes to make the Olympics a family affair: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/sports/olympics/21lopez.html Best of luck to them at Bejing.

Welcome, eagle-ace! How much Wrestling have you done?

There isn't much muscle in those areas to really strengthen. A bit of jump training may help your ankles. Make sure you focus on good landing, and getting good spring when you jump. The better quality your jumps and landings, then the better it is for your ankles.

I thought that this looked pretty cool: http://www.tkdgame.com/ It has potential.

It looks like these nationally televised events will be held in September and October: http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6583918.html?nid=3410 The more that good fights can be televised, the more it will help the industry. Not everyone wants to have to pay to watch, and these offer a great option.

If they let you throw, then it sounds like you may have found the perfect Karate-compliment to your Judo!

Well said, tallgeese.

I thought that this was kind of interesting: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/features/fifty

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Whoa. Cool.

I would be interested to see how they put this together. They could replace Mr. T with Michael Clark Duncan!

That looks pretty cool. I wonder how high it would bounce straight up off the water?

Who doesn't love a free explosion?

That's nuts.

That's pretty cool. I loved that game.

Hehehe.... Keep us posted, Throwdown. It sounds like a good time.

Sounds good. I look forward to seeing the pic.

Sounds like fun. I just wish I had a place around to do some sword work.

Chivalry Bookshelf sells books on fencing, and they are pretty good. Not sport fencing, either; some of the good stuff. You might check some of them out.

Sword and shield.

I would love to see this fight. I have always liked watching Oscar fight. He is getting up there in age, though...

I think that this is what you have going for you, right here. Where your muscles may not get loose enough for you to stretch statically, your legs may be strong enough to hold your leg up higher, and the dynamic flexibility you have probably allows you to kick high. However, make sure that you strive to improve your flexibility through stretching exercises. You'll be glad that you did.

Do a Google search of your area, and see what schools come up. With a list of schools, it would be easier to identify what your choices are, and you could narrow down what you are looking for. Welcome to the Forums! I hope you find what you are looking for.

The way he throws it makes it a pretty blind kick. I think he is basically getting his back to his opponent, and then throwing out the back kick. It can get pretty easy to shoot that kick off to the side of the bag, and it can take a lot of practice to get it lined up right. From what I have seen him do, he is technically correct. It just isn't high. I am not sure if he is very flexible or not, but some stretching would help to not make him look so stiff when he throws it.